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A general view of Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr in action during their middleweight bout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, April 26, 2025

Men’s Boxing / 9 May 2025

9 May 2025

The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT

Chris Eubank Jr (left) and Conor Benn face-off during a press conference at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London. Picture date: Thursday April 24, 2025

Men's boxing / 25 April 2025

Like fathers, like sons? Not at all

25 April 2025

JOHN WIGHT previews the much-anticipated bout between Benn and Eubank Jnr where — unlike the fights between their fathers — spectacle has reigned over substance

Men’s boxing / 11 April 2025

The farmer’s son who fought like a lion

11 April 2025

JOHN WIGHT takes us on a journey back to a decade defined by union power, pop stars, and gritty football icons - no boxer embodied the heart and soul of 1970s Britain quite like Dave Boy Green

George Foreman yells, October 15, 1974, in N'Sele, Kinshasa,

Men’s Boxing / 28 March 2025

‘A mighty oak has fallen’

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

London’s East End, the beating heart of boxing

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

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman’s face in lights at

Men’s Boxing / 27 February 2025

Saudi Arabia’s hold on boxing intensifies

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?

John Cooney celebrating with his team after winning his Celt

Men’s Boxing / 14 February 2025

‘Protection of boxers needs to be a priority’

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

‘Once you turn pro, it’s not a sport any more. It’s a living’

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

‘Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you or it can hurt you’

17 January 2025

JOHN WIGHT writes on legendary boxing trainer and philosopher, Cus D’Amato

Simeon Desvignes as Cuthbert Taylor in Theatr na nOg's The

Men’s Boxing / 3 January 2025

The Fight

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

Usyk v Fury: the rematch

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

The demise of Conor McGregor

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

‘Paul v Tyson proves how low prizefighting has sunk’

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

Ali v Foreman: battle of the greats

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

Men's Boxing / 25 October 2024

The Story of Brad

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, October 21

Men’s boxing / 11 October 2024

Eubank Jnr’s recent outburst is unsurprising

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

Boxer or brand?

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

The history behind Soviet-style boxing

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 celebrates after victory against Rodney Hernan

Boxing / 16 August 2024

Not since Ali fought Foreman has Congo revered a heavyweight fighter as they do Bakole

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

The IOC: caught between a rock and a hard place

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 during the Hughie Fury v Joseph Parker press con

Men’s boxing / 19 July 2024

The Knockout

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 celebrates victory in the vacant Southern Area

Men’s boxing / 5 July 2024

Fisher to face Babic, plus looking ahead to AJ v Dubois

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

Boxer Johnny Owen draped in the Welsh flag at London's Heath

Men’s boxing / 7 June 2024

The Merthyr Matchstick

7 June 2024

JOHN WIGHT looks back at the career and tragic early death of Welsh bantamweight champion Johnny Owen

Josh Taylor (left), Jack Catterall (right) and promoter Eddi

Men's Boxing / 24 May 2024

Can Catterall avenge his 2022 defeat to Taylor?

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

Usyk v Fury - A contest of intrigue

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

Tyrone Nurse (right) and Willie Limond during the British Su

Men’s boxing / 25 April 2024

‘Heart of a giant, spirit of a rebel’

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

‘Ray, you didn’t win that fight, man’

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

Men’s boxing / 29 March 2024

Requiem for a heavyweight - Joe Bugner's life and times

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

Former world champion Anthony Joshua (left) and MMA fighter

Men’s Boxing / 15 March 2024

All the action in Riyadh: the good, the bad and the ugly

15 March 2024

JOHN WIGHT reflects on the latest instalment of boxing in Saudi Arabia including Anthony Joshua v Francis Ngannou

Frank Gilfeather in his branded boxing gloves and (right) Fr

Sport / 16 February 2024

‘Boxing is a force for good’

16 February 2024

John Wight meets FRANK GILFEATHER, the fighting pensioner and social media sensation

