Gareth A Davies
760 articles · Telegraph.co.uk
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Amir Khan will have to take drug test to face Floyd Mayweather Jnr in light-welterweight showdown
Mayweather ? who has an unblemished 15-year 41, fight career ? was also adamant yesterday that he gets ?more love from the UK fans? than he does from his own compatriots, and…
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Danny Garcia: Floyd Mayweather is a sneaky dirty fighter, Victor Ortiz camp concerned by ref Joe Cortez
Danny Garcia made no bones about the concern held having Joe Cortez refereeing the contest between his charge, WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, and Floyd Mayweather here on Saturday night at the…
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Amir Khan desperate to crush Floyd Mayweather’s unbeaten record
Negotiations between Mayweather?s camp and Khan?s American handlers, Golden Boy Promotions, have taken place over the summer to set up Amir Khan versus Mayweather in 2012, when the British fighter steps up…
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Ricky Hatton replaces father Ray as head of Hatton Group
Ricky Hatton, the former world light-welterweight and welterweight champion who announced his retirement from as an active boxer in July, has taken over from his father Ray, as head of the Hatton…
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Amir Khan invited to dinner at White House in Washington for America?s leading Muslim sportsmen
The invitation for the 24 year-old came at the behest of US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton. Khan, the World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion, has based his career in Hollywood for the…
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Victor Ortiz sees ‘manufactured’ unbeaten record for Floyd Mayweather and has little respect
Victor Ortiz, the WBC welterweight champion, is in a defiant mood ahead of his defence against boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather Jnr on September 17 and believes his fellow American has a record…
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Allowing professional boxers into Olympics will not draw likes of Mayweather and Pacquiao
It was suggested this week that some of the world?s leading professional boxers ? Floyd Junior, Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan among them ? could return to the Olympics under new moves…
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Amir Khan ’emulates’ Manny Pacquiao qualities in fifth-round victory over Zab Judah for IBF title in Vegas
Amir Khan?s dominant display on a night he was expected to be tested by the skills and vast experience of Zab Judah, bore all the hallmarks of his training partner Manny Paquiao,…
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Amir Khan speed turns Zab Judah into ghost stopping American in five one-sided rounds
Amir Khan this morning added the IBF 140lbs belt to his WBA version of the world title with a one-sided domination of American Zab Judah, stopping the multiple-world champion in the fifth…
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Amir Khan has the same killer instinct as Manny Pacquiao, says strength trainer, ahead of Zab Judah fight
Ariza, speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, explained that both men share "an X-factor in their incredible resilience to pain", and that Khan is ahead of Pacquiao in terms of physical development…
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Amir Khan v Zab Judah: Floyd Mayweather Jnr confirms that contest against Briton is on the cards
Holding court in an open workout for British fans and the media at his Las Vegas gym, Mayweather explained: ?We?re in the fight game and everyone wants to fight Floyd Mayweather. But…
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Amir Khan can expect lesson in ring craft from reformed Zab Judah in light-welterweight showdown in Las Vegas
After all the lurid headlines, the arrests, and two lengthy suspensions of his boxing licence over a 15-year career in which the 33 year-old has won five world titles, Judah revealed on…
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Freddie Roach: Amir Khan is ahead of Manny Pacquiao in this stage of development
Freddie Roach made the most powerful statement to date yesterday that Amir Khan is progressing faster than Manny Pacquiao at the same age. ?Amir?s a little more ahead of Manny Pacquiao. It…
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Final act for Ricky Hatton linked with era-defining Manny Pacquiao
So, Ricky Hatton is finished in the ring as a fighter. He saw sense. A wise move. The final act which saw the curtain fall on the British folk hero?s last scene…
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Ricky Hatton announces retirement from boxing
Ricky Hatton called time on his professional boxing career on Thursday having been inactive as a prize fighter since May 2009 after a humiliating defeat to Manny Pacquiao, the eight-weight world champion,…
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David Haye has been ill advised according to his promoter at Golden Boy Promotions
David Haye was ill advised in public relations terms to blame his loss on his injured toe, was advised that Vitali Klitschko was the better stylistic match for him, and has ?unfinished…
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Amir Khan ready to take America by storm, first with Zab Judah, then with Floyd Mayweather
Progress comes quickly under the world?s leading trainer, Freddie Roach, for Briton?s golden wonder, once labelled ?chinny? but beginning to draw plaudits from the American media. The World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion…
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David Haye prepares for fight of his life against Wladmir Klitschko from cramped gym under London railway arch
At around 10pm on Saturday night, in a converted railway arch close to the Albert Embankment, David Haye will aim a series of his most fearsome punches at a man wearing five-inch…
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Freddie Roach: David Haye will beat Wladimir Klitschko in heavyweight title fight if he uses his power early
Roach, speaking exclusively to The Daily Telegraph, believes Klitschko has weaknesses against smaller, aggressive fighters who can put the giant Ukrainian, unbeaten in 13 successive heavyweight fights over five years, under physical…
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Ryan Rhodes happy being the mature underdog against Golden Boy’s golden boy Saul Alvarez
The European light-middleweight champion exudes such self-belief after sixteen years as a professional, he insists the version of himself today is vastly superior to the flashy young fighter who emerged as one…
