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Floyd Would Beat Pacquiao Comfortably – Hatton

Date: 22nd January 2012 at 12:39 pm
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Ricky Hatton has picked Floyd Mayweather to beat Manny Pacquiao comfortably. Hatton, who has faced both, feels that Floyd’s elusive style will prove too much for Pacquiao. Hatton is also confident the fight will go ahead, even if it doesn’t take place on the much talked about May 5th date. Speaking to the Daily Star, [...]

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Big Time Boxing Back In Sheffield

Date: 11th January 2012 at 12:39 pm
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October 11th 1997 was the last time the Steel City of Sheffield hosted a big night of boxing. That night Jose Badillo faced Sheffield’s own Prince Naseem Hamed in a sell out at the Sheffield Arena. Nearly 15 years later and another big show is on the way as the city’s newest star Kell Brook [...]

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Top Ten Fights To Look Out For in 2012 (Part 1)

Date: 1st January 2012 at 10:51 pm
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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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Brook looking to shine Stateside

Date: 18th November 2011 at 3:06 pm
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Unbeaten British welterweight Kell Brook will look to impress when he makes his American debut on December 17th. Brook faces Puerto Rican, Luis Galarza on the undercard of Carl Froch’s Super Six final bout against Andre Ward at the famous Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City so will hope to put on a show for the [...]

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The Greater Good?

Date: 17th November 2011 at 12:57 am
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On Saturday night Juan Manuel Marquez made the sort of sacrifice that boxing history may come to deem as one of the most significant of the decade. In slipping to the most dubious of points defeats, the three-weight world champion has, in the minds of many, facilitated the potential match up between Saturday’s victor, Manny Pacquiao [...]

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Pacquiao Survives as Marquez is Denied on Scorecards

Date: 14th November 2011 at 5:45 pm
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  Eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao won a highly contentious majority decision over Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on Saturday night.  The pair, who were meeting for the third time in little over seven years have now been involved in a trio of controversial fights, with both having valid claims for winning [...]

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Manny’s Mental Block?

Date: 11th November 2011 at 7:32 pm
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On Saturday night Manny Pacquaio will meet Juan Manual Marquez for the third time as the pair look to settle some old scores. On the face of it, a match up with Marquez feels little more than another fight in the series of bouts as Pacquiao and American rival Floyd Mayweather Jr dance around the [...]

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Interview With Kell Brook

Date: 18th October 2011 at 6:47 pm
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British welterweight Kell Brook is fast becoming the name on the lips of fight fans across the UK as he continues his quest towards a world title. Our friends at Scotts Menswear sat down with Kell in the run up to his recent WBA inter-continental welterweight title fight against Rafal Jackiewicz to find out what [...]

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Killer Kell moves closer to world glory

Date: 10th October 2011 at 5:58 pm
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Sheffield’s Kell Brook took another step towards a world title fight with an impressive stoppage ofPoland’s Rafal Jackiewicz as he defended his WBA Inter-Continental belt on Saturday night.  The 25 year old, who earned rave reviews for his win over Lovemore N’dou in June was always on top, and whilst Jackiewicz was visibly upset by [...]

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Bullish Khan raises the pressure on Mayweather

Date: 22nd September 2011 at 12:27 pm
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Britain’s light-welterweight world champion Amir Khan has confidently predicted a 2012 showdown with rival, Floyd Mayweather as he prepares to do battle with American Lamont Petersen in November.  Having struggled to get undefeated Timothy Bradley into the ring, theBoltonborn fighter looks set to fight once more at light-welterweight before stepping up a division early next [...]

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