Gray Matter: Joshua-Usyk and the lessons learned
LONDON – So, it’s the morning after the night before. First of all, the atmosphere inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last...
read moreGray Matter: Joshua and Usyk out to secure their greatest ever triumph
I’m only half right? OK, give me a chance. Based solely on natural size, there’s no question that a victory over...
read moreGray Matter: Tank Davis, the WBA and the imminent death of authentic world title fights
On Saturday night, in his adopted home city of Atlanta, Gervonta Davis scored an impressive stoppage of the previously unbeaten...
read moreGray Matter: Is Billy Joe Saunders stumbling block or stepping stone for Canelo?
OK, now that Canelo Alvarez has stuffed the mandatory challenger from Turkey (see what I did there?), it’s time to...
read moreGray Matter: Errol Spence, Terence Crawford and the destruction of the welterweight division
In May 2017, Errol Spence Jr. came of age with a superb win over then-IBF welterweight titleholder Kell Brook. I...
read moreGray Matter: Tyson Fury and Teofimo Lopez are Fighter of the Year winners – get over it
“Y'all take a chill. You got to cool that shit off. And that's the double-truth, Ruth.” OK, so it’s the wrong...
read moreGray Matter: Tyson Fury does it again, Deontay Wilder outclassed and stopped
He won't beat Wladimir Klitschko in Germany. He won't overcome mental health problems and a 140-pound weight gain. He won't come back...
read moreGray Matter: Never take your eyes off an opponent, even when they’re down
“Don’t rush this!” Lying on my sofa, those were my exact words as unified heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua marched towards Andy...
read moreGray Matter: The Best I’ve Seen
I’m back. While covering the lightweight championship fight between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Luke Campbell in London at the weekend, I got...
read moreGray Matters: Anthony Joshua-Andy Ruiz Jr. and the big lesson to be learned
Andy Ruiz’s stunning seventh-round stoppage of unified heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua proves, once and for all, that marinating superfights is never a good idea.
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