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Don’t be afraid • Boxing is thriving in 2024 but that doesn’t mean we can’t address difficult issues

RIP BOBBY KELSEY, 1960 OLYMPIAN • Londoner did his best on the amateur sport’s grandest stage

BRAVO TO THE OFFICIALS

THE PANEL

TOP 10 BOXING CLICHÉS • No sport has gifted as many idioms to everyday language as boxing and no sport embraces a cliché quite like boxing, either. Here are 10 of the best…

BOWE DESERVED MORE • It’s still hard to think of Riddick finishing his fight career with battered shins

Reliable Narrators • The return of Adam Smith and the importance of grown-ups in a sport sometimes overrun by dilettantes

THE WEEK • What’s been going on in the boxing world over the last seven days

The New Hitman • Sheeraz destroys the fading Williams in stunning and spiteful fashion

UNDERWHELMING • Lopez lucky to get the nod against Ortiz after instantly forgettable fight, writes Jack Hirsch

YOU GOTTA HAVE FAITH • Prospect Kelly gambles on himself – and it’s starting to pay off, writes Joe O’Neil from ringside

EUROSTARS • Ringsider Andy Whittle is in the thick of the celebrations for Essomba and Levy

DOMESTIC DINGDONG • Bellotti at last wins the British title, to make his son proud, in a stirring scrap with Dillon

BACK TO WINNING WAYS • Simon  Euan-Smith watches Uldedaj delight his Albanian fans

Reason to cheer • The fans pay no heed to the press on a joyous night, writes Allan Payne

Level of maturity • Osborne belies his inexperience to dominate Dennis over 10 rounds

Enough is enough • A broken ankle forces McCarthy to hang ’em up, writes Andy Whittle

‘LOOK OUT FOR ME’ • O’Shaquie Foster dramatically stopped Eduardo Hernandez to retain his WBC super-featherweight title and promptly moved from Matchroom to Top Rank. Ahead of his latest title defence, against fellow 30-year-old Abraham Nova, he tells Declan Warrington why, and discusses the landscape at 130lbs

QUALITY OPPONENT • Nova may have been stopped by Ramirez, but he can give Foster plenty to think about

PREVIEWS

WINNER! • A special thank you to everyone who voted for The Boxing Show in the Sports Podcast Awards

Here to stay • Another contentious defeat, but Mikaela Mayer won’t waste any time licking old wounds

GERALD MCCLELLAN • It was a fight we’ll never forget, with an outcome we wish we could. Almost three decades on, Boxing News travels to the home of a fallen warrior to confront the realities of our sport

THE DIARY • Lisa breaks down a typical day in the McClellan household

WONDER WOMAN • An award winner’s benevolence reaches far beyond her own family

FROM TYSON TO FOREMAN TO KLITSCHKO • There were plenty of heavyweights who were more accomplished than Mark Young, but...