Beyond Boxing

Joshua, Yoka, Dubois, how have three gifted athletes and boxers fallen so far below expectations?

Also, will Day of Reckoning cut through beyond boxing ciricles?

Sometimes you watch a unification fight and expect a battle of equals. We didn't get that on Saturday.

The gap in class surprised everybody and British boxing has to ask whether it builds boxers that are really good enough.

At the moment, the answer is no.

Finishing off what I started on Saturday...like Jordan Gill

The Conor Benn saga reappears. The Board are taking a strong stance on Conor Benn boxing in the UK.

Is it 'better late than never for them to be taking such a strong stance and can Matchroom find a way though?

Boxing has a handful of people, men and women, that actively shape the lives of our young. Some of those are also able to create some of the best boxers this country has seen.

Mick Carney was one of those guys.

12 years later, we still miss him just as bad. A man that helped us become better, a man that brought us together under the banner of Fitzroy Lodge, will never be forgotten.

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So, we got all the boxers we wanted to see this year, but none of the fights we wanted to see.

However, all is not lost because the card on December 23rd will be a lot better than Carry on Camping and Bambi on ITV2.

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https://linktr.ee/highfieldboxing The battle for the worst weekend in boxing intensifies.

Lat weekend's action is right up there in the trash stakes.

The Newcastle show was interesting as it was a reminder that the talent pool in British boxing is poor and has been for a while.

What you do outside the ring will show in the ring as Andre Sterling once said.

What we saw from Fury was a man struggling to cope with the realities of his physical condition, and a man out of love with boxing.

When you love boxing you are faithful to it, loyal to it and the rhythms and routines it demands.

Fury faced a man in Francis Ngannou who had a real point to prove, and my goodness did he prove it.

Last night showed that Hard work is the match that lights up the talent.

If anyone has had a harder 5 years in boxing than Isaac Chamberlain, please send them my way.

Watching him win the British and Commonwealth was the definition of a feel-good story and what we watch boxing for.

In contrast Jack Catterall is sill waiting for his fairytale moment and it is likely that wait will continue well past his retirement.

(0% of boxing is making the public care about you. You do that in the ring.

Tonight, we have two boxing shows that are a hard sell individually, and a hard sell collectively.

As much as we are happy the boxers are getting paid, the fans should see some value for their time and expenditure.

Until promoters, managers and boxers understand this, we are digging our own grave for boxing.

As fans we also need to do better and stop watching things we don't think are good enough. At a time when the cost of eating and living is going up, the sport we love is not delivering the feel-good moments we need.