I do not think Lomachenko was robbed, but it was definitely a close fight and a reminder that, at that level, every round counts and you cannot afford to start slow.

Huge praise to Katie Taylor and Chantelle Cameron for risking it all against each other can delivering for the fans. the men could learn from that.

BEYOND BOXING EP165 - ARE WE PUTTING LOMACHENKO IN THE HoF?

Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk looks like it has been agreed, but we will believe it when we see it.

If it does happen, it will be the last chapter of an era that promised so much but delivered so little.

When that boxing recession does happen, do not be afraid to go out and do other things.
Enjoy your life.

BEYOND BOXING EP189 - FURY: USYK THE FINAL CHAPTER IN A TERRIBLE SAGA

Say what you want but KSI has built a boxing business without having to work with the boxing business.

He is proof that, in todays era, you need to be interesting more than you need to be talented.

Until boxing realises that, the sport will continue to decline as it is held prisoner by the type of people you’d never buy a used car off.

Thriller

BEYOND BOXING EP192 - KSI IS THE MONEY MAN IN UK BOXING

Tonight, we have two boxing shows that are a hard sell individually, and a hard sell collectively.

As much as we are happy the boxers are getting paid, the fans should see some value for their time and expenditure.
Until promoters, managers and boxers understand this, we are digging our own grave for boxing.

As fans we also need to do better and stop watching things we don't think are good enough. At a time when the cost of eating and living is going up, the sport we love is not delivering the feel-good moments we need.

BEYOND BOXING EP193 - BOXXER V DAZN - WHO WINS?

If anyone has had a harder 5 years in boxing than Isaac Chamberlain, please send them my way.
Watching him win the British and Commonwealth was the definition of a feel-good story and what we watch boxing for.
In contrast Jack Catterall is sill waiting for his fairytale moment and it is likely that wait will continue well past his retirement.
(0% of boxing is making the public care about you. You do that in the ring.

TAKE CARE

BEYOND BOXING EP194 - FROM CHAMBO SEASON TO RIYADH SEASON

What you do outside the ring will show in the ring as Andre Sterling once said.
What we saw from Fury was a man struggling to cope with the realities of his physical condition, and a man out of love with boxing.
When you love boxing you are faithful to it, loyal to it and the rhythms and routines it demands.
Fury faced a man in Francis Ngannou who had a real point to prove, and my goodness did he prove it.

Last night showed that Hard work is the match that lights up the talent.

BEYOND BOXING EP195 - THE DAY TYSON FURY BECAME A DOSSER

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https://linktr.ee/highfieldboxing The battle for the worst weekend in boxing intensifies.
Lat weekend's action is right up there in the trash stakes.

The Newcastle show was interesting as it was a reminder that the talent pool in British boxing is poor and has been for a while.

BEYOND BOXING EP196 - ANTHONY JOSHUA SPEED DATING TRAINERS AGAIN

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So, we got all the boxers we wanted to see this year, but none of the fights we wanted to see.

However, all is not lost because the card on December 23rd will be a lot better than Carry on Camping and Bambi on ITV2.

BEYOND BOXING EP197 - DAY OF RECKONING

Boxing has a handful of people, men and women, that actively shape the lives of our young. Some of those are also able to create some of the best boxers this country has seen.

Mick Carney was one of those guys.

12 years later, we still miss him just as bad. A man that helped us become better, a man that brought us together under the banner of Fitzroy Lodge, will never be forgotten.

WE WILL ALWAYS MISS MICK CARNEY

The Conor Benn saga reappears. The Board are taking a strong stance on Conor Benn boxing in the UK.

Is it 'better late than never for them to be taking such a strong stance and can Matchroom find a way though?

BEYOND BOXING EP198 - CONNOR BENN HAS NO DAY OF RECKONING

Finishing off what I started on Saturday...like Jordan Gill

BEYOND BOXING EP198 - PART 2

Sometimes you watch a unification fight and expect a battle of equals. We didn't get that on Saturday.

The gap in class surprised everybody and British boxing has to ask whether it builds boxers that are really good enough.

At the moment, the answer is no.

BEYOND BOXING EP199 - SOLAR ECLIPSE

Joshua, Yoka, Dubois, how have three gifted athletes and boxers fallen so far below expectations?

Also, will Day of Reckoning cut through beyond boxing ciricles?

BEYOND BOXING EP199 - THE MILLER'S TALE

It is incredible that this version of the pod has made it to 200. 100% of that is down to you guys. You are the best audience anyone could hope for.
As a group we punch well above our weight and we will only get stronger.

