FOLLOWING Saturday night’s latest Triller fight card, when a beyond sloshed Oscar De La Hoya almost stole the show from Jake Paul, we ask what this lowbrow but clearly popular new format - might mean for the future of the sport.

Daniel Dubois’ comeback for a daft WBA heavyweight title is up for discussion, we look back on Liam Williams’ unsuccessful bid for the WBO middleweight belt against Demetrius Andrade and wonder what the result means for both winner and loser.

The excellent clash between Felix Cash and Denzel Bentley for the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles is previewed and the first clash between Mikkel Kessler and Carl Froch is reflected upon in This Week In History.

Donald McRae’s epic, Dark Trade, is the book of the week and there’s a special mention for Harry Mullan on what would have been his 75th birthday.

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LIAM WILLIAMS, in his own wonderful way, tells Matt Christie and Alex Steedman that he doesn’t care if people don’t believe he’ll beat Demetrius Andrade, he’s going to win anyway. 

The Welshman’s shot at the WBO middleweight title is previewed in detail while Conor Benn’s impressive thrashing of Samuel Vargas, and where it may take him, is both revered and analysed.

There’s a heated discussion about the merits of Shannon Courtenay’s win over Ebanie Bridges being classified (by the WBA, who else?) as a world title fight and the implications of such grandeur for women’s boxing.

Marvin Hagler again takes a starring role as his three-round classic with Thomas Hearns is This Week In History while Aaron Pryor: Flight of the Hawk is the latest book to be highly-recommended.

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FOLLOWING Carl Frampton's loss to Jamel Herring in Dubai, Alex Steedman and Matt Christie reflect on the Northern Irishman's career and legacy, from the headiest of highs in Belfast and New York to the final low as he bid for a third divisional title.

This weekend's action is previewed, including Joe Smith Jnr-Maxim Vlasov and Conor Benn-Samuel Vargas, while the seemingly neverending invasion of yesterday's heroes - as Miguel Cotto, Juan Manuel Marquez and Marco Antonio Barrera all signal comebacks of sorts - is addressed.

This Week In History goes in-depth on Barrera's victory over Naseem Hamed alongside a look back on the best wins of The Prince.

The book this week is Sorcery At Caesars: Sugar Ray's Marvelous Fight by Steve Marantz.

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ON a packed show this week:

- Dillian Whyte admirably gains revenge but that has to be the end of the line for Povetkin.
- Behind the scenes in Gibraltar.
- Examining the deal that could see the Sauerlands significantly increase their influence.
- Triller and the Oscar De La Hoya comeback.
- Joshua-Fury, why are we waiting?
- What went wrong for Willy Hutchinson?
- Detailing the task at hand for Carl Frampton as he takes on Jamel Herring.
- Leonard-Hagler is This Week In History 
- Fighting Words by Harry Mullan is book of the week (order from [email protected])

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BEFORE the impending big box office rematch between Dillian Whyte and Alexander Povetkin is previewed, Matt and Alex examine the news that Dereck Chisora and Joseph Parker will headline a pay-per-view show on May 1.

With a curious event that also features Chris Eubank Jnr, Katie Taylor-Natasha Jonas and Dmitry Bivol, the question of whether this signals a change in the PPV landscape is asked.

The performances of Lawrence Okolie, Lee McGregor, Artur Beterbiev and Virgil Ortiz are reviewed and George Foreman’s bombastic win over Ken Norton is This Week In History.

The exquisite Four Kings by George Kimball is book of the week.

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THREE days before Eddie Hearn declared that both Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have signed to fight each other, Alex Steedman spoke to Fury live on television and found the WBC heavyweight champion to be in a somewhat mischievous mood.

Alex and Matt Christie discuss the latest Joshua-Fury developments but not before they pay a detailed tribute to the one and only Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

The best tribute of all came hours after the announcement of the legend’s passing when Juan Francisco Estrada and Chocolatito Gonzalez engaged in a rematch of the ages.

This Week In History focuses on Joe Bugner’s 1971 victory over Henry Cooper and the book you simply shouldn’t be without is Pictorial History of Boxing by Nat Fleischer and Sam Andre.

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THIS weekend sees a potential Fight of the Year as Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez and Juan Francisco Estrada engage in a scrumptious rematch at super-flyweight.

News that Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez will clash in an undisputed fight in May is welcomed by Matt Christie and Alex Steedman and they also look back on Claressa Shields’ latest triumph.

This Week In History stars Marvin Hagler and John ‘The Beast’ Mugabi. Memories of that fight trigger even better ones of a week spent in Wales with Mugabi, Shannon Briggs and Jeff Harding.

Book of the week is the essential Unforgivable Blackness: The Jack Johnson Story by Geoffrey C. Ward.  

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TEOFIMO LOPEZ is seemingly taking charge of his own career after a fall-out with Top Rank and Triller bidding a whopping fee to secure his next outing.

Alex Steedman and Matt Christie explore the development and wonder if Triller can really become big players in a developing market. Does this mark the beginning of the end for fighters being tied to promoters in the long term or is this just another overly ambitious new kid on the block?

Canelo Alvarez’s thrashing of Avni Yildirim was expected but in reality did it do the sport any favours?

Joe Calzaghe’s masterful drubbing of Jeff Lacy is remembered In This Week In History and the superb Teddy Atlas biography, From The Streets To The Ring, is this week’s book.

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LAST weekend saw another eventful card that culminated with Josh Kelly losing to David Avanesyan. This weekend, Canelo Alvarez engages in a perceived mismatch against Avni Yildirim. Both bouts, and their differing narratives, are discussed in detail.

Alex Steedman and Matt Christie - after reading Terry Dooley’s Boxing News article - examine the idea of schadenfreude in boxing, which is ‘pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune’. Why all the hate in boxing today?

Frank Bruno’s gallant but unsuccessful bid to take Mike Tyson’s heavyweight crown in February 1989 is remembered in This Week In History and Mark Kram’s superb Ghosts of Manila is the Book Of The Week.

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THIS week we take a deep dive into the eternally contentious subject of scoring in the light of yet more controversial judging decisions.

Robert Smith, of the Boxing Board of Control, admits there are flaws in the current system while Matt Christie and Alex Steedman debate the issue.

Scoring is of course just one part of officiating; at the weekend, referee Howard Foster was accused of allowing Josh Warrington to take too much punishment in his punishing defeat to Mauricio Lara.

Two delicious fights are previewed: David Avenesyan-Josh Kelly in the UK and the all-Mexican war between Miguel Berchelt and Oscar Valdez in America.

The first slugfest between Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales is the subject of This Week In History and Jonathan Rendall’s This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own is the book of the week.

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