A Boxing Memory: Rhiannon Dixon vs. Karen Elizabeth Carabajal It was the moment of truth for Rhiannon Dixon in April 2024. Unbeaten in nine fights, Dixon was stepping up in class when she fought the tough and vastly more experienced Argentinian Karen Elizabeth Carabajal at the Manchester Arena. The vacant WBO world lightweight title was … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Rhiannon Dixon vs. Karen Elizabeth Carabajal
A Boxing Memory: Georgia O'Connor On October 15th 2022, was the very last time we ever saw Georgia O'Connor inside a boxing ring. At 22, O'Connor was seemingly a fighter with her whole career ahead of her. But her story, her entire life even, is very much a case of what could have been. O'Connor … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Georgia O’Connor
Requiem for a Heavyweight: The never-ending career of Danny Williams By Garry White The Tondi 17 Boxing Hall, Tallinn; Ramazan Njala Sports Palace, Albania; Panther Gym, Cologne; or the Arena Riga. What do they all have in common? I’ll tell you. They are all places where former heavyweight champion of Britain, the Commonwealth, and one-time … Continue reading Requiem for a Heavyweight: The never-ending career of Danny Williams
Ricky Hatton: The People's Champion By Garry White Always back there, moving forward (in the ring at least). Another weekend, with grainy screens, as if the non-existent sun was blemishing it at ten o’clock on a Saturday night. Behind the bar, Fosters, Carling, maybe even a Castlemaine – it made no difference; they all tasted the same. The … Continue reading Ricky Hatton: The People’s Champion
A Boxing Memory: Tony Zale By Garry White One day, when Tony Zale was little more than a toddler, his father went out to collect him some medicine from a local pharmacy. On the way back, his bicycle was hit by a car, and he was killed. For a couple of years afterwards, every time … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Tony Zale
A Boxing Memory: Nicolino Locche By Garry White If ever there was a man to side-step accepted logic, then it was Nicolino Locche. There can never have been a boxer who could conceivably have looked less than the sum of his parts than the Argentine. Famously, he was so elusive that hardly anyone could hit … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Nicolino Locche
Beyond The Ropes: Joe Louis By Garry White Working as a greeter in Caesars Palace wasn’t hard work. Signing a few autographs for starry-eyed out-of-towners, fooling around with house money on the tables, and hanging with high rollers. They say the boys at the casino paid him a decent wage and provided him with a house. … Continue reading Beyond The Ropes: Joe Louis
2005: Once Upon a Time in Vegas By Garry White Idelfonso Martinez plops himself down on a bench and looks down at his scuffed white training shoes. One of the laces is beginning to dangle loose, and he briefly contemplates tightening it. Before he can reach down, a man wanders past and utters something in … Continue reading 2005: Once Upon a Time in Vegas
A Boxing Memory: Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall It was a rivalry ten years in the making. A defeat in the amateur ranks in 2012 sparked the once-in-a-lifetime feud. Savannah Marshall was the only fighter to ever defeat Claressa Shields in a boxing ring. Shields never forgot. Marshall wouldn't let her. When they met again … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Claressa Shields vs. Savannah Marshall
A Boxing Memory: Natasha Jonas vs. Chris Namus In early 2022, Natasha Jonas was facing her latest moment of truth. The headlines of 'Third Time Lucky' did the rounds. Jonas knew if she failed to claim a world title at the third attempt, there wouldn't be a fourth. This was it. A simple case of … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Natasha Jonas vs. Chris Namus
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