Boxing News 17 March 2022

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IT TOOK more than one disaster before the British Boxing Board of Control started to put in place the strict medical procedures that are evident today. On Saturday night, during a stunning scrap with Leigh Wood, a limp and unconscious Michael Conlan tumbled backwards and head-first through the ropes. He was treated quickly by doctors at ringside and taken to hospital. Conlan was soon rewatching the fight and calling for a rematch. That we too can look back with only wonder is a huge relief. It would have been a devastating blow if the drama inside the ring came at a similar cost endured by Michael Watson and Gerald McClellan in September 1991 and February 1995 respectively. Watson’s second loss to Chris Eubank and McClellan’s defeat to Nigel Benn were every bit…

I THINK Muhammad Waseem is tough. I was maybe a little bit disappointed that this was the most lucrative, most viable fight for me to take. For me there’s other exciting fights out there. I was holding out for a fight with Julio Cesar Martinez that fell by the wayside. But I had the back-up plan. The day we found out about Martinez and Chocolatito fighting I think the next day we announced my fight because it was all pre-agreed. I’m liking to think I’m getting to a point where I’m knowing how to navigate this boxing world a little bit better. Over 12 rounds I feel like every fight goes the same way. By the second round they’re putting a lot of effort into it, the third round I’ve got their…

RON BAILEY, my father and a boxing writer, passed away on Thursday March 3. He was 91. Ron was born in Crewe and he wrote for Boxing News during the Fifties and Sixties when Tim Riley and Ron Olver were at the helm. He attended shows at the Stadium Liverpool and Kings Hall Belle Vue. Later, in the Seventies, he worked for Boxing World and then became a freelancer. He read Boxing News from the age of 14 right up until his 90th year. He made many friends throughout the years and would regularly chat on the phone to people like Freddie Mills, Jack 'Kid' Berg, Tommy Farr, Earnie Shavers, Henry Cooper and fight fan Norman Wisdom. He suffered for a long time with dementia before finally catching Covid. Ron…

IF WOOD AND CONLAN, EVENTUALLY, REMATCH, WHO WOULD YOU PICK TO WIN? Anthony Crolla Former WBA belt-holder It’s crazy but I think the defeat and the manner of the defeat probably doesn’t affect Conlan as it should. So I’d probably lean towards Conlan on points. So I’d love to see the rematch but I think Wood, deservedly, will go another way. Joe Gallagher Two-time BN trainer of the year If they have a rematch would it be the same type of fight? Would they want to put themselves through that again? I think they would do. I think it’s in both of their DNA. But I’m going to say Conlan on a close points decision. Mickey Helliet Boxing manager I’d lean marginally to Wood again. He wore Conlan down and forced him to work at a pace miles outside…

1 TAVORIS CLOUD Tavoris ‘Thunder’ Cloud ticks more than one weather-related box and reigned as a light-heavyweight belt-holder from 2009 to 2013. 2 JIMMY THUNDER Heavy-handed New Zealand heavyweight Thunder – birth name: James Senio Peau – battled the likes of Tim Witherspoon, Chris Byrd, Trevor Berbick, Johnny Nelson and John Ruiz in his 49-fight pro career and, in 1997, famously knocked out Crawford Grimsley with the first punch of the fight. 3 NORMAN SNOW Welterweight Snow turned pro in 1927 and fought 157 times before retiring in ’42. He won the Southern Area lightweight title in 1934, when stopping Peter Price in 11 rounds, then won the Southern Area welterweight title in ’36 with a 15-round decision over Leo Phillips. 4 TEDDY RAINBOW Born Edward Ernest McGuiness, Australia’s Teddy Rainbow was active from 1953 to 1965…