CONTENTS DECEMBER 2024
72 UNDISPUTED IN DISPUTE BETERBIEV VS. BIVOL WAS A GREAT FIGHT TAINTED BY
22 BACK INTO THE FIRE USYK-FURY II ADDS EVEN MORE DRAMA TO AN ALREADY EPIC RIVALRY By Nigel Collins 26 THE SHADOWBOXER OLEKSANDR USYK’S TOUGHEST OPPONENT ISN’T “THE GYPSY KING” By Brin-Jonathan Butler 34 THE CHALLENGER TYSON FURY SAYS NO JUDGES WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE REMATCH By Tom Gray 40 USYK VS. THE GREATS WOULD CHAMPIONS OF THE PAST TAKE THE UKRAINIAN PHENOM TO SCHOOL? By Anson Wainwright 50 REPEAT OR REVENGE BREAKING DOWN THE KEYS TO VICTORY FOR 56 CHAMPIONS CORNER HEAVYWEIGHT BOSSES PREDICT THE WINNER OF USYK-FURY II By The Ring 64 EVERYBODY WINS LOSSES BE DAMNED – ISRAIL MADRIMOV VS. SERHII BOHACHUK IS PURE GOLD By Steve Kim 68 READY TO RE-ROLL AFTER A DEVASTATING DEFEAT, ANTHONY JOSHUA IS AS CONFIDENT AS EVER By John Evans BOTH FIGHTERS By Michael Montero
CONTROVERSY By Jake Donovan
78 GREAT KNOWS GREAT JAMES EARL JONES’ PORTRAYAL OF JACK JOHNSON CREATED TWO STARS By Don Stradley 82 A FIGHTER’S DEBUT JOSH POPPER WENT THROUGH A LOT TO REACH HIS FIRST PRO FIGHT By Thomas Hauser 86 GET A GRIP CLINCHING: A FOUL TO SOME, A TACTIC TO OTHERS By Anthony Cocks DEPARTMENTS 2 OPENING SHOT 6 RINGSIDE By Doug Fischer 10 NEW FACES 12 BY THE NUMBERS 14 RING RATINGS PACKAGE
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76 THE FACE OF BOXING 90 WORLD BEAT 94 FROM THE ARCHIVES 97 FIGHTLINE
COVER ILLUSTRATION BY TWELVESKETCHES
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