Donald McRae

Donald McRae has followed boxing all his life. In recent years, his love has waned, as criminality, doping, and dirty money gnaw away at the soul of boxing. In 2018, grieving the death of his sister and with his parents seriously ill, he sought refuge in boxing again. At just this moment, Tyson Fury completed one of the most shocking...

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025 ‘Thoroughly encapsulates the current state of the hurt business’ Telegraph, Best Books of 2025 For fifty years, Donald McRae has followed boxing. As criminality and corruption spread, his love for the sport dimmed. In 2018, grieving his sister’s death and his parents’ illness, he turned back to boxing –...