A Boxing Memory: Buster Drayton Buster Drayton sadly passed away on November 20th 2022 aged 70. The dangerous big punching Philadelphia fighter came to prominence to British fight fans courtesy of consecutive stoppage victories over touted British hopefuls Jimmy Cable and Mark Kaylor in 1984. Drayton stopped Cable inside a round and followed that up … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Buster Drayton →

A Boxing Memory: Tyrell Biggs When the unbeaten former Olympic gold medalist Tyrell Biggs challenged the fearsome untouched Mike Tyson in 1987 for the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, I told everyone who would listen that Biggs would beat Tyson. After seven largely one-sided rounds, everyone stopped listening. I was in truth on a … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Tyrell Biggs →

Frank Bruno vs Chuck Gardner: A Shabby Shambles By Garry WhiteHe looked like he should have been wearing a John Deere cap atop of his closely-shaven skull. You wouldn’t have been at all surprised to see the rouge tint of a truck drivers tan on his forearms, but instead he was mostly pasty white. The … Continue reading Frank Bruno vs Chuck Gardner: A Shabby Shambles →

A Boxing Memory: Lewis vs. Tyson Boxing history is littered with fights that didn’t happen, or when they did, they happened too late to matter. A pale imitation of what they could have been. Add Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson to the seemingly never-ending list of stories of when boxing failed itself. Early sparring sessions … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Lewis vs Tyson →

A Boxing Memory: Leon Spinks The upset win over Muhammad Ali in 1978 shocked the boxing world. The reigning Olympic champion was 24 and a mere novice as a professional. Only seven fights in, Leon Spinks was the supposed soft touch, the sacrificial lamb for an Ali who at 36, was more than slowly slipping … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Leon Spinks →

In Memory Of Alan Minter By Melanie Lloyd I interviewed Alan almost 20 years ago for my first volume of Sweet Fighting Man.  We had so much fun that day, and I will never forget the waiters in the restaurant closing the doors at the end of the lunchtime session and allowing us to stay and … Continue reading In Memory Of Alan Minter →

A Boxing Memory: Daniel Zaragoza By Steve Hunt “So, tell me. What seems to be the problem?” I sat opposite my therapist, my head down, deeply troubled. “I’m really struggling,” I replied, “I actually think I might be falling out of love”. “Well, that can happen. Relationships do come to an end. It’s part of … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Daniel Zaragoza →