Privilege, criticism & VAR - life as a boxing referee

Phil Edwards speaks to BBC Sport about what it's really like to be a boxing referee and whether he thinks VAR could work in the sport.
Yardbarker on MSN

Jake Paul has become the face of boxing whether the sport likes it or not

In a sport that once revolved around legends like Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the center of gravity ...
CNN

Cecilia Brækhus was told women couldn’t enter boxing gyms. She still became an undisputed champion despite a ban on the sport

Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been many ...
City Journal

Can Boxing Ever Be Made “Safe?”

When In Doubt, Stop the Bout: A Revolutionary Approach to Boxing Safety and Reform, by Mike Silver (Hamilcar Publications, 224 pp., $21.99) While boxing can inspire lofty words such as grace, speed, ...