Jeff Weston
10 articles · Boxing.com
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Amir Khan ? Out of Service Concorde
By Jeff Weston
There is no obvious hardship or toughing it out in a meat locker. There is no plan of sorts apart from wistfully chasing the big bucks? Amir Khan used to be a…
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Anthony Joshua ? Hoping to Avoid the Left Hook
By Jeff Weston
Whatever the result of tonight?s eagerly anticipated ?no mud-slinging? bout, a multitude of questions will be answered? A man?s defeats don?t always tell us who he is, but they do unmask his…
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Discussing Haye, Hendrix, Hacks, HBO, Herzog and Hitting 30 with Elliot Worsell
By Jeff Weston
?David hated the boxing business and all who claimed to be a part of it. He had no time for promoters, managers or trainers. He saw himself as different?? I originally started…
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The Changing Landscape for Scott Quigg
By Jeff Weston
It is just Gallagher and Bury pugilist, Quigg when I arrive ? sat on the humble, slat benches of the beige-tiled changing room in their archetypal black gear? Put mittens on the…
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All Heart: Boxing?s Finest Gentleman, Carl ?The Cat? Thompson
By Jeff Weston
Chunks of a boxer?s life you cannot get back. They must readjust, change the oil, take a few spanners to the engine, fight the ridiculous fights? ?Don?t just swing it. Measure it.…
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David Haye ? Temporary Road-Sweeper
By Jeff Weston
This, to some, is the corrupt banality of modern showmanship. Haye, quite simply, has fought two bums. He has indulged in celebrity opportunism? In the final chapter of Elliot Worsell?s 2011 biography…
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Nowhere to Hide: Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez vs. Amir ?King? Khan
By Jeff Weston
Some say Canelo Alvarez is only a dynamic fighter when allowed to be, when the garden gate is left open? Who has the best deal here ? the stalker or the technician?…
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Klitschko / Fury: Skill and Power vs. Zig-Zags and The Almighty
By Jeff Weston
Klitschko is a fine architect, calmly deconstructing faces, subtly carving through the resolve of the man opposite? The boxing fraternity loses its mind at times. Four-to-one underdogs suddenly become credible challengers. What…
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Amir Khan ? Lancashire Bomber
By Jeff Weston
Khan needs Thurman, Alexander, Broner or even Bradley. Victory over any one of these will save the flickering candle that is his career? Manchester, that large English city, Bolton is not. It…
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Tyson Fury: The Great White Hope?
By Jeff Weston
Something still rankles in trying to rate him as a great fighter. It seems too early. There is an inchoate aura around him? ?Look at dis shit! Boy, this is slavery all…