Mike Lockley has spent 50 years in boxing. As assistant editor of trade paper Boxing News, he covered the sport around the globe and been privileged to have ringside seats for fights involving such legends as Sugar Ray Leonard, Ken Buchanan, Marvin Hagler, Wilfred Benitez, Jeff Chandler… During his career, Mike spent 25 years as editor of the Chase Post, in Staffordshire, and has also had stints on titles including the Sunday Sport and The Sun.

For the past 11 years, he has worked for the Birmingham Mail and its Sunday Mercury sister title.