Sky Sports commentator Ian Darke summed up Joshua Clottey’s ‘survival’ style performance against Manny Pacquiao perfectly saying “Clottey would see going to points as an achievement.” Yet if 1 fighter comes for the pay check rather than to fight, should he receive the full purse? The Ghanaian fighter adopted his peek-a-boo style; the same he [...]
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Last year Manny Pacquiao’s brutal knockout of Ricky Hatton sparked much debate in which was a better way to lose a fight (as if there is a good way to lose!) a quick KO or a an extended beating that ends in a tko or even taking an extended beating to lose a decision. At [...]
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It looked so promising in its conception, throwing together some of the best 168 pounders in boxing in a single competition to see who is the best (although some complained that because of the exclusion of Lucian Bute the winner could not officially claim to be the best super middleweight in the world). It had [...]
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Over 50,000 fans packed out the new Dallas Cowboys stadium on Saturday (13th March) to see the welterweight bout between the ‘Pound for Pound’ king and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Ghana’s Joshua Clottey. At the end of 12 rounds Pacquiao had his hands raised in victory via a unanimous decision. It was the [...]
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In Floyd Mayweather’s mind his greatness hinges on the fact that he is undefeated, he has even proclaimed himself as the greatest fighter ever but really, is being undefeated that important? Is that what makes a fighter great? The obvious answer would be yes, if you’re undefeated it means nobody could beat you and therefore [...]
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20 years ago last month James ‘Buster’ Douglas sprung possibly the biggest upset in boxing history when he knocked out ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan. The Tyson in question was in his prime and months earlier a hard single left hook ended his bout with Carl ‘The Truth’ Williams in 93 seconds. He looked [...]
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This weekend Devon Alexander knocked out Juan Urango to become the unified WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion and it seems the boxing world has gone Alexander mad. Yes he is undefeated and yes he was the first man to stop the ‘Iron Twin’ but I think people are getting ahead of themselves anointing him ‘the one’, [...]
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In the modern landscape of boxing where the best fighting the best has become somewhat of a rarity (no Mayweather/Pacquiao fight huh? Big surprise!) we crave for the old days where it happened regularly. The Fab 4 of Hagler, Hearns, Leonard and Duran, all legends of the sport, fought each other at one point in [...]
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Yesterday in part 1 of our interview with RA The Rugged Man we learned of his views on Mayweather, Pacquiao and David Haye amongst others. Today in the second part of our interview we learn of his views on Arreola, Margarito as well as Ali & Tyson. As always RA tells it as it is [...]
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When R.A. The Rugged Man tore into Floyd Mayweather Jr on radio last October it sent shock waves through the boxing world (Listen here Pt.1 &2). As well as a rap legend (when speaking of him, the Notorious B.I.G said ‘ I thought I was the greatest’), R.A is also an avid boxing fan. He [...]
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