Jeff Powell

1 month ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Powell

In The Names Of Their Fathers — so the promo goes — Chris Eubank Junior and Conor Benn box on a football pitch on Saturday night. Just as Chris Senior and Nigel Benn did at Old Trafford more than 30 years ago. The sons will bag a netful of booty at The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. At £10million for Eubank and £8m for Benn, approximately 25 times more than their dads earned from each of their two fights.

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Powell

Boxing journalist who cheekily defied George Foreman, covered EIGHT Olympic Games and served in the RAF is fondly remembered by close friend and colleague JEFF POWELL Legendary boxing journalist Colin Hart has passed away at the age of 89 Long-time friend and colleague Jeff Powell remembers Hart's extraordinary life His work in the sport saw him inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame By JEFF POWELL Published: 04:44 EDT, 23 March 2025 | Updated: 04:45 EDT, 23 March 2025 Colin Hart...

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Powell

Millions of Americans will fire up their George Foreman Grills this Sunday and sizzle the meatiest hunks of beef they can find in honour of one of the mightiest punchers in boxing history. Hundreds of millions around the world will be clinking zillions of beer cans as they remember the most famous fight of all time. The Rumble In The Jungle. The pews at the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in north Houston will be crammed with mourners lamenting the passing of their inspirational pastor.

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Powell

When freed jailbird Don King had his big idea about going straight through boxing, in both meanings of that phrase, he dispatched one of those absurdly long limousines beloved of America's glitterati to convey the heavyweight champion of the world to a meeting at an abandoned railway station.

Feb 23, 2025 | dailymail.co.uk | Jeff Powell

It may not have been the Card of the Century – let alone in boxing history – by the time all those expensive fights got to the ring. Not with the withdrawals and a health-risking miss-match. But The Last Crescendo – as it was oddly entitled since there is much more coming up here – did produce one classic for the ages as well as a British contender for Fight of the Year which contained what may well stand as the best round of 2025.