Any film starring Matt Damon is usually high quality viewing, OK, granted Ocean’s 12 was dismal but typically Damon played the role amidst the self-indulgent script with his usual class. The news he is to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in a story chronicling the rise of Irish Micky Ward to championship fights is welcomed by me. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Fighter: Micky Ward’s Story
In Boxing on February 14, 2007 at 4:54 pmA Boxing Must: The Sweetscience by AJ Liebling
In Books, Boxing on February 14, 2007 at 4:11 pm
As a fan of the written word and the great boxing writers of the past and present, though I seem to work hard at preventing their influence appearing in my own ramblings, I was a belated recipient of AJ Liebling’s SweetScience collection of boxing reports. Read the rest of this entry »
Save the Last Dance for Me: Kostya Please?
In Boxing on February 14, 2007 at 3:47 pm
I’m trying to think of something predictable, a euphemism for Lovemore N’Dou’s desire to entice fellow Australian Kostya Tsyzu out of inactivity, I would suggest, more predictable than Hugh Grant’s latest script but I used that last week and with time pressing I’ll crack on without originality – nothing new there whispered the wag at the back. If you think of anything, answers on a postcard. Read the rest of this entry »
New Yorker, New Moan, Pneumonia
In Boxing on February 14, 2007 at 8:22 am
New York giant, Shannon Briggs has been forced out of his March 10th defence against Russian Sultan Ibragimov with a bout of ‘walking pneumonia’, a curious condition but one clearly likely to constrain a fighter already battling asthma. The fight will be re-arranged as promptly as possible though whether the same venue can be secured remains unconfirmed.
Though scheduled for the… Read the rest of this entry »
