ONDON, England (November 21, 2011) – Unified WBA and IBF light-welterweight world champion Amir ‘King’ Khan has scooped the 2011 British Boxer of the Year gong at the annual awards ceremony held by the British Boxing Board of Control on Sunday. The event saw the Bolton star shake-off stiff competition from contenders such as Ricky Burns, Tyson Fury and George Groves, all who have enjoyed a...
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The highly anticipated return of former WBU/WBO Cruiserweight World Champion Enzo Maccarinelli, making his first appearance in the Light Heavy division, preceded Tew-Deakin. Maccarinelli’s opponent, Budapest’s Gyorgy Marosi, came to the UK with an unbeaten record, if he thought he had any chance of returning to Hungary with it intact that was soon dispelled at the weigh in. Maccarinelli stands 6’4” and Marosi, who is listed on BoxRec...
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RENDALL MUNROE is dropping down a weight division to bantamweight and set his immediate sights on European champion Jamie McDonnell. The former European and Commonwealth super-bantamweight champion will have his first fight in the 118lb division in early February. Southpaw Munroe, 31, said: “I was making 8st 10b comfortable and getting down to the new weight will not be difficult. “My first bantamweight fight...
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British Light Welterweight Champion Ashley Theophane defends his title on December 10th at Peterlee Leisure Centre in County Durham against the season long pro Nigel Wright. Theophane won the title back in February when he out pointed the then current champion Lenny Daws, Theophane then went on to defend it against Jason Cook when he stopped him in the 10th round.Sports management classes from colleges online are...
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By Jasveer Singh Gill The timing of the highly questionable decision to award Manny Pacquaio a majority decision win over Juan Manuel Marquez could not have been worse. On the same night that the UFC went out for the first time for FREE on one of the world’s biggest TV networks in the world boxing produced another unsatisfactory conclusion to what is probably the biggest...
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David Price has a rescheduled bout with Big Bad John McDermott on January 21st in Liverpool and is then looking at taking on the British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Fury. Fury was knocked down for the first time in his career by a big right hand during the second round against Nicolai Firtha but he then secured victory in the third with some big shots that...
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"The world has lost a great champion," said 69-year-old Ali, who fought Frazier three times. "I will always remember Joe with respect and admiration. My sympathy goes out to his family and loved ones." Muhammad Ali "He was one of boxing’s greats. He was legendary." The Briton added: "He has made his mark in boxing, everyone knows his history. "Without him, other boxing heroes wouldn’t be great...
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A clash of warriors going in different directions meet up just before the Pacquiao vs Marquez trilogy fight. Timothy Bradley is Top Rank’s newest signed fighter and is being looked upon as a future opponent for Manny Pacquiao, but he first has to get by a 40-year old former World Champion in Joel Casamayor. I announced Casamayor’s last fight, a year ago last November in Las...
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Twenty four rounds fought, four knockdowns and no clear cut winner after a draw and a split decision. One has gone up in weight to the Welterweight division where he has become so unbeatable, politicians can’t even beat him. The other drank his own urine and went up to the welterweight division and got the piss knocked out of him. Universities online have sports management courses for major...
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By Jasveer Singh Gill “You won’t have eyes tonight; you won’t have ears or a tongue. You will wander the underworld blind, deaf, and dumb, and all the dead will know: This is Hector, the fool who thought he killed Achilles”. This quote, spoken by Brad Pitt when portraying the great mythical Greek warrior Achilles in the film Troy, was blared out prior to Michael...
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