Tyson Fury (left) and Oleksandr Usyk during a press conferen

Men’s Boxing / 2 February 2024

‘What happens in the gym, stays in the gym’

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

A view inside the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz, Pola

Features / 29 January 2024

Never again: reflections on the Holocaust

29 January 2024

JOHN WIGHT says remembering the victims of the horrific Nazi extermination project is a vital defence of civilisation

Deontay Wilder (left) and Joseph Parker during a press confe

Sport / 29 December 2023

Boxing report card 2023: low marks for integrity, high marks for greed

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

Hatton's second chapter

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

An epic battle of the wills

1 December 2023

Boxing / 17 November 2023

History of Boxing in Palestine

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, the WBC and lineal heavyweight champion, fights

Men’s Boxing / 3 November 2023

‘Fury cashed out in Riyadh, but at what cost?’

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

Men’s Boxing / 20 October 2023

A tale of hardship and resilience outside the ring

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

What could happen if Hezbollah fights Israel?

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

Men’s Boxing / 6 October 2023

Frampton bites back

6 October 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes about the boxers who have experienced alleged mistreatment while fighting under the McGuigan banner

The Speaker of Canada's House of Commons Anthony Rota delive

Opinion / 25 September 2023

The day Canadian parliamentarians spat on the graves of the WWII dead

25 September 2023

The Western Establishment has a warped and shameful history of sympathy with fascism, warns JOHN WIGHT

Alonso Johnson ducks away from Muhammad Ali, during exhibiti

Sport / 22 September 2023

A powerful symbol of American discontent

22 September 2023

JOHN WIGHT laments the lack of boxers standing for anything other than their own wealth today, and remembers one who did at great cost

Chris Eubank Jr (left) in action against Liam Smith in the M

Men's Boxing / 8 September 2023

Glory, drama and revenge: Eubank Jnr's rematch with Smith had it all

8 September 2023

JOHN WIGHT on the dramatic fight which saw the underdog finally prevail

MISUNDERSTOOD: Sonny Liston (left) takes a shot at a sparrin

Men’s Boxing / 25 August 2023

Boxing as a morality play

25 August 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes about Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston, who he describes as ‘two of the most misunderstood’ fighters in the history of the sport

Terence Crawford (left) connects with a punch to Errol Spenc

Men’s Boxing / 11 August 2023

The good, the bad, and the ugly of boxing

11 August 2023

JOHN WIGHT discusses the intriguing recent action going on in the sport, including Crawford v Spence, and Whyte’s banned drugs test and Paul v Diaz

Men’s Boxing / 28 July 2023

The Boston Strong Boy

28 July 2023

JOHN WIGHT tells the fascinating story of the rivalry between American bareknuckle boxer John L Sullivan and journalist Kyle Fox, both pioneers in the popularisation of the sport as we know it today

Men’s Boxing / 14 July 2023

‘Victory over self’

14 July 2023

JOHN WIGHT tells the story of the famed and legendary lightweight world champion Benny Leonard, who grappled with his opponents and rife anti-semitism in Manhattan

UNDERWHELMING: Tyson Fury (left) in action against Derek Chi

Men’s Boxing / 29 June 2023

A requiem for the heavyweights

29 June 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes about how purse and PPV splits have become endemic in the ‘blue riband’ weight division, and how it has triggered a spiral of decline

Palestinian Marwa al-Tamimi, 32 carries the body of her 2-ye

Opinion / 9 June 2023

Solidarity with Ukraine, but not Palestine? Welcome to the great hypocrisy

9 June 2023

JOHN WIGHT argues that the West’s inconsistent application of its laws and values when it comes to Israel is thrown into high relief by its response to the war in Ukraine

Josh Taylor, the boxer Teofimo Lopez claims he is going to �

Men’s Boxing / 2 June 2023

Is boxing hurtling towards its demise?

2 June 2023

JOHN WIGHT discusses how despite advances in medical protections and safeguards in boxing, ring fatalities remain far too high

Military medics give first aid to wounded soldiers on the ro

Features / 24 May 2023

The killing fields of Bakhmut — what would Vasily Grossman say?

