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Booth: ‘Klitschkos are using Haye for Promo’

Date: 24th January 2012 at 5:25 pm
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The David Haye/ Klitschko brothers saga rumbles on as Haye’s trainer Adam Booth has claimed the Ukrainian siblings aren’t interested in fighting, rather they are simply using his fighter’s name for publicity. Haye was woeful in losing his WBA crown to Wladimir last July and although retiring in October as planned, Vitali has expressed a [...]

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Weekend Round Up: Price Obliterates McDermott

Date: 22nd January 2012 at 10:18 pm
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Olympic bronze medalist David Price captured the English heavyweight title with a scintillating knockout of a previously obdurate John McDermott. The Liverpudlian, who had flown under the radar since capturing his Olympic honour in Beijing in 2008, was expected to face a first serious test of both his chin and heart at the hands of [...]

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Haye to come out of retirement, eyes Vitali

Date: 28th November 2011 at 5:24 pm
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David Haye has revealed today that he is to step out of his brief retirement. The former WBA heavyweight champion made good on his promise to retire in October ,despite failing in his attempt to wrestle Wladimir Klitschko’s portion of the heavyweight crown away from the Ukrainian. But now Haye has revealed he is ready [...]

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European Title Shot For Del Boy

Date: 21st November 2011 at 9:40 pm
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Derek Chisora will challenge Robert ‘The Nordic Nightmare’ Helenius for the vacant European heavyweight title on December 3rd in Finland. The former British and Commonwealth champion is looking to rebuild his career after a disappointing defeat to fellow Brit, Tyson Fury in July. Chisora was heavily criticised after his lacklustre performance against Fury, coming into [...]

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Resilient Fury Defends Title

Date: 13th November 2011 at 7:41 pm
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Tyson Fury recovered from a second round knockdown to stop previously undefeated Neven Pajkic in three explosive sessions to defend his Commonwealth heavyweight crown. After a scrappy and untidy opening period, both fighters upped the intensity in the second round- Fury looking to entertain those ringside at Event City in Manchester left himself open to [...]

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Redemption dance will be Audley’s biggest test

Date: 1st November 2011 at 6:20 pm
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When the list of participants for this year’s edition of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ was announced earlier in autumn, I was genuinely staggered at the presence of a one Audley Harrison on the roster of competitors.  Having seen his boxing career condemned to the point of derision, I initially thought that the move was some sort [...]

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Haye may reverse retirement for a shot at redemption but Vitali announcement puts Brit in the shade

Date: 29th October 2011 at 12:52 pm
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Despite insisting a little over two weeks ago that his career as a boxer was over, Britian’s former WBA heavyweight champion, David Haye has confirmed that he may be lured back into the ring should one of the Klitschko brothers agree to a fight. Haye, who surrendered his WBA strap in frustrating fashion to Wladimir [...]

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David Haye calls time on his ring career, but is he for real?

Date: 14th October 2011 at 11:44 am
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For a man that had proclaimed his intention to retire from boxing for as long as he has been a force on a global stage, today’s announcement that David Haye would not box again took a large portion of the boxing fraternity by surprise. When the BBBofC confirmed earlier this week that Haye was not [...]

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Haye slipping off the radar as Mormeck gets his shot

Date: 8th October 2011 at 9:32 pm
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Throughout his near three year crusade to secure a heavyweight world title shot against one of the Klistchko brothers, David Haye openly mocked and derided the quality of a division that allowed a string of boring, humdrum, one-sided defences in the brothers’ backyard. This week’s announcement that the one Klitschko he has managed to share [...]

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Progress for Fury Difficult to Gauge

Date: 19th September 2011 at 1:17 pm
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The biggest positive that you can take from Tyson Fury’s fifth round stoppage of Nicolai Firtha in Saturday’s non-title heavyweight fight in Belfast was that at least the undefeated fighter is remaining active- returning to the ring less than two months after his British and Commonwealth title win over Dereck Chisora. As heavyweight battles go, [...]

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