Boxing

Watching the super-heavyweight boxers during my lunch break at McDonald’s, I was inspired to train for Rio and be a world champion. Suddenly my life began. In the summer of 2012, it felt as if everyone in London was watching the…

The road to the ring is rarely a straightforward one for boxers, while the path that leads away can often be perilous. Francis Ampofo is a man who fought his way from the streets of London, where he moved as a child from Ghana, to the…

Vernon Vanriel was a talented athlete who fought crack addiction, was sectioned twice and beaten up by police officers. Finally he ended up stateless in Jamaica. A new play tells his extraordinary life story. Vernon Vanriel thinks it’s…

Thunderous chants of "Ali, Ali, Ali" from a boisterous crowd reverberated around the O2 Arena when Ramla Ali continued her unbeaten professional boxing career last month. It was a sight, and sound, to behold. "The amazing thing about…

Most boxers will tell you the punches don't hurt as much as the blows they take outside the ring. Frequently being forced to take fights at the last minute, rarely being paid what you were promised and then finding your manager was…

After many years of war, the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo had to rebuild their country and Balezi Bagunda in his own small way chose to do this with boxing. Setting up his small boxing training centre in Goma, a small town…

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to live with a legend and a world-celebrated boxer, much more to be his daughter? Hana Ali, daughter of legend Muhammad Ali - American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist-…