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My writing has had sombre/serious tones to it of late, so I wrote this in defence of Johnny Fisher, Dave Allen, and the fights that aren't always box office glitz: linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/b...
Beyond the Belts: Why Fights Like Fisher vs. Allen Matter to British Boxing
On a Saturday night thick with the roar of borrowed hope, Johnny Fisher and Dave Allen will step into a ring not consecrated by world titles or golden legacies, but by something older and arguably …
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May 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Ryan Garcia, Canelo Alvarez and Devin Haney Fail to Deliver in Boxing’s Latest Disappointment
A world away from the fireworks of the week prior. As long as boxing has been gilded with illusion, it has lived with bitter truths. There is no newer tale in the sport than the grand card, spectac…
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May 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Heroes and Villains? Chris Eubank and Conor Benn!
Like many who had long harboured a quiet bemusement at the scale of Conor Benn’s following—and the way this contest had swelled into something close to a national event—I might easily have passed o…
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April 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Heroes and Villains? Chris Eubank and Conor Benn!
Like many who had long harboured a quiet bemusement at the scale of Conor Benn’s following—and the way this contest had swelled into something close to a national event—I might easily have passed o…
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April 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Poem 3. All shares and feedback welcomed. linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/3...
#3: Conscience on Loan
They said,”You’re durable, lad. Not quite good. Not quite bad.Just the type promoters loveTo fold beneath a rising glove.” The changing room’s a tomb of tape and piss,The glamour ends w…
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April 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The roar of Benn vs Eubank I wasn’t just noise — it was identity, defiance, and bloodlust.
I’ve written about how modern boxing crowds have lost that raw power, and what it says about the sport today.

📖 Read here: linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/f...
#Boxing #BennEubank #BritishBoxing
From Roars to Ringtones: The Decline of True Boxing Atmospheres
A second think-piece ahead of Chris Eubank Jr. vs Conor Benn this coming Saturday 26th April. Read the first via the homepage. By any measure worthy of the fight game’s heritage, the 18th of …
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April 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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The roar of Benn vs Eubank I wasn’t just noise — it was identity, defiance, and bloodlust.
I’ve written about how modern boxing crowds have lost that raw power, and what it says about the sport today.

📖 Read here: linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/24/f...
#Boxing #BennEubank #BritishBoxing
From Roars to Ringtones: The Decline of True Boxing Atmospheres
A second think-piece ahead of Chris Eubank Jr. vs Conor Benn this coming Saturday 26th April. Read the first via the homepage. By any measure worthy of the fight game’s heritage, the 18th of …
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April 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Poem 3. All shares and feedback welcomed. linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/21/3...
#3: Conscience on Loan
They said,”You’re durable, lad. Not quite good. Not quite bad.Just the type promoters loveTo fold beneath a rising glove.” The changing room’s a tomb of tape and piss,The glamour ends w…
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April 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Poem 2

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#2: The Towel
You threw it in—a damp white flag, mid-round, mid-dream,as I stood blind with pride,bloody, bowed, but with a beam. I saw your face,that furrowed guilt, that pleading stare—you snatched my chancean…
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April 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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In Defence of the Pantomime Villain: Ben Whittaker
In a sport often cast in the shadows of sacrifice and stoicism, there remains a curious space – not carved, but swaggered into – by the brash, the cocky, and the downright detestable. These are box…
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April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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In Defence of the Pantomime Villain: Ben Whittaker
In a sport often cast in the shadows of sacrifice and stoicism, there remains a curious space – not carved, but swaggered into – by the brash, the cocky, and the downright detestable. These are box…
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April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Poem 2