24 May 2023

The men killed in war die with the stamp of confusion and terror on their faces, while those who kill them do so terrified for their own lives, writes JOHN WIGHT

Muhammad Ali after his victory over British Heavyweight cham

Men’s Boxing / 19 May 2023

The critical role a trainer plays in any fighter’s success

19 May 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes about Eddie Futch, the US boxing trainer who coached four of the five men who defeated Muhammad Ali

Making matters still more abhorrent is the fact that King Ch

Features / 6 May 2023

Charles III is a gormless halfwit whose coronation bears witness to a failed revolution

6 May 2023

Britain is humiliated, infantilised and disgraced by its enduring tolerance of the monarchy. Any talk of progressive reform must include the abolition of this semi-feudal farce, writes JOHN WIGHT

Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez jumps rope during a training sessi

Men’s Boxing / 5 May 2023

Alvarez v Ryder

5 May 2023

JOHN WIGHT previews the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ fight taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico

Teofilo Stevenson talking with journalists during the 22nd S

Men’s Boxing / 21 April 2023

‘What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?’

21 April 2023

JOHN WIGHT discusses Cuban boxer Teofilo Stevenson and his legacy which is ‘guaranteed to endure’

Tributes are given to former Scottish professional boxer Ken

Men’s Boxing / 7 April 2023

‘A true boxing all-time great’

7 April 2023

JOHN WIGHT pays tribute to Scottish boxing sensation Ken Buchanan

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at his Mar-a-

Features / 6 April 2023

You may destroy Trump, but Trumpism is another beast entirely

6 April 2023

Whether he is convicted or not, Donald Trump has already cast himself as an anti-establishment martyr, and his followers will make sure his legacy of white supremacy blossoms, writes JOHN WIGHT

A print representing the start of a boxing match between Tom

Sport / 24 March 2023

Unflinching defiance of racial hierarchy

24 March 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes on boxing’s racist past in Britain and US

Men’s Boxing / 10 March 2023

From Edinburgh to Hollywood

10 March 2023

JOHN WIGHT tells the story of Alex Arthur, the Scottish boxer who worked his way up to become one of the best and most respected pundits in the sport

Jake Paul and Tommy Fury pose after a face-off in the ring,

Men’s Boxing / 24 February 2023

‘It had the distinct whiff of money taking precedence over integrity’

24 February 2023

JOHN WIGHT discusses the Conor Benn fiasco and Tommy Fury v Jake Paul

Men’s Boxing / 10 February 2023

‘Showbusiness with blood’

10 February 2023

JOHN WIGHT discusses the chequered legacy of boxing writer Budd Schulberg

British lightweight boxing champion Dave Charnley receives a

Men’s Boxing / 27 January 2023

Adversity fought on the other side of the ropes

27 January 2023

JOHN WIGHT writes about Emile Griffith, a black, gay, boxing world champion, and details some of the struggles he faced both in and out of the ring

Chris Eubank Jr and Liam Smith pose during the head to head

Men’s Boxing / 13 January 2023

Eubank Jnr can talk the talk, but can he come out on top?

13 January 2023

John Wight previews the upcoming must-win fight between the boxer and Liam Smith on January 21

Prince Harry talks to a TV crew after his early morning pre-

Features / 12 January 2023

Prince Harry the killer: a sordid detail we should not overlook

12 January 2023

In his ill-advised confessional Spare, the Prince boasts of killing 25 supposed Taliban fighters at distance from an attack helicopter ‘only to prevent further loss of life’ — what scandalous nonsense, writes JOHN WIGHT

Tyson Fury makes his way out ahead of his heavyweight title

Sport / 30 December 2022

Annus horribilis: boxing in 2022

30 December 2022

It was not a year of highs and lows, but of lows and lowers, says JOHN WIGHT

14.5 million people are currently living in poverty across B

Features / 22 December 2022

The Tories have declared war on society: it is high time society declared war on them

