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Angelo Dundee: Fighting Ali's corner
Friday 03 February 2012
He was one of the last loyal men in boxing. Steve Bunce recalls the times he shared with the trainer
Boxing world mourns death of Muhammad Ali trainer Angelo Dundee
Thursday 02 February 2012
The boxing world was today mourning the loss of legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, who has died aged 90.
Bunce on Boxing: Khan in a big game of matchmaking poker
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Martinez is not big on games and told Mayweather: "Fight or shut up"
Bunce on Boxing: Time behind bars will raise profile of Mayweather fight
Tuesday 03 January 2012
On Friday Floyd Mayweather, boxing's best and richest fighter, will go to prison for 90 days following a deal he did with prosecutors in Las Vegas last month.
Boxing: Mexican fighter's shorts KO election result
Friday 30 December 2011
A court has annulled the Institutional Revolutionary Party's election victory in Michoacan state, partly because a boxer wore shorts emblazoned with its logo, violating a ban on campaigning.
Former heavyweight champion Smokin' Joe Frazier dies
Tuesday 08 November 2011
Joe Frazier, who has died at the age of 67, today received tributes from the two men who helped him define the greatest era of heavyweight boxing.
James Corrigan: Merchant of menace proves a good old'un will always win the argument on points
Monday 19 September 2011
The Way I See It: Merchant remembers all the promises, all the claims to immortality, all the baloney – and, when required, he throws it back at them, in a blast of reality
Inside Lines: Woodward set to return to the ball – but it may not be rugby
Sunday 21 August 2011
Sir Clive Woodward is clearly bitten by the Olympic bug. Hence his decision to stick with the British Olympic Association rather than take the vacant performance director's job at Twickenham.
Inside Lines: Professionals in, seconds out is an Olympic boxing farce
Sunday 14 August 2011
Imagine this scenario. It is Rio 2016, and a 29-year-old Amir Khan, the now undisputed welterweight champion of the world, enters the ring in an attempt to win the Olympic gold medal that just eluded him in Athens 2004.
Hold The Back Page: 09/07/2011
Saturday 09 July 2011
Cook adds new ingredient again
Pity Alastair Cook.
Boxing: Hatton calls time on his 'sulking' and sounds bell on fighting career
Friday 08 July 2011
Former world champion with a massive following ready for future in training and promotion
Boxing: 'Mourinho of the ring' can turn battle of the corners
Sunday 26 June 2011
David Haye against Wladimir Klitschko: Saturday's heavyweight 'superfight' is as much about the trainers and their tactics as it is about the world's best fighters
Inside Lines: Ringside ticket for Murray – if he isn't in his own title fight
Sunday 26 June 2011
David Haye reckons some 15,000 Brits will be cheering him on in his world heavyweight title fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Hamburg next Saturday, making it the biggest mass migration of fight fans since Ricky Hatton's supporters flooded Las Vegas for his bouts with Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
Hold The Back Page: 18/06/2011
Saturday 18 June 2011
It's a big weekend for...
Lee Westwood
The World No 2 may have made a faltering start at the US Open at Congessional, but he could be forgiven for having his mind on other matters this weekend.
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