It doesn’t matter where you sit. It doesn’t matter from where you viewed Saturday’s spectacle, Bernard Hopkins victory over Kelly Pavlik is arguably one of the most complete boxing clinics since, Barrera schooled Naseem Hamed perhaps? Andrew Mullinder captures the major emerging points from the fight in his regular summary from the chilly confines of [...]
Archive for October, 2008
A Muscovite’s view of the Executioner’s song
Posted in Andrew Mullinder, Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged archie moore, Bernard Hopkins, carlos monzon, Jermain Taylor, Joe Calzaghe, Kelly Pavlik, marvin hagler, Middleweight, Roy Jones on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some other mountain; Oscar continues his PPV voyage
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged Antonio Margarito, Floyd Mayweather, Frank Maloney, Lennox Lewis, Manny Pacquaio, Miguel Cotto, Oscar DeLaHoya, Paul Williams on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Amidst a global credit crunch it could prove harder than ever to defend the choices of a multi-millionaire like Oscar DeLaHoya and harder still if he is to assume the role of the big guy in his David and Goliath showdown with Manny Pacquiao. However, for all the criticism his selection of the Filipino piranha, [...]
Zab Judah to face Theophane?
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged Ashley Theophane, Derek Gainer, Light-Welterweight, Zab Judah on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the first fighter to purchase attire from the BoxingWriter Tribute Wear store, Ashley Theophane is always keen to demonstrate his astute judgement. News on his social website profile suggests he’s moved from first being offered the chance to fight former Super-Featherweight champion Derek Gainer to the entirely more valuable opportunity to tackle Zab Judah, [...]
The Great Guzman and the WBA’s weight of responsibility
Posted in Andrew Mullinder, Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Amir Khan, Diego Corrales, IBF, Joan Guzman, Jose Luis Castillo, Lightweight, Nate Campbell, WBA, wbc, WBO on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It might be the stiff wind from the Urals which makes guest writer Andrew Mullinder such a cantankerous observer of the noble art. Mullinder is not implored to write by the science or the beauty of boxing, only the muck, the politics and the fractious infrastructure of the sport evoke his withering invective. His latest [...]
Nowhere to Hide, not that old chestnut
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged Amir Khan, david haye, EBU, enzo maccarinelli, Hennessey Sports, herbie hide, John Murray, Jon Thaxton, Lightweight, Norwich City, Riddick Bowe, Tony Tucker on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure the revelation Delia Smith, who famously coined the phrase “lets be having you” during an impromptu half-time plea to the insipid Norwich City football crowd, is looking to sell her stake in the club has nothing to do with the impending return of boxing maverick Herbie Hide to the region, but Hennessey Sports’ [...]
BoxingWriter.co.uk Fighter of the Month; September
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Amir Khan, Breidis Prescott, Colin Kenna, Fighter of the Month, Joel Casamayor, John Fewkes, Juan Carlos Gomez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquaio, Martin Gethin, Prizefighter, Ricardo Mayorga, Sam Sexton, Shane Mosley on October 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thus far the BoxingWriter.co.uk Fighter of the Month award has been won by Monte Barrett for his destruction of Tye Fields’ flimsy standing as a heavyweight contender, Antonio Margarito’s thrilling suffocation of Miguel Cotto’s resistance and latterly Cedric Boswell’s destruction of pampered prospect Roman Greenberg. I found the stand out performance in September was much [...]