22 December 2022

It has been over a decade since 'austerity measures' were unleashed on our nation, and four years since the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty condemned the inevitable results — but where is our justified rage, asks JOHN WIGHT

Anthony Joshua after losing the World Heavyweight Championsh

Men’s Boxing / 16 December 2022

The Riddle of Anthony Joshua

16 December 2022

JOHN WIGHT writes how AJ is afflicted with the most dangerous opponent of any fighter — a lack of self-belief

Daniel Dubois (left), Tyson Fury (third left), Derek Chisora

Men’s Boxing / 2 December 2022

Fury v Chisora III: All the makings of a turgid affair

2 December 2022

JOHN WIGHT previews this weekend’s main event and argues that the lack of sauce when it comes to the boxing match is self-evident

Fifa President Gianni Infantino speaks at a press conference

Men’s Football / 24 November 2022

The ugly face of the beautiful game

24 November 2022

JOHN WIGHT writes about Fifa President Gianni Infantino’s bizarre press conference

CLASH: South African boxer Phil van Niekerk (right) lands a

Men’s Boxing / 17 November 2022

‘An unbeatable vector of resistance to racism’

17 November 2022

JOHN WIGHT unravels the fascinating connection between boxing hero Joe Louis and writer Richard Wright, who chronicled his fight against America’s racist soul - as well as his opponents in the ring

Women take a picture with an artwork on a building destroyed

Features / 14 November 2022

Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine is failing badly

14 November 2022

The disastrous planning, the underestimation of Ukraine's forces and the West's willingness to supply and advise them, the poor tactics — the world will be studying Putin's catastrophic failure for decades, writes JOHN WIGHT

Men’s Boxing / 4 November 2022

‘What PEDs help to build, they also destroy’

4 November 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the increased usage of performance-enhancing drugs among elite level boxers, and tells the powerful story of his own past experiences with them

Features / 21 October 2022

Like Napoleon, is Boris Johnson set to return from exile to have his hundred days?

21 October 2022

After just 44 days out of power Boris Johnson has announced his intention to return to the top of the Tory Party — but regardless of his undeniable popularity as a relatable, bumbling bon vivant, his Waterloo can't be far off, writes JOHN WIGHT

Tyson Fury holding £10,000 in cash after winning a bet with

Sport / 21 October 2022

Boxing is less a sport and more a circus

21 October 2022

Benn-Eubank Jr and Kinhan scandals show that when it comes to top-flight men’s boxing, all that matters is money, writes JOHN WIGHT

Promoters Kalle Sauerland and Eddie Hearn during a press con

Men’s Boxing / 7 October 2022

Disaster in the making: Benn v Eubank Jr

7 October 2022

After a week of chaos following a failed drug test and unprofessional promoters, JOHN WIGHT discusses his relief after the London clash was postponed

Gene Tunney preparing for his fight with Jack Dempsey

Men’s Boxing / 30 September 2022

Gene Tunney: Intellectual and fighter

30 September 2022

JOHN WIGHT tells the story of the famed US heavyweight who carried boxing gloves in his gym bag, along with the works of Shakespeare, F Scott Fitzgerald and other literary giants

NEW DEPTHS: Vladimir Putin announced a partial military call

Features / 21 September 2022

Putin rolls the dice not only on Ukraine, but also on his own leadership and legacy

21 September 2022

Between all the propaganda the fact that Russia's campaign is on the back foot is true — but whatever happens now diplomacy is unlikely, with both sides now backed into an East v West proxy war that stretches beyond Ukraine, writes JOHN WIGHT

Black and White photo of Jewish heavyweight boxer and Aushwi

Men’s Boxing / 16 September 2022

The man forced to fight for his own survival

16 September 2022

JOHN WIGHT tells the harrowing yet remarkable story of Harry Haft, a young man who fought bareknuckle for his own survival in the knowledge that he was consigning each man he defeated to death

