Obviously China is a much larger, more powerful and more wealthy country than Japan but boxing can and should use the Japanese proven model soon in China. Why? Because it not only works, it is a massive success, not just in Japan either. Sure, everyone in Japan knows pound for pound star Naoya ‘The Monster’ […]

Pound for pound is boxing’s greatest ever pub argument – strip away the size, who’s the actual best? We love it because it’s unanswerable. One minute Crawford’s resume and skill make him untouchable, next minute someone says prime Roy Jones knocks him out before the bell rings twice. Both can be true on the same

He started as the Disney kid turned annoying YouTuber, fair enough. But wake up – that was six years and 11 pro fights ago. Jake Paul hasn’t posted a prank video in half a decade. What he has done is sell 80,000 tickets to watch him fight 58-year-old Mike Tyson, outdraw Canelo in multiple markets,

First undisputed heavyweight champion in a quarter-century and people still talk about him like he’s holding the belts on a technicality. Beat Joshua twice (once on his own patch), outboxed Fury in his backyard, then did it again in the rematch after eating a dozen clean right hands. Survived a borderline low blow from Dubois

Japan has produced some proper warriors down the years – Fighting Harada scrapping his way to two divisions, Kado with that iron chin, Gushiken’s relentless pressure, Yokota’s slickness. Absolute legends, every one. But let’s be real: Naoya Inoue has lapped the lot. Four-weight world champion, undisputed in two of them, and he’s still only 32.

Watch light-heavyweight champion Bivol warm up on the pads and you’ll swear boxing was invented for him alone. The jab is a spear, the feet glide like he’s on ice, the eyes never blink. Canelo, the best body puncher of his generation, landed 84 punches in twelve rounds. Zurdo Ramirez, a southpaw world champion up

Maybe the best boxing managers and advisers in professional boxers, and promoters too, are the ones that spot the next big thing before he is known at all. This comes with experience for many being in boxing over the years for a long time where they watch both amateur and pro fights to scout out