Gareth A Davies
760 articles · Telegraph.co.uk
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Manny Pacquiao ‘will knock out Joshua Clottey’
Manny Pacquiao has insisted he will become the first man to knock out the formidably physical Ghanaian Joshua Clottey when the two welterweights collide at the newly-built Dallas Cowboys Stadium, in Texas…
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Manny Pacquiao ended Ricky Hatton’s career as Brit says ‘no mas’
Reports surfaced late last night that Ricky Hatton has decided he will not return to the ring. It appears that the 31-year-old Mancunian’s career was ended by the devastating knockout enacted upon…
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Manny Pacquiao: Fighter, icon, politician…and pop star?
Manny Pacquiao is a rarity – a man who fights with a smile stitched onto his face. The Filipino fighting icon still enjoys soaring popularity, in spite of the collapse of his…
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Schaefer: Give Mayweather respect he deserves for drug-test request
Should Floyd Mayweather be admired for insisting he wants to clean up boxing with random blood testing prior to major fights ? Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, certainly thinks so…insisting…
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Roach: Manny Pacquiao ‘will never play’ by ‘Mayweather Rules’
Freddie Roach insists he will not play by Floyd Mayweather’s rules – never. Although Roach has gone on record with me insisting that he recognises Mayweather’s greatness as a boxer, the celebrated…
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Oscar de la Hoya joins Amir Khan’s publicity machine ahead of Briton’s US debut
The Mexican-American, who won 10 world titles in six weight divisions, is understood by The Daily Telegraph to have wanted to represent the young British fighter whom he believes "can become a…
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Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley get physical at opening press conference
As they posed for pictures at the first press conference together, "Money" Mayweather lost his usual cool as both men exchanged shoves. The contest between Mosley and Mayweather, at welterweight (147lbs), was…
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Schaefer: Mayweather-Pacquiao off, but 2010 shaping up as wonder year
“…Always look on the bright side of life.” “When you’re chewing on life’s gristle, don’t grumble, give a whistle, and this’ll help things turn out for the best.” That seems to be…
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Roach/Ariza: PED accusation at Manny Pacquiao taken as compliment (at first)
Although Freddie Roach has a slightly different view (click on video above), Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao’s head strength and conditioning coach, has insisted the allegations being levelled at Pacquiao, emanating from the…
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Alex Ariza exclusive: Who says Floyd Mayweather gets through Shane Mosley?
Alex Ariza, the head conditioning coach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, who overseas the programmes for Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, believes Floyd Mayweather has stepped in the wrong direction…
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Exclusive: Ariza believes Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather split permanent
Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach believes the Mayweather-Pacquiao axis could be irretrievably split. Ariza, for the past two and a half years the head strength and conditioning coach at…
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Roach: Khan will devastate Marquez like he did Barrera
Freddie Roach gave me his assessment last night on two fast-rising British fighters, Amir Khan, and the American trainer’s latest pupil to cross the water – Matthew Macklin. So what does he…
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Roach: Manny Pacquiao will fight Mosley if he defeats Mayweather
Freddie Roach has insisted to Telegraph Sport that Manny Pacquiao will fight Shane Mosley if he defeats Floyd Mayweather (although Money is yet to sign the contract) but the four-time trainer of…
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Golden Boy insists Amir Khan versus Juan Manuel Marquez is ‘high risk, high reward’
Amir Khan’s new US promoters, Golden Boy, insisted, in the face of criticism from light-welterweight rivals that the Bostonian was avoiding mandatory challenger Marcos Maidana, that the anticipated contest being created against…
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Amir Khan’s debut fight in US could be against Mexico’s Juan Manuel M?rquez
Dates and venues are still under discussion, but Las Vegas on May 15 has been pencilled in. All that is required now is the signature of of the boxers before Khan enters…
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Floyd Mayweather Jnr to take on Shane Mosley in welterweight super-fight
Shane Mosley, scintillating in his previous outing last January with a ninth-round knockout of Antonio Margarito, and Mayweather Jnr, have agreed terms for a welterweight super-fight, confirmed first by Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather’s…
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Freddie Roach exclusive: Mayweather so good Pacquiao would need ‘perfect fight’
Freddie Roach has been breaking down the style and technique employed by Floyd Mayweather, which has made him the unbeaten fighter he is today. Roach had begun his research on Mayweather before…
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Freddie Roach exclusive: Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Mayweather ‘in the worst way’
Manny Pacquiao wants to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr “in the worst way”, according to Freddie Roach, who has told Telegraph Sport that Pacquiao “wants to shut him [Mayweather] up.” “I want the…
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Freddie Roach exclusive: secrets behind Manny Pacquiao’s incredible physique
In the third part of an exclusive Telegraph Sport interview with Freddie Roach, the LA trainer reveals that: Manny Pacquiao’s great physique has been built on “sports science and hard work” Pacquiao…
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Roach: Pacquiao-Mayweather the biggest ‘event’ of all time, but Floyd is scared of us
In the second part of a recent interview with Freddie Roach, he told me that he is still being asked, wherever he goes, to ‘Get the fight on’ between his charge Manny…
