Why is England so obsessed with boxing?

Then England inherited it and set up even more rules and gave it more culture with the Queensbury rules. Ireland got a taste of it as well, then settlements and colonies brought the sport to the Americas and so on. But if it weren't for England Boxing wouldn't be what it is today. read more

If you mean why boxing is more popular than MMA in England (for now at least, going by current trends), I would say that it is largely due to a lack of a wrestling scene here compared to other parts of the world. read more

Bleed for This is the fourth major boxing movie to be released in the last two years, following September's Hands of Stone, a messy movie about Roberto Duran, along with last year's Creed, the brilliant Rocky spinoff, and Southpaw, featuring a ripped Jake Gyllenhaal. read more

: We look at the history of boxing-MMA crossover fights that never come to fruition, with help from top pundits. read more