Ron Lewis
44 articles · Times Online
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Floyd Mayweather makes running to join ranks of the greatest
Muhammad Ali was sitting ringside at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and he must have been thinking that Floyd Mayweather Jr had stolen his act. Mayweather destroyed a legend…
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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr are ready — just not for each other
Tomorrow should have been the day that boxing won over the doubters. The day when the two greatest boxers of their generation met in the ring in the richest bout in history.…
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What is left for Ricky Hatton?
So Ricky Hatton confirmed what everyone already knew this week when he said he would have "one more fight". In fact, he will have at least one more fight, as he will…
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Pacquiao’s court action gives us little cheer for the new year
New Year's Eve for many is a traditional night of disappointment. A party that was not quite as good as hoped, a exorbitant cab fare home, the inability to get in to…
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There will be little forgiveness if Mayweather v Pacquiao doesn’t happen
Make no mistake about it, should the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny Pacquiao megafight not go ahead on March 13 as planned there will be consequences. There will be consequences for the sport of…
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Amir Khan developing Pacquiao’s island mentality
What makes Manny Pacquiao such a great boxer? Well apart from the obvious speed, power and strength, Amir Khan offered me an interesting point of view recently. It was the morning of…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr backs himself to beat Manny Pacquiao despite gambling losses
Most people would struggle to know what to do with the amount of money that Floyd Mayweather Jr is set to make from his bout with Manny Pacquiao, although the man himself…
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Oscar De La Hoya tells David Haye to defend in Las Vegas
The nation took David Haye to its heart after his win over Nikolay Valuev a week later Oscar De La Hoya claimed that the rest of the world is waiting to follow.…
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Manny Pacquiao confirms his status as lord of the rings
Modesty and greatness seldom go hand in hand, but in Manny Pacquiao they do. The brilliant and engaging Filipino mastered Miguel Cotto, stopping the Puerto Rican in the twelfth round to become…
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Gorres injury puts cloud over big fight
The is a cloud over proceedings on the morning of the big fight in Las Vegas after Z Gorres, a Filipino bantamweight, was place into an induced coma after collapsing after winning…
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Manny Pacquiao hits right notes in title bid
For Freddie Roach, the past few weeks have been just another crazy adventure on the Manny Pacquiao express. But the trainer of the world’s most popular, and many believe best, boxer has…
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Miguel Cotto aiming to erase painful memories by lifting crown
All his career, Miguel Cotto has been used to being the star attraction. Despite having his WBO welterweight title on the line, Cotto knows that he has second billing to Manny Pacquiao…
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Home fit for heroes awaits the king of the ring Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao once lived rough and scraped together money for his family selling doughnuts on street corners. Now he stops a nation when he boxes, has the ear of presidents, stars in…
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Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto may be start of carousel of boxing’s big names clashing
It is the contest every fan wants to see — Floyd Mayweather Jr versus Manny Pacquiao, the world’s two best boxers battling for the title of pound-for-pound No 1. But before the…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr reaches out to a global theatre
?So there was Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel M?rquez stood on the back of a No 18 bus outside Marylebone Station.? Perhaps not the most believable anecdote told by commuters arriving…
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Manny Pacquiao?s ambitions of power put on hold for tough date with Ricky Hatton
The streets of the Philippines will be quiet on Sunday morning as a nation sits down to watch its hero. When Manny Pacquiao boxes, nothing else is important. Crime stops, shops close,…
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Manny Pacquiao defies pain by sticking to his guns
Behind the engaging smile of Manny Pacquiao is a man of steely courage. Becoming the best boxer in the world was not something that came easily, because Pacquiao had to work his…
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Oscar De La Hoya could be next for Ricky Hatton
One of the options that could soon be on the table for Ricky Hatton, after his win over Paulie Malignaggi, is a bout against Oscar De La Hoya, the only six-weight world…
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Ricky Hatton pays tribute to man who got career back on track
Three weeks from the latest big night of his career, Ricky Hatton believes that he is entering his greatest period. Few outside Hatton?s team are tipping him to beat Manny Pacquiao in…
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While Hatton and Pacquiao stay friendly, their trainers start a war
It is difficult to imagine a nicer, more laidback person than Freddie Roach, but if there is one person that gets the hall of fame trainer worked up, he will be in…