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#2: The Towel
You threw it in—a damp white flag, mid-round, mid-dream,as I stood blind with pride,bloody, bowed, but with a beam. I saw your face,that furrowed guilt, that pleading stare—you snatched my chancean…
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April 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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In practice for something else I’m doing, I published my first boxing poem. You can read that here: linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/1...
#1 Tender Is the TKO
I laced my heart into leather hands,In some sad gym off the A12 strand.The spit-bucket shimmered like morning rain,And I prayed for love,But I settled for pain. He danced like youth I couldn’t recl…
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April 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Joe Joyce and A Cruel Night In Manchester
“Why is everyone talking about me walking away?” Joe Joyce asked, his voice level but edged with something unmistakably stern, in the aftermath of another punishing evening under the lights. The qu…
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April 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Joe Joyce and A Cruel Night In Manchester
“Why is everyone talking about me walking away?” Joe Joyce asked, his voice level but edged with something unmistakably stern, in the aftermath of another punishing evening under the lights. The qu…
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April 9, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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In practice for something else I’m doing, I published my first boxing poem. You can read that here: linesandleather.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/1...
#1 Tender Is the TKO
I laced my heart into leather hands,In some sad gym off the A12 strand.The spit-bucket shimmered like morning rain,And I prayed for love,But I settled for pain. He danced like youth I couldn’t recl…
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April 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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A life lived in arcs rather than lines: George Foreman
There was a time—indeed, there were many times—when George Foreman would say the words “Heavyweight Champion of the World” as if reciting the most wonderful lie he’d ever managed to get away with. …
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April 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Knockouts, Controversy & Comebacks: The Full Review of Boxing’s Saudi Supercard
Whether Saturday’s event truly lived up to its billing as the “greatest card of all time” remains a matter for debate. That notion wobbled perilously in fight week when Floyd Schofield’…
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February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"Boxing can make a complete idiot of anyone who's brave enough to make a prediction" mineswrites.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/r...
Riyadh Boxing Extravaganza: Full Preview & Predictions for Beterbiev vs Bivol 2, Dubois vs Parker, and More
February 2025 promises a carnival of boxing, a swirling tapestry of hopes and fears, destinies and downfalls. The stage is vast, the stakes immense. For one glorious night, a once unlikely corner o…
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February 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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🔥 Benavidez vs. Morrell – A battle of power vs. precision! ⚡ The relentless Mexican Monster faces the slick Cuban technician in a fight that will shake the division. Who wins? Find out Feb 1 at the T-Mobile Arena! 🥊🔥 #BenavidezMorrell #Boxing #FightNight

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Benavidez vs. Morrell Fight Preview: A Battle of Power vs. Precision
On February 1st, David Benavidez and David Morrell will step into a ring that will become their proving ground. This isn’t just another fight. It is a reckoning. Two unbeaten warriors, standing on …
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January 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Unstoppable: Naoya Inoue Continues His Reign at Super-Bantamweight
This Friday evening in Tokyo belonged to Naoya Inoue, whose dominance in the ring once again seemed less like sport and more like a sombre inevitability. The Japanese star, unbeaten in 29 fights wi…
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January 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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May 2025’s boxing card delivers big names and bigger controversies:

Ryan Garcia’s return after a PED scandal.
Devin Haney takes on Jose Ramirez.
Heavyweights Bakole and Ajagba.
Read the full breakdown: bit.ly/4arVG5u

#Boxing #RyanGarcia #DevinHaney
Ryan Garcia’s Comeback, Haney vs Ramirez, and Bakole-Ajagba
The tangled narrative of boxing continues to unfold with all the drama, contradiction, and controversy that has long defined the sport. Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney, names now etched into the consci…
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January 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Riyadh Boxing Extravaganza: Full Preview & Predictions for Beterbiev vs Bivol 2, Dubois vs Parker, and More
February 2025 promises a carnival of boxing, a swirling tapestry of hopes and fears, destinies and downfalls. The stage is vast, the stakes immense. For one glorious night, a once unlikely corner o…
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January 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Beyond the Glitz of Riyadh: The Fight to Save Boxing’s Legacy
Boxing has always danced between splendour and ruin, like a prizefighter on the edge of glory, only ever a misstep away from disaster. It is a sport that inspires undying devotion and bitter cynici…
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January 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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When Tyson Fury talks, boxing listens. But is this another bluff or the final farewell? 🎭 Let’s dive into the latest twist in this heavyweight saga. mineswrites.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/t...
Tyson Fury’s Last Curtain: A Requiem for Chaos
To give Tyson Fury his due, when he spins this brand of yarn, he does so with the bare-faced swagger of a seasoned raconteur who knows full well that truth will never outrun a good story. The Gypsy…
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January 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM