John Wight
10 articles · EastSideBoxing.com
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Will Fury v Wilder II go down as one of the all-time great heavyweight rematches?
By John Wight
ONE of the most anticipated rematches in boxing for many years gets underway on Saturday night-Sunday morning. It pits one of the hardest hitting heavyweights of all time, Deontay Wilder, against Tyson…
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The shameful distortion of Muhammad Ali’s legacy
By John Wight
Predictably, though lamentably, before his body had even grown cold, they started clamoring to attach themselves to Muhammad Ali and his legacy. A boxer who, in his day, practiced the most primitive…
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Khan comes of age after round of hell
By John Wight
The night of December 11 2010 will go down as the night in which Britain's Amir Khan gave a stunning riposte to the legion of doubters who have believed his chin was…
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What is $1m compared with the love of 8 million Cubans?
By John Wight
Boxing:"What is one million dollars compared with the love of eight million Cubans?" These were the words of legendary Cuban heavyweight boxer Teofilo Stevenson in response to a lucrative multi-million-dollar offer to…
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On the verge of immortality
By John Wight
"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." You can't help but feel that the above quote describing the Macedonian king of…
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Meet the trainer who turned Khan around
By John Wight
Boxing comment: How Freddie Roach has changed the fortunes of some of the world's top fighters The first thing that hits you when you enter Freddie Roach's Wildcard Boxing Club is the…
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Thoughts On An Epic Fight
By John Wight
In two rounds of boxing on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, in an awesome display of devastating power, speed, and ferocity, Manny Pacquiao effectively ended the career of…
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Ricky Hatton Should Retire
By John Wight
Ricky Hatton should retire from the sport of boxing. In the aftermath of his crushing defeat at the considerable hands of Manny Pacquiao the issue of whether or not this popular and…
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FEATURE: Freddie Roach
By John Wight
The first thing that hits you when you enter Freddie Roach?s Wildcard Boxing Club is the sheer bedlam of the place - the noise of heavy bags being pummelled, speed bags rattling…
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Boxing’s Renaissance
By John Wight
So come May 14 the Pac-Man and Ricky Hatton will walk to the centre of the ring, listen to the referee?s instructions, touch gloves, and then retreat to their respective corners with…