Men’s Boxing All the action in Riyadh: the good, the bad and the ugly JOHN WIGHT reflects on the latest instalment of boxing in Saudi Arabia including Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou
Tuesday 02nd Jan 2024 Boxing report card 2023: low marks for integrity, high marks for greed Despite the gangsters and sportwashing, JOHN WIGHT find some hope for the sport in 2024
Friday 15th Dec 2023 Men’s Boxing Hatton's second chapter JOHN WIGHT reminds readers of the boxer’s history and legacy as not just an elite-level fighter, but as a bona fide working-class hero in his prime
Friday 01st Dec 2023 BOXING An epic battle of the wills IT WAS 10 years ago — on November 25 2013 to be precise — that George Groves put in a performance against Carl Froch at the Manchester Arena that w
Friday 17th Nov 2023 Boxing History of Boxing in Palestine JOHN WIGHT writes about the origins of the sports’ popularity in Gaza, and since the opening of its first-ever boxing centre for girls in 2022, it has captured the attention of local women too
Friday 03rd Nov 2023 Men’s Boxing ‘Fury cashed out in Riyadh, but at what cost?’ JOHN WIGHT says the boxer’s disastrous showing merely confirms the truth that nothing corrupts a fighter more than belief in his own hype
Friday 20th Oct 2023 Men’s Boxing A tale of hardship and resilience outside the ring JOHN WIGHT writes about how no one eclipses Archie Moore when it comes to understanding the meaning of the word ‘struggle’
Tuesday 17th Oct 2023 What could happen if Hezbollah fights Israel? As the prospect of an all-out war between the Lebanon-based militia and the IDF becomes more likely, JOHN WIGHT considers what has changed since the 2006 conflict that Hezbollah considers a victory
Friday 06th Oct 2023 Men’s Boxing Frampton bites back JOHN WIGHT writes about the boxers who have experienced alleged mistreatment while fighting under the McGuigan banner
Wednesday 27th Sep 2023 Opinion The day Canadian parliamentarians spat on the graves of the WWII dead The Western Establishment has a warped and shameful history of sympathy with fascism, warns JOHN WIGHT
Friday 22nd Sep 2023 A powerful symbol of American discontent JOHN WIGHT laments the lack of boxers standing for anything other than their own wealth today, and remembers one who did at great cost