Eddie Hearn appeared confident this week that a deal for Carl Froch to fight undefeated IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute in home and away bouts during 2012 could be concluded as early as next week. Froch, who has been considering his options at home since losing a clear points decision to Andre Ward in [...]
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Ahead of the first fights of the New Year, BoxingFancast runs through its wish list of fights for 2012 and the chances of each big bout coming to fruition. (Part 2 of 2). 5) David Haye Vs Vitali Klitschko Say what you will about David Haye in the wake of his disappointing defeat to Wladimir [...]
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Ahead of the first fights of the New Year, BoxingFancast runs through its wish list of fights for 2012 and the chances of each big bout coming to fruition. (Part 1 of 2). 10) Tyson Fury Vs David Price For better or worse, Tyson Fury is fast becoming the general public’s blue eyed boy of [...]
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In the wake of Amir Khan’s defeat to Lamont Peterson the Bolton fighter continues to be a lot like marmite, with people either loving or hating him. Khan has appeared very bitter in the fight’s immediate aftermath, even going as far as lodging a formal complaint to the IBF (The appeal which has subsequently been [...]
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Three years ago, whilst watching ITV’s preamble for Carl Froch’s WBC super-middleweight title fight with Jean Pascal there was a feature on the champion to be and his preparation for the fight. Buried in the depths of the Irish countryside, Froch and trainer Robert McCracken plotted the dismantling of Pascal, another unbeaten super-middleweight and a man [...]
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Boxing is a life and death sport. When done incorrectly people can and have lost their lives; you only have to look at Griffith/Paret or inadvertently Billy Collins following his fight with Luis Resto. So there will be few that won’t understand Miguel Cotto’s hard stance when it comes to Antonio Margarito. Cotto is of [...]
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Mention the St Thomas’ Boys and Girls Club to anybody in boxing and they will immediately know you’re talking about Brendan Ingle’s legendary gym. Many great fighters have been produced on Wincobank Hill and it is a production line that shows no signs of halting anytime soon. Former world champions Jonny Nelson, Junior Witter and [...]
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For a man that is on the verge of becoming a father for the first time, Kell Brook looks increasingly likely to be taught one of the first rules of the playground; don’t believe the gossip. For the past 18 months, Brook’s career progression has been frustrated by an inability to land the world title [...]
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After much debate and distraction it appears that the Miguel Cotto/Antonio Margarito rematch will go ahead in New York on December 3rd as planned. For a time there were fears that the NYSAC would not license Margarito due to the damage done to his eye in his bout with Manny Pacquiao last year, but after [...]
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