Browsing all articles from October, 2008.
World’s worst boxer throws in the towel on lucrative career as human punchbag(TimesOnline)
Boxing fans will gather in Birmingham on Friday night to witness the final fight of a man who should be remembered for ever as Britain’s most spectacular sporting loser. Even in the crowded gallery of British sporting failures, the career of Peter Buckley stands apart. Beside his record, the ski-jumping career of Eddie “the Eagle” [...]
Does Kelly Pavlik’s failure bode poorly for Manny Pacquiao?(LA Times)
A few months ago, promoter Bob Arum was riding high with two unbeaten world champions (Miguel Cotto and Kelly Pavlik) and Manny Pacquiao, the world’s top pound-for-pound fighter. Now, Cotto has suffered a knockout loss to Antonio Margarito, and Pavlik is recovering from a decisive loss to Bernard Hopkins. That bout was fought at 170 [...]
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Boxing in the Blood – Ghana
Saw this interesting video from 2000 about Boxing in Ghana. There have been many Successful Boxers coming out of Ghana such as Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Joshua Clottey and Ben Tackie to name a few. 5 September 2000 The inspiring story of Alfred Tetteh who rose from the steetfighting arena of Ghana’s suburbs to find [...]
Donaire fights on PPV,Mijares vs Darchinyan on Showtime Boxing.
This Saturday November 1, 2008 a few interesting match ups will happen on the same night but on different channels. Live from Las Vegas,Nevada at the Mandalay Bay resort and casino, Filipino American Flyweight Champion Nonito Donaire will defend his IBF/IBO flyweight titles against South African Moruti Mthalane on the undercard of the Julio Cesar [...]
Vanity Fair Essay Profiling Oscar De La Hoya and his Upcoming bout with Pacquiao.
by Peter Owen Nelson This is the first essay in a series about boxer Oscar De La Hoya, his looming retirement and rebirth as a promoter, and the saga leading up to his upcoming bout against a five-foot-six-and-a-half-inch lightning bolt from the Philippines named Manny Pacquiao. The fight is expected to rake in at least [...]
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