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Conor McGregor’s surprise announcement, made via Twitter, that he’s decided to call it quits and retire from MMA, followed in quick succession by the revelation that he is the subject of an ongoing police investigation into sexual assault in Ireland, has stirred speculation that the former is connected to the latter, suggesting that things have taken a sharp turn for the worse in the fortunes of the controversial combat sports icon.
For many who’ve followed his career, revelling in the controversy, chaos and excitement he’s brought to the Octagon, this will be just another day.
For others, taking more of a sober view, it charts the continuing downward spiral of a fighter who over the past few years bestrode the world if not like a colossus then certainly as close to one as you will find in an age when the soulless nature of fame and celebrity has hit peak aridity and bespeaks the end of days.
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
