Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao preview part 4

All the training and sparring finished on Monday, now the game plan and tactics will be played through his head until that opening bell rings.

Four Weight world champion and pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao, seems physically and mentally ready for his showdown with Ricky Hatton.

But what tactics will we see? And how confident is Manny and his trainer Freddy Roach about beating Hatton who is undefeated at light-welterweight? Read more

Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao preview part 3

The outcome of a fight of this magnitude cannot be based on a boxer’s physical and mental strength alone, but more importantly, it will hinge on the tactics employed.

Even more so, as both trainers Freddy Roach and Floyd Mayweather Snr, are master technicians who work more on technical skills than simply brute force. Read more

Credit crunch to save boxing?

With the world firmly in the grip of its worst financial decline in years, boxing is under massive threat, however this could be just the kick up the backside the sport needs.

It is no secret that boxing has lost its mass appeal.

In the past, champions such as Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Muhammed Ali were famed, revered and regarded throughout the world. Read more

Amir Khan: The boy they love to hate

Throughout the 1990’s there was one boxer who stood head and shoulders above them all, former WBO middle and super middleweight champion, Chris Eubank.

He was without a doubt one of the greatest fighters this country has ever produced, he boxed in 25 world title fights which to this day is still a British record. Read more

British heavyweights poised to prove their critics wrong

The way in which someone reacts when they are written off is a true mark of their character.

Since the birth of boxing British heavyweights have had to put up with sneering, ridicule and elitist attitudes, mainly coming from the other side of the Atlantic.

Just a handful of our boys; Bob Fitzsimmons, Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno have ever held a respected world title.

Herbie Hide, Matt Skelton, Michael Bennt and Henry Akinwande are also on this list, but the belts they won barely deserve a mention. Read more

EBF Boxing returns to Gateshead

The European Boxing Federation is staging it’s next show at the Lancastrian Suite of the Gateshead Federation Brewery on April 1st.

The night should be a thrilling slugfest featuring an array of talented and determined fighters.

Headlining the event are the exciting Rogan brothers, Lee and Scott, and big things are expected of both. Read more

Ricky Hatton vs Manny Pacquiao preview part 2

All true greats will sometime in their career participate in ‘defining fights’, and what they must display in these such encounters, are skills and strengths unmatched and uparrallel to anything they have achieved in the past.

Therefore to assess Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton and Manny Pacquiao, it becomes necessary for us to take a look back at the fights which have made them into the superstars they are today. Read more

Amir Khan destroys Marco Antonio Barrera

Amir Khan answered his critics with a fantastic demolition of the legendary, Mexican, Marco Antonio Barrera, at Manchester’s MEN Arena on Saturday night.

Khan, 22, won a unanimous decision on points after the fight was stopped in round five, due to a terrible cut on Barrera’s head. Read more

Amir Khan vs Marco Antonio Barrera: Coming of age

On Saturday night Britain’s brightest boxing talent, Amir Khan, will be in the toughest fight of his career, taking on the former seven time world champion, Marco Antonio Barrera.

The lightweight bout dubbed ‘coming of age’ will be held at Manchester’s MEN Arena with the winner expected to be offered a world title fight. Read more

Jeffries impresses on debut

Sunderland’s Tony Jeffries made a winning start to his professional boxing career with a first round stoppage of Belarusian Aliaksandr Vayavoda on Friday.

The fight, staged at Barnsley’s Metrodome, was a total miss match.

Jeffries, 23, had slimmed down from light heavy to super middleweight and looked in sublime condition compared to his shaky opponent. Read more

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