The curious case of Maxie Smith
Miles Templeton investigates why Maxie Smith was ranked among the world’s best light-heavyweights
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Editor’s Pick: The story of Jack Johnson, Stanley Ketchel and the pantomime that went wrong
Stanely Ketchel either agreed to an authentic finish or betrayed Jack Johnson halfway through their swindle.
Remembering Robert Cohen
Miles Templeton pays tribute to Robert Cohen the recently departed former bantamweight king
Sugar Ray Robinson: There will never be another
He is Walker Smith, who boxed under the ring name of Sugar Ray Robinson and lit up the Forties and Fifties with a dazzling array of skill, power, good looks and, when he had to, tremendous courage.
The (brief) history of two Britons fighting for world heavyweight belts
Ahead of Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte boxing for the WBC's heavyweight belt, Matt Bozeat chronicles the short history of two Brits fighting for a major heavyweight belt
Remembering Seaman Arthur Hayes
Miles Templeton on Seaman Arthur Hayes, one of the best fighters of a golden British era
The gamble that paid off with Hogan Kid Bassey
Miles Templeton on how Hogan Kid Bassey repaid George Biddles
Gunner Moir – The fascinating story of a fight from a forgotten era
Gunner Moir was the heavyweight champion of his country when he became the first Briton to challenge for the world crown under modern rules against Tommy Burns in 1907.
Boxing scoring has been an age-old problem
Boxing scoring has always divided opinion, as the 1979 Needham-Cowdell contest illustrates, writes Miles Templeton
The story of a forgotten British champion
Miles Templeton tells the story of Bandsman Blake, a forgotten British champion
Editor’s Pick: Floyd Mayweather and the unbeatables
Floyd Mayweather uses his 50-0 record as evidence that he is ‘The Best Ever’.
The extraordinary comeback that made Dick Gunn boxing’s oldest ever Olympic champion
Miles Templeton remembers Dick Gunn and Dick Gunn, who both made their mark in Olympic boxing
Editor’s Pick: The inside story of ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson in Denmark
In October 2001, the fearsome Mike Tyson ventured to Denmark to take on the 62-1 Brian Nielsen.
The only Briton to fight Henry Armstrong
When Ernie Roderick challenged Henry Armstrong, one of the greatest fighters to ever step foot in a British ring
Ringside at the Fight of the Century
Alan Hubbard explains what it was like to be a ringside reporter at The Fight of the Century