Stories By David Payne
Previews
Terence Crawford chasing greatness like Oscar De La Hoya
September 9, 2025This Saturday in Las Vegas, alas no longer the singular mecca of boxing that once it...
Previews
Canelo vs Crawford Evokes Sugar Ray Leonard’s Golden Era
September 4, 2025Pitching fighters of the moment versus icons of the past was once the lifeblood of boxing...
Boxing News
Moses Itauma – Man of the Moment, Not Mike Tyson
August 21, 2025Comparison is the thief of joy. Theodore Roosevelt As a larger and larger cohort of fight...
Boxing News
Moses Itauma vs Dillian Whyte – Crossroads Battle Echoing Great All-British Fights
August 13, 2025Every match made in a boxing career is, essentially, a “crossroads fight.” Come in 37, and...
Boxing News
Moses Itauma – Heavyweight Boxing’s Rare 20-Year-Old Prospect
August 12, 2025In a division populated with fighters born in the late 1980s, Moses Itauma is an anomaly....
Boxing News
Moses Itauma: The Making of a Heavyweight Star
August 7, 2025Moses. A biblical name. Laden with promotional opportunity. This one is a southpaw with dynamite in...
Boxing News
Tyson Fury In Pursuit Of Redemption: Five Memorable Heavyweight Title Rematches
December 19, 2024Tyson Fury’s attempt to recapture the heavyweight crown from Oleksander Usyk on Saturday is the latest...
Boxing News
‘First Round Destruction’: Liam Williams Returns With Early KO Win
November 25, 2023(Our colleague David Payne from boxingwriter.co.uk has a Friday recap of a quick KO from Liam Williams in...
Boxing News
After “Low Hanging Fruit” Saturday Cordina Goes For Higher Branches
November 3, 2023(This Joe Cordina commentary is from historian/writer David Payne in the U.K. with www.boxingwriter.co.uk) Joe Cordina...
Boxing News
Myth, Mirth And Miracles- Fury Finished Or Unfocused?
October 31, 2023(A commentary from boxing historian/writer, David, Payne, on Tyson Fury’s disappointing showing Saturday night. Find David’s...
