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16-477: John Murray, a regular contributor to Health & Strength magazine, convinced its owner, Bill Berry (later Lord Camrose ) to launch a weekly magazine dedicated to boxing. In 1909, Boxing News was founded by Murray as editor. It is believed that Murray had been inspired by Jack Johnson beating Tommy Burns to become the first black world heavyweight champion . In his first editorial, Murray stated, "Boxing will stand for good clean sport. Its success or failure

32-469: A journalist and established his own paper, Advertising World , in 1901. Berry made his fortune with the publication of the First World War magazine The War Illustrated , which at its peak had a circulation of 750,000. In partnership with his younger brother, Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley (the elder brother was Seymour Berry, 1st Baron Buckland ), he purchased The Sunday Times in 1915 and

48-572: A prediction league with live scorecard functionality. In April 2024, Mark Butcher was announced as editor of Boxing News after the departure of Matt Christie. Lord Camrose William Ewart Berry, 1st Viscount Camrose , DL (23 June 1879 – 15 June 1954) was a British peer and newspaper publisher. Berry was born in Merthyr Tydfil in Wales , the second of three sons of Mary Ann (Rowe) and John Mathias Berry. Berry started his working life as

64-446: Is in the hands of those who believe in the characteristics of this sport. Our energies will be devoted to giving the best paper that time, thought, and money can devise." When circulation began to decline in the late 1920s, the name of the newspaper was changed to Boxing, Racing and Football . In the late 1920s, circulation began to decline, and the name of the newspaper was changed to Boxing, Racing and Football . In October 1931,

80-695: The Western Mail . In 1927 they purchased The Daily Telegraph from the 2nd Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham , with William Berry becoming its editor-in-chief. In 1937 they purchased its rival, The Morning Post . In 1926, the Berry brothers/Allied Newspapers purchased Amalgamated Press (AP), which had been started by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe , in 1901 (Harmsworth had died in 1922). Berry bought out his partners in 1937 and amalgamated The Morning Post with The Daily Telegraph , with himself as chairman and editor-in-chief. His sons Seymour,

96-598: The 2nd Viscount , and subsequently Michael , continued to run the newspaper until 1986; in addition, Seymour was Vice Chairman of Amalgamated Press from 1942 to 1959 (when AP was acquired by the Mirror Group ). He provided financial assistance to Sir Winston Churchill after the Second World War . He and ten other wealthy well-wishers each donated £5,000 to the Churchills, allowing them to keep their home, Chartwell , on

112-638: The acquisition of Boxing News . The acquisition saw the merger of the iD Boxing platform, led by Rob Tebbutt, Benyamin Farooqi and Jordan Pollock with the Boxing News brand, creating Boxing News Plus . In February 2024, Boxing News' podcast, The Boxing Show , won Best Combat Sports Podcast at the Sports Podcast Awards. In March 2024, Boxing News announced the launch of the Boxing News app, which merges

128-563: The boxing fraternity. When he left in October 1996, he was given a glowing tribute from then- BN publisher Peter Kravitz: "His writing stands comparison with the Lieblings, Hausers and Mailers of this century of boxing." Assistant editor Claude Abrams succeeded Mullan in November 1996. Boxing News was redesigned, switched to a full-colour format, and became more extensive in content. In March 1999

144-552: The condition that it would be presented to the nation upon their deaths. Berry was created a baronet in the 1921 Birthday Honours . He was raised to the peerage as Baron Camrose , of Long Cross in the County of Surrey , on 19 June 1929, and advanced to Viscount Camrose , of Hackwood Park in the County of Southampton , on 20 January 1941. Berry married Mary Agnes Corns in 1905. They had eight children together: Berry died in 1954 and

160-415: The magazine was sold to a syndicate of London sportsmen, who installed Sydney Rushton, a long-time London fight reporter, as the new editor. Rushton proved less popular than Murray and the newspaper was put up for sale again. Another set of sportsmen bought the magazine and Godfrey Williams was named editor. He attempted to run Boxing as a newspaper, cutting popular features, and reducing news stories down to

176-626: The paper went to A3 size before reverting to A4, and increasing in length to 48 pages (from 24) in September 2005. The magazine remained the main trade paper in Britain. Abrams left Boxing News – after 22 years – in December 2009, just three months after the publication celebrated its centenary, and was succeeded as editor by Tris Dixon. Dixon left the magazine in December 2014, with Matt Christie taking over as editor. In April 2023, iD Sports Media announced

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192-531: The range of coverage, especially in North America. In 1977, Harry Mullan , thought to be one of the better editors, replaced Houston. Circulation increased during the Mullan years, doubling at a time of great change in the boxing world. The most notable new developments were the proliferation of world titles and the increase in the number of major British promoters. Mullan was fiercely principled and well respected in

208-470: The shortest possible length. The circulation quickly dropped to its lowest ever. Billy Masters, a city printer and boxing fan, saved the paper, appointing W. H. Miller as the new editor. Miller was responsible for reinvigorating the magazine. In 1935, Miller departed and was replaced by Sydney Ackland, who had previously worked as John Murray's assistant editor. World War II brought many changes as first Ackland, then replacement Stanley Nelson, contributed to

224-402: The war effort. Murray then was reinstated as editor, but ill health forced him to step down in 1941. Gilbert Odd took over until the building housing the paper was renovated. Odd was then called up for national service and both Masters and Murray served further terms. The paper was bought by Australian publicist Vivian Brodzky and former promoter Sydney Hulls. Northern sports writer Bert Callis

240-775: Was its editor-in-chief until 1937. In 1919 the pair also purchased the Financial Times . In 1924 the Berry brothers and Sir Edward Iliffe set up Allied Newspapers and purchased the Daily Dispatch , the Manchester Evening Chronicle , the Sunday Chronicle , the Sunday News , and the Sunday Graphic , as well as a string of other newspapers across the country. In Cardiff they merged four newspapers into

256-408: Was the new editor. Odd took over for a second term upon Callis' retirement. Odd implemented the tradition of reporting the results and fighters' weights for every single fight in the country. When Odd quit to write books, he was succeeded by Jack Wilson and then Tim Riley. When Brodzky died, Boxing News was sold twice in quick succession, and Graham Houston became editor in 1971, immediately broadening

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