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Archive for September 12th, 2008

Resizing the big men; Jack Johnson the 240lb killer?

Posted in Andrew Mullinder, Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Now the spectre of a new debate about the potential outcome of clashes between the modern day heavyweight and his predecessors will fail to entice those for whom the discussion is a tired exchange of old arguments. However, Andrew Mullinder has found a new mathematical angle which proves far more thought provoking than you might presume. [...]

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Guzman better not rely on hunger

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Joan Guzman doesn’t strike me as a fighter who bases his strategy on assumption. He’s played the sanctioning body game shrewdly, most recently choosing to abdicate the WBO Super-Featherweight belt to earn a #1 ranking with the same body at 135 pounds. Placing him firmly in the sight-line of Nate Campbell, a fighter with a [...]

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Setanta, Skywalker and Bunce; Boxing’s New Hope

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Watching Steve Bunce’s Boxing Hour last night on Setanta Sports 2 I was struck by a number of things. Firstly, how good it is to see a magazine show for the sport where debate, discussion are preeminent over the gloss Sky once applied to their weekly Ringside presentation. True, big Buncey isn’t to everyone’s taste and [...]

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Dan Rafael slips Haye a low-blow; Johnson lands Haye shot?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The hunt for a top-10 opponent, as demanded by his contract with British broadcaster Setanta, is proving harder than expected for aspiring puncher, promoter and profiteer David Haye. As reported previously, a ‘who was’ of heavyweight contenders has been name-checked, from Hasim Rahman, James Toney, Andrew Golota and Oleg Maskaev to speculative challenges from Matt [...]

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