Interview by Paul Zanon for BVB“His immediate aim is to win the fight on 11 April, but Dan’s focus is second to none, he’s just got one mission. To become heavyweight champion of the world. That’s ...
Wilder vs. Fury prediction: Competition winning blog by Gavin Worley
The time for talking is almost over, although I am sure the verbal jousting will continue well into this eagerly-anticipated heavyweight showdown. The second instalment of Deontay Wilder’s WBC titl...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonEight decades before Carl Froch was boasting about his knockout of George Groves with 80,000 fans in attendance, Len Harvey had already fought in front of 90,0...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul Zanon Mike Donovan and Father Pound for pound, coronavirus is proving to be one of the toughest opponents to have surfaced on this planet in several decades. As we ...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonOn 2 September 1911, John Charles Peterson entered this world. He would later become known on the professional boxing circuit as Jack. Despite having Danish ro...
JOHN CONTEH - BRILLIANTLY BRITISH
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonZero to hero and back down again. It’s a phrase you’ll often hear, but few have pulled off the cycle repeatedly as well as John Anthony Conteh, MBE. The kid fr...
JACK GARDNER - HARBOROUGH GUARDSMAN
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonOften referred to as ‘film star handsome’, with his impeccable taste for fine clothing, faultless hair and designer moustache, Jack Leonard Gardner was often c...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonBrian London once said, “I was christened the ‘British Bulldog’ by friends and colleagues who said I not only looked like a bulldog but fought like one,” but h...
MIKAEL LAWAL - GETTING BACK ON TRACK
Interview by Paul Zanon“Boxing has given me a lot more hope, helped me with a bit of depression and also given me a lot of discipline. If it wasn’t for boxing I don’t think I’d have any structure i...
Contributed by sportswriter Paul ZanonFeatherweight boxer, Jordan Gill, is currently the talk of Chatteris, the small market town in Cambridgeshire. But the first to put the town on the fistic map ...
HARVEY HORN INTERVIEW ‘TRIPLE H’ HITTING THE HEIGHTS
Interview by Paul ZanonHe’s known as ‘Horny’, he’s an East Londoner based in Essex, he’s undefeated as a professional boxer and he’s taller than you think. British Vintage Boxing took some time out...
CHARLIE DUFFIELD INTERVIEW. WARMING TO THE CHALLENGE
Interview by Paul ZanonBritish Vintage Boxing caught up with the endearing, yet burly figure of Charlie Duffield, ahead of his light heavyweight title fight on 20 July 2019 against Dan Azeez. The 3...
COOPER, CLAY, 1963 & THE TORN GLOVE
On the 18th of June 1963, a young, brash, Cassius Clay visited London to take on Britain's Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium, London, in a final eliminator for the world heavyweight title against the...