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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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Guest: Barrera’s bloody mess obscures the true worth of Khan’s victory

Posted in Ben Carey, Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Reports, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Having clung tight to my £14.95 last weekend, Amir Khan is not presently a pay-per-view attraction regardless of the affection with which I hold his opponent – in this case Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera, I’m delighted to provide a forum for guest writer Ben Carey’s view of the contentious clash between the aspiring Khan [...]

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Blah, blah, etc, etc, Hatton talks Oscar, trainers, ageing and the future

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on September 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »

More astute judges than I have pointed to Ricky Hatton’s ebbing level of performance, greater students of fighters and their techniques have dissected his growing faults and weaknesses and plenty of wiser minds than mine claim his out of “monastery” habits will shorten his elite career drastically. I couldn’t agree more but most of that [...]

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Don King signs Barrera, does it still matter?

Posted in Boxing, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Does the signing of Marco Antonio Barrera by Don King show just how far the once mighty promoter has fallen or represent a spring board for his renewal as the sport’s premier figure?

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Guest: In Thailand, there is no PPV

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Oliver Fennell, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“There is no such thing as bad publicity, except your own obituary.”  Irish author Brendan Behan once wrote and despite his celtic roots suggesting a pre-disposition to the noble art, I’ve no idea where he stood on the great PPV debate. However, the announcement Amir Khan is to feature on the premium format has so enraged boxing’s keenest observers one [...]

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There is no such thing as a free punch; the PPV debate

Posted in Andrew Mullinder, Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , on August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Guest writer Andrew Mullinder comments on the furore surrounding the announcement Amir Khan’s next bout is to cost  SKY subscribers an additional £14.99 to watch, despite featuring an unknown Colombian and lacking the global significance typically found at the core of most pay-per view contests. An astonishing step, and one Frank Warren appeared aware, looks opportunisitic and premature. Mullinder [...]

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Video of Amir Khan foe Breidis Prescott in action

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Fight Previews, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , , on August 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »

I’ll not be indulging SKY next month, there is no hope what so ever of the satellite broadcaster’s flashy advertising campaigns convincing me that Amir Khan is a PPV attraction. Nor will I succumb to the overt and subliminal suggestion his opponent, Colombian Breidis Prescott, is a foe of such brilliance that to miss the PPV [...]

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“No, no, just say no” Hatton, PPV and the power of one.

Posted in Boxing, British Boxing, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As fan and as a writer, purchasing pay-per-view boxing is a prerequisite these days. I’ve done them all, from Bruno v Tyson, Hamed, Lewis through to Hatton v Tszyu and everything in between. So strong is my thirst to see the stars of the fistic world that I even succumbed to the very shallow temptation [...]

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Hopkins Returns. Did he ever leave?

Posted in Boxing, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Sports, tagged , , , , , , on November 30, 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Boxing needs personalities. And never more so than in the beleaguered heavyweight division. Yesterday’s announcement, and the worst kept secret in boxing, that former middleweight great and presently consensus Light-Heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins plans to return in the blue ribbon weight class didn’t cause the gasps of disbelief the ‘Executioner’ appears to crave.

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