Boxing News

Undercooked

NDERCARDS in boxing are to sometimes be endured rather than enjoyed. In Britain anyway, an undercard typically plays the same role as the lift music you hear while in the silent company of a stranger, both of you waiting for the doors to open and the tension to break. If not that, it can instead be compared to the music that plays while the hospital receptionist places you on hold, minutes before an all-clear is delivered, or the music your bank plays before they tell you the scam didn’t take everything in your account. It is to the audience member what a school play is to the parent of the child who

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Boxing News

Boxing News2 min read
Ursu usurps Basi
CONSTANTIN URSU punched out a warning to Commonwealth welterweight king Harry Scarff by dismissing Basi Razaq in three rounds at the Brentwood Centre. A left to the body had a delayed effect, Razaq going down on his haunches seconds later. He did not
Boxing News8 min read
A Little Respect
RESPECT in a fight is something of a balancing act and, like a jab, it must be measured. Throw a jab too close to one’s opponent and its impact is reduced, yet throw it too far out and you penetrate only fresh air. Similarly, when it comes to respect
Boxing News7 min read
The Top 10 Mexican Fighters In History
*Fighters must be retired for consideration THERE is perhaps no better candidate than Mexico when picking a country which embodies the true spirit of boxing. Heart, passion, drama, the power and the glory, have taken boys from the barrios and transfo

Related Books & Audiobooks