Gareth A Davies
760 articles · Telegraph.co.uk
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Matthew Macklin forced to fight without trainer Freddie Roach
Roach, who also trains world champions Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, said that a commitment to Pacquiao would preclude him from being in the corner on Macklin's home turf. "I'll be in…
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Frank Warren on Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather saga says US fighter stalling
Frank Warren, Europe?s foremost boxing promoter for the last 30 years, has weighed in with his views on the anticipated welterweight showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jnr, which has become…
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Amir Khan wants double world champion Juan Manuel M?rquez to be his next opponent
His emphatic victory was watched at ringside by Amir Khan who wasted no time in naming the 36-year-old Mexican as the man he would most like to face in his next scheduled…
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JM Marquez the master over Juan Diaz as Amir Khan waits in the wings
Juan Manuel Marquez still has it. In abundance. The Mexican master fought his way to a unanimous decision over Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas in the…
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David Haye could be forced to fight Audley Harrison with Klitschkos occupied elsewhere
Yesterday, it thumped into a brick wall when the Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, both heavyweight champions, lined up alternative opponents for the autumn. The prospect of Haye versus Audley Harrison, waiting…
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Amir Khan’s younger brother Haroon to fight for Pakistan in Commonwealth Games
Haroon Khan the younger brother of World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion and British Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan, has been named in Pakistan?s team for the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October.…
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Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather Jr fight off as deadline passes
Although a caveat has been left for a change of heart from Mayweather, it looks as if the American does not want to face the Filipino. Not with the deal on the…
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Mike Tyson pitches up in Peterborough to show his softer side
Mike Tyson pitThere was a time when Tyson was a human wrecking-machine, a physical specimen who eviscerated his opponents, large or extra-large. But here he was this week, standing coyly in the…
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Manny Pacquiao transcending boxing like Muhammad Ali says Bob Arum
Promoter Bob Arum believes that since Manny Pacquiao was elected as Congressman to Sarangani Province on May 10, the world champion boxer ?can transform the Filipino nation, rid the country of corruption…
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HBO to stop screening heavyweight boxing due to lack of US interest
It was once called 'The Richest Prize in Sport', when the heavyweight champion was the heavyweight champion. It was one giant step in the wrong direction for boxing's slumbering blue riband division,…
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Exclusive Manny Pacquiao the future by Bob Arum: Part 1
In an exclusive two-part interview with The Telegraph, promoter Bob Arum has revealed that Congressman Manny Pacquiao is likely to fight on for perhaps three years, post-election. Arum, who knows a thing…
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David Haye turned down Wladimir Klitschko bout over Ukrainian’s financial demands
Klitschko, holder of the WBO and IBF titles, has since signed to face unbeaten Russian Alexander Povetkin on September 18 in Germany. Sauerland, who has a stake in Haye following the Nikolai…
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100 years on: Barack Obama asked to pardon first black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson
One hundred years ago today, on July 4, 1910, Jack Johnson, his glistening skin perspiring and his powerful physique taut and focused, defeated James Jeffries in Reno, Nevada, to become the first…
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Frank Warren’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ has match-ups to savour
The event will include title holders Nathan Cleverly, Kell Brook, Michael Jennings, Enzo Maccarinelli, Derek Chisora, Ryan Rhodes, Matthew Macklin and Darren Barker. No world champions at present, but several in the…
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Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan says Manny Pacquiao has tools to unhinge Mayweather
Bill Caplan, the Boxing Hall of Fame publicist who has worked with the likes of George Foreman, and is still an ever-present at boxing?s biggest fight nights, knows a thing or two…
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Manny Pacquiao: other boxers who have entered politics
He is not the first boxer to delve into politics. Here is a list of some of the others: On October 8, 1805, Gully fought Henry Pearce, in front of the Duke…
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Manny Pacquiao turns politician until Floyd Mayweather fight in Vegas in November
Bob Arum, the American promoter who has seen it all from Muhammad Ali to Manny Pacquiao, through thin and thinner, through changing times in society and between the ropes, was in San…
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Manny Pacquiao the congressman fighter for Sarangani
They say that Manny Pacquiao, seven-weight world champion, the little guy with flashing fists and humble demeanour will one day become President of The Philippines. They used to say it was bunkum;…
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Amir Khan’s second light-welterweight world title defence now set for November
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, who acts for Khan, said on Thursday: ?We will decide in the next 24 hours but we are in talks with the fighter himself and…
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Amir Khan is ready for anyone right now, says trainer Freddie Roach
Roach told Telegraph Sport: "I hear they were talking to [Michael] Katsidis but he wanted too much money. Amir will be back in the gym soon. He has to be. He fought…
