Beyond Boxing

Boxing such a cruel sport. Due to the nature of the sport it’s very important to get your first step perfect.

Too many times we see boxers get their start in the game completely wrong and they never get that moment back, and they never get the momentum back, which means they never fulfil their potential.

If you are a boxer, be very careful about making that first move because you never get a second chance.

We have a rematch that might be the end of one elite career.

Both Beterbiev and Bivol had to dig deep into their reserves of courage and heart to survive.

Have they got enough left to go again?

This Saturday we will find out.

Derek Chisora is proof that Boxing is really about hard men. Hard durable men last the longest in the world of Boxing and it’s good to see him have this Indian summer to his career.

Who is Conor Benn really and does he even know?

Sometimes it is easier not to pretend and I’m trying to be Nigel Benn II, maybe Conor is hurting his career.

April 26th will tell us a lot more.

Does boxing really need its own Oscars night?

Have they really given the fans all they want? or, is this another chance for more back-slapping?

these sort of events are great for the camera and microphone jockeys and not that great for the fans.

But...when you are a promoter with your own show on the same night, where should you be?

IF WE CAN DO 300 TICKETS WE'LL DO A LIVE SHOW

I promise, there is really good boxing content in this episode, when you get to it.

It was good to finally get back with the guys and record.

We give our take on the last year in boxing, and in life, picking up on the bigger themes that are shaping boxing as a sport.

There's more we could have covered, but there are only so many hours in the day.

Enjoy this episode and if you like it, please share and subscribe.

There are three things that make a boxer elite:

The ability to control any opponent and take away their strengths

The ability to impose your will on your opponent and

The focus required to do those two consistently for 12 rounds.

On Saturday night, one man did it, and rightly won, and the other just couldn't.

These fights are always about the finest f margins and Usyk had all of those.

A short discussion on what both Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have to do to win on Saturday night.

Honest views from a podcast that cares.

The more I've read and listened to info on the Conor Benn saga the more I think this is a cover up about the failings at UKAD.

Nobody has challenged the validity of the VADA tests and now that the process is over, Conor Benn is unwilling to talk on the subject.

It feels like UKAD need him to be silent, more than he needs to share his side of the story.

There are huge issues here that need clarifying.

If we didn't have Frank Warren domestic boxing in the UK would be fried.

How did it get so bad?

As fans we either get historic fight cards, or really bad fight cards, with no in-between.

What we saw this weekend was a dark omen for what is to come if we don't start addressing things now.