The sceptic in me wont believe it until I see the Welshman staring across the ring at Wayne Braithwaite, the former WBC Champion. But the Guyanese puncher is signed on for the bout according to John Rawling, a writer with more inside track than most to the machinations of Sports Network, the search for a credible opponent for the current WBO strap holder is at an end. Detours via Cunningham and Haye hit roadblocks but Braithwaite is willing to make the July 21st liason. Read the rest of this entry »
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Boxing: Enzo Maccarinelli gets Braithwaite
In Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on June 8, 2007 at 3:38 pmTommy Morrison To Fight in MMA
In Boxing, Sports on June 8, 2007 at 3:21 pm
“I’m just going to walk in and hit him on the chin.”
Seriously, stop it. So far this week I’ve read reports about Evander Holyfield, Henry Akinwande, Andrew Golota and Oliver McCall, today’s ‘vintage’ heavyweight – and I don’t mean that in a fine wine type way – is Tommy Morrison. I’m beginning to wonder whether I’ve had a “Life on Mars” type experience and been transported back to 1994. Clinton in the White House and Billy tearing the labels from his bottles of bud. Read the rest of this entry »
Generations Collide: Cotto v Judah
In Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on June 8, 2007 at 9:16 am
It seems peculiar to consider Welterweight contenders Zab Judah and Miguel Cotto as members of consecutive generations rather than the same one, only three years separate the births of the two popular fighters after all, but Cotto is unequivocally the ‘going’ concern in their clash this weekend.
