TONY BELLEW can legitimately replace his idol John Conteh and claim to be Liverpool’s greatest fighter if he can beat Oleksandr Usyk at Manchester Arena on Saturday night. But it is a seemingly ...

The other night, I attended the opening of a new, serious theatre piece at the Royal Court: Conteh. It tells the life story of John Conteh, a man who rose to the pinnacle of the boxing world in 1974 ...

IT’S THREE decades since John Conteh ruled the world as the best light-heavyweight on the planet. Yet the former WBC champion believes that Liverpool has unearthed another big hitter capable of ...

Tony Bellew gets advice from one of his childhood heroes, former world champion John Conteh, ahead of his fight against Oleksandr Usyk. Bellew is chasing greatness as he challenges Usyk for all four ...

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Sleek and powerful with fast hands, Buatsi did not waste a punch as he blasted Conroy with accurate jabs and hurtful hooks — just like Conteh used to FROM my experience, going overboard when making ...

When John Conteh was in his pomp in the mid-to-late 1970s the World Boxing Council light-heavyweight was presented as a possible opponent of Muhammad Ali. Stylistically, it made the mind race. Yet ...