ANGELO DUNDEE - TRUE LEGEND - COMPETITION WINNER
'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP Thameside using the power of sports writing to help them develop into wordsmiths. We are delighted to support his efforts by donat...
CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY JR - THE LOUISVILLE LIP
‘Never put your money against Cassius Clay, for you will never have a lucky day.’ Boxing greats, Cus D’Amato, Oleksandr Usyk and Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. all have one thing in common – they were ...
‘I'd waited my whole sodding career for this moment. I'd been waiting and waiting and waiting for that title shot, and it had felt like it would never come, but, in the end, I got there - and wha...
"Shakespeare? Never heard of him. Is he one of those foreign heavies? I'd moider dat bum." Tony Galento Dominic Anthony Galento, was possibly one of the grittiest and most colourful characters o...
MARK KAYLOR - TRUE BRIT, TRUE GRIT
‘As a person, he did not like bullies and people who were disrespectful in public. As a boxer he had balls as big as grapefruits and never took a back step. He had skills and could box, but he als...
RAY ARCEL - COMPETITION WINNER
'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP Thameside using the power of sports writing to help them develop into wordsmiths. We are delighted to support his efforts by donat...
THE BRENDAN INGLE STORY - COMPETITION WINNER
'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP Thameside using the power of sports writing to help them develop into wordsmiths. We are delighted to support his efforts by donat...
Following on from Part Two, we will now be venturing across the Big Pond to look at four of America’s finest heavyweight fighters to lace em-up, who never achieved their crowning moment in the squ...
Following on from Part One, we will now be looking at a further four iconic British greats never to fully grasp a world title, albeit, not for the want of trying. TONY SIBSON Leicester born Sibson ...
Ever since the Queensberry Rules were drafted in 1865, Britain has proudly boasted a world champion in every weight division. From unlimited rounds and horsehair filled gloves, to modern day 12 rou...
THE JAWBREAKER - THE KEN NORTON STORY - COMPETITION WINNER
What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve.’ Kenneth Howard Norton 'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP Thameside using the power of sports writing to help the...
NO OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BONAVENA - COMPETITION WINNER
‘There are two things in life that a man should never play with. Another man's money and another man's woman.’ Oscar Bonavena 'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP ...
GEORGE AND THE JUNGLE - Competition Winner
‘Sports are sports. It’s all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.’ George Foreman 'BVB writer, Paul Zanon is currently working with prisoners at HMP Thameside using the power of sport...