Sep 12 2023
Bunce Diary: The chaos at the heart of the selection process for the British boxing team at the 1972 Olympics
The flesh trading was cruel and blatant ahead of the 1972 Olympics, writes Steve Bunce
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Jun 19 2021
Who do you think was the best British fighter never to win a world title?
We ask a panel of experts who they felt was the best British fighter to never win a world title
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Jun 17 2021
Podcast: Lessons in psychological warfare by Tyson Fury
On the latest Opening Bell podcast Matt Christie and Alex Steedman consider the mindsets of Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, pay tribute to Kirkland Laing and much more
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Jun 16 2021
Kirkland Laing – ‘Happy-go-lucky until the end’
Kirkland Laing may have been a special boxer but he was an even better father, writes his daughter Delene Laing
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Jun 16 2021
Goodbye Kirkland Laing
The one and only Kirkland Laing is dead at 66 but the sport will never forget him, writes Steve Bunce
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Jun 10 2021
Kirkland Laing dies at 66
He lived his life exactly the way he wanted to, not the way he was expected to, and that, frankly, is the only epitaph The Gifted One ever wanted. Matt Christie pays tribute to Kirkland…
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Jun 10 2021
Remembering Kirkland Laing
Always travelling. Ephemeral. A figure eternally in transit. Once upon a time, boxing writer Ian Probert got to know Kirkland Laing as well as almost anyone got to know Kirkland Laing. He shared his personal…
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Apr 20 2020
Desperately seeking Kirkland Laing
Locating the enigmatic Kirkland Laing was difficult – and unforgettable, writes Steve Bunce
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Apr 01 2020
When Kirkland Laing fought Colin Jones
Forty years on, we recall a memorable first meeting between two of British boxing’s leading lights of the 1980s, Kirkland Laing and Colin Jones
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Mar 31 2020
Your boxing viewing guide this week
Matt Christie trawls YouTube to highlight five fights from the first week of April that are worthy of your attention