Grantlee Kieza
116 articles · The Daily Telegraph
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Bob Arum says boxing is crying out for someone like Brisbane?s world No.2 Jeff Horn
IT is one of the most astonishing stories in Australian sport. Brisbane boxer Jeff Horn, the mild mannered kid who 10 years ago was getting slapped around by bullies is now ready…
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Manny Pacquiao?s successful return to boxing sparks Jeff Horn?s own world title bid
BRISBANE?S world beating Jeff Horn watched the telecast of boxing great Manny Pacquiao regaining the world welterweight title on Sunday and immediately began preparations for his own title shot in 2017. Horn,…
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The ?Fight of the Century? is a battle between two very different men
IN the last hours of his life, as he painted the Indonesian flag dripping with his own blood and waited to be shot dead by soldiers, Myuran Sukumaran told his family he…
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Floyd ?Money? Mayweather?s rise from humble beginnings to the highest-paid athlete in the world
Despite being the highest paid athlete in the world, he does not have a single sponsor yet he looks to pocket more than $A140 million from his 60/40 split of the takings…
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Billy Dib looks to break the hoodoo and be first Aussie to win the WBC junior-lightweight title
AUSTRALIA?S Billy Dib will be out to make boxing history in Tokyo on May 1 when he fights for the World Boxing Council junior-lightweight title once held by Floyd Mayweather and Manny…
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Aussie world champ Randy Petalcorin looks for Manny Pacquiao chance
AUSTRALIA?S newest world boxing champion Randy Petalcorin is hoping to make the first defence of his WBA Interim world light-flyweight title on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao?s next superfight. Pacquiao defends his…
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Fists of fury: Maidana, Froch and Bradley are all winners among the seven greatest fights of 2013
THE best fights of the year, according to boxing expert Grantlee Kieza. DENNIS HOGAN BEATS NATHAN CARROLL ON POINTS AFTER 10 ROUNDS November 7 IRISH-BORN strongman Dennis Hogan overpowered fellow Brisbane rival…
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Shane Mosley to have edge in speed over Anthony Mundine, says Sam Soliman
IN MY CORNER: Sam Soliman says Anthony Mundine might lose the speed battle against veteran Shane Mosley this month. SOLIMAN: MOSLEY UP TO SPEED AUSTRALIA'S world No.1 middleweight contender Sam Soliman fought…
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Anthony Mundine starts sparring sessions in Brisbane ahead of Shane Mosley fight
IN MY CORNER: Welcome to Brisbane, Anthony Mundine. Here's a smack in the mouth for your trouble. HORN STICKS IT TO MUNDINE NEW Australian welterweight champ Jeff Horn welcomed Anthony Mundine to…
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Finally, one of The Man’s Rent-A-Victims hits back
MANNY Pacquiao was sunning himself by the boxing glove-shaped swimming pool at his gilded palace in General Santos City, the Philippines yesterday – or so the story goes – when his wife…
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Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao the target for Katsidis
QUEENSLAND'S best boxer, Michael Katsidis, has always been known for his massive heart - now he's priming himself for the biggest challenge of his young life, a war with the world's top…
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Friends fly to help Darchinyan
TWO of Australia's Beijing Olympic hopefuls have been called in to help former world champ Vic Darchinyan for his comeback bout next month. Dual Olympian Bradley Hore and Commonwealth Games rep Nathan…
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Beaten Darchinyan was ‘too cocky’
JEFF Fenech says his former charge Vic Darchinyan can fight his way back to the top of world boxing by going back to the basics that made him the IBF and IBO…
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Murad takes Hussein; eyed to fight Juan Manuel Marquez
AUSTRALIA's world-rated super-bantamweight Nedal Hussein has been offered a three-fight deal to resurrect his career under American promoter Murad Muhammad. Despite rocking Mexico's WBC champion Oscar Larios in Las Vegas nine days…
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Another Aussie Targeting Pacquiao
TOMMY BROWNE has been one of the busiest fighters in Australia in recent times battling his way through 130 amateur and professional fights since taking up the sport 11 years ago. The…
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Hussien wants another crack at Manny
Manny Pacquiao, a wild swinging party animal from the Philippines, had to climb from the canvas to win a highly controversial cut eye stoppage over Nedal in Manila three years ago in…
