When World's Collide: Randy Couture vs James Toney: By Henry Walter In the early nineties, boxing legend James Toney was one of the best middleweight boxers of his time. By 2010 Toney (all five feet, nine inches of him) had ballooned up to over two hundred and thirty pounds and was competing in the heavyweight … Continue reading When World’s Collide: Randy Couture vs James Toney
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Badou Jack & Adonis Stevenson Fight to a Draw
Not so long ago the obituaries were being written for the noble art, with a surging UFC threatening to replace boxing as the combat sport for the masses. But as the UFC struggles to find its next generation of superstars, boxing has had a meteoric resurgence and is most certainly back with one hell of … Continue reading Badou Jack & Adonis Stevenson Fight to a Draw
Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection
Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection We are now two years removed since the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor fight took place. My opinion hasn't changed one bit, it shouldn't have got sanctioned, but as ever money talked, as it always does. Since the fight McGregor has been in the headlines largely for unsavoury reasons, his … Continue reading Mayweather vs McGregor: On Reflection
A Boxing Memory: Julio Cesar Chavez
A Boxing Memory: Julio Cesar Chavez By Lea Worrall Early Life & Career Born on 12th July 1962, Chavez was one of ten children. He claimed that "I started fighting before I was one minute old." On 5th February 1980, aged 17 he made his professional debut against Andres Felix winning by a sixth-round knockout. … Continue reading A Boxing Memory: Julio Cesar Chavez
The Explosive Rocky Kelly
The Explosive Rocky Kelly By Melanie Lloyd He was born in Liverpool on 5th January 1963 to an Irish mother and a Caribbean father, and he was christened Hamilton Kelly. When he was six years old he moved to Acton and, during his formative years, fate saw fit to deal him a diabolical hand. He … Continue reading The Explosive Rocky Kelly
