Stories By David Payne
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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Stay In Your Lane- Rademacher, Ngannou And Opportunity In Turbulence
October 26, 2023(This commentary is provided from David Payne in the U.K. and more of his great content...