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One For The Road
Change is inevitable. Alongside death and taxes, it is the one thing that everyone will encounter at some point in life. This week change has come...
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Sajid Abid On the Realities Within a Tough Sport
“Ever since I’ve taken my first loss it’s made me realise that I am a bit better than I thought I was,” 29-year-old English title contender...
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Tokyo Hosts Tasty World Title Treble on February 24
Does anyone fancy a world title triple-header on Saturday? If so, your eyeballs should be trained on the action unfolding at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan Sumo Arena....
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Anthony Joshua Talks Candidly To Louis Theroux
The latest series of Louis Theroux Interviews began on UK television on November 7, 2023. Normally this fact wouldn’t concern the boxing community, but for the launch...
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Naoya Inoue vs Marlon Tapales Confirmed Dec 26 in Japan
Naoya Inoue vs Marlon Tapales has been made. 2023 will provide a Boxing Day to remember as it has been officially announced that Naoya Inoue and...
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RSR: Three Boxing Farewells
There aren’t many guarantees in life, but we know two things; none of us are here forever and, within the business world, changes will be made...
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RSR: Boxing Day and Thursday Night Lights
Welcome to the latest Random Sunday Read. This week is all about delivering news on some upcoming fights – one still to be confirmed and one...
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RSR: Dual Sporting Talents and Backtracking Slightly
Getting to the elite level in one sport is incredibly difficult. That is why only a tiny percentage of the population manage it. But imagine being...
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RSR: Rematching and Rebooting
After a one week break to recalibrate the random part of my brain, the RSR is back for its 11th outing. This week I look ahead...
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Ricky Hatton Doc Shows Negative Side of Fame and Riches
Hatton, a candid 90-minute Sky Documentaries film directed by Dan Dewsbury on the rise and fall of British boxing great Ricky Hatton, relives a stunning journey...
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RSR: The WBA Takes A Courtroom L and Upcoming Stacked Cards
Welcome to the tenth edition of the Random Sunday Read. Thank you for reading and supporting this new column over the past weeks – there will...
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Ricky Burns Stops Willie Limond After 8 Hard Rounds
Ricky Burns and Willie Limond headlined a terrific Scottish boxing card at Braehead Arena near Glasgow on Friday evening. The promotion which was titled “Battle of...
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RSR: Legend Retires, Weird Debut, Saudi Money Talk, Etc
The great thing about this column is I have complete control over the content that fills it. While I’m open to suggestions from my editor and...
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Usyk vs. Dubois and 5 Biggest Heavyweight Upsets Ever
Usyk vs Dubois is nearly upon us. Daniel Dubois takes on unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk on August 26 in Wroclaw, Poland. If the UK heavyweight...
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RSR: Heavyweight Jesus Escalera Fights Often and the Greatness of Carlos Alcaraz
In boxing, our attention as fans and writers is mainly captured by what the top level professionals and genuine up and coming talents are doing. It...
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RSR: Age Old Boxing Query, When’s Right Time To Hang ‘Em Up?
The age old question in boxing. No, not which UK fighter has failed a drugs test this week; rather, when is the right time for a...
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RSR: Checking In On Anthony Joshua and the Heavyweights
Anthony Joshua and Dillian Whyte are in the news, not in a good way. It’s a good time to appraise what’s happening with the heavyweight division’s elite...
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Could Terence Crawford Have Beaten Sugar Ray Robinson?
Over the past few days there has been plenty of speculation as to how Terence Crawford would have matched up with great welterweights of the past....
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RSR: Saluting Inoue, Terence Crawford, Modern Greatness
After an enormous week of boxing, today’s words were always going to focus on events in Tokyo and Las Vegas over the past five days. As...
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Five Best All-American Welterweight Fights In Boxing History
On the eve of what should be a memorable welterweight showdown between standout American 147 pounders Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, I decided to look back...