These are two guys I know pretty bloody well. I’ve gone in there and traded leather with Eubank. That date in December 2015 also happens to be the first time I ever met Benn.

Ukraine's heavyweight champion is all-time royalty while Claressa and Katie reign supreme too. Next year I hope we see a mouth-watering Japanese showdown, a renewal of Russian hostilities and an overdue Canelo test

After serving up the greatest bout in women's boxing history, the great rivals do it all again as the curtain-raiser for a cringe-fest. But Taylor simply cannot make it as close as the first one because Serrano will surely get the call. 

Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight world title in front of what they’re telling me will be a post-war British record crowd of 96,000 at Wembley.

TJ Doheny is one of the most underrated and underappreciated boxers and sportspeople Ireland has produced in the last decade.

What is it about Kellie Harrington that makes us feel the way we feel?

Among the ten fighters qualified we have a few dark horses, some serious threats but probably three out-and-out medal favourites and all three are women: Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke and Daina Moorehouse.

In one of his million interviews this week I saw Fury say he won’t be fighting in the UK again any time soon and he’ll be staying in Saudi Arabia for the foreseeable.

I went 11 rounds with Jaime in San Antonio. It was his first step up to middleweight and it suited him a bit too well.

Ashley is 12 and Tommy is seven now so you’d be thinking it’s time enough for them to get a front-row view of how Daddy puts the bread and Nutella on the table.