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Archive for September 4th, 2008

Archive: Scott of the anarchic

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, TSS.com Archive, tagged , , , , , , , on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The sorry tale of Scott Harrison lurched to a new low this week when he was sentenced to a total of 8 months imprisonment for assaulting his girlfriend and a police-officer alongside being found guilty of driving whilst 4-times over the legal limit. Should Harrison remain at Her Majesty’s service for the entire sentence, he [...]

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Weight of expectation rests with Pavlik and Dawson

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

For those of us left jaded by the endless recycling of pensionable punchers Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jnr., Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson, the new season throws up three fights which may finally expunge 75% of the ageing chorus line from the Light-Heavyweight rankings. It cannot come too soon.

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Harsh home truths for Alex Arthur

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Until Alex Arthur starts beating world-class fighters instead of simply being trained by them his tenure as WBO Super-Featherweight champion will never be widely regarded as anything other than opportunistic. It isn’t that Arthur is without ability, nor I suspect, is it because the Edinburgh man fears the division’s elite contenders, but with the long-shadows of [...]

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