There are also others I need to thank for where the podcast is today:
Martin and Andi – No idea why Andi hasn’t just changed it to ‘Y’ already, but these two are the reason I’m doing this.
Riku – Always being a voice of reason and a genius when it comes to the art of communication.
Greg Hackett – Added so much value with his USA perspective on boxing and his really simply but powerful way of explaining boxing.
Umar Sadiq – Through the pod we got to witness how cruel boxing can be. But, it was also goo to know the Umar is enjoying his new life in Los Angeles.
Isaac Chamberlain – It is so good to see him up where he belongs. Few have worked as hard as he has to get there.
Donnall Smith – a man who gave a lot in his episodes. He still has his greatest nights ahead of him.
Denzel Bentley – One of the classiest men in boxing. A man who I still believe will be a world champion.
Larry Olubamiwo – The man, the episode…then the other episode.
Shakiba Moghadam – An incredible woman who has done incredible things, and continues to do so.
Dan Azeez – The man that climbed the mountain, and will do so again. One of the sport’s true gentlemen.

There are so many others that support behind the scenes and I would run out of characters thanking them all, but they are so important in keeping me where I am in terms of the podcast and in terms of life.

It’s been a hell of a ride and we are finished yet.

BEYOND BOXING EP200 - BACK TO THE FUTURE IV

In this episode I give a quick(ish) rundown of the things I missed between episodes 199 and 200.

Boxing is in a perilous place right now, but the promoters are happy to ignore that as they do their pilgrimage to the bottomless pit of money.

It cannot last forever and when it ends, will that be boxing done?

BEYOND BOXING EP201 - SAUDI LITERALLY THE MECCA OF BOXING

Why is boxing on the decline in the West?

Part of it has to be the lack of genuinely competitive and interesting 'big men.' It seems that there is a dearth of real talent in the bigger weight classes, allowing other nations to dominate.

In the UK is it a question or 'rubbish in, rubbish out' as many speculate?

BEYOND BOXING EP202 - WHY IS BOXING DYING IN THE WEST

You can define being a professional as, the ability to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, in the way that it needs to be done.

Anthony Joshua is the best example of being a professional from rarely being out of shape to very rarely being out the gym, he stays focused on his craft in a way that many of his rivals do not. 

What we saw against Francis Ngannou was the ultimate professional performance and maybe this marks the changing of the public’s relationship with Anthony Joshua and maybe this is the moment when Anthony Joshua becomes a national treasure.

BEYOND BOXING EP203 - IS ANTHONY JOSHUA BACK?

For as long as the Saudi Arabia money flows into boxing Frank Warren won’t put any of his A team in a UK ring.

So, what we going to get on TNT sport and in UK venues will be Frank’s B team, and on Saturday we got a glimpse of that and based on Saturday it’s not too promising. 

Nathan Heaney showed that, without enough of those serious fights against your rivals, it becomes harder and harder to defend your title .

Credit to Brad Paul’s for a hell of a performance but he also suffers from the lack of big fight experience, but he is slowly building that up and hopefully both men are better for this experience.

BEYOND BOXING EP204 - THE FRANK WARREN B TEAM ISNT THERE YET

What do you do if you’re Canelo?

Do you chase legacy or do you chase money, or do you chase safety?

It seems clear that Canelo is at the point in his career where he is chasing safety in terms of safe paydays and low risk fights, as if he’s built his legacy and has nothing further to prove.

But, is this good for boxing when the main man in the sport, the money man in the sport, is not really trying to elevate anybody else and what future is there for boxing if the superstars are not prepared to give opportunities to up-and-coming stars?

BEYOND BOXING EP205 - CANELO IS NEVER A CHEAP DATE

At some point, British boxing has to address its issues around doping. 

Doping in Boxing has massively watered down the credibility of the sport and left us in a position where we don’t believe results anymore. 

We don’t believe fighters are clean and we don’t believe our boxes are competing with honour.

UKAD and the British Boxing Board of Control won their appeal against the National Anti-Doping Panel, which means one of two things is true:
1. Conor Benn will hold his hands up and take his punishment then we can move on or
2. The Board. will simply say he is not welcome back in a British ring.

However it goes, we need a line drawn under the situation as fast as possible. ￼

BEYOND BOXING EP206 - CONOR BENN A BOXER WITH NO HOME

The world needs more superheroes…

It’s very rare that you get a British title fight where two men leave everything in the ring, where two men go to places they’ve never been before, and where they find out things about themselves that they never knew.

It is so rare to see that Sunday’s fight between Fabio Wardley and Frazer Clarke, even though it ended is a draw, elevated both men to a new level of love and affection from the boxing fans and hopefully, to a new level commercially.

If only we had more of these fights in the United Kingdom, because we’ve got enough names and enough talent to do so.
If only we were able to get more of these fights on television more more often we could grow the sport of boxing to a new level. ￼￼

THRILLER

BEYOND BOXING EP207 - FABIO AND FRAZER: WHEN 2 MEN GO TO WAR

Before anything, a few ‘thank yous:’
Alfie Warren - @alfieRwarren
Warren Boxing Management - @warrenboxingmanagment
Hannah Rankin - @team_rankin
Rival Boxing Gym - @rivalboxinggymkingsx
Amy Andrew - @amyandrewboxing
Human Hussain - @numan007hussain
Masood Abdulah - @mas_masood1
Steve Broughton - @sb_boxing_

We are in the era of boxing where we have media created personalities that seem to be everywhere in the sport.

media personalities that end up training fighters, managing fighters, and promoting fighters, without them having worked their way up the ladder.