Men’s Boxing / 2 September 2022

‘This is not a tough man’s world; it’s a thinking man’s world’

2 September 2022

JOHN WIGHT writes about Mike Tyson’s third act, and how the former heavyweight champion’s life has been a study in redemption and reinvention

Oleksandr Usyk (centre left) and Anthony Joshua (centre righ

Men's Boxing / 19 August 2022

AJ vs Usyk: Whoever wins common decency and boxing loses

19 August 2022

JOHN WIGHT hits out at the decision to stage the AJ vs Usyk rematch in Jeddah this Saturday, and its sportswashing of bloody Saudi regime

Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Af

Features / 16 August 2022

The US empire’s scramble out of Afghanistan

16 August 2022

As Saigon marked the end of US geostrategic ambitions in Indochina, so Kabul marked the end of the same in central Asia. JOHN WIGHT reflects on Washington’s undignified Afghan exit, one year on

Men’s Boxing / 12 August 2022

Legendary boxing towns and their legacies

12 August 2022

JOHN WIGHT explains why for the working class, boxing has always been the sport that comes closest to reflecting their life experiences

SHOT IN THE FOOT: Nancy Pelosi at a news conference on Capit

Opinion / 12 August 2022

US plays with fire over Taiwan

12 August 2022

Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was a dangerous and open provocation — precisely as intended, writes JOHN WIGHT

(L to R) Fight between Len Johnson and Jack Hood at the Ring

Men's Boxing / 29 July 2022

A fighter inside and outside of the ring

29 July 2022

JOHN WIGHT tells the story of boxing legend Len Johnson, barred from title fights because of the colour of his skin and who then fought injustice

DEVASTATION: A destroyed apartment house after Russian shell

Opinion / 20 July 2022

Ukraine and the lessons of ‘bloc politics’

20 July 2022

The major powers need to accept that attempts at domination over others will lead to perpetual instability and bloodshed. JOHN WIGHT examines the historical record

Heavyweight boxers Joe Louis (left) and Tommy Farr breakfast

Men’s Boxing / 15 July 2022

The extraordinary life of the ‘Tonypandy Terror’

15 July 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the life and career of Tommy Farr - one of the most illustrious fighters that Wales and Britain ever produced

Men’s Boxing / 1 July 2022

When boxing came to Celtic Park and almost caused a riot

1 July 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the rich history of the stadium, focussing particularly on the controversy caused by Sean O’Grady’s visit in 1980, which he witnessed firsthand

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch on a picket line outside Eu

Features / 23 June 2022

Mick Lynch has skelped the arse of the entire political and media establishment

23 June 2022

The RMT leader has shown what is possible in terms of public support when class politics are explained plainly and unapologetically by working-class militants — we need more of this, writes JOHN WIGHT

Henry Cooper (left) challenging World Heavyweight boxing Cha

Men’s Boxing / 17 June 2022

‘It ain’t no jive. Henry Cooper will go in five’

17 June 2022

JOHN WIGHT takes us on a trip back in time to 1963, and tells the story of the iconic fight between Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) and Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium

Deontay Wilder (left) and Tyson Fury in the ring in 2020

Sport / 3 June 2022

The great what ifs of heavyweight boxing

3 June 2022

The prospect of former champion Deontay Wilder returning to the ring has JOHN WIGHT hoping more greats will dust off their gloves again

Jack Catterall (left) swings and misses Josh Taylor in the r

Sport / 20 May 2022

Notorious figures inside and outside the ring

20 May 2022

JOHN WIGHT updates us on the latest scandals surrounding dodgy Don King, alleged gangster Daniel Kinahan, and the Catterall-Taylor brouhaha

Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin talks at the Finnish P

Features / 15 May 2022

Finland’s decision to join Nato is tantamount to an act of national suicide, not security

15 May 2022

It may be taboo to say it, but it was Nato expanionism, utterly hostile to Russia, that is the origin of this current conflict — and Nato growing even more will only increase the danger of world war, writes JOHN WIGHT

