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 [...]
Archive for July 15th, 2009
Run Yasmine, run; how boxing would love an 80′s remake.
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged Baywatch, Erik Morales, Floyd Mayweather, Herol Graham, Jordan, Julian Jackson, Katie Price, Middleweight, roberto duran, Thomas Hearns on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BoxingWriter.co.uk readers go for Kessler
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged Andre Dirrell, Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, CARL FROCH, IBF, Jermain Taylor, Mikkel Kessler, Super Six, Super-Middleweight. Showtime, WBA, wbc 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 [...]
Careful what you wish for; David Haye gets his appointment with destiny
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged Carl Thompson, Corrie Sanders, danny williams, david haye, heavyweight, ruslan chagaev, samuel peter, Vitali Klitschko, wbc, Wladimir Klitschko 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 [...]

