After 17 long years Bernard Hopkins finally gained a measure of revenge with a unanimous decision victory over Roy Jones Jr with scores of 117 -110, 117-110 & 118-109. Hopkins would fight in spurts before clinching and Jones had no answer for this until the 5th round where he finally decided to let his hands [...]
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David Haye has made a successful first defence of his WBA heavyweight title with a 9th round stoppage of American John Ruiz. Dropped 4 times, twice in the first round and once in the 5th and once in the 6th, Ruiz was pulled out of the fight by trainer Miguel Diaz after he felt his [...]
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In boxing’s current climate where we seem to have been blessed with a wealth of talented junior welterweights it’s only right we pay homage to one of the greatest junior welterweights of all time. A talented amateur boxer (he beat legend Tommy Hearns in the National Golden Gloves finals in 1976) Pryor did not disappoint [...]
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Audley Harrison has labelled his fight with Michael Sprott for the vacant European Heavyweight Championship as “revenge or retirement” but isn’t it about time the heavyweight calls time on a career of what-ifs? Winning gold at the Sydney Olympics gave Harrison the reputation as one to watch as he made the step-up to professional. But [...]
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Well it appears that even at this stage in his career, despite having a greater legacy Bernard Hopkins can’t get out of Roy Jones Jr’s shadow. Golden Boy Promotions yesterday sent out a press release with some of boxing’s biggest names predictions on tonight’s fight and some of the responses were shocking to say the [...]
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…Is the topic that I found myself arguing over with a friend. What sparked this was the opinion that professional boxing is not a sport, and due to its violent nature it should be banned. Firstly, in regards to it ‘not being a sport’ two common dictionary definitions of Sport are: “An activity involving physical [...]
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People may question why it has taken so long or why it is even happening but I won’t lie, I’m ridiculously excited about Saturday’s rematch between Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr. 17 years ago when I was the tender age of 4, Jones Jr beat Hopkins for a vacant middleweight title and for me [...]
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