Founded in October 2011, Boxnation, for years the best thing in boxing on these shores, quietly folded on December 15th.

In recent years, since Frank Warren made his stable exclusive to BT Sport, the channel has shown fewer and fewer live cards and the end seemed inevitable. We are left with the memories of countless hours of chat and entertainment on the couch with Steve Bunce, Steve Lillis, Barry Jones and others.

In happier news, Daniel Kinahan-linked promotional outfit Probellum appears to be going bust, joining MTK on the scrapheap.

The BBBofC are being legally challenged by perhaps the world’s most terrible official, Ian John-Lewis, because he was finally binned in the wake of one of his more publicized fuck ups.

I guess this is what the British board gets when they try to do something constructive. Jeff Hinds is also challenging the old boy’s club over a separate issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-11604157/British-Boxing-embroiled-TWO-legal-battles-referees.html

David Haye is living the dream in retirement.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/boxing/david-haye-throuple-healy-osborne-28886990

In case Haye needs any protection, Zab Judah has you, ahem, covered.

A reminder that “indefatigable advocate for peace and women’s rights” Don King, now devoid of Trevor Bryan’s WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight strap, is supposedly promoting another PPV show in two weeks.

For those who don’t know, it’ll be headlined by the delicious matchup of 44yo Bermane Stiverne, winless since 2015, versus fellow Trevor Bryan victim Jonathan Guidry.

I guess what better fight to headline a card themed around the war in Ukraine.

A cruiserweight title bout between Ilunga Makabu and Noel Gevor was initially announced for the show but is now pulled, likely because, as Grey Johnson of Boxrec put it, “King probably never had fight made”.

The promo video is available but unfortunately does not feature Howard Wear this time, though it was posted by him to Itube247.com, “where you are the ‘I’ in Itube”.

Don King’s Fight for Freedom -Clash of Champions Promo