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Archive for July 20th, 2007

Archive: “Tonight I’m Gonna Party Like It’s 1999!”

Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, TSS.com Archive on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Exactly two years to the day since this article was first published on thesweetscience.com, Bernard Hopkins continues to deny the obituary, professional at least, I recorded following his defeat to Jermaine Taylor in 2005. The fact, aged 42, he can still compete at elite level – he faces pound for pound great Winky Wright at 170 [...]

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First Bruno, now Warren Pursues Damages

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

According to reports today, Frank Bruno successfully sued the News of the World for damages following a breach of his privacy by the Sunday tabloid and secured a significant settlement. Frank Warren meanwhile, is aiming for more than £300,000 from the Daily Record for remarks printed in relation to the John Simpson v Derry Matthews [...]

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So Near So Czar: Katsidis ‘defends’ Interim belt

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , on July 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Australian strongman Michael Katsidis, one of a host of fighters to expose British champions in recent months, makes the first defence of his interim WBO Lightweight title against Czar Amonsot this weekend. A sentence which will dumbfound the boxing purists; how does boxing create a scenario where interim champions defend the belt simultaneous to the [...]

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Rees The Next Unbeaten Brit to Step Up

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports on July 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »

This weekend’s bout between game Gavin Rees and stylish Frenchman Souleymane M’Baye for the latter’s WBA Light welterweight title isn’t quite another example of an over-hyped British fighter being pitched in with a world class operator only to discover he’s a chasm away from true elite class. Why? Well simply put, because we know Rees is no world beater [...]

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Plucky Gomez Talks About Gatti Victory

Posted in Boxing, Contender Series, Fight Reports, Sports on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I’m not alone in following the career of gutsy Mexican Alfonso Gomez. His heart-warming willingness to face series favourite Peter Manfredo in the opening show of Contender 1 endeared the soft-featured Welterweight to millions around the world. It is that exposure that facilitated his own elevation to elite competition. Notoriety over achievement. Ticket sales over ability. [...]

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