In a week marking the 50th anniversary of the iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ held in former Zaire, Central Africa when ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali captured the World Heavyweight title for, a then record third time, we post another article by esteemed South African boxing writer and historian Ron Jackson. My connection with Muhammad Ali …
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The Monday LunchBox
In July 1987 the then Editor-In-Chief of The Ring magazine Nigel Collins had finally seen enough of the proliferation of boxing weight classes and multiple sanctioning bodies. He penned a cover article titled A Return to Sanity and it was followed by affirmative action. In it he decreed the magazine would return to only recognising …
The Monday LunchBox
At the end of the night and fight that mattered, Artur was simply better. Some will argue ‘not’, some will say ‘just’, but we firmly believe the incoming WBC, IBF and WBO champion Artur Beterbiev won the fight and proved his superiority on the night. Beterbiev raised his impressive record to 21-0 (20 KOs) and …
The PressBox
This Saturday (12 October) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the match-up of the boxing year takes place. Two undefeated Russians with excellent amateur pedigrees will meet to determine the undisputed world light-heavyweight (12st, 7lbs/175lbs) champion. Artur Beterbiev (20-0, 20 KOs) will bring the WBC, IBF and WBO belts to the ring, and Dimitry Bivol (23-0, 11 …
Ron’s Reflections
The first of a new feature of regular articles by esteemed South African boxing writer and historian Ron Jackson. Famous old fight venues in London and South Africa In the early years of British boxing there were many famous venues in London and amongst them was the famous Blackfriars Ring which was bombed down to …
The Monday LunchBox
A little over a week on, the dust has finally settled from the drama that unfolded in the heavyweight division on the stacked Wembley Stadium card in London, England. The IBF heavyweight title fight resulted in Britain’s Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois spectacularly retaining his title via a five-round demolition of fellow Londoner Anthony Joshua. Dubois (22-2, …
Vuyani Bungu
There’s no doubt to esteemed boxing writer Ron Jackson that former world class South African junior-featherweight Vuyani Bungu (39-6, 19 KOs) deserves to be in the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHoF), at Canastota, upstate New York, USA. In support of this Ron points out:- Bungu, the former IBF ‘world’ champion, domestically won more King …
The Weekender
The Empire Strikes Back – London 1995 Below is an article as written after the fight on the above date. Re-posted now in the lead-up to another big Wembley Stadium boxing event to whet the appetite. On an evening of high emotion and extreme patriotism Britain’s Frank Bruno succeeded in his fourth attempt at gaining …
The PressBox
One look at the junior-featherweight (122lbs/8st, 10lb) Ring Magazine ratings shows it’s only a question of time before ‘The Monster’ Naoya Inoue (28-0,25 KOs) steps up to attempt to conquer a fifth weight class. Within 18 months he’s almost cleaned out the division. First up, in July 2023, was previously undefeated ‘world’ champion Stephen Fulton, …
The Monday LunchBox
Tomorrow UK lunchtime (Sept 3), live from Tokyo, Japan, ‘The Monster’ returns ! Ring Magazine 2023 Fighter of the Year and four-weight world champion Naoya Inoue defends his undisputed junior-featherweight (122 pounds/8st, 8lbs) title against former IBF champion T J Doheny from Ireland. The 31 year old Japanese, Inoue (27-0, 24 KOs), is a modern-day boxing phenomenon …
The Undisputed 