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Archive for September 15th, 2008

Every cloud; Timothy Bradley arrives as a major player

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Contrary to some curious commentary from Col Bob Sheridan, who tried hard to make the fight more competitive than it was, Timothy Bradley delivered another complete, considered and positive performance to repel the challenge of Edner Cherry this weekend. In defending his WBC 140lb strap Bradley showed development from his victory over Junior Witter and [...]

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Campbell deserved better from Guzman, an unreliable fighter

Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I feel vindicated in picking Nate Campbell to prevail in this encounter despite flying in the face of popular opinion and more crucially, that the fight didn’t actually take place. However, I did comment that Guzman was not a safe pick. Despite his unbeaten record, he had a patchy level of activity and often jumped [...]

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Sexton wins Prizefighter 2; is it really drawing new fans?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Contender Series, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Always enlightening to watch an event like this with those not keenly interested in the sport. Spend too much time on Internet forums and it is entirely possible to succumb to the assumption EVERYONE is interested in boxing. Of course they are not. An evening at my old local, The Windmill in the former coal-mining town of [...]

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Maloney’s cold-shower for Belshaw’s prospects

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Every press release I’ve read about big Scott Belshaw has been doused heavily in salt. Frank Maloney is a wise old hand at generating attention for his fighters and he’s used every reference possible to project Belshaw as a raw puncher with a big future. Last week Belshaw was calling out Audley Harrison, who for all [...]

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Natural order is restored; Forrest dominates Mora

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Contender Series, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Contender series wasn’t a reality show in the popular sense of the word. I’m always disgusted when mainstream reporters refer to its contestants, when partaking in significant out-of-show bouts, as “reality show winners”. It misleads the uninitiated, implying those who featured were not ‘real’ boxers but talented wannabees, celebrities even. Fighters like Steve Forbes, Peter [...]

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Oscar Suarez, trainer to Freitas, Hamed dies aged 47

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Sports, tagged , , , on September 15, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Boxing lost a loyal servant this weekend with the unexpected death of Oscar Suarez, the trainer most widely known for shaping Brazilian Acelino Freitas. Later he would take over the most high profile job in boxing, training Prince Naseem Hamed, and though maligned for his lack of impact on the Sheffield-man his death is reason for all [...]

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