Beyond Boxing

Say what you want but KSI has built a boxing business without having to work with the boxing business.

He is proof that, in todays era, you need to be interesting more than you need to be talented.

Until boxing realises that, the sport will continue to decline as it is held prisoner by the type of people you’d never buy a used car off.

Leigh Wood is having the best Indian summer to his career. The king of comeback wins pulls another one out the bag.

He showed the value in being ready in key moments. Leigh saw his opportunity and he took it. No matter the opponent, real champions always find a way to win.

Leigh Wood did that.

Weight classes matter in a specialised sport like boxing.

Jermell Charlo found out the hard way in his defeat to Canelo.

We also saw the showcasing of a new star to emerge from Australia in Jai Opetaia. However, is he a bigger nae than Tim Tszyu? This will be Eddie Hearn's next challenge.

At Boxxer, we are seeing signs that all might not be well and maybe there are deeper issues that explain why they are delivering small-hall cards for the paying public.

Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk looks like it has been agreed, but we will believe it when we see it.

If it does happen, it will be the last chapter of an era that promised so much but delivered so little.

When that boxing recession does happen, do not be afraid to go out and do other things.

Enjoy your life.

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Boxing is cruel. One punch can undo a whole lifetime's worth of work. But, should we be so hard on Joe Joyce?

Here is a man that said yes to every challenge and was fine being an underdog - the kind of fighter we want. Yet, when he loses, we are so quick to turn.

Until boxing fans are more balanced in their views, we will struggle to build stars and get real 50/50 fights.

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The public are upset with Conor Benn being able to fight on Saturday. I can see why they are, but the people that should have been able to stop him failed to do so. It’s also at a point where it’s better that he is banned or he boxes because we are tired of the soap opera now.

We have a major problem with governance in boxing.

The lack of clear governance and leadership is turning fans off the sport at a time when it needs all the support it can get.

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This week it’s all about the audience questions.

There are a few questions, but we’ll get through them in a couple of episodes this week.

This time they will blame the Saudis for the Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder fight falling through.

But, what about the last 7 years? What explains those.

It is convenient that the shifting political sands in the Saudi Royal Court have scuppered the fight, but it was a result of sitting on the egg long after the chick should have hatched. The real winners in all of this are the Furys, who have shown the Saudis that they are willing to support their ambition in any way they can.

It is strange to say that, this was the most Eubank has looked like Roy Jones Jr, ever.

In doing that, Jr was able to dominate Liam Smith. It is a journey of redemption that many did not expect, but one that boxing needed.

You also have to feel for Liam Smith.

It was a rough day at the office. we must ask how on earth he gained 42 pounds in any way shape or form.

If that body shot was thrown on a Friday night in York Hall, it would be called as fair.

We have seen those shots allowed and we have seen them penalised. that is where the controversy comes from.

This probably should have been called as fair, but the rules are the rules.