Man City have great individual players but surely collective performance is greater than the sum of their parts. Look at Muhammad Ali, boxing, horse racing too in thoughts on SYNERGY

What boxers bouncing back from losses and failures can teach us in life. Few thoughts here re James Degale and Scott Quigg

Not a Liverpool football club fan. But Klopp brings joy and apparent gratitude to his job as Liverpool manager. Despite operating in a world beset by talk of ‘Football’. Pretty inspirational.

Saddened by stories of pitch invasions at West Ham United. Keen to get an understand of this specific situation and also the pros and cons of being fans in our lives. How much emotional investment should we make? And do we not think players, coaches and owners share the goal of winning? How important is patience for long term success? Thoughts here on the audio blog. #westham #pitchinvasion #fananger

Deontay Wilder put me in mind of the Fosbury Flop with his performance Saturday night. He shifts the Boxing paradigm with his unorthodoxy leaving it hard for analysts to assess his potency or make any kind of prediction on Joshua-Wilder. Love it!

Cristiano Ronaldo’s journey from tricky, pacy, sometimes fanciful winger to a prolific forward who scores with both feet and is as good in the air as a traditional ‘target man ‘ striker is an inspiration. Take a look at some of the developments in his career that’s still going strong at 33 - and why I feel we can all learn from it.

Was asked recently to give thoughts on whether skill level is enough to ‘achieve’ in Boxing? Thoughts here...

A cosmopolitan Frenchman and the storied romance with an old English lady - destined to end in divorce? An imperfect metaphor perhaps, but let me know your thoughts!

Some of my favourite images from Sport are two boxers embracing, unified in mutual respect and understanding of each other. Or footballers shaking hands after a gruelling encounter and praising their opponents. This unifying vision can maybe aid western society right now where online acrimony would have you believe we’re different. My thought, debate Brexit etc but avoid the sense that we’re all separate and diametrically opposed. Hi

A few years ago when I hosted the no 1 boxing podcast in the world, analysts would tell me Luis Ortiz was the best heavyweight in the world. Now few give up a chance in the world title fight v Deontay Wilder Saturday night. Why? His motivation has gone as he has money? Father Time? Familiarity exploded the myth? Thoughts here - please listen and message me on Twitter @eddraper81 or instagram ed_draper81.