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Cut man and hand-wrapper extraordinaire Russ Anber gives Boxing Social his exclusive insights from working in Oleksandr Usyk’s corner during Saturday night’s victory against Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia. Where do we start after that epic night at the Jeddah Superdome? Well, how about with the positives. We have to give both Oleksandr Usyk and […]
Ahead of this weekend’s heavyweight rematch between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua, Boxing Social columnist Russ Anber talks through the nine fights he has been in the Ukrainian’s corner. Thabiso Mchunu, December 2016, WKO9 Egis Klimas asked me to come on board with Oleksandr Usyk after I’d been part of Vasiliy Lomachenko’s team for several […]
As Oleksandr Usyk’s rematch with Anthony Joshua approaches, the Ukrainian’s longtime cut-man and hand-wrapper, the Boxing Social columnist Russ Anber, looks ahead to the fight. I got to Saudi Arabia late on Sunday night and I’m looking forward to seeing my old friend Oleksandr Usyk at the media workout on Tuesday as the fight week […]
Boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber surveys the light-heavyweight scene ahead of working Artur Beterbiev’s corner this weekend… The light heavyweight scene is pretty interesting right now. And my man Artur Beterbiev is right there in the mix for a potential super fight. The biggest fight out there – of course – would be a showdown between […]
Expert hand-wrapper and Boxing Social columnist Russ Anber gives his take on the ‘stacking’ controversy that erupted online after footage emerged of how Naoya Inoue’s hands were wrapped prior to his fight with Nonito Donaire There was quite a lot of discussion on social media these last few days after video footage emerged of how […]
Boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber reflects on his recent work with Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith and Janibek Alimkhanuly in the latest instalment of his regular Boxing Social column… I wrote this column while I was on my way to Canastota to support my good friend Roy Jones Jr who was deservedly inducted into the […]
Russ Anber gives his view from the Liam Smith camp as he prepares to be in the corner on Saturday night for Beefy’s Madison Square Garden showdown with Jessie Vargas… I’m already in New York – Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith and I got here on Thursday last week. After his great victory against Anthony Fowler last October this […]
Russ Anber gives his view from the Michael Conlan corner after the Irishman’s dramatic 12th-round defeat against Leigh Wood on Saturday night… After ten rounds of Mick Conlan’s fight with Leigh Wood, Saturday night was shaping up to be one of my best nights in boxing. Instead it turned into one of the worst. From […]
In his latest column, boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber looks ahead to working in the corner for Michael Conlan’s showdown with Leigh Wood this weekend for the WBA featherweight title. I’ve been fortunate enough to be involved with Mick and his entire team since early in his pro career and this fight is […]
Russ Anber reflects on working Vasiliy Lomachenko’s corner versus Richard Commey, missing Beterbiev-Browne due to Covid and a year to be proud of in his final Boxing Social column of 2021… I’ve just ended a period of isolation after catching Covid when I went to New York to work Vasiliy Lomachenko’s corner against Richard Commey. […]
In his latest column, boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber reflects on returning to New York to work Vasiliy Lomachenko’s corner for the 14th time… When I got to New York on Monday ahead of working the corner for Vasiliy Lomachenko’s lightweight showdown against Richard Commey I realised it’s been over one-and-a-half years since […]
In his latest column, boxing’s master of all trades Russ Anber reflects on working in Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith’s corner for his showdown with Anthony Fowler… All I can say about the fight between Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith and Anthony Fowler is – wow! Wow, wow, wow! Immediately after the fight I went up to Eddie Hearn […]