THE ART OF MATCHMAKING

UK HEAVIES

The 10 best heavyweights in Britain 1 TYSON

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE WBA SANCTIONING CHARR-PULEV AS A 'WORLD TITLE' FIGHT?

Steve Goodwin It is a joke. It's what

WARDLEY-CLARKE: WHO WINS AND HOW?

Steve Goodwin (British promoter) Difficult to call. Wardley

NEW BLOOD

History is made inside the hallowed walls of York Hall for the second consecutive week

WARREN IN TALKS TO JOIN HEARN AT DAZN

Should Queensberry move to their promotional rival’s broadcasting home, the consequences could be genuinely game-changing,

The Coverup

Interviewing a boxer about a fight the boxer knows is no longer happening

Smith [beats Azim] every day of the week . The only way it’s not next is if Azim decides not to fight Smith

EDDIE HEARN lays down the gauntlet to Team Azim after Dalton Smith demolishes Jose Zepeda

FAN FRIENDLY

★★★★★ WHOLE SHOW

Did you hear the one about…

…Charr and Pulev fighting for ‘the world heavyweight title’?

PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE

★★★★★ MAIN EVENT

Too much, too soon?

★★★★★ MAIN EVENT

Clap of Thunder

Smith’s sizzling shot to the pit of the stomach finishes Zepeda and draws deserved applause, writes Andy Whittle from ringside

Poacher returns

Full-time soldier Behan entertains vs Irving,

THE GATECRASHER

Richardson heads west to rip the title from local hero Harrison, writes Gary Shaw from ringside

The art of tenacit

Matt Bozeat watches Lane ignore a cut and early pressure to overrun Bourke and claim the British and Commonwealth titles

Supremacy

Arbuckle repeats win over Turnbull in dominant fashion, writes Allen Payne

Coronations day

Two new Area champs crowned and an English title shot achieved

Third time lucky

Firebomb Ferguson sees off G-Rex in a rematch to claim Area strap

A SPAR IS A SPAR

I thought I’d be lucky to fight at The O2 even once, for an Area belt down the bill. Now I’m headling in a grudge match for the British title

APPRECIATION FOR THE SNAPPERS

LETTER OF THE WEEK

LEGITIMATE

Viddal Riley tells Shaun Brown about his decision to come back to the UK and do things the right way

THE UNLIKELY UNDERDOG

Frazer Clarke, an Olympic medallist, is drawing inspiration from the fact a comparative novice is favoured to beat him,

“The goal is to be the greatest boxing family ever”

In less than 48 unsettling hours, Tim Tszyu learned that Keith Thurman would no longer be his opponent on March 30 in Las Vegas, that Sebastian Fundora would replace Thurman, that the money he was being paid was therefore being reduced, and that the great Terence Crawford is on course to be his next opponent. The Australian, 29, then spoke to Boxing News

The Prodigy

When 10-year-old Curmel Moton started beating people to tears in the gym, Floyd Mayweather took notice,

Return of The Sauce

THEN, on Thursday, it was reported that Benavidez’s

Expensive nuts

What's been going on in the boxing world

The weight is over

NEW IDEA: Benavidez could get a huge fight

Delicious

Wardley and Clarke set to collide in a battle even more enticing than chocolate eggs,

Fun and Games

Tszyu faces a replacement who is lesser known but arguably better than the famous but faded Thurman,

Surprise inclusion

Iqbal-Fletchman takes his place in the talentladen England squad alongside the likes of Carrigan and Dolling at the European Youths

That’s Magic!

Farrugia, from the Magic Hatton club, wins Best Boxer prize at Limehouse charity dinner show,

THE DOOR IS STILL OPEN

World Boxing called to action as the sport’s inclusion at 2028 Olympics remains uncertain, while Team GB explore their options for Paris

AMY TO TURN OVER

Broadhurst ‘fed up’ after being overlooked for Paris

Split ends

St Pancras on the wrong end of some tight verdicts on their own show, writes Philip Sharkey from ringside

A moment in time

Witnessing boxers pose for photos at recent BBBofC event brought to a mind a splendid picture that was taken in 1933

MAN OF MANY TALENTS

Bob Williams, a former boxer, is a longtime unsung hero of the British boxing circuit

JORDAN LARUCCIA

Andrew Fairley talks to a national champion who started out as the cleaner of his current gym