I was never that excited about Bruno winning a ‘world’ title… never seemed like a real title. And he barely got through the fight… But I did really enjoy the Oliver McCall interview / article - he seems really lucid and talks very interestingly. I can’t remember many if any articles focused on McCa...

SeanBrennan wrote: ↑26 Jul 2025, 14:30 so great to have Houston on the forum

Thanks Sean! I have dropped in from time to time. Tried not to overdo it.

Thanks for the reply Graham, and appreciate that mistakes can happen in such a fast-moving environment with seemingly fewer BN staff these days. For clarity for everyone else, the Naz sentence read: "Hamed was 19-0, 17KOs, going into the fight and was boxing at featherweight for the first time...

Actually went to Smiths to buy a copy for a fiver. Pacheco is from Seattle (not South Central LA) and Naz started his career at featherweight according to BN this week. Thanks for letting me know about the errors, Veriton. First, the Naseem Hamed error. I'll address that as the error appeared in an...

For me, when both men leave their corners. I refer you to the European heavyweight title fight between Henry Cooper and Jose Urtain at Wembley Pool in 1970.. Cooper had been inflicting quite a bit of damage and Urtain was getting busted up. The bell went for the ninth round, Henry and Urtain came ou...

The issue here is whether you consider a round has started when the bell sounds to start a round or whether a round doesn't start in actuality until both boxers leave their corners. The accepted procedure today is that a round is "active" once the bell signals the start of a round. If neit...

Started boxing journo in 1958 they say, thats madness, apart from Arum, King, Merchant, who else has seen the things they've seen in boxing?? Shout out to Graham Houston, not as old as them but seen more boxing than anyone alive Thanks for the shout out! I was asked to write a tribute to Colin for ...

Did anyone mention Freddie Mills?

Hi MW, Yep, I've previewed Beterbeiv vs Bivol for BN. Very prescient of you. Re. your references to the Boxing Monthly/Boxing News comings and goings over the years, I started to draft a reply but it quickly morphed into a kind of potted history and, being honest with myself, too much of the "...

Started buying summer of 1980 and religiously carried on the next 20 years, then it was on and off and I really haven’t bought it regularly for the last 20 years but I’m interested to see when new stuff happens and also always interesting to hear the behind-the-scenes stuff here from Graham and Mar...

Thanks Mark for allaying fears about another Dixon love-in this week and the reasons behind last week's double bubble. It's shocking to hear about Kelsey's behaviour regarding BM as it was a terrible shame when that mag closed. Is there any chance it could be revived now that they are out of boxing...

Thanks James. The betting column was commissioned by the Boxing Social website but they (as the saying goes) "went in a different direction" as regards the site's content. I do have a small subscription service but I keep it small, and now it's basically just members who have been with me ...

This thread caught my eye. Some folks with long memories posting here! I'll throw in a couple that I don't believe have been mentioned. Cuban heavyweight Nino Valdes won three fights by KO/TKO in the UK, against Don Cockell, Dick Richardson and Brian London (the fight with London was stopped due to ...

I'll add one to the list: Briggs vs Liakhovich.

Backed a draw on Paddy Power. They have voided the bet. Is that right? No they should pay that out It was a technical draw A boxing fight can only be one of Three outcomes , a draw was one of the betting options and that was the result they defo Need to pay that in my opinion Some sportsbooks (book...

Hello,

Just a heads up.

We have Conroy vs Burton on Friday listed as 10 rounds in the schedule but at the weigh-in today it was twice announced that the bout will be 12 rounds, a final eliminator for the British light-heavy title.

Guy Gracia, the French "Destroyer of British lightweights", had something like 18 fights in the UK, Twice outpointed Dave Charnley although the decision in the rematch was much disputed, and stopped the excellent South African Willie Toweel in the seventh round in a big surprise. Toweel hi...

I've just read and enjoyed the last issue. Can anyone help me ?. Does anyone have a list of publication dates ?. I can never find it in the issue or online ?. Target publication dates for forthcoming issues: July issue: June 29 August issue: July 27 September: Aug. 24 October: Sept. 28 November: Oc...

Some good chat here guys and thanks Graham for providing an insight into the workings and challenges of running a magazine, for me I still subscribe, its my birthday present from my mother in law, so I am grateful for it both sides, like anything sometimes I devour it, other times not so much, as y...

I will continue to buy the magazine and hope it continues. But I buy it now out of loyalty. The problem for me, and it is only me, is that it doesn't seem to follow any sort of medium term planning. Who is the target audience? Is it a British magazine, or a worldwide magazine? Does it preview fight...

I will continue to buy the magazine and hope it continues. But I buy it now out of loyalty. The problem for me, and it is only me, is that it doesn't seem to follow any sort of medium term planning. Who is the target audience? Is it a British magazine, or a worldwide magazine? Does it preview fight...

Some good chat here guys and thanks Graham for providing an insight into the workings and challenges of running a magazine, for me I still subscribe, its my birthday present from my mother in law, so I am grateful for it both sides, like anything sometimes I devour it, other times not so much, as y...

Great response Graham. It's an almost impossible task these days competing against the alternative options that people have for free news on any subject. I hate to say it but I don't see there being much of a newspaper and magazine industry in its current format still in existence in 5 years time. ...

Just a reply to some of the comments about Boxing Monthly . Re. stories that are a “waste of space”. Sometimes a story is offered to us in a way that makes it sound interesting only to disappoint. I really don’t like to hurt someone’s feelings by saying we will run a piece then telling the writer, i...

Just want to bum it up. Still no official result for this fight. I don't often visit Current Scene, Gamblingman, but saw your post. Memela definitely won the fight. I hear "TKO10" from a very reliable and trustworthy contact. I believe all sportsbooks (one for sure) have graded the fight ...