From freezer factory to World Champion dream: The modern-day sacrifice for an amateur boxer
It’s been a long night shift in a freezer factory, but there’s no time to sleep for Matty Scott. Instead,
It’s been a long night shift in a freezer factory, but there’s no time to sleep for Matty Scott. Instead,
The Speaker of the House of Commons has claimed boxing must ‘change the rules’ of scoring to avoid losing future
Heavyweight boxers Joseph Parker and Derek Chisora are set to clash once again in Manchester following their thrilling first bout
A campaign to encourage young people to take up boxing in a bid to keep them away from knife crime
Lockdown has put a halt to all sports, not least boxing.
Unlike footballers, rugby players and cricket stars who are paid a wage regardless of how much they play, fighters are only paid when they fight.
If both Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua are successful in their next bouts, then the mega fight the world wants to see should be upon us. Here’s a look at four potential venues…
Following the lead of The Independent’s Fantasy Matchmaker, MM match up two British heavyweight kings past and present: Lennox Lewis and Tyson Fury.
The Manchester Arena has seen some terrific nights of boxing throughout the years, and been home to the likes of Ricky Hatton, Anthony Crolla and Scott Quigg all of whom have packed out the venue.
Manchester boxing is firmly back on the map after Tyson Fury’s emphatic seventh round victory over Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
Tyson Fury said he’d go to London and beat Dereck Chisora in 2011. He said he’d go to Dusseldorf and beat Wladimir Klitschko in 2015. He said he’d go to Los Angeles and beat Deontay Wilder in 2018. And he said he’d go to Las Vegas and beat Wilder again in 2020.
Tyson Fury added the WBC Heavyweight crown to his collection and in doing so became the first boxer in history to win every major world title in the division at some stage of his career.
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