Sports Journalist · 9 articles
Considering Freddy Kiwitt’s (17-2, 10KOs) journey, it’s remarkable that he’ll be fighting as chief support on a Matchroom Boxing NXTGEN show this Thursday. He will be in the away corner as per usual, facing Luther Clay, who is coming off a recent victory against undefeated Dario Morello. Kiwitt, the Liberian-born Welterweight, has never had anything […]
Six months ago – at the boxing mecca of Madison Square Garden – a monumental upset took place, which left us boxing fans gobsmacked. The then-unified heavyweight champion from Britain was pummelled into submission by a short Mexican heavyweight, who at first glance resembled a contestant from the famed Coney Island hot dog eating contest. Typically, after […]
Boxing’s purpose remains turning young people’s lives around If boxing has one purpose, it’s not to produce superstars, but to steer the lives of anonymous adolescents in crime-ridden neighbourhoods to a safer passage through discipline, respect and the dedication learned in a sweaty boxing gym. Ironically, it’s the brutal nature of the craft that attracts […]
Five years ago, Golden Boy Promotions supremo Oscar De La Hoya and Top Rank boss Bob Arum shook hands to end boxing’s “cold war”. Fans rejoiced at the potential of cross-stable match-ups. Fast forward to mid-2018, and around the time of HBO’s exit from boxing after 45-years of service, the landscape was turned upside down when […]
This Friday evening, John Harding Jr. will be stepping through the ropes in Liverpool’s Exhibition Centre to face Bolton boxer – Jack Cullen (16-1) – for his English Middleweight title. The challenger is a betting underdog, but he is used to high pressure situations having taken a long and hard road to this position. A victory […]
David McWater, the analytics focused boxing manager, has described boxing as the last frontier for analytics. McWater is an advocate of the concept of ‘Moneyball’ in boxing, and used a proprietary analytics formula to predict a fighter’s likelihood to fight for a World title. The McWater Moneyball method is based largely on discovering undervalued prospects […]
Horror stories regarding poor boxing management of fighters are commonplace in our sport. The definition of bad or good managers is often varied and subjective. It’s become harder to outline what competent management and career advice looks like. Rather flippantly, us boxing fans are more than happy to label a fighter as poorly managed if […]
Boxing, like most ancient practices, is littered with myths that have stood the test of time. A closer examination into some of these beliefs renders them mere fallacies. One of those notions is that a majority of the best boxing trainers have fought in the professional ranks. It wouldn’t be inconceivable to believe that trainers […]
Sometimes random encounters in two stranger’s lives can alter their trajectories forever. One such example is how current IBF welterweight champion, Errol Spence Jr., and his long-time trainer Derrick James became one of boxing’s best known duos. Over a decade ago Spence Jr. was boxing on an amateur show in Dallas, which was attended by […]