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AS revealing as the performance itself, the look on Anthony Yarde’s face in the aftermath of defeat to Artur Beterbiev said it all, both in terms of how close he had come and the competitive nature of his mindset. For despite having pushed Beterbiev close, and despite being ahead on two of the three scorecards

THE Artur Beterbiev-shaped mountain that Anthony Yarde stands beneath is substantial. On rare occasion, we have seen similar sized peaks scaled but the sheer height of the climb, particularly for the uninitiated, generally proves too much. Such would appear the case this weekend when Yarde, 23-2 (22), challenges the fearsome world light-heavyweight champion inside Wembley

Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) I expect them to put on a good and exciting fight because both have aggressive, big-punching styles. Yarde has some good KO stats and is younger and hungry, but Berterbiev has a 100 percent KO record against better opponents. That’s why I believe that after a hard-fought first half

ONE way of reducing the magnitude, and indeed danger, of what is to come is to reimagine the threat as something you have seen before; a threat no different than the previous one you conquered. Even if it amounts to a lie, or a delusion, this will allow you to think, behave and function as

THERE was a moment during the build-up to Chris Eubank Jnr’s fourth-round stoppage loss against Liam Smith when an all-too-familiar feeling, one I had last experienced before the previous fight Eubank Jnr had scheduled, washed over me. It was, to put it mildly, a feeling of ickiness; the feeling of being in the wrong place

DON’T LET the bloodcurdling look in his eyes fool you. Artur Beterbiev may stare down his opponents like a butcher surveys a carcass but the emotions flickering away at the back of his mind are familiar to us all. Few of us, however, are able to weaponise these feelings the way the Russian can. “You

JOHN HENRY LEWIS w pts 15 LEN HARVEY November 9, 1936 HARVEY is unlikely to register with many attending this weekend’s event but he was a genuine British great from yesteryear. As is the case with many boxers operating back then, his record on modern day website, BoxRec, only tells part of the story. At

THIS fight is massive and what we have dreamed of and worked so hard for. For me, it’s similar to Ricky Hatton-Kostya Tszyu (in Manchester in June, 2005). Ricky beat an established world champion that night to make himself a huge star and that’s how big this fight is for Ant. He becomes massive when

LIAM SMITH beating Chris Eubank Jnr should not be called an upset but the manner in which the latter collapsed in round four was truly shocking. Firstly, Smith was exceptional and he deserves what we hope is the life-changing payday that should come next; ideally at Anfield in a huge event where he is the

Wayne Alexander (Former European super-welterweight champion) I don’t have much interest in seeing that. The first fight was such an emphatic win for Smith that it’s hard to see how a rematch would sell. Also, I’m not sure if Chris would feel comfortable being the B-side this time. Chris, it has to be said, looked

IF OLEKSANDR USYK is the world’s finest active fighter, in his cornerman Russ Anber there exists a thread that leads all the way back to Ray Arcel and Roberto Duran. It was in Montreal where Arcel oversaw Duran’s finest ever victory, over “Sugar” Ray Leonard, and it was also in Montreal where Anber, widely recognised

WITH great revenue comes great expectations and, ideally, great responsibility. Ideally… Not a word our country’s government or their corporate brethren tend to honour, but I digress. On the back of Liam Smith’s stunning win over Chris Eubank Jnr, which headed yet another pay-per-view event, it’s not a bad time to shed a few thoughts

IT WAS the last fight, the last great night of glory for Chris Eubank and he left the sport with dignity. In the vicious aftermath of last Saturday’s fight, when escalating dreams crashed so suddenly, it was a reminder of another loss in the Eubank family. It was 1998, Sheffield was the venue and Eubank,

SO, WHO is the novice from Barnsley who’s helping Artur Beterbiev prepare to defend his light-heavyweight belts against Anthony Yarde in London? Manager Kevin Maree calls Callum Simpson “the best prospect in the country, bar none,” predicts he will beat Ben Whittaker in a fight that British boxing needs. Better still, Beterbiev is also a

ANYONE trying to promote at a small hall boxing event in the 1960s, much like today, needed to be prepared to lose a lot of money. The 1950s was the last decade where such ventures could prove profitable for regular shows. As that decade wore on and the television started to make inroads into the

1 Deontay Wilder While every boxer on this list possesses remarkable power, few leave their opponents looking the way Wilder leaves them looking after landing his devastating right hand. With 42 knockouts in his 43 wins, he touches opponents and they tend to go to sleep. 2 Naoya Inoue A man of only 118 pounds,

IN light of the fact Chris Eubank Jnr spent weeks telling the world he operated on a different level intellectually to Liam Smith, and that Smith, to his mind, was little more than an “A-B-C, 1-2-3” type of fighter, it was somewhat appropriate that the shot with which Smith upset Eubank Jnr’s equilibrium tonight (January

AFTER middleweight Chris Eubank Jnr was scheduled to fight welterweight Conor Benn, a man the former relentlessly taunted about how easy victory would be, the 33-year-old found his popularity at an all-time high. Not because he went on to beat Benn, but because of the way he reacted when the bout was belatedly canned when