Ireland's Katie Taylor (right) punches Amanda Serrano during

Sport / 6 May 2022

The rise of women’s boxing

6 May 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the ethics of women’s fighting following the sold out clash between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano last weekend

Becker’s offence, when all is said and done, is that tried

Features / 2 May 2022

Boris Becker, a sacrifice to the system

2 May 2022

The bankrupt tennis star should not be in prison for poor financial decisions that hurt no-one else, but the judge and system that sent him there most definitely should, says JOHN WIGHT

Heavyweight boxers Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte go head-to-h

Men’s Boxing / 22 April 2022

The Homecoming: Fury v Whyte

22 April 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the continuing fallout over the Kinahan controversy, and the shadow it casts over one of the most anticipated bouts in modern British boxing

Sport / 15 April 2022

Kinahan is the elephant in boxing's room

15 April 2022

Features / 4 April 2022

Will Smith slap is the perfect metaphor for a Hollywood in decline

4 April 2022

The scrap during an Oscars ceremony that drew its second-lowest TV audience ever cemented the end of Hollywood as the engine room of US cultural hegemony — and mirrors the empire's overall decline, writes JOHN WIGHT

Men’s Boxing / 4 March 2022

‘Boxing beyond stoppages and knockouts is a subjective business’

4 March 2022

JOHN WIGHT fights Josh Taylor’s corner following the abuse he and his family endured in the wake of last weekend's controversial split decision victory over Jack Catterall in Glasgow

Josh Taylor (left) and Jack Catterall during the press tour

Men’s Boxing / 25 February 2022

Taylor v Catterall

25 February 2022

When all it takes is a millisecond to turn disaster into victory, who will come out on top? JOHN WIGHT predicts the result of Saturday’s showdown between Scotland's Josh Taylor and England’s Jack Catterall

RIVALS: Amir Khan (left) and Kell Brook during the weigh in

Men’s Boxing / 18 February 2022

Preview: Kell Brook v Amir Khan

18 February 2022

With no belts on the line, JOHN WIGHT explains how the history of rivalry leading up to this weekend's clash has generated so much buzz, and has a say in who will come out on top

RATCHETING UP TENSIONS: The US 82nd Airborne Division deploy

Opinion / 17 February 2022

Nato's an obstacle to peace in Europe and elsewhere

17 February 2022

The US, EU and Nato reneging on promises made to Russia lays at the crux of present tensions, writes JOHN WIGHT

Men’s Boxing / 11 February 2022

The Eubank name continues to spark interest

11 February 2022

JOHN WIGHT discusses the career renaissance of Chris Eubank Jr and how he looks to create his own boxing legacy, plus news on Eddie Hearn, AJ and Tyson Fury

German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht (left) rides in

Features / 9 February 2022

The provocation of Russia spits in the face of history

9 February 2022

European troops marching into former Soviet countries to ‘confront’ Russia is an incredibly dangerous affront to a nation whose WWII wounds still bleed like no other. Diplomacy must prevail, writes JOHN WIGHT

In the immediate decades after the Cuban Revolution failed t

Features / 1 February 2022

After Guevara: the struggle for progress in Latin America

1 February 2022

55 years after Che’s assassination, the continent he sought to liberate has overcome the dark decades of US-backed brutality and terror to once again embrace socialism, writes JOHN WIGHT

Terence Crawford at a press conference in London in 2019

Boxing / 28 January 2022

Crawford’s accusation ignites new firestorm

28 January 2022

JOHN WIGHT writes on intrigue and controversy surrounding the WBO Welterweight champ’s lawsuit against Top Rank promoter Bob Arum

REGRETFUL: Muhammad Ali during a training session at the Ter

Boxing / 14 January 2022

Blood brothers: Ali v Malcom

14 January 2022

JOHN WIGHT explores the rise and fall of friendship between two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century: Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

