Ricardo Malajika remembers the first time he stepped into the local boxing gym as a wide-eyed seven-year-old in Regents Park on the southern side of
Imagine sitting with your hands at your sides waiting for a 170kg giant to slap you. The terror, according to a man who does this
His style may be chaotic, but the UFC’s middleweight champion is built differently. Here, ahead of Dricus du Plessis’ title defence this weekend, we discover
Last month, junior welterweight journeyman Gift Bolo travelled to Chelyabinsk in Russia to fight local hero Maxim Pleshkov. For his modest fight purse, he was
Almost 30 years ago, in 1996, I found myself on a train from Newcastle, on the eastern coast of Australia, to Campbelltown, near Sydney. Having
Everywhere Lennox Lewis has gone in Johannesburg this week, the shouts have rung out. “You’re the best! You’re the greatest!” Lewis just smiles. “You say
The EFC Contender Series, an event designed to showcase the brightest amateur MMA talent from across Africa, is set to take place on Thursday at
Being kicked in the head has its consolations. Try several million of them in the case of Dricus du Plessis, who in 2024 pocketed around
Tyla Promnick has heard all the clichés. “Oh, you think you can take me?” some ask when they learn she’s an aspiring professional fighter. Others,
