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"...And over now to the smooth voice of boxing, John Rawling." Such is the now-familiar introduction to the number one ringside commentator on big fight nights. Alan Hubbard tells the story of the BT Sport commentator, who will oversee Tyson Fury's fight against Deontay Wilder this weekend.

Alan Hubbard, who travelled the world with Muhammad Ali, remembers the life and times of The Greatest

Norman Giller is an esteemed author of 114 books, he worked as Muhammad Ali’s European publicist, he was a scriptwriter on This Is Your Life and he was a chief sports writer at The Express. But some of his fondest memories originated from his spell as a Boxing News reporter. He spoke to Alex Daley

On the Opening Bell podcast Matt Christie and Alex Steedman get to grips with how, when it was so close, Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fell apart

Henry Cooper vs Joe Bugner revisited Steve Bunce remembers Henry Cooper vs Joe Bugner, an unforgettable night in British boxing, 50 years on IT was just eight nights after the Fight of the Century, another night in a business so remote it is often hard to understand. The fighters, promoters, trainers, managers, the man in the middle and the press were all witnesses to the unforgettable night Henry Cooper and Joe Bugner fought. It was March 16, 1971 and the British, Commonwealth and European tit...

Ringside at the Fight of the Century Alan Hubbard explains what it was like to be a ringside reporter at The Fight of the Century WE were strangers in the night exchanging glances when the guy with the trilby standing next to me in a men’s urinal at Madison Square Garden enquired: “How ya doing fella?” “Fine thanks, Mr Sinatra.” I stuttered. “Who d’ya fancy?” he enquired. “Well… Ali,” I replied hesitantly. “Nah, Frazier’ll destroy him,” came the snapped response. End...

Desert Island Fights: The 1990s So far BN readers have voted Frazier-Ali I as their favourite fight of the seventies and Hagler-Hearns from the eighties. What will be the choice for Desert Island Fights from the nineties? THE premise for Desert Island Fights is simple: You will soon be stranded on a desert island. To ease the boredom, you can take along one – and only one – fight from each of the last five decades (1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s) to watch while you’re there. Which f...

Hagler vs Leonard: The narrative of a superfight Supreme sports writer Brian Doogan reveals how his fascination with the timeless Hagler vs Leonard rivalry led to him writing one of the best boxing books of recent years DARKNESS was Ray Leonard’s light during his years away from boxing. Denied the stage he had illuminated as his sport’s most celestial exponent in the immediate aftermath of Muhammad Ali’s sad decline and exit, he descended into an abyss. “I discovered alcohol and cocaine...