People love boxing because unlike team sports once you climb into the ring, there is no hiding. You have nobody to blame for losing except yourself in most cases and your strengths and weakness become glaringly obvious under the bright lights. That’s where trainers come into it. Their job is to ensure you are best [...]
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Currently leading the ‘Super Six’ tournament after a late devastating kayo of Jermain Taylor, Arthur Abraham is one boxing’s hardest punchers. The undefeated former IBF middleweight champion has failed to stop just 6 of his 31 opponents but when he does stop them it’s often spectacular with Edison Miranda and Jermain Taylor amongst his victims. [...]
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Following on from his top 5 fights of the decade, Gorilla Production put together his top 5 fights of 2009. There were some strong candidates with Adrian Diaconu and Jean Pascal putting on a real barn burner, JuanMa Lopez and Rogers Mtagwa scrapped to the final bell in a hellacious fight whilst domestically Jamie Moore [...]
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A decade is a long time no matter which way you look at it, but in boxing it even longer. The number of fights that take place in the world in a week is massive so imagine how many take place in 10 years? We have seen some magnificent fights this past decade and GP [...]
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Prior to the fight Mayweather told anyone that would listen that the bout would be a mismatch and he wasn’t wrong. In the lead up to the fight Mayweather referred to Gatti as a “a C+ fighter”, “a fake”, and “a blown-up club fighter.” Yet despite the disrespectful goading of his opponent Mayweather backed up [...]
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If Muhammad Ali is the most famous boxer ever then the title of most infamous goes to Michael Gerard Tyson. A troubled youth Tyson would be taken under the wing by Cus D’Amato who would steer his life on the right path as D’Amato who had trained world champions before began to refine the rugged [...]
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Like Marmite, Prince Naseem Hamed was a character you either loved or hated. Completely unorthodox he would befuddle and belittle his opponents on his way to victory. Carrying his hands low he would strike would the speed of a cobra but with the power of a bull winning 31 of his 37 bouts by kayo [...]
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Following his victory over Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito had finally made his way to the top of the sport. With Floyd Mayweather retired he was regarded as the best welterweight in the sport so when he signed to fight Shane Mosley many thought it was a formality that the ‘Tijuana Tornado’ would beat Mosley who’s [...]
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Called a modern masterpiece by HBO’s Max Kellerman this fight between Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto and Mexico’s Antonio Margarito was an action packed fight that lived up to a tradition of in ring wars between boxers from the two nations. Prior to the bout Cotto was the undefeated champion who had stalked his way through [...]
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Victor Ortiz came into this bout as the heir apparent to Oscar De La Hoya’s throne as boxing’s golden boy. Groomed by the man himself, Ortiz was fast, young and aggressive working his way up to a junior welterweight title shot. Yet Marcos Maidana stood in his way. A relative unknown, the Argentinian was coming [...]
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Date: 22nd February 2010 at 3:31 pm
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