The aim in every title fight is to go the 12, do the championship distance, and prove you have the resilience and capacity to do it.

Twice now, Anthony Yarde has started that climb, and twice he has had to stop.

Is the real reason behind this the lack of competitive fights on his record.
Would he benefit from a run at all his domestic rivals to build that resilience and in-ring stamina, which looks like the only missing piece?

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BEYOND BOXING EP140 - YARDE DID WELL BUT GOT BETERED

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With two of his cash cows coping with defeats and the other fighting a doping ban, Eddie Hearn has a lot on his plate.

Making it harder is the reality that DAZN doesn’t need boxing in the same way and Hearn is an incidental part of its growth journey.

How he copes with this will define a large part of his legacy. Currently, the glow recedes by the day and the halo has pretty much fallen off.

BEYOND BOXING EP142 - COMPLETE DAZASTER

It is a rough time for Matchroom at the moment. They really need a win.
The stable is weak, the golden geese are laying no eggs and DAZN customers are sticking the knife in by cancelling their subscriptions.

BEYOND BOXING EP143 - MATCHROOM HAS HIT THE ICEBERG

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Every successful sport needs a strong governing body.

Boxing doesn’t have one.

The BBBoC do an amazing job on almost every facet of the sport, especially safety, but the Conor Benn scandal has shown how limited they really are.

You’d never get these issues with the NFL, NBA, of Premier League.

Until boxing fixes that, it’s a sport that will struggle to grow.

BEYOND BOXING EP144 - CONOR BENN HAS THE BOARD BENNT OVER

Naviar Haiku 484

misty daydream
Vikings land on the shore
of my childhood

(Published on “Songbirds Online,” The United Haiku and Tanka Society, 2022)

Michael Dudley (michaeljdudley.com) was born in downtown Toronto and reared in the Greater Toronto Area.  He later lived and worked for 35 years in rural Southwestern Ontario.  From May 2018 until June 2020 he continuously travelled.  He is the father of three adults and the author of numerous poetry collections, including pilgrimage:  ha!ku selected & new, Red Moon Press, 2017.

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BEYOND BOXING EP143 - MATCHROOM HAS HIT THE ICEBERG

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