Barry McGuigan
49 articles · Sky Sports
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Manny Pacquiao would test Terence Crawford – but Errol Spence is the showdown we all want
Terence Crawford is in a class of two with Saul Canelo Alvarez at the top of the pound-for-pound scales. Manny Pacquiao is a remarkable fighter, one of the greatest of all time,…
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Errol Spence must impress against Danny Garcia to prove he is a superstar
Errol Spence said it himself, he would be asking the same questions of others had they survived a car crash on the scale of his in October last year. Will he ever…
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Errol Spence beats everyone in the welterweight division – including Shawn Porter
For me it?s pretty straightforward. Spence is very special, a once-in-a-generation fighter who I believe beats everyone in the welterweight division. Spence may not have knocked out Mikey Garcia six months ago,…
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Deontay Wilder vs Tyson Fury: Barry McGuigan’s bold prediction for the big fight
The tension in this fight centres on Tyson Fury?s readiness against a fit and firing Deontay Wilder after so long away from competitive boxing. Fury has done amazingly to get into shape.…
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Russian evolution looms at light-heavy with Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol chasing countryman Sergey Kovalev
Anyone can lose ? indeed, everyone has lost ? to the retired Andre Ward. Those two grinding defeats suffered by Sergey Kovalev, the only ones of his career, do not diminish his…
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Jorge Linares was just too good for his British opponents – but he might be outdone by powerhouse Mikey Garcia
Well done to the WBC for mandating Mikey Garcia and Jorge Linares to fight early this year. That would be in my list of fantasy fights. If only it were that simple.…
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Three big reasons I fancy Vasyl Lomachenko to win his mouthwatering Guillermo Rigondeaux showdown this weekend
The meeting of Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux in Madison Square Garden would light up any era in boxing. Never before have we had two double Olympic champions and two double world…
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Gennady Golovkin beats Canelo Alvarez, who is technically perfect, in Saturday’s super fight – but it?s on a knife-edge!
A month ago in a poll for a boxing magazine I tipped Gennady Golovkin to beat Saul Alvarez. I?m sticking with that view but admit I?m a little nervous. I think it?s…
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Why retiring Juan Manuel Marquez deserves to go down as one of the greatest fighters of all-time
After paying tribute to Wladimir Klitschko last week, I am compelled to return to obit mode to mark the retirement of one of my favourite fighters. A month before his 44th birthday…
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Why I expect Canelo Alvarez to show Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr who’s the daddy
This is about blood, about family honour and Mexican pride, and fittingly, it takes place on the Cinco de Mayo weekend, the biggest public holiday in Mexico. Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez is the…
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Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward offers up a mouthwatering clash of styles that will be well worth the wait
It's pound-for-pound time, the winner claiming bragging rights and a place in the boxing pantheon. This is the biggest test in the careers of two unbeaten fighters ? East meets West; crushing…
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Barry McGuigan column: Carl Frampton will end Saturday a superstar worthy of my old WBA featherweight belt
This is a legacy fight for Carl Frampton , a bout that will define his career. Leo Santa Cruz is a formidable opponent, a three-weight world champion who's a big favourite among…
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Terence Crawford is finally top of the bill – And he will deliver against Viktor Postol
It isn?t fair to describe this as his unveiling, but in some respects that is what it is for Terence Crawford. The WBO super lightweight champion faces off against WBC champion Viktor…
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Gennady Golovkin could be the best middleweight EVER and will show it against Martin Murray
Gennady Golovkin is keeping rare company, one of the best fighters I have seen in a generation. A win on Saturday against our own Martin Murray would be his 13th consecutive defence…
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Barry McGuigan on Mayweather-Pacquiao: For a whole raft of reasons it’s become a fight Floyd MUST take
As ever, the world awaits word from Floyd Mayweather Jnr. Even Roy Jones is calling on him to do the honourable thing and finally say yes to a fight against Manny Pacquiao.…
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Why Amir Khan would be foolish to leave trainer Freddie Roach
Amir Khan would be making a huge mistake if he were to compound the errors he made in the ring last week by leaving Freddie Roach. Khan?s indiscipline has cost him once.…
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Why Pac-Man can help us smile about boxing again
At the end of a tough week for boxing I can think of few better consolations than a barnburner involving Manny Pacquiao. If he were still with us, Johnny Tapia would be…
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Goodbye to boxing greats Sir Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier and Gary Mason and hello to 2012
I LOOK back at 2011 with a tear in my eye. It is only right that I begin my final column of the year with a tribute to those we lost. Advertisement…
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Juan Manuel Marquez victim of bad judging not bad apple
I KNOW how it feels to be on the wrong end of a bad decision. My amateur career lost the golden sheen it might have had because of one. So I feel…
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The mad Manny Pacquiao circus will end soon, but sorry Mosley, it will not happen tonight
YOU can?t beat fight night in Las Vegas when Manny Pacquiao is in town. Floyd Mayweather might beg to differ, but no-one else would argue that the Pac Man is not boxing?s…