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Archive for June 1st, 2007

Exclusive: Boxing Writer T-Shirt Shop

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Mike Tyson, Shop, Sports on June 1, 2007 | 11 Comments »

It may prove to be the most under-used facility since the Baghdad Tourism Office but I’ve developed a range of simple, classic t-shirts featuring the professional win-loss records of a host of boxing legends. Made to order, to high quality specification the shirts present good value with prices starting around £12. Fighters from the recently lost [...]

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Another Day Another Comeback

Posted in Boxing, Sports on June 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Since I bemoaned the seemingly indefinite residence of a host of flawed heavyweight relics this week, every day seems to have brought news of another comeback or fight from fossilised big man. I’m not sure whether it reminds me of Groundhog Day or Cocoon but I wish boxing could find a youthful puncher to start stamping [...]

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Good Luck to Ossie Duran

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Familiar to British fight fans, most notably for a 3 round victory over Jamie Moore – who was forced to retire with a hip injury – Ossie Duran seeks to establish himself as a ‘face’ on the American circuit this evening when he tackles unbeaten prospect James Kirkland on ShoBOX: The Next Generation.

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Calzaghe Accepts Kessler Fight

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

If this fight actually occurs, and part of me still maintains this could be a tactical move by Frank Warren in his quest to secure a renewed contract with ITV, then today’s news of Calzaghe’s willingness to travel to Denmark to face Mikkel Kessler in a bout that will unify the Super-Middleweight division is arguably [...]

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Briggs and Sultan Weigh-In

Posted in Boxing, Sports, tagged , on June 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Shannon Briggs has weighed in at a career high of 273 pounds (19 st 7lbs for the imperialists) and although he looked ripped and well conditioned it wouldn’t take much to surmise that that huge frame will be burning his shallow reserves of oxygen pretty quickly. Sultan Ibragimov weighed in a sprightly 221 (15 st 11lbs) [...]

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EBU Want Moore From Jamie

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Salford’s irrepressible Light-Middleweight contender Jamie Moore has been frustrated in his attempts to secure a progressive contest for the European (EBU) belt vacated by Michele Piccirillo. Speaking to the Salford Advertiser, Moore lamented the missed opportunity; “I’m disappointed to have missed out on a European title fight. But it’s not the first time that a [...]

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