Elliot Worsell

Take two: Lerrone Richards returns to Montreal hoping for a fight this time

It could be argued that Verhoeven’s success against Usyk – both in landing the fight, then nearly winning it – is, for the purist, as much a cautionary tale as a cause for celebration, writes Elliot Worsell

At just 5-foot-4, Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez doesn't look like a pound-for-pound king. But as he chases a world title in a third weight class, the fight game's smallest giant continues to make himself impossible to ignore

In June 2001, a nationally-televised fight aboard a retired aircraft carrier left one man dead and another forever scarred. A quarter century later, George Khalid Jones returns to the scene of one of boxing's most infamous tragedies to reckon with what remains.

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As Usyk, 39, searches for the perfect final chapter for his singular career, an aging Wilder, 40, has become a most unlikely object of desire for the former undisputed two-weight champion.

As Usyk, 39, searches for the perfect final chapter for his singular career, an aging Wilder, 40, has become a most unlikely object of desire for the former undisputed two-weight champion.

The first time I encountered Anthony Joshua he was looking for a home. Or, if not a home, a team; a support network; some guidance.

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Sometimes the kindest thing a person can do before you enter a certain situation is say to you: “No, really, you don't want to go in there.”