David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 24, 2009, 3:46 pm
Francois Botha has tried many things to stay relevant and keep earning including a hapless foray into that form of combat that needs no introduction beyond its initials.  The veteran South African is...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 18, 2009, 5:41 am
So the scene is set. Boxing has risen from the canvas to offer the viewing public a fight of such dramatic potential it already draws comparison with the magnetic contests boxing was once able toÂ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 13, 2009, 9:20 am
I’m hearing, thanks to the power of Facebook – so as yet unconfirmed – that fan friendly Light-Welterweight contender Barry Morrison is out of December’s tournament with an unq...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 10, 2009, 4:34 pm
There was a time recently when boxing fans were entitled to wonder if a next generation of top-level fighters were ever going to emerge. The class of the 90’s hung on. Reflecting the ageing demo...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 10, 2009, 7:04 am
It will not prove as easy for newly crowned WBA Heavyweight champion David Haye to sell tickets to his mandated clash with American John Ruiz in the spring as the David v Goliath showdown proved last...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 9, 2009, 2:59 pm
Poor old Sam Sexton, not enough that he derailed the Cinderella Man story of Belfast hard man Martin Rogan once, controversially of course, but last weekend he returned to the white hot atmosphere of ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 4, 2009, 10:50 am
If promoting a fight is craft, then David Haye has used every tool in the box to generate interest in this Saturday’s fight with Nicolay Valuev. He is an effervescent self-promoter who has used ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 4, 2009, 5:52 am
During the dim days of his post Buster Douglas career, I would maintain in the face of often fervent opposition that Mike Tyson was over-rated. That he succeeded in a weak era and through the many at...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 3, 2009, 4:27 am
For those among the readership who frequent the virtual watering holes of boxrec.com, Eastsideboxing.com or the pop-up ridden DogHouseboxing.com then the name of Huddersfield trainer Chris Aston is a...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Nov 2, 2009, 8:56 am
He remains a media phenomenon, even now two whole decades removed from the last of his boxing peak and with a whole generation of boxing fans for whom he was never a consensus world-champion now fully...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 30, 2009, 5:40 pm
Genuine electricity in the air as fellow Liverpudlians clash for the British Super Middleweight title, thankfully officiated by Richie Davies – the most respected referee in the country. Each t...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 30, 2009, 5:10 pm
Unbeaten novice Ally Morrison, with old favourite Chris Aston in the corner, took on James DeGale tonight – the 2008 Olympic Gold medalist to whom the British public is slowly warming to. Very s...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 30, 2009, 9:34 am
Spaniard Daniel ‘Rasilla, ranked #13 at 140 pounds by the EBU has agreed to step in to tackle Paul McCloskey for the European crown next week. While it will underwhelm those hoping speculating a...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 30, 2009, 5:03 am
Paul McCloskey is still looking for an opponent following the withdrawal of Frenchman Souleymane M’Baye – the former WBA Light-Welterweight champion – from their European title fight...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 29, 2009, 4:45 pm
I’m not quite in the camp with the Tuamaniacs, a kind of derivative of the fanaticism Mike Tyson was able to evoke even after the flush of his youthful best had passed, but I must confess to mor...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 29, 2009, 4:20 pm
Former world-title challenger Wayne Elcock looks to resurrect his fortunes, seemingly extinguished by Matt Macklin earlier this year, in a bid to win the vacant British Middleweight title on November ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 29, 2009, 3:42 am
  ‘Raging Bull’ LaMotta hits out at demise of boxing I never tire of hearing the opinions of boxing’s grandmasters and the ‘Raging Bull’ is one of the last remaining v...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Oct 26, 2009, 4:31 pm
The BoxingWriter.co.uk Fighter of Month award has now developed such prestige I’ve been asked if I can make an award more than twelve times a year. I’ve tried to explain how this plan has ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 31, 2009, 2:15 am
In disturbing news, I’ve learned the WBC looks likely to withdraw sanction for the clash between Junior Witter and Devon Alexander due to a row over the assignment of officials. This weekend...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 28, 2009, 6:14 pm
Now aged 33, the career of Joan Guzman is a curious one. An unfulfilled one. Despite being a decorated Amateur and world-championship belts in two divisions, the Dominican has failed to deliver on his...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 17, 2009, 10:58 am
Bernard Dunne is a good fighter, a good, good fighter in fact. His courage and ability ably demonstrated over the past year. I’m interested in his next fight and I would love to see Rendall Munr...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 17, 2009, 10:17 am
I don’t wish to demean Roy Jones Jnr, one of the finest fighters of his, or any, generation, but the publicity shots circulated today showing the once pound for pound king of the sport dressed a...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 17, 2009, 5:23 am
You have to concede it has worked. Firstly, the day in June 1988 when former heavyweight battler John Fury decided his son would be called Tyson, a reflection of Fury senior’s love of the then u...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 15, 2009, 11:05 am
Nostalgia is a big seller. And its vendors seem to know just when to pique our interest in some bygone phenomenon. Whether it be the Mamma Mia film reaching out to women over 35 to relive their days ...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 15, 2009, 5:05 am
In the immediate aftermath of Showtime’s exciting announcement of the Super Six tournament to be held at 168 pounds over the next two years, I asked readers to predict who they felt would emerge...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 15, 2009, 4:50 am
Following an unfortunate series of injury induced withdrawals of late, notably Mayweather v Marquez, Kotelnik v Khan, Haye v Wladimir Klitschko, fans will be reluctant to presume David Haye’s mo...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 14, 2009, 3:55 am
Pictures of the press conference, media tour and photoshoot for Showtime’s forthcoming Super-Middleweight tournament left me aghast. Six headline fighters, in their respective primes from multip...
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David P. posted an article on BoxingWriter.co.uk - Jul 13, 2009, 10:38 am
Thousands of words have already been written about the demise of Arturo Gatti and still more about the life in boxing that preceded it. News of his death, aged just 37, has shocked a legion of fans fo...
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