Tyson Fury celebrates defeating Deontay Wilder

Sport / 31 December 2021

Boxing review 2021

31 December 2021

JOHN WIGHT looks back on the thrills and spills of Boxing over the past year

FOCUSED: Joseph Parker (left) and Derek Chisora during a wei

Boxing / 17 December 2021

Chisora looks to set things right in Manchester

17 December 2021

JOHN WIGHT weighs up the relevance of the BBC’S SPOTY, talks Tyson Fury, and looks ahead to the highly anticipated Chisora v Parker rematch this weekend

DEFEATED: Kid Galahad (left) and Kiko Martinez

Boxing / 19 November 2021

Crawford v Porter: ‘A contest that needs no belts or titles to make things interesting’

19 November 2021

JOHN WIGHT condemns the abuse of Kid Galahad after losing his IBF featherweight title, and looks ahead to Crawford v Porter

Men’s boxing / 5 November 2021

Saul Alvarez v Caleb Plant preview

5 November 2021

Fury (left) and Wilder trade insults at a press event on Wed

Men's Boxing / 8 October 2021

Wilder's retribution or Fury's redemption?

8 October 2021

The key factor in Saturday's fight, writes JOHN WIGHT, isn't what Deontay can do, but which version of Tyson shows up in Las Vegas

Anthony Joshua during a weigh in at The O2 London

Men’s boxing / 24 September 2021

Joshua v Usyk: Stadium boxing comes back with a bang

24 September 2021

His approach to this fight has proved that, for AJ, legacy is now just as important, if not more important, than money. But he's not the big favourite that some might have you think, writes JOHN WIGHT

Former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield walks into the ri

Men's Boxing / 17 September 2021

The most grotesque car crash ever witnessed in a boxing ring

17 September 2021

The fact that the 58-year-old Evander Holyfield was allowed to strap on his gloves again is tantamount to a crime, writes JOHN WIGHT

Al-Qaida terrorists crash two hijacked planes in the World T

Features / 11 September 2021

Terror begets terror

11 September 2021

The unprecedented size of the anti-war movement that followed 9/11 is an inspiration, even if it failed — 20 years on and its simple message that to stop terrorism, the West must stop committing acts of terrorism itself has been vindicated, writes JOHN WIGHT

Conor McGregor (right) and Floyd Mayweather with UFC Preside

Boxing / 3 September 2021

Whoever makes it happen, fighters need a union

3 September 2021

After his foray into ‘fighting,’ Jake Paul is already rattling promoters’ cages — calling for a union to tackle the scourge of low pay and exploitative contracts suffered by most of his new colleagues. More power to him, says JOHN WIGHT

US marines pictured during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai Int

Features / 26 August 2021

Afghanistan – empires rise and empires fall

26 August 2021

Events in Kabul show Washington’s imperial overreach for all to see, says JOHN WIGHT

Manny Pacquiao celebrates after defeating Keith Thurman in 2

Boxing with John Wight / 20 August 2021

Pacquaio's last dance?

20 August 2021

JOHN WIGHT writes on the veteran Filipino’s rearranged fight with an unknown, yet impressive, Cuban pugilist

Britain's Luke Campbell with his Men's Boxing Bantam 56kg go

Boxing / 6 August 2021

Boxing and mental health

6 August 2021

Men’s boxing / 23 July 2021

Takam will need his A-game to weather Joyce’s storm

23 July 2021

Boxing / 9 July 2021

Twelve years later, Gatti’s absence is sorely felt

9 July 2021

A giant personality out of the ring who brought thunder within it, the Canadian gave us some of the most memorable fights in our sport's history

Men’s football / 25 June 2021

Oscar De La Hoya the latest boxer to sully his legacy

25 June 2021

Boxing / 28 May 2021

Taylor reigns supreme: the Scot looks unstoppable

28 May 2021

Outgunning Jose Ramirez in front of a hostile crowd in Vegas, Josh Taylor set up tough fights ahead. But in this form the undisputed champion just refuses to be denied, writes JOHN WIGHT

