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Steve Bunce on boxing: Anthony Joshua should follow one golden rule in his pro career - Do the opposite of Audley Harrison
Thursday 25 July 2013
His first fights will be 'knock-over jobs' – and that was good enough for Lewis
Boxing: Carl Froch will fight George Groves in all-British superfight
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Froch's IBF and WBO super middleweight titles will be on the line when the two meet at the end of 2013
Boxing: Derek Chisora knocks out unbeaten Malik Scott and sets his sights on Vitali Klitschko rematch
Sunday 21 July 2013
29-year-old scores controversial victory with sixth round stoppage
Summer listening: Audio books guide
Saturday 20 July 2013
From romance to the Reform Bill, plus an unlikely tale of the road: audio books by Sue Gaisford
Kevin Garside: Haye-Fury may be good business but it’s nothing to do with sport
Monday 15 July 2013
The Way I See It: If money is the name of the game, this is a contest legitimised by loot
Boxing: David Haye and Tyson Fury will meet on September 28 at the Manchester Arena
Thursday 11 July 2013
British heavyweights will meet with a world title shot waiting for the winner
Boxing: Golden trio switch, stay and shilly-shally
Sunday 07 July 2013
Olympic champions return to the ring after taking a year off but Adams, Campbell and Joshua have all decided to head in different directions
Steve Bunce on Boxing: Nicola Adams’ legacy is a huge hit with the girls
Saturday 29 June 2013
Bout No 11 in ring A at the Haringey Box Cup on Sunday was between a Midlands bouncer and a part-time singer from London’s East End; in the end the blonde girl from Canning Town won the middleweight title.
Boxing: Nathan Cleverly labels Carl Froch an 'absolute joke'
Tuesday 18 June 2013
Nathan Cleverly branded Carl Froch an "absolute joke" for claiming to be one of the best British boxers ever.
Boxing: Tyson Fury-David Haye fight '99 per cent done'
Sunday 09 June 2013
Tyson Fury claims a heavyweight showdown with David Haye is "99 per cent done", with negotiations between the two fighters' promoters set to take place next week.
Twice Bitten – The Untold Story of Holyfield-Tyson II, by George Willis
Sunday 09 June 2013
Whoever said that history is written by the victors can't have been watching the Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield rematch at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on 28 July 1997.
Boxing: Great Britain bag three medals at European Championships
Thursday 06 June 2013
Great Britain performance director Rob McCracken has hailed a new generation of talent after his squad guaranteed three medals at the European Championships in Minsk.
Steve Bunce on Boxing: David Haye v Tyson Fury - it all makes perfect sense for both fighters
Tuesday 04 June 2013
This is a chronicle of a fight foretold, a fight made at a time when nobody wants to freely admit too much about the David Haye and Tyson Fury showdown.
Boxing: Olympic blow as Derek Mapp goes
Tuesday 28 May 2013
Funding for the Olympic boxing team was thrown into disarray when the chairman of the British Amateur Boxing Association was ousted in a boardroom coup.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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