Beyond Boxing

Massive get well soon to Boxing King Media.

We are all animals in the same ecosystem and we need each other to thrive.

Best wishes and a speedy recovery.

Conor Benn's journey through UK Anti-Doping has been done in reverse.

He started off with the least plausible defence and then ended up at the the most plausible defence - But a defence he already rejected as impossible.

How he digs himself out of this hole will be interesting.

We really need a clear view on what the Sky Boxing strategy is.

Apart from the Cruiserweights, where they have full control, they seem to be all at sea everywhere else.

Boxing loves a comeback and it has been a feel'good moment to have Teofimo Lopez back in form, with a career best performance.

However, we should also cautious in writing off Josh Taylor. While he didn't win his performance was enough to have beaten any of his previous opponents.

Bit of a wind-down week in boxing this week as people prepare for holidays and bigger fights later in the years, but still some interesting stories developing.

The non-Bournemouth cards did a lot for the fans, but they could have done better.

It is time to admit that Adam Booth is yesterday's man when it comes to boxing.

It is also time we ask why Ireland cannot produce real champion boxers in the professional ranks.

The journey Chris Billam-Smith has been on, in and out the ring, is remarkable. It is also testament t the man's character that he has kept going in the face of adversity.

It is hard to find a bad word to say about the man and the fact that he brought a world title to Bournemouth is incredible. There has to be a movie in that somewhere.

I do not think Lomachenko was robbed, but it was definitely a close fight and a reminder that, at that level, every round counts and you cannot afford to start slow.

Huge praise to Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron for risking it all against each other can delivering for the fans. the men could learn from that.

The fact that Frazer Clarke and his team have pulled out of the purse bids to face Fabio Wardley is disappointing for the sport and its fans.

One of two things must be true:

1. 258 MGT know Sky have little faith in Frazer so had to show that with this whole episode or

2. After spending heavily on fighter acquisitions, there is no budget for Frazer Clarke

Either way, these look like stormy times for Sky and BOXXER. Someone from that camp needs to come out and reassure fans about..everything

Nothing makes me happier than reuniting with my brothers. As a three, we opened up a lane of podcasting where fans got to see beyond the spin and the subterfuge.

So, today, we reunite, 7 years after we came together, like Voltron, and hopefully we are still that barometer of where the fans when it comes to boxing.

We always wanted to be more than a podcast and hopefully, our enduring friendship demonstrates that.