A Boxing Memory: Enzo Maccarinelli There was once a dream of one last dance. Most fighters share that hope that they have one more fight left in them. Enzo Maccarinelli had those thoughts not so long ago. But now the former world cruiserweight champion seems content in retirement. He has his own gym, a stable … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Enzo Maccarinelli →

Michael Spinks: The Heavyweight YearsWhat started with a historic victory in 1985 ended in just 91 seconds three years later. From the stunning upset over Larry Holmes to the night, his entire career ended at the hands of the marauding rampaging Mike Tyson. Michael Spinks was the 6-1 underdog when he did what so many … Continue reading Michael Spinks: The Heavyweight Years →

A Boxing Memory: Marco Antonio Barrera It was a night of nostalgia in Manchester as 2022 was winding down to its inevitable conclusion. The Ricky Hatton faithful were out in force one last time as their hero extinguished his final demons. Marco Antonio Barrera was a willing dance partner for their eight-round exhibition. The Hatton … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Marco Antonio Barrera →

A Boxing Memory: Tony Sibson It was in many ways the way his career was always seemingly destined to end. A love-hate relationship with boxing did seem to indicate the end would come when the body and mind would finally give in to the inevitable. Tony Sibson was still in his twenties when the final … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Tony Sibson →

A Boxing Memory: Roberto Duran vs. Kirkland Laing Dave Anderson, in a piece for the New York Times, cruelly said of the perceived British no-hoper Kirkland Laing, that he was 'a household name only in his own household.' It was, in some ways, a point that was made in exaggeration, but in America, it did … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Roberto Duran vs. Kirkland Laing →

A Boxing Memory: Benitez vs. Duran: The virtuoso performance of Wilfred Benitez should have been the catalyst for many more similar nights and defeat should have spelt the end for Roberto Duran who was still struggling to recover from his ‘No Mas’ shame against Sugar Ray Leonard. But history would tell a very different story. … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Benitez vs. Duran →

Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper: Blood, Guts & That Left Hook It was a rematch three years in the making. The British fans craving their first taste of world heavyweight glory since the heady days of Bob Fitzsimmons travelled to Highbury with at least some semblance of hope, even if the form line and reality … Continue reading Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper: Blood, Guts & That Left Hook →

A Boxing Memory: Mark BrelandThe boxing fan of the modern era probably only knows Mark Breland for his association with Deontay Wilder, and more specifically, the manner in which he was unceremoniously sacked as his trainer for simply doing the right thing. But the career of Breland is more than that. Much more. Breland turned … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Mark Breland →

Jack Dempsey: The Twilight Years The last thing an ageing Jack Dempsey needed in 1926 was Gene Tunney. Fighting many things, including three years of inactivity, Tunney, a fighter very much ahead of his time, was just all wrong for a sluggish heavyweight champion of the world who had lost plenty of what made him … Continue reading Jack Dempsey: The Twilight Years →