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George Foreman yells, Oct. 15, 1974, in N'Sele, Kinshasa, Za
Men’s Boxing / 28 March 2025
28 March 2025
JOHN WIGHT pays tribute to the late great George Foreman who defied the odds throughout his life and career to become a household name and legend of the sport
John H. Stracey, right, who is to defend his European welter
Men’s boxing / 14 March 2025
14 March 2025
JOHN WIGHT writes about the fascinating folklore surrounding the place which has been home to some of the most ferocious bareknuckle and unlicensed fighters throughout history
Gross: Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s face in li
Men’s Boxing / 27 February 2025
27 February 2025
JOHN WIGHT questions how legend of the sport Roberto Duran is lending credibility to the sportswashing circus that is Riyadh Season — and at what cost?
25-11-2023 of John Cooney celebrating with his team after wi
Men’s Boxing / 14 February 2025
14 February 2025
Following the untimely death of 28-year-old Irish boxer John Cooney, JOHN WIGHT explores how the sport can be made ‘safer’ than it is at present
Lightweight boxer Dick McTaggart who won 'Lightweight' gold
Men's boxing / 31 January 2025
31 January 2025
JOHN WIGHT writes on the life and illustrious career of Dick McTaggart – perhaps the most underappreciated boxer in history
Cus D'Amato (right) with Floyd Patterson in August 1957
Men's Boxing / 17 January 2025
17 January 2025
JOHN WIGHT writes on legendary boxing trainer and philosopher, Cus D’Amato
Theatr na nOg's The Fight
Men’s Boxing / 3 January 2025
3 January 2025
JOHN WIGHT tells the story of boxer Cuthbert Taylor, who was deemed ‘not white enough’ to be British champion, and how a Welsh theatre group have chosen to keep his name alive
Boxer Tyson Fury, right, and Oleksandr Usyk, left, face off
Men’s boxing / 20 December 2024
20 December 2024
JOHN WIGHT discusses how top-flight boxing is today a ‘late stage capitalist entity’
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor and partner Dee De
Mixed Martial Arts / 6 December 2024
6 December 2024
JOHN WIGHT discusses the globally known fighter’s dramatic fall from grace
Jake Paul lands a left to Mike Tyson during their heavyweigh
Men’s boxing / 22 November 2024
22 November 2024
JOHN WIGHT reacts to last weekend’s bizarre spectacle between the veteran boxer and the upstarting social media influencer in Dallas, Texas
Perspiration flies from the head of George Foreman as he tak
Men’s Boxing / 8 November 2024
8 November 2024
JOHN WIGHT explains how the eighth-round stoppage back in 1974 remains among the most important moments in the entire history of sports
boxing gloves
Men's Boxing / 25 October 2024
25 October 2024
JOHN WIGHT writes on his time training at a boxing club in Los Angeles, brushing shoulders with Hollywood actors, and his memories of a prodigal fighter
Chris Eubank Jr can be seen at York Hall, London. Picture da
Men’s boxing / 11 October 2024
11 October 2024
JOHN WIGHT discusses how the role of the promoter in professional boxing has always been controversial, and for mainly justifiable reasons historically
Anthony Joshua (left) and Daniel Dubois in the IBF World Hea
Men’s boxing / 27 September 2024
27 September 2024
JOHN WIGHT questions Anthony Joshua’s status as the man who single-handedly turned boxing into the mass spectator sport it has become in Britain after his loss to Dubois at Wembley
kapow: Oleksandr Usyk (left) lands a punch on Tyson Fury dur
Sport / 13 September 2024
13 September 2024
Not only did this school of fighting create champions in Eastern Europe, it influenced boxers across the entire world, explains JOHN WIGHT
Martin Bakole
Boxing / 16 August 2024
16 August 2024
JOHN WIGHT charts the inexorable rise of a Congolese heavyweight and honorary son of Scotland
Britain's Rosie Eccles (right) and Poland's Aneta Rygielska
Boxing / 2 August 2024
2 August 2024
JOHN WIGHT writes on the controversies at the Paris Olympics, Team GB's lacklustre run at the Games, and mulls over the differences between the amateur and professional formats
Andy Clarke
Men’s boxing / 19 July 2024
19 July 2024
JOHN WIGHT writes about boxing media veteran Andy Clarke and his recently published book on the ‘most definitive event in the world of sports’
Johnny Fisher
Men’s boxing / 5 July 2024
5 July 2024
JOHN WIGHT writes about the Romford heavyweight prospect, who will face the most difficult test of his career so far when he takes on the Croatian boxer in London this weekend
Johnny Owen
Men’s boxing / 7 June 2024
7 June 2024
JOHN WIGHT looks back at the career and tragic early death of Welsh bantamweight champion Johnny Owen
Taylor Catterall
Men's Boxing / 24 May 2024
24 May 2024
JOHN WIGHT sizes up these two rivals for this much-anticipated rematch
Tyson Fury during a press conference at the The Mazuma Mobil
Men’s Boxing / 10 May 2024
10 May 2024
JOHN WIGHT previews the Ukrainian boxer’s showdown with the Gypsy King for the title of undisputed in Riyadh on May 18
Willie Limond
Men’s boxing / 25 April 2024
25 April 2024
JOHN WIGHT pays tribute to Willie Limond following his untimely death, a loss that has ‘sent veritable shockwaves throughout the entire British boxing community’
Sugar Ray Leonard at the Nottingham Arena, May 2012
Sport / 12 April 2024
12 April 2024
JOHN WIGHT looks back at one of the most enduring controversies in the sport – when Sugar Ray Leonard fought Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Joe Bugner
Men’s boxing / 29 March 2024
29 March 2024
JOHN WIGHT describes the boxer’s decades-long career that saw him fight some of the most iconic and legendary heavyweights of all time
British former world champion Anthony Joshua (left) and MMA
Men’s Boxing / 15 March 2024
15 March 2024
JOHN WIGHT reflects on the latest instalment of boxing in Saudi Arabia including Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou
Noble Art: Frank Gilfeather in his own branded boxing gloves
Sport / 16 February 2024
16 February 2024
John Wight meets FRANK GILFEATHER, the fighting pensioner and social media sensation
Tyson Fury
Men’s Boxing / 2 February 2024
2 February 2024
JOHN WIGHT writes about how the culture of confidentiality in boxing has increasingly come under attack in recent times, proven by the rumours surrounding Fury v Usyk
Karsten Winegeart
Features / 29 January 2024
29 January 2024
JOHN WIGHT says remembering the victims of the horrific Nazi extermination project is a vital defence of civilisation
Wilder Parker
Sport / 29 December 2023
29 December 2023
Despite the gangsters and sportwashing, JOHN WIGHT find some hope for the sport in 2024
Ricky Hatton (right) strikes Marco Antonio Barrera in the ex
Men’s Boxing / 15 December 2023
15 December 2023
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
Carl Froch (left) in action with George Groves during the IB
BOXING / 1 December 2023
1 December 2023
Ceasefire
Boxing / 17 November 2023
17 November 2023
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
Tyson Fury, of England, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champ
Men’s Boxing / 3 November 2023
3 November 2023
JOHN WIGHT says the boxer’s disastrous showing merely confirms the truth that nothing corrupts a fighter more than belief in his own hype
Archie Moore
Men’s Boxing / 20 October 2023
20 October 2023
JOHN WIGHT writes about how no one eclipses Archie Moore when it comes to understanding the meaning of the word ‘struggle’
Hezbollah march at a funeral on October 10 2023 for two memb
Features / 16 October 2023
16 October 2023
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