Elliot Worsell

Daniel Dubois, though trained by Don Charles, is very much guided by his father in much the same way that Joe Calzaghe and Chris Eubank were, writes Elliot Worsell

If you must ask fighters silly questions, like Daniel Dubois has been subjected to this week, do so at a time when their mind is less consumed with far more important matters, writes Elliot Worsell

Elliot Worsell: Don’t blink, they said. Whatever you do, don’t blink. It wasn’t original, as far as taglines go, but that was how the fight between Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois was sold

Referees, like Howard Foster, are only human and they, like us, will have preconceived notions of fighters' strengths and weaknesses, writes Elliot Worsell

The day before Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley were called “warriors” and “heroes”, they were called “squatters” by a man whose own position in boxing owes a lot to the “squatter” mindset, writes Elliot Worsell

Twenty-five years ago, I squinted from a seat in Row Z as Audley Harrison began his professional career against a nightclub bouncer from Miami. Alongside me that night was my dad and two of my brothers and between us we passed a pair of binoculars to close the distance between our seats and the ring. Wherever we looked, we saw the same thing: 5,000 strangers each as convinced as I that Harrison, our Olympic gold medallist, was destined to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

Ryan Garcia and Conor Benn, set to fight in Las Vegas on September 12, deserve only each other, writes Elliot Worsell

Rico Verhoeven can do a great number of things better than Oleksandr Usyk, but there is an important difference, writes 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