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Boxing: Bobby Gunn and James Toney in a room. Never going to be tea and biscuits.

Posted in Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on February 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

It may surprise some readers to learn Bobby Gunn causes the biggest spike in readership whenever I cobble (do you see what I did there) together a news or opinion piece on the plucky prizefighter. Avoyd Mayweather holds nothing on the scrapper once spectacularly referred to as “the most ferocious fighter since Jack Dempsey” ahead [...]

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Boxing: Fur Coat and No Knickers? David Haye retires

Posted in Boxing, tagged , , , , , , , on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Any consideration of David Haye’s career is usually accompanied by a track from my internal Jukebox. It isn’t McFadden and Whitehead’s Aint No Stopping Us Now; his entrance tune, nor is it From Russia with Love, primarily because his nemesis was Ukrainian, I tend to hear the chorus from Natalie Imbruglia’s Torn representing as is [...]

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Boxing: Its unofficial, Haye v Harrison is on

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , on July 30, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Now some would say I know precious little about boxing, others are less flattering, but one thing I do know for certain is – it takes two to make a fight. By my reckoning, and with some reliance on my Casio fx-100c, I am able to announce the inevitability of a clash between David Haye [...]

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Boxing: Vitali Klitschko to fight Shannon Briggs, the prosecution rests

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , on July 29, 2010 | 3 Comments »

I wrote recently in at least partial defence of the brothers Klitschko. Excusing some of their benevolent matchmaking as the inevitable by-product of their misfortune of being resident in arguably the weakest era in living memory. Following on with the theme of that piece, I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry at the announcement [...]

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Boxing: Laugh or cry, matchmaking with the Klitschkos

Posted in Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »

As a boxing traditionalist, the Klitschko brothers prove something of a troublesome enigma to me. Resplendent though they are at the top of the heavyweight mountain, their individual and collective resumes feature nothing but a procession of mediocrity – some of whom the physically gifted Ukrainians have conspired to lose to. But I cannot always [...]

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Boxing: Harrison v Haye – why it should happen

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Olympic Boxing, Prizefighter, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on June 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Despite David Haye’s protestations to the contrary the prospect of this unlikely heavyweight prizefight remains the talking point of the day in the dungeons of the internet’s boxing forums. Audley Harrison has, afterall, already sacrificed the European title in the belief that he will secure the all-British world heavyweight title fight he and television network Sky Sports [...]

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Boxing: Long and winding road. Six years since the BBC dumped Audley

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Olympic Boxing, Prizefighter, Sports, TSS.com Archive, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Precious few heavyweights polarise opinion in the way Audley Harrison does. Maybe that is part of the fascination with him. Maybe that enigmatic quality is what draws observers back to the story despite a series of tame defeats to mediocre fighters. The Mona Lisa is neither the most beautiful subject nor the most technically perfect painting but [...]

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Boxing: David Haye in Orwellian about turn; Audley not Vitali or Wladimir next?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Prizefighter, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

It was meant to be different. That was the tag-line. The sedentary waters of the heavyweight division were to be purified. David Haye wanted to fight the best heavyweights straight away, he didn’t want to procrastinate, to manoeuvre. He just wanted to know if he was the best, prove it or fail. Money was secondary. [...]

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Harrison, Haye and Klitschko. Among the madness, bluff and silence is there a fight to be found?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Olympic Boxing, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

In an era before nutritionists, public relations and conditioners, during that simplistic period when heavyweights ran, hit-bag, sparred, chopped wood and often took a stiff drink or three the night before a fight it is hard to imagine how they would have viewed the flimsy media battle being contested by heavyweight trio David Haye, Klitschko and heaven help [...]

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John McDermott: “I don’t want any favouritism, just whoever WINS, wins!”

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I met John McDermott once. He was standing at the back of the press rows the night David Haye got beaten by Carl Thompson. An evening more notable for him because he saw Mark Krence flattened by an imported journeyman that looked likely to rule the boxing butcher out of their proposed Eliminator, a contest, John lamented, [...]

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Old? Check. Fat? Check. Unambitious? Check. Brian Nielsen next for Vitaly?

Posted in Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Shop, tagged , , , , , , , , 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, [...]

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Sosnowski, Subbuteo, Sanders, Snooker and me

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , 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 [...]

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Feted, hated, fated? Is Audley stepping closer to defining Haye fight?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Olympic Boxing, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There has been something of the David Icke about Audley Harrison throughout his decade as a prominent heavyweight. Fuelled and demonstrated by a paradoxical cocktail of delusion, acute self-awareness and paranoia. Qualities which ostracised him from the boxing public and allowed the media to portray him as the villain, the idiot and the clown in his own one-man pantomime. But like all [...]

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Say what you like, but Holyfield v Botha caught your eye, didn’t it?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on November 24, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Francois Botha has tried many things to stay relevant and keep earning including a hapless foray into that form of combat that needs no introduction beyond its initials.  The veteran South African is in the Autumn, arguably Winter, of his fluctuating career. A career, lest we forget, which has variously included Michael Moorer, Lennox Lewis, [...]

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John Ruiz v David Haye will be a thriller

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

It will not prove as easy for newly crowned WBA Heavyweight champion David Haye to sell tickets to his mandated clash with American John Ruiz in the spring as the David v Goliath showdown proved last weekend. But for all the doubters, I’d like to encourage everyone to visit YouTube and refresh their preconceptions about the [...]

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In the shadow of giants, Sexton wins

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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David Haye, boxing’s new Barnum, continues to sell

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Shop, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If promoting a fight is craft, then David Haye has used every tool in the box to generate interest in this Saturday’s fight with Nicolay Valuev. He is an effervescent self-promoter who has used eye-catching gimmicks, distasteful commentary about Valuev’s personal hygiene, appeared on every talk-show, press event and personal appearance in order to force [...]

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Look beyond the smiles; the Haye v Valuev build up begins

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Shop, Sports, tagged , , , , , on October 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I wrote yesterday of Frankie ‘El Gato’ Figueroa’s unique ability to self-promote through the multitude of outlets the modern world of communication affords a fighter, contemporary David Haye is another advert for the power of a fresh approach to promotion. He was conspicuous in his use of the MySpace platform a year or two ago, [...]

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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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The view from portside; will Klitschko really pick a southpaw?

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Mike Tyson, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Since the disappointment of David Haye’s withdrawal from this year’s biggest heavyweight title fight and a potential record breaking event to boot it has been widely assumed Ruslan Chagaev would prove to be the natural replacement for the former Cruiserweight king. Similarly shorter than Wladimir, with a reliance on speed and movement the WBA champion [...]

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