The Story told by a Photograph There is no doubt that photographs tell a story, especially in the sport of boxing. One of the earliest books with outstanding posed photographs was the Gladiators of the Prize Ring – Heroes of All Nations by Billy Edwards published in 1895. In the introduction the author writes that the …
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The Mid-Rounds
Just three weeks into 2025 and the race to be the highly subjective Pound-for-Pound and ‘boxing’s best’ is on ! First to stake his claim, on 8 January, was Australia’s current ‘world’ cruiserweight king Jai Opetaia, who beat his IBF challenger David Nyika with a devastating fourth round knockout. ‘Chilling’ rightly summed it up. Being …
The Mop Up
Hail to the King ! Lineal and unified world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk successfully defended his sanctioning body titles on a 116-112 three judge unanimous points decision last night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In a captivating fight he defeated former WBC champion Tyson Fury, the slight underdog going in. The Ukrainian champion raised his record …
The Weekender
Well, here we are ! In the Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia tonight the heavyweight championship of the world will be contested with the victor the next champion. Credit to Britain’s Daniel Dubois for picking up the IBF heavyweight title in the last six months and successfully defending it, but the so-called ‘linear’ champion at …
The Monday LunchBox
Here we go ! The immediate future of the heavyweight division will be determined in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this coming Saturday (Dec 21). Ring Magazine champion and undoubted number one Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) faces former WBC champion Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) for a second time. The latter will be motivated by the rematch opportunity, having been …
Ron’s Reflections
Forgotten Facts in South African Boxing Reading through old newspaper reports and magazine articles, one comes across fascinating and long-forgotten facts. For instance: Johnny Squires, who won the SA heavyweight title on 12 August 1922 when he stopped Nick van den Berg in the eleventh round at the Durban City Hall, was the first South …
The Monday LunchBox
On the excellent ‘Magnificent 7’ Queensberry card at Wembley Arena on Saturday (Dec 7) two British fighters took big steps towards world honours. Top of the bill was the British middleweight title fight which saw Battersea, London’s Denzel Bentley take the Lord Lonsdale Belt for a third time with a unanimous, but closely fought victory …
The Mid-Rounds
The big men will soon be back. Only three weeks out from the from the next Riyadh Season show in Saudi Arabia and, with another announced yesterday for February 22 containing big match-ups, the heavyweights are in vogue. But, will we be any closer to confirming the dominant heavyweight of this era ? Each decade …
Ron’s Reflections
Collectors The gloves that Floyd Mayweather wore when he beat Manny Pacquiao are among the most desired collectables in sport. But they are already unaffordable, and will be for many years, to all but a few extremely wealthy collectors. Boxing fanatics all over the world rushed to obtain T-shirts, miniature gloves and other items that …
Ron’s Reflections
A Fistful of Legends A global, inspirational father’s story of ‘Faith and Fight’ which helped his sons overcome many obstacles and write history, earning them a place in the Hall of Fame and transforming the history of a nation. At long last a book has been published on the life of the fighting Toweel’s from Benoni, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Alida …
The Undisputed 