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WorldwideNo Point In Further Tears
There was a time about fifteen or sixteen years ago when I felt my life changing in a way that meant I was moving from one...
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WorldwideThe Fight Of Erik Skoglund’s Life
Recently, I was up to Nyköping in Sweden, about an hour south of Stockholm. It was December and cold, and temperatures on the day I arrived...
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WorldwideErik Skoglund: What Is He Willing To Do? Part Two
This is the second part in a two-part story. The first part can be found HERE. THE BROTHERHOOD It is a brotherhood that no one wants...
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UKErik Skoglund: What Is He Willing To Do? Part One
This is the first part in a two-part story. Nyköping, Sweden: Four years on, Erik Skoglund still dreams. And it is this dream. The one dream....
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Worldwide2+2=5
I came into Magdeburg in the afternoon, about an hour before the storm started. It had been hot late the day before when I had cycled...
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New YorkA Kind of Requiem
When new of Mike Tyson’s arrest in Arizona became public knowledge, the media’s response was entirely uniform and entirely predictable. There was no sense of either...
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WorldwideOn Tyson-Jones
“This place is like somebody’s memory of a town, and the memory is fading.” – Rustin Cohle, True Detective You need to understand that...
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WorldwideA Civilised Veneer
They paid to watch him train in the lobby of a hotel. Later, even more people paid to watch him fight a four round exhibition...
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WorldwideA Career On Thin Ice?
There is a beautiful, almost-idyllic town in Germany called Braunlage that sits at the foot of the Harz mountains. It has no cinema, no train station,...
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AustraliaYoan Pablo Hernandez Gets Heavy Opposition From Kevin Johnson in Germany
Again in five weeks, the fights returned on Saturday night to the Seebuehne in Magdeburg, Germany. It was the second successive card held at the venue...
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WorldwideFighting In the Pandemic
For all intents and purposes, experiencing the Covid-19 epidemic in Germany has been akin to being slowly run over by a tank. Imagine, if you will,...
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WorldwideHow We’re Living During Coronavirus Outbreak:”Berlin Is A Ghost Town”
Right now, I am sat in my apartment in the centre of Berlin, under self-isolation for another week. This is because two members of my family...
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WorldwideThe View from Berlin: Abraham-Sturm Stumbles into Focus
By PETE CARVILL It seems likely that we are moving towards a match-up between Arthur Abraham and Felix Sturm. As yet, there is no venue,...
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WorldwideTHE VIEW FROM BERLIN: DENNY HEIDRICH GOES INTO THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE
Berlin cruiserweight Denny Heidrich joined the cast on Germany’s version of Big Brother this week after reportedly beating out 14,000 other people to win a spot....
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WorldwideThe Greatest Book Ever Written About Boxing You Have Never Heard Of
ON THE ROPES Let me posit that the greatest book ever written on boxing is one that most readers have never heard of. On the Ropes,...
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WorldwideCULCAY WINS EASY DECISION IN BERLIN
Jack Culcay extended his career on Saturday night in Berlin with a twelve-round unanimous decision over the previously-undefeated Jama Saidi. It was a win that...
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WorldwideA FOLLOW-UP TO ‘BOXING STORIES IN THE OUTLANDS’
Last week, I wrote a report about a boxing event called ‘Day of Thunder’, which was held at the Verti Music Hall in Berlin. In...
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WorldwideBOXING STORIES IN THE OUTLANDS
The news had almost slipped out into the public sphere, a single changed line on the event page for Boxrec. There was no big fanfare...
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