Root and Stokes grind down weary India to stretch lead beyond 100

ANTHONY JOSHUA’S victory against Kubrat Pulev at Wembley Arena last weekend sets up nicely the heavyweight clash that boxing has been waiting for.
Barring a successful legal challenge by Deontay Wilder, and assuming that Joshua will either vacate his WBO title rather than face his WBO mandatory, Oleksandr Usyk, or persuade the Ukrainian to accept step aside money, we are guaranteed to see Tyson Fury and AJ share a ring — most probably in Saudi Arabia at the end of May 2021.
At least that’s if AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing is to be believed.

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