It was sad to see Bernard Hopkins, a fighter who has battled the boxing establishment, its promotional and managerial cartels and the perceived wisdom that tried to dictate to him for twenty years finished by one of the sports unshakeable truths; nobody leaves the sport on their own terms. Bernard has spent the past decade [...]
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Boxing: Nobody gets out on their own terms, not even Hopkins
Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged Bernard Hopkins, Boxing, Chad Dawson, Dawson, HBO, Hopkins, Mike Tyson, Roy Jones on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Boxing: A sport of humans, not robots; chin up Tony Jeffries
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Olympic Boxing, Sports, tagged Frank Maloney, Kevin Mitchell, paul smith, Super-Middlweight, Tony Jeffries on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I met British Super-Middleweight champion Paul Smith at the weekend, Paul and I have exchanged opinions, messages via various internet methods for a year or two but there is no facsimile for meeting someone in person. True, Paul proved as generous and humble with his time as the virtual discourse had suggested he would but [...]
Flying over the cuckoo’s nest for the last time? Oliver McCall defeated
Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged Bruce Seldon, Frank Bruno, Frank Maloney, heavyweight, Larry Holmes, Lennox Lewis, muhammad ali, Oleg Maskaev, Oliver McCall, Tony Tucker, wbc on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone with a passing interest in heavyweight boxing over the past twenty years will hold a mental image of one sort or another of heavy punching former champion Oliver McCall. Whether it be the crunching right-hand which felled Lennox Lewis, his emotional implosion in the rematch or the various drug fuelled episodes which have blighted his [...]
McCloskey smashes Lauri to the canvas in the 11th
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged Amir Khan, EBU, Guiseppe Lauri, Light-Welterweight, Paul McCloskey on June 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Irishman Paul McCloskey plucked a world-class right hook to knockout veteran Italian Giuseppe Lauri in dramatic fashion to retain his European title and preserve his aspirations of securing a world-title shot in the near future. Just moments before there had been concerns about his swollen right eye between rounds and he’d had a point deducted for [...]
Old? Check. Fat? Check. Unambitious? Check. Brian Nielsen next for Vitaly?
Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Shop, tagged Albert Sosnowski, david haye, heavyweight, Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson, muhammad ali, Sonny Liston, Vitaly Klitschko, wbc on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Did you hear the one about Vitaly Klitschko and the hungry, young contender? No, nor did I. Admittedly, Vitaly Klitschko hasn’t fought during a particularly glowing period for heavyweights. His tenure, interrupted by a now mysteriously cured knee problem, as the leading heavyweight began when Lennox Lewis retired and has continued through soporific contests with Danny Williams, [...]
Sosnowski, Subbuteo, Sanders, Snooker and me
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged danny williams, david haye, heavyweight, Lennox Lewis, Nostalgia, Paulo Vidoz, Sergio Martinez, Vitali Klitschko, wbc, York Hall on May 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always found an attic or loft to be a fascinating place. It probably originates from the joyous isolation it provided me as a child, resplendent with snooker table, dart board, train set and Subbuteo it was a place of dreams, solace and make-believe. On the baize I was Davis AND Higgins, on the Astropitch I was everyone from Peru to Peterborough and [...]
Manny from Heaven set for fair-weather Floyd
Posted in Boxing, Fight Previews, Fight Reports, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged Bob Arum, Floyd Mayweather, HBO, Joe Frazier, Manny Pacquiao, muhammad ali, Oscar DeLaHoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hauser, Thomas Hearns, Top Rank, Welterweight on November 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So the scene is set. Boxing has risen from the canvas to offer the viewing public a fight of such dramatic potential it already draws comparison with the magnetic contests boxing was once able to supply from a position of long forgotten significance on an annual basis. Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino with the smile and an entire people in his corner, neutralised Miguel Cotto [...]
In the shadow of giants, Sexton wins
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged david haye, heavyweight, Martin Rogan, Prizefighter, Sam Sexton on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Poor old Sam Sexton, not enough that he derailed the Cinderella Man story of Belfast hard man Martin Rogan once, controversially of course, but last weekend he returned to the white hot atmosphere of the Odyssey Arena to thoroughly dismantle the Rogan again. And within 24 hours his considerable achievement was completely outshone by some [...]
Chris Aston grooming the next generation
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Chris Aston, Dale Robinson, enzo maccarinelli, James Hare, Light-Welterweight, Mark Hobson, Tyrone Nurse on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those among the readership who frequent the virtual watering holes of boxrec.com, Eastsideboxing.com or the pop-up ridden DogHouseboxing.com then the name of Huddersfield trainer Chris Aston is a familiar one. Once a gutsy circuit pro, the flame-haired trainer enjoyed a golden period at the start of the decade as he provided stewardship to the notable careers of [...]
Smith v Quigley as it happens: Live
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Contender Series, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged frank warren, Liverpool boxing, Lonsdale Belt, paul smith, Super-Middleweight, Tony Quigley on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Genuine electricity in the air as fellow Liverpudlians clash for the British Super Middleweight title, thankfully officiated by Richie Davies – the most respected referee in the country. Each time these two have met in the build up to this fight, sparks have flown. It could be about who holds their composure in the red-hot arena [...]
James DeGale round by round LIVE
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Olympic Boxing, Sports, tagged Ally Morrison, James Degale, Round by Round on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Unbeaten novice Ally Morrison, with old favourite Chris Aston in the corner, took on James DeGale tonight – the 2008 Olympic Gold medalist to whom the British public is slowly warming to. Very slowly.
Fagan back on track
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Amir Khan, irish boxing, Lightweight, Oisin Fagan, Paul Spadafora on October 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Strange how fighters flicker in and out of boxing’s VIP lounge. Irishman Oisin Fagan has twice dipped beneath the ropes dividing the obscure and the revered, first in a razor tight defeat to Mum’s favourite Paul Spadafora and then more recently by knockout to Lightweight star Amir Khan – a defeat tinged with melancholy as Oisin [...]
Boxingwriter.co.uk Fighter of the Month; June 09
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Frank Maloney, Jason Booth, Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto, ruslan chagaev, Steve Bunce, Wladimir Klitschko 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 [...]
Give OntheGrindRadio.com a whirl; James Toney live on the show this Sunday
Posted in Boxing, Fight Previews, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Boxing Radio, James Toney, Shannon Briggs on March 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m not usually one to advocate these fan-led Radio shows, too often they’re so poorly conceived, so uncomfortably amateurish that any meaningful content is lost amongst the cringing I’m doing. However, while still a little rough around the edges, the OntheGrindRadio.com crew are smoothing out the wrinkles and in their weekly show have attracted some [...]
Silent Assassin Nuumbembe back on track
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Sports, tagged Ali Nuumbembe, Namibia, Namibian Boxing, WBF, WBO, Welterweight on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Namibian Welterweight Ali Nuumbembe became something of an iconic figure during his six years in the hilltops of Derbyshire. His wandering life story, from war torn Africa to sleepy Glossop warmed the hearts of the entire town and all those who met him. His return to Namibia didn’t bring to an end his fighting career [...]
Not to be or not to be, Jennings falls to Cotto in 5.
Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged Antonio Margarito, Floyd Mayweather, Michael Jennings, Miguel Cotto, Setanta, Shane Mosley, Steve Bunce, WBO, Welterweight on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It is a while since I’ve perched on the end of the sofa to watch a fight, a while since I’ve felt the rush of a heart-felt connection to a fighter but on Saturday night as 31 year old Michael Jennings strode to the ring that familiar surge of anxiety raced through me. I remembered [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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