Jimmy Wilde: The Ghost With A Hammer In His Hand

Jimmy Wilde: The Ghost With A Hammer In His Hand By Garry White Arguably, Jimmy Wilde (132-3-1), the first proper flyweight champion of the world, possessed the greatest and most descriptive nickname in ring history. At a time when it wasn’t always fashionable for British fighters to adopt ring monikers, Wilde was known as the … Continue reading Jimmy Wilde: The Ghost With A Hammer In His Hand →

Spinks vs Ali 2: The Third Coming

Spinks vs Ali 2: The Third Coming Appearances can be deceiving and things most certainly can look very different from the way they really are. They can also give you a distorted picture, something isn't quite what you see. In February 1978 we saw a little of that distortion. The incredible career of 'The Greatest' … Continue reading Spinks vs Ali 2: The Third Coming →

Hagler vs Hearns: The War For Respect & Acceptance

Hagler vs Hearns: The War For Respect & Acceptance It took Marvelous Marvin Hagler nearly eight years to win the world middleweight title, even longer for people to realise, accept just how good he was. But one fight changed everything. Sugar Ray Leonard wasn't present in that Las Vegas ring in 1985, but in many … Continue reading Hagler vs Hearns: The War For Respect & Acceptance →

Big Frank, A Cyclone & Other Fighters Who Defined My Youth

Big Frank, A Cyclone & Other Fighters Who Defined My Youth Boxing in some way shape or form has seemingly always been there, passively at the start, at other times obsessively so. Even when my age was still in single digits, boxing was present in even that embryonic period in my life. Muhammad Ali bouncing … Continue reading Big Frank, A Cyclone & Other Fighters Who Defined My Youth →

A Boxing Memory: Sugar Ray Leonard

A Boxing Memory: Sugar Ray Leonard There is no doubt that Sugar Ray Leonard outstayed his welcome. Like many before and since, Leonard couldn't accept his day in the sun was over. The retirements and subsequent comebacks became tiresome and his last few fights did nothing for his legacy or indeed his reputation. We didn't … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Sugar Ray Leonard →

A Boxing Memory: Larry Holmes

Larry Holmes: One of the Greats Muhammad Ali is widely considered the greatest heavyweight boxing has ever seen, and with good reason. The fighter that followed him, is in my opinion the one that would have pushed him the closest, if you judge their prime years side by side. Like Ali, Larry Holmes had his … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Larry Holmes →

A Boxing Memory: Mayweather Stops McGregor in 10 Rounds

A Boxing Memory: Mayweather Stops McGregor in 10 Rounds The task was always going to be way too much for Conor McGregor, even a softer faded Floyd Mayweather had far too many skills for the UFC star. The 10th round stoppage saved McGregor from absorbing any more unnecessary punches, his night was done, his chance … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Mayweather Stops McGregor in 10 Rounds →

A Boxing Memory: Oliver McCall vs Frank Bruno

A Boxing Memory: Oliver McCall vs Frank Bruno My first ever boxing memory was in 1976, Muhammad Ali defending his world heavyweight title against the Yorkshire born Richard Dunn. Ali would win the fight in 5 one-sided rounds, a love affair was born. The memory fades over the years, and Ali would again be in … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Oliver McCall vs Frank Bruno →

Freddie Mills: The Forgotten Fighter

Freddie Mills: The Forgotten Fighter By Garry White Describing Freddie Mills as the “Forgotten Fighter” may seem faintly ridiculous. After all, there hardly seems to be a year that goes by without a book or some lurid news article concerning him. But what ties each revelation together is that scarcely any of them recall his … Continue reading Freddie Mills: The Forgotten Fighter →

Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection

Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection We are now two years removed since the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight took place. My opinion hasn't changed one bit, it shouldn't have got sanctioned, but as ever money talked, as it always does. Since the fight McGregor has been in the headlines largely for unsavoury reasons, his … Continue reading Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection →