Tyson Fury now aims for Klitschko

Tyson Fury now aims for Klitschko after comfortably beating Chisora

 November 30, 2014   John Welsh

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In just his third fight during a two year period, British boxer Tyson Fury demonstrated his worth as a viable opponent for World Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko when enforcing a 10th round retirement by his opponent Dereck Chisora whom he has now beaten on two occasions. Unbeaten Fury claimed both the British and European Heavyweight […]

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Bernard Hopkins

Hopkins may still delay retirement despite Kovalev defeat

 November 9, 2014   John Welsh

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Just two months prior to his 50th birthday, veteran American boxer Bernard Hopkins began his 66th professional bout on Saturday evening when the unbeaten Russian Sergey Kovalev challenged him to unification fight for the WBO, IBF and WBA World light-heavyweight titles. Kovalev, who now lives in the United States, had never previously fought for 12 […]

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Anthony Joshua

Joshua is a boxer worth noting in the Heavyweight division

 October 16, 2014   John Welsh

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At a time when the World Heavyweight boxing scene appears fairly quiet with Wladimir Klitschko dominating the WBA, IBF and WBO divisions, one young British boxer is beginning his path to what many believe could be the ultimate prize. Anthony Joshua won the gold medal for the Superheavyweights in the 2012 London Olympics and is […]

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Mary Kom Asian games

Vikas Gowda Gets Silver, Mary Kom Enters Final and India Play Pakistan for Hockey Gold

 October 1, 2014   R K Gupta

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There were no gold medals for India on Day 11 but the overall performance of Indians was satisfactory. In men’s discus, Vikas Gowda’s second attempt of 62.58m earned him the silver against gold medal winner Iranian Ehsan Hadadi. Celebrated woman Indian boxer, Mary Kom easily defeated Le Thi Bang Le of Vietnam. Mary used a […]

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Indian Boxers

The Sorry Plight of Indian Boxers in the Upcoming Asian Games at South Korea

 September 16, 2014   R K Gupta

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At the Incheon Asian Games, beginning in two days’ time on September 19, India’s frustrated men and women boxers would try to derive a semblance of sanity after they became pariahs in the eyes of the world boxing community for no fault of their own. It was barely four years ago in the last Games […]

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Mayweather

Mayweather secures another victory as he considers next suitable opponent

 September 15, 2014   John Welsh

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Floyd Mayweather duly retained his WBA and WBC World Welterweight crowns by earning a unanimous points decision over Argentinian fighter Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas on Saturday night and this victory has now stretched his unbeaten record to 47 fights. It was a rematch of an earlier fight in which a majority verdict ensued but […]

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Carl Froch boxing

Froch enhances his reputation with brutal knockout of Groves

 June 1, 2014   John Welsh

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In their first bout for the WBA and IBF Super Middleweight titles, Carl Froch defeated George Groves after a controversial stoppage ended the fight in Froch’s favour. Groves demanded and was granted a rematch and in an evenly contested seven rounds during the second encounter at Wembley Stadium, predicting the eventual winner would have proved […]

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Mayweather

Another win for Mayweather in his pursuit of 50 unbeaten fights

 May 4, 2014   John Welsh

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In beating Marcos Maidana to win his 46th professional fight, Floyd Mayweather Jr unified the WBA and WBC World Welterweight divisions and he remains on course to stay unbeaten in 50 boxing contests. Maidana proved a difficult opponent with his early aggression, which troubled Mayweather at times, but the majority verdict may have slightly flattered […]

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Klitschko

Klitschko wins again but a unification bout may be more distant

 April 27, 2014   John Welsh

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Wladimir Klitschko duly retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO World Heavyweight titles by recording a fifth round knock-out in defeating Australian challenger Alex Leapai. Yet the fact that his brother Vitali has relinquished the WBC version of boxing’s most cherished prize still poses questions as to whether the Ukrainian champion can unify the division. […]

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It has been suggested that boxer Manny Pacquiao had lost appetite for professional boxing and was no longer regarded as one the best pound for pound fighters in the World. Two recent defeats against Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez intimated that his developing political career in the Philippines House of Representatives was becoming more of a personal priority than his boxing performances. By defeating Bradley in a rematch for the WBO Welterweight title on Saturday evening, it may have rendered those accusations somewhat premature.

Pacquiao silences the doubters to regain WBO Welterweight title

 April 13, 2014   John Welsh

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It has been suggested that boxer Manny Pacquiao had lost appetite for professional boxing and was no longer regarded as one the best pound for pound fighters in the World. Two recent defeats against Timothy Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez intimated that his developing political career in the Philippines House of Representatives was becoming more […]

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