I’ve little new to add to the thousands of column inches already afforded to the outstanding contest between 
Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito last Saturday night. A tumultuous encounter that achieved that rarest of triumphs, it lived up to its promise. Both fighters were exceptional and though Margarito emerges with maximum credit for unseating the WBA Welterweight champion I believe now is the most opportune moment to applaud the performance and courage of his vanquished opponent. Read the rest of this entry »
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By ‘eck those Mexicans can fight; Margarito prevails
In Boxing on July 30, 2008 at 11:19 pmPitt and Aniston, Charles and Diana, now Hatton and Graham…it happens to ‘em all in the end
In Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on July 30, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Avert your gaze from boxing for too long and the constants, the equilibrium on which your perspective of the sport was founded can quickly be disconnected and deconstructed. The notion that the gnarled, sinewy frame of gravel-voiced trainer Billy Graham will no longer be strapped into the renown body belt (pictured left) for 15 rounds of torment from Ricky Hatton is hard to believe. OK, Graham and Hatton were never Morecombe and Wise, but together they’ve moulded and tuned Hatton’s natural physical prowess and thirst for combat to make both wealthy and respected. Curious timing? Perhaps. Read the rest of this entry »
