HOPES & DREAMS

MAKE IT HAPPEN

IF ever there was a time for Amir Khan to

A YEAR TO REMEMBER

OVER the last 25 years, we have seen the likes

LEGACY OVER RICHES

I REMEMBER fondly the battles on terrestrial television, featuring legendary

HEAD-2-HEAD

‘King Kong’ wants the big names [see pages 12-13], so

THE PANEL

It’s tough to just name one because domestically you would

10 COUNT

George Gigney lists 10 British fighters without world titles set

‘MONSTER’ MAULS

THE biggest winner of the festive period was arguably WBO

SAME OLD BRONER...

AS many people prepare to embrace New Year with resolutions

PACQUIAO-BRADLEY III

FILIPINO great Manny Pacquiao attempts to justify his perplexing choice

KNUCKLE SANDWICH

Promoter Bob Arum tries to justify pitting Pacquiao and Bradley

CREED REWARDED

MICHAEL B JORDAN, lead actor in the seventh instalment of

COMMEY’S CHANCE

RICHARD COMMEY will take a step closer to achieving his

SAUNDERS-GOLOVKIN?

FRANK WARREN tells Boxing News that new WBO middleweight champion

HOWARD DAVIS JNR, 1956-2015

HOWARD DAVIS JNR, one of the most talented amateur boxers

‘A NEW HEAVYWEIGHT FORCE HAS ARRIVED’

CUBAN heavyweight southpaw Luis Ortiz scored an attention-grabbing stoppage win

‘I WAS SHOCKED. I WAS BAFFLED’

WHEN you talk to promoters you don’t always get honest

THE EMPEROR’S NEW BELT

AKIRA YAEGASHI wallops Javier Mendoza with a right hand en

JAPANESE PROMISE

IT’S becoming a modern tradition for the Japanese to end

BRITISH RATINGS

Compiled by Andy Whittle. As of December 31, 2015. *

BOXING RANKINGS

⚫ If a fighter has been inactive for over a

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

AS a 1996 Olympian and former British, European and WBA

FUGITIVE DAYS

APRIL 5, 1915 — down at last, in the 26th

DIARY

Vincent Feigenbutz (holder) v Giovanni De Carolis (Interim WBA supermiddleweight

YEAR IN REVIEW

THE last 12 months have been packed for elite amateur

‘SO MUCH ON THE LINE’

Mikaela Mayer on winning the lightweight place on the US

NICOLA ADAMS

We pick out a boxer who’s planning on making an

WEB WISDOM

First session back with three quarters of Olympic team. Hopefully

PRIDE OF SCOTLAND

LEITH VICTORIA ABC is Scotland’s oldest – and most illustrious

ENGLISH RATINGS

KELLEY BATTERED

NEW YORK southpaw Kevin Kelley was dubbed “boxing’s next little

THE ENGLISH CARNERA

WITH his momentous world heavyweight title win and the furore

DAN WOODGATE

I started boxing to lose weight. I was 22 years