Gareth A Davies
760 articles · Telegraph.co.uk
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Manny Pacquiao will beat Floyd Mayweather on speed says Amir Khan
Amir Khan returns to Los Angeles in October where he has been training under Freddie Roach, sparring with Manny Pacquiao, and improving his all-round game. Revealing on Monday that there are definite…
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How Manny Pacquiao beats Miguel Cotto…strict gameplan
Freddie Roach is concocting a strict gameplan for Manny Pacquiao to follow against Miguel Cotto, the Puerto Rican whom the Filipino faces in an American ring in Las Vegas in 6 and…
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Real danger signs for Manny Pacquiao from Floyd Mayweather
Something happened in Las Vegas this weekend. It was a wake-up call for the rest of the boxing world watching. One man above all others. Manny Pacquiao. I liked the words he…
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Floyd Mayweather a class above the rest – including Manny Pacquiao
A casino full of jackpot superlatives are needed to do justice to Floyd Mayweather's 12-round performance against Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas in the early hours of this morning. It was…
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Ricky Hatton backs Floyd Mayweather Jnr to be too strong for Juan Manuel M?rquez
That is despite Mayweather having been out of the ring for 21 months since handing the Mancunian his first career defeat. Hatton believes that Mayweather is "one of the greatest there has…
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Manny Pacquiao perfectly poised to defeat Miguel Cotto
Finally what we wanted to hear from Manny Pacquiao, and a sign he is getting mentally tuned for Miguel Cotto.Pacquiao has admitted that Cotto, who he faces in Las Vegas on November…
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Manny Pacquiao would be top WEC mixed martial artist says supremo Harris
Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum may have labelled MMA “a load of garbage” this week, yet the man he promotes is rated by the head of the WEC Reed Harris as a…
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Manny Pacquiao ‘to use every drop of blood’ in Miguel Cotto fight
Manny Pacquiao looked long-haired, well rested and in good humour yesterday but insisted he is prepared “to use every last drop of blood” when he encounters Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto on Nov…
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EXCLUSIVE: Amir Khan offered fight with Manny Pacquiao
In a conversation with Bob Arum, as we discussed the visit of Muhammad Ali last week to the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the head of Top Rank revealed that Amir…
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Is Roach right ? Has Pacquiao’s head been turned from the ring?
Freddie Roach told me pointedly earlier this year that it had always surprised him – pleasantly – that alongside his burgeoning success in the ring, and near-idolatry in The Philippines, Manny Pacquiao’s…
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Muhammad Ali touches a corner of Ireland with his visit to Ennis
This was meant to be Muhammad Ali's fortnight of farewells to the UK and the Republic of Ireland, yet following the outpouring for the new 'King of County Clare' from thousands of…
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Floyd Mayweather talks the talk ahead of Juan Manuel Marquez fight in Las Vegas
He may well prove to be just that, but will have to see off the challenge of Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas on Sept 19. To most boxing insiders this…
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Ex-sparring partner of Ricky Hatton to fight as a woman after sex change
Here’s a conundrum: boxer Rob Newbiggin, a former sparring partner of Ricky Hatton’s, is preparing for a sex change, and will fight as a woman when it is over. The 44-year-old Southport…
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Freddie Roach: Amir Khan ‘similar to Manny Pacquaio’
New world champion Amir Khan is "similar in many ways to a young Manny Pacquiao" according to American trainer Freddie Roach. Yet if Khan has any hopes of facing fellow British light-welterweight…
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Amir Khan stuck to strategy to win WBA title, reveals trainer Freddie Roach
Amir Khan never faltered from the gameplan set him by Freddie Roach to defeat Andreas Kotelnik and gain the WBA light-welterweight prize, the astute American trainer told Telegraph Sport. Roach admitted he…
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Amir Khan heralds new dawn as world champion after Andreas Kotelnik defeated
Amir Khan’s rite of passage from Olympic hero to world champion, five years of graft and toil, is complete after the 22-year-old outboxed and outmanoeuvred the far more experienced champion Andreas Kotelnik…
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Amir Khan right to thank Manny Pacquiao-Freddie Roach partnership for inspiration
Ten months ago, after his defeat to Breidis Prescott, knocked out in under a minute, few gave Amir Khan any hope of winning a world title. How wrong they were. The 22-year-old…
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Amir Khan wins WBA light-welterweight title fight against Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik
Amir Khan fulfilled his ambition of becoming a world champion at the MEN Arena, Manchester, last night, delivering a crafted boxing lesson to lift the World Boxing Association light-welterweight championship belt from…
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Pacquiao the boxer draws praise from UFC supremo Dana White
Filipino phenomenon Manny Pacquiao, it seems, is part of the fighting world’s stream of consciousness at present. And high in the mind of those in Las Vegas, now his home from home…
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Amir Khan win over Andreas Kotelnik will propel him into big-time
Freddie Roach, Khan’s trainer and mentor, believes that if the 22 year-old from Bolton dethrones World Boxing Association light-welterweight champion Andreas Kotelnik, there is bounty aplenty out there in title-holders to pursue.…
