Lee Purdy will add his name to a long and distinguished list of British boxers who travelled to most points of the globe for world-title fights knowing that they were massive underdogs.
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Lee Purdy will add his name to a long and distinguished list of British boxers who travelled to most points of the globe for world-title fights knowing that they were massive underdogs.
Sunday 28 April 2013
Bolton fighter victorious on points on night his younger brother, Haroon, wins on professional debut
Saturday 27 April 2013
Amir Khan and Audley Harrison enter the ring tonight in fights they need to win to stay in boxing’s lucrative deep end, and Martin Murray has a task without precedents in front of nearly 50,000 in Buenos Aires.
Sunday 31 March 2013
Wednesday 02 January 2013
Football: United keep their distance from defiant neighbours
Monday 31 December 2012
It is hard to do justice to a preview with predictions for any boxing year because of the trickeration – a perfect word that was introduced by the sport's Lord of the Dark Arts, Don King – that drives and controls the business. The sport is not run illegally but one of King's maxims is necessary to gain an understanding of the way we do business: in boxing you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate. Bingo.
Monday 10 December 2012
Rematch – and fifth fight – on the cards but hopes for Mayweather contest ended by brutal KO
Sunday 25 November 2012
For 42 months the brave Mancunian wondered if he had been right to quit. Defeat has confirmed it
Friday 23 November 2012
Senchenko should be a tricky opponent but victory tonight may earn Malignaggi rematch
Wednesday 21 November 2012
Ricky Hatton will have no fears over his punch resistance when he makes his highly-anticipated comeback in Manchester this weekend.
Monday 29 October 2012
Ricky Hatton has revealed the extent of his depression, including just how close he came to committing suicide, during his three-year retirement from boxing.
Saturday 29 September 2012
Ricky Hatton has sold nearly 19,000 tickets for the event that will end his ring exile on 24 November and yesterday he added to their black market value by announcing a difficult fight against former world champion Vyacheslav Senchenko. In many ways the party just turned serious.
Sunday 12 February 2012
Ukrainian faces 10th defence of his heavyweight crown against Britain's Chisora but these days his mind is more on fighting for democracy in his homeland
Friday 03 February 2012
He was one of the last loyal men in boxing. Steve Bunce recalls the times he shared with the trainer
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