Men’s boxing / 19 May 2021

Josh Taylor v Jose Ramirez

19 May 2021

Boxing / 7 May 2021

Glory for Saunders in Texas would be a true underdog upset

7 May 2021

Men’s boxing / 23 April 2021

The rotten soul of boxing

23 April 2021

Marvin Hagler shaping up at Freddie Hill's gym in London in

Men’s boxing / 19 March 2021

Marvin Hagler: A man who fought his entire life

19 March 2021

Men’s boxing / 12 March 2021

Canelo v Saunders

12 March 2021

Chris Eubank (left) and (right) Michael Watson during their

Sport / 26 February 2021

Eubank-Watson II: the fight that changed boxing

26 February 2021

“The furious revolt of the first weeks had given place to

Features / 25 February 2021

Albert Camus, Covid-19 and what it says about modern Britain

25 February 2021

The existentialist philosopher foresaw the makings of our present crisis, where the wealth and prosperity of the West led us to an apathetic refusal to accept the dread realities of the pandemic, writes JOHN WIGHT

Tyson Fury (centre) celebrates defeating Deontay Wilder in t

Sport / 12 February 2021

Gang war puts boxing’s public image on the ropes

12 February 2021

For a sport that's never respected the diktats of polite society, serious allegations of drugs, guns and murder at the apex of the game now present a crossroads for its image, JOHN WIGHT reports

Men’s boxing / 29 January 2021

Remembering Mike Tyson v Frank Bruno

29 January 2021

Men’s Boxing / 15 January 2021

Boxing as violence

15 January 2021

Features / 7 January 2021

US Capitol invasion: the second instalment of the American Civil War

7 January 2021

The rabble have been cleared away in DC but don't think the chaos is over: the world's greatest superpower is in rapid decline and neither Trump's tribalism or Biden's return to 'neoliberal normality' will reverse this, writes JOHN WIGHT

Men’s boxing / 31 December 2020

British boxing review 2020

31 December 2020

Men’s boxing / 18 December 2020

The stage is set for AJ v Fury

18 December 2020

Joshua’s win over Pulev all but guarantees the two Brits sharing a ring in 2021

Men’s boxing / 4 December 2020

In defence of Daniel Dubois

4 December 2020

16-months old Andrea Cangiano plays with a ball in front of

Sport / 27 November 2020

Diego Maradona – genius and revolutionary

27 November 2020

JOHN WIGHT surveys the preternatural skill of an athlete who transcended sport

Kell Brook celebrates victory over Mark DeLuca in the vacant

Men’s Boxing / 20 November 2020

The evidence to retire is staring Kell Brook right in the face

20 November 2020

Paddy Fitzpatrick (right) trains boxer George Groves during

Boxing / 8 November 2020

‘You can’t avoid the waves, but you can learn how to surf’

8 November 2020

JOHN WIGHT reviews a recently released account of the career of boxing trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick

Newcastle’s Lewis Ritson and Miguel Vasquez of Mexico

Men’s boxing / 23 October 2020

The best and worst of the human condition

23 October 2020

Men’s boxing / 9 October 2020

A winter feast of heavyweight boxing

9 October 2020

Men’s Boxing / 25 September 2020

Josh Taylor goes again

25 September 2020

Men’s Boxing / 11 September 2020

The impact of Covid on boxing

11 September 2020

Men’s boxing / 28 August 2020

A Hail Mary punch is all it takes

28 August 2020

Men’s Boxing / 14 August 2020

Ken Buchanon facing yet another tough opponent at 75

14 August 2020

Damaged buildings are seen in a neighbourhood near the site

Opinion / 12 August 2020

Whither Lebanon: a nation on the brink

12 August 2020

Foreign actors are looking to exploit Lebanon's crisis, says JOHN WIGHT – where does this leave the Middle East's most powerful Shi'ite militia, Hezbollah?