Billam-Smith – how to win a boxing staredown

How do you win a boxing staredown? Two fighters going head to head to glower at one another is an essential feature of the build-up to a fight in the modern sport.

The combatants come face to face at press conferences, weigh-ins and other encounters and are expected to lock a steely-eyed gaze on one another. These can turn into mental battles when neither boxer wants to back down or look away.