THE PADDINGTON EXPRESS - TERRY DOWNES
Contributed by Paul ZanonOn 9 May 1936, Luis Firpo fought Saverio Grizzo and Jimmy Wilde fought Domingo Sciaraffia. In other boxing news, a certain Terence Richard Downes was born in Paddington, Lo...
BUNNY JOHNSON - THE LONG, SLOW PATH TO BOXING HISTORY
Contributed by Sportswriter Paul ZanonIt’s been 45 years since Britain crowned its first ever black heavyweight champion in Bunny Johnson. However, the 73 year old Jamaican born British resident ha...
‘Why Waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?’Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonCharacteristics you tend to attribute to heavyweight boxing include, height and body mass....
Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon Debates about how one fighter would have fared against another from a bygone era are fairly common. Within the heavyweight category, you’ll often hear, ‘He wo...
Interview by Paul Zanon for BVB“His immediate aim is to win the fight on 11 April, but Dan’s focus is second to none, he’s just got one mission. To become heavyweight champion of the world. That’s ...
Wilder vs. Fury prediction: Competition winning blog by Gavin Worley
The time for talking is almost over, although I am sure the verbal jousting will continue well into this eagerly-anticipated heavyweight showdown. The second instalment of Deontay Wilder’s WBC titl...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonEight decades before Carl Froch was boasting about his knockout of George Groves with 80,000 fans in attendance, Len Harvey had already fought in front of 90,0...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon Mike Donovan and Father Pound for pound, coronavirus is proving to be one of the toughest opponents to have surfaced on this planet in several decades. As we ...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonOn 2 September 1911, John Charles Peterson entered this world. He would later become known on the professional boxing circuit as Jack. Despite having Danish ro...
JOHN CONTEH - BRILLIANTLY BRITISH
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonZero to hero and back down again. It’s a phrase you’ll often hear, but few have pulled off the cycle repeatedly as well as John Anthony Conteh, MBE. The kid fr...
JACK GARDNER - HARBOROUGH GUARDSMAN
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonOften referred to as ‘film star handsome’, with his impeccable taste for fine clothing, faultless hair and designer moustache, Jack Leonard Gardner was often c...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonBrian London once said, “I was christened the ‘British Bulldog’ by friends and colleagues who said I not only looked like a bulldog but fought like one,” but h...
MIKAEL LAWAL - GETTING BACK ON TRACK
Interview by Paul Zanon“Boxing has given me a lot more hope, helped me with a bit of depression and also given me a lot of discipline. If it wasn’t for boxing I don’t think I’d have any structure i...