With Alfie Warren you have someone who is really from the sport, his bloodline is boxing. Boxing is what he knows and through that he’s been able to come up the right way and now with his brothers and Warren Boxing Management, they have an opportunity to show the public what they can do.

Hopefully, you enjoy the first outside recording in over 300 episodes.

BEYOND BOXING EP208 - ALFIE WARREN: BOXING'S GOOD GUY

What is going on with our promoters? It seems like chaos in the worlds of Hearn, Warren, and Shalom.

It’s a great soap opera for men that like to be the little spoon, I guess. However, it doesn’t help make the sport stronger.

The sad bit is, now that Eddie and Frank are forced to be cool, Eddie has taken to bully Ben Shalom. 
Yes…this is really how a middle-aged man is behaving.

BEYOND BOXING EP209 - EDDIE HEARN KNOCKIN' DA BOOTS

We finally get the Queensberry v Matchroom clash we were promised in the pandemic – only took us one vaccine and 4 boosters to get there.

As boxing fans, we should be happy that we have a big card, which has meaning, supported by 5 really strong fights.

The only dark cloud is whether we are running this Saudi experiment at the expense of our domestic British boxing product.

In terms of British boxing, the decline of London amateur boxing has been hard to take. We have become so smug, stealing ideas off the internet, and sharing clips of things we cannot do, or teach, that our boxers are suffering.

Until we can bring hard work back into our gyms. Until our coaches can emphasise their own skills, we will remain behind the rest. We could learn a lot from The North right now.

Greatest Hits

BEYOND BOXING EP210 - 5v5 WHAT BOXING DESERVES

When two people spend their formative years as rivals, it is hard to understand how intense a fight between them as men can be. Add to that, the eyes of the boxing world, and you have something that has the capacity to bend minds and upset odds.

Ryan Garcia surprised the world in beating Devin Haney, despite the antics leading up to the fight. In truth, if someone was going to expose Haney for the man he is, it was always going to be Ryan Garcia.

All eyez on me

BEYOND BOXING EP211 - RYAN GARCIA'S DEVIN INTERVENTION

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We’ve all been able to witness the Ryan Garcia’s victory tour and as much fun as it has been and as interesting as it has been, I think we’re at the point now where those close to Ryan Garcia need to put their arms around him and bring him back down to earth, getting back in the gym and getting back training. 

The scandal around Team GB selecting Amy Broadhurst to represent them in the final Olympic qualifier might just be the biggest story in boxing this year.

BEYOND BOXING EP212 - THE RYAN GARCIA VICTORY TOUR

So Ryan Garcia fails a drugs test. He failed for Ostarine and he failed for nandrolone and these are worrying substances because no boxers should really have them in the system. 

We’ve been through this so many times with boxers that it’s no longer a joke and everything that Larry said it’s turning out to be correct. 

Now that Boxing has a massive drug problem and this drug problem is allowed to happen because of the cracks between the lack of a governing body. weak sanctioning bodies, promoters and TV networks who all incentives to make sure that the show goes on regardless of failed drugs tests?.

TYSON FURY

BEYOND BOXING EP213 - THE RYAN GARCIA TOUR BUS CRASHED

Sometimes it’s easy to forget how dangerous boxing is.

No parent should ever have to bury their child and this weekend was a reminder that for all the things we say, all the issues we talk about in boxing, boxer safety should always, and I mean always, remain top of that list.

We may not be where we want to be but we are further ahead than we were a decade ago.

However, that doesn’t ease the pain for the family of Sherifdeen Lawal. That doesn’t ease the pain for those who trained with him those who fought against him and those that knew him more widely.

These events are heartbreaking because we promise to keep your kids safe in our sport and when we can’t it hurts.

RIP SHERIFDEEN LAWAL. ￼￼

BEYOND BOXING EP214 - THE EPISODE I NEVER WANTED TO DO

I wanted to do one, and only one, episode on drugs in sport. Boxing fans are owed a frank and honest view on the mechanics of doping in sport and boxing in particular. Having finished this one, I feel there is a part 2 in there...

We needed real insight and we got it in Larry Olubamiwo. Nobody knows it better than he does. This is as good as it gets.

This episode goes to places no other outlet has been brave enough to go. The right thing to do is for everyone to share this and tag the people you feel need to hear this. This is as close to the reality of doping in boxing as you will get.

Please show your appreciation for his amazing contribution and follow Larry Olubamiwo on social media:
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BEAUTIFUL BOXING EP77 - DRUGS IN BOXING...EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Boxing is a cruel sport. get too many things wrong and somewhere down the line, it all goes wrong.

Ryan Garcia is a kid that seems to be doing all the right things, while Luke Campbell always seemed to be searching for that ideal solution. You wonder if  he ever found it.

In one punch the small differences between the two were highlighted.

BEYOND BOXING EP14 - RYAN GARCIA AND THE HYPNOTIC EYES

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