The Boxing Insight

When you are assessing a boxing match and predicting a winner, you need to progress along several stages of selection. Just picking a winner based on your ‘gut-instinct’ will lead you to more losses than picking a winner. Part 1: Anatomy of Picking a winner. Picking a winner in a heavyweight title fight is not an easy thing, there’s no tried and tested algorithm. Heavyweights can be moody and inconsistent. I’ve been watching the heavyweights for many years; heavies hold a place in my heart. I have been to many world heavyweight title fights and seen Lennox Lewis and Herbie Hide win and lose their titles. I was there when Frank Bruno came so close to winning the heavyweight title but was thankfully also there when he finally achieved his goal after 3 unsuccessful attempts. I was ringside watching a young Vitali Klitchko smash his way to the world title.  Historically, heavyweights can be extremely boring or they can be edge of your seat exciting. On social media boxing fans...

Earnie Shavers – the hardest puncher of all time! George Foreman – before a Lennox Lewis fight in London Lennox Lewis – After fight party. Lewis had just beaten Tony TNT Tucker in Las Vegas British heavyweight champ – Horice Notice – at the Thomas a Becket gym in London’s eastend Hector Camacho training. Jim Watt – World lightweight champion. Close friend Harold Lederman Chris Eubank snr – before he fought Carl Thompson Chris Eubank weighing in. Rocky Milton just before we head to his title fight. Glen McCrory – Cruiserweight champ. Glen had fought the previous day against Mark Young. Glen McCrory – Cruiserweight champ Glen McCrory walking to the ring. Derek “Sweet D” Williams – Commonwealth Heavyweight champ at the gym. Thomas a Beckett – Great boxing gym Lightmiddle title challenged. Adrian Dodson Angelo Dundee Clones Cyclone – Barry McGuigan Mike Tyson manager – Bill Cayton Lightheavy and cruiserweight champ – Bobby Cyz Boxing in New York Barrow Amateur Boxing...