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 …
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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 Weekender
Southpaws leave their mark by Ron Jackson. The number of top-class left-handed boxers seems to have increased notably in recent years. Spectators and television viewers are often astounded when they see how many southpaws are fighting in tournaments; sometimes four, five or more. No comparative statistics are available, but long-time observers agree that there are …
The PressBox
Today, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Ron Jackson, the esteemed and talented South African boxing writer, to The Undisputed website. Ron is a personal friend and has a wealth of experience having written over the many years of boxing history both as a fight fan and aficionado. He regularly contributed to The …
The Friday Faceup
We should savour multi-weight world champion Terence Crawford whilst we can. For many, he is the pound-for-pound best boxer in the world. Despite the proven quality and achievements of Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk and Japan’s Naoya Inoue, it’s hard to argue against Omaha, Nebraska’s ‘Bud’ Crawford being P4P king, to most observers. Tomorrow night in Los …
The Monday LunchBox
Heavyweight prospect Moses Itauma (10-0, 8 KOs) further ‘arrived’ in the O2 Arena, North Greenwich, London on Saturday night (July 27). The nineteen year old southpaw scored an impressive 2nd round knockout of Poland’s aging double ‘world’ title contender Mariusz Wach on the big Joe Joyce-Derek Chisora heavyweight show. Despite Wach’s questionable condition and desire …
The Undisputed 