Boxing News

Time to say goodbye

@MattCBoxingNews

Editor

WHETHER sitting ringside at a world heavyweight title fight, losing myself in the musty archives, interviewing a real-life superhero, or even squabbling with promoters, working at Boxing News has been the ultimate privilege.

Today, it is with biting sadness that I announce this is my final issue as Editor, and the process of writing this last column, for my beloved BN, is incredibly difficult. Even with the benefit of consideration, it’s still akin to suddenly being handed a microphone in front of a crowded and expectant room. I can’t quite find the right words, though they’re all in here somewhere, battling to be heard.

I love everything for which has stood since it came along 115 years ago and I wholeheartedly believe it’s as necessary today, for broadly the same reasons, as it was then. With that in mind, it’s a wrench to say goodbye and why it’s time for me to

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