David Payne

Theboxingwriter@RoundtableIO

Writer. Talker. For hire.

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A composer of words on boxing, sport's oldest showgirl, for more than two decades. Appearing in print, on national radio, digital and as a podcast guest in the UK and US. E: theboxingwriter@outlook.com X: @theboxingwriter W: boxingwriter.co.uk Joined at Oct 23, 2025

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David Payne

Theboxingwriter@RoundtableIO

Writer. Talker. For hire.

Heartbreaker Figueroa wrecks Ball in 12th

Thousand Blows. Ball and Figueroa booked for telephone booth battle

Boxing in January - Snakes and Ladders, Winners and Losers

Josh Kelly dances past Bakhram Murtazaliev to IBF title

Tyson Fury and the Bond villain

The ghastly and the ghoulish. Wilder and Chisora to meet in April?

Sheffield's Dalton Smith kicks Matias off the throne in Brooklyn

Kabayel beats Knyba in 3. Crowd calls for Usyk next

In the footsteps of Prince Naseem, Sheffield's Dalton Smith faces moment of truth versus Matias

You said I couldn't dance, but now I'm back. Tyson Fury returns.....again.

OTD 1952 - Jake LaMotta dropped for the first time.

OTD 1908 - Jack Johnson changed the world

Weight of expectation - bloated Okolie blasts another carcass

Rocky Horror Show - Joshua finally ends the theatre

Shock, and, or. Jake Paul and the pending horror of reality

British Light-Heavyweight veterans Craig Richards and Dan Azeez face off in Ghana Saturday night

Johnson, Dubois, Baumgardner....a rich undercard to Joshua versus Paul

Anthony Joshua looks to Jake Paul's over-exposure therapy

OTD 1982: Directo al corazon - Bobby Chacon conquers Rafael Limon

Big Johnny Fisher wins, but is floored and flawed. The end is near.