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Archive for July, 2009

Exclusive: Witter v Alexander not for the title? WBC withdraw sanction!

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In disturbing news, I’ve learned the WBC looks likely to withdraw sanction for the clash between Junior Witter and Devon Alexander due to a row over the assignment of officials. This weekend’s clash was to include Britain’s premier official, Richie Davies, as one of three ringside judges all assigned to the fight by the World Boxing Council. [...]

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Wrestling with fog, Golden Boy seeks to tame Guzman

Posted in British Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Sports, TSS.com Archive, tagged , , , , , on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Now aged 33, the career of Joan Guzman is a curious one. An unfulfilled one. Despite being a decorated Amateur and world-championship belts in two divisions, the Dominican has failed to deliver on his unquestionable talent and has frozen himself out of the title pictures from 126 to 140 pounds. Oscar De La Hoya will [...]

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Don’t forget Celestino Caballero, a real champion at 122 pounds

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | 13 Comments »

Bernard Dunne is a good fighter, a good, good fighter in fact. His courage and ability ably demonstrated over the past year. I’m interested in his next fight and I would love to see Rendall Munroe get a shot at the popular Irishman. However, I must open a window on the insular world we can [...]

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You know the game is up when you’re dressed as Captain Hook

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Shop, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I don’t wish to demean Roy Jones Jnr, one of the finest fighters of his, or any, generation, but the publicity shots circulated today showing the once pound for pound king of the sport dressed as Captain Hook, the infamous pirate from the Peter Pan stories made me laugh out loud.  I have to wonder [...]

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The brainwash is almost complete, I’m hooked on Tyson Fury

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Shop, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

You have to concede it has worked. Firstly, the day in June 1988 when former heavyweight battler John Fury decided his son would be called Tyson, a reflection of Fury senior’s love of the then unbeaten Heavyweight champion Iron Mike, and secondly the day now 6ft 9inch Tyson Fury became Hennessy Sports’ most promising signing. [...]

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Run Yasmine, run; how boxing would love an 80′s remake.

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nostalgia is a big seller. And its vendors seem to know just when to pique our interest in some bygone phenomenon. Whether it be the Mamma Mia film reaching out to women over 35 to relive their days as Dancing Queens – and some men come to think of it - or other film franchises like Charlie’s [...]

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BoxingWriter.co.uk readers go for Kessler

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In the immediate aftermath of Showtime’s exciting announcement of the Super Six tournament to be held at 168 pounds over the next two years, I asked readers to predict who they felt would emerge from the groundbreaking series as champion. As you might anticipate the outsiders, Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell only landed 2% of [...]

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Careful what you wish for; David Haye gets his appointment with destiny

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Following an unfortunate series of injury induced withdrawals of late, notably Mayweather v Marquez, Kotelnik v Khan, Haye v Wladimir Klitschko, fans will be reluctant to presume David Haye’s mooted September 12th clash with 37 year old Vitali Klitschko is actually going to happen until the two men are staring across at each other with [...]

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Froch and Kessler tower over Abraham

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , on July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Pictures of the press conference, media tour and photoshoot for Showtime’s forthcoming Super-Middleweight tournament left me aghast. Six headline fighters, in their respective primes from multiple promotional houses, numerous countries and varied sanctioning bodies coming together for a single organised format, spread out across two years. Its logical, coherent, understandable and exciting – in fact, [...]

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The life of the Human Highlight Reel, Arturo Gatti, ends in tragedy

Posted in Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , on July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Thousands of words have already been written about the demise of Arturo Gatti and still more about the life in boxing that preceded it. News of his death, aged just 37, has shocked a legion of fans for whom Gatti is synonymous with courage, exhilaration and entertainment. Recently betrothed, Arturo Gatti leaves behind a young [...]

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Boxingwriter.co.uk Fighter of the Month; June 09

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This award, which has laid dormant since Shane Mosley’s richly earned January residence as the BoxingWriter.co.uk fighter of the month, is the one fighters really clamour – forget Ring championships or PPV figures, the award they’re all looking for is this one. Selected unscientifically by a panel of one, the award seeks to recognise the [...]

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Adamek to ride shot Gunn

Posted in Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Bobby Gunn is a curious phenomenon. No other fighter, whether christened Floyd, Bernard or Oscar has engendered the type of readership and commentary that articles about the Celtic Warrior have. I suppose that might say as much about the sporadic readership of this gloomy corner of the blogosphere as any significance Gunn actually holds for [...]

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Save the boxing martyrs; BringBackBunce.net

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“God is our guide! from field, from wave, From plough, from anvil, and from loom; We come, our country’s rights to save, And speak a tyrant faction’s doom: We raise the watch-word liberty; We will, we will, we will be free!” wrote George Loveless in 1834, ahead of his transportation to Australia as one of [...]

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Froch rolling with the big guns

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Originally, the news Carl Froch was to feature in a six man round robin over two years on American network Showtime was met with little more than pithy sarcasm at BoxingWriter towers but now, two days later, it seems the proposed Froch, Taylor, Kessler, Abraham, Dirrell and Ward tournament is genuine and will begin with [...]

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