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Contrasting Fortunes of Borges and Iole

Posted in Books, Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Congratulations to Kevin Iole on his recent Nat Fleischer award for excellence in boxing journalism, a prestigious gong and Kevin takes his place behind a parade of hugely talented scribes who have won the award created to honour the Ring magazine’s most famous Editor.

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Vida Loca; Another Sad Chapter in the Life Of Johnny Tapia

Posted in Books, Boxing, Sports on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As one of the finest prizefighters of his generation Johnny Tapia’s life has always been a back-page story, and more frequently than he’d prefer, a front page one too. News that the recently retired former champion has once again been found close to death following an apparent cocaine overdose will chill but not surprise those [...]

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Calzaghe: A Year On From Lacy

Posted in Books, Boxing, British Boxing, Sports on March 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

On the cusp of his American coronation against game Contender Peter Manfredo on April 7th, Joe Calzaghe has been reflecting on the year that has elapsed since he emerged from the debris of his long tenure as WBO Super-Middleweight champion, and all the mediocrity that attracts, to beat Jeff Lacy. In conversation with the Wales [...]

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A Boxing Must: The Sweetscience by AJ Liebling

Posted in Books, Boxing on February 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

As a fan of the written word and the great boxing writers of the past and present, though I seem to work hard at preventing their influence appearing in my own ramblings, I was a belated recipient of AJ Liebling’s SweetScience collection of boxing reports.

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