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RECENTLY dipping back into a collection of Hugh McIlvanney’s boxing columns confirmed that when the then 82-year-old called time on his decades-long career as the sport’s finest chronicler in 2016, he left a yawning gap that will never be filled.
The man was so gifted, his writing so sublime, that rather than privileged to be ringside at all the classic fights of the late 20th century, involving some of the greatest fighters and biggest personalities the sport has produced, it was instead boxing’s privilege to have him there recording the drama, its highs and lows, with the artistry of a Van Gogh before he cut his ear off.
Mary Kom’s fists made history in the boxing world. Malak Mesleh’s never got the chance. One story ends in glory, the other in grief — but both highlight the defiance of women who dare to fight, writes JOHN WIGHT
The Khelif gender row shows no sign of being resolved to the satisfaction of anyone involved anytime soon, says boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
When Patterson and Liston met in the ring in 1962, it was more than a title bout — it was a collision of two black archetypes shaped by white America’s fears and fantasies, writes JOHN WIGHT
In the land of white supremacy, colonialism and the foul legacy of the KKK, JOHN WIGHT knows that to resist the fascism unleashed by Trump is to do God’s work
