Jeff Powell
252 articles · Mail Online (UK)
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Bradley takes swipe at Brits ahead of Pacquiao world welterweight clash
By Jeff Powell
At the big religious convention here ? correction, world welterweight title fight ? the milk of human kindness is in short supply for British heroes past and present. Timothy Bradley, who shares…
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Living on a prayer! Pacquiao ditches drinking and gambling to focus on Bradley bout
By Jeff Powell
The pop concerts have become a regular if eccentric post-fight event for Manny Pacquiao, drawing almost as many thousands of fans as his exploits in the ring, but there will be no…
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Behind bars Mayweather will miss opportunity to scout arch-rival Pacquiao
By Jeff Powell
Floyd Mayweather says he could beat Manny Pacquiao with one hand tied behind his back. Had the $200million fight which never happens taken place the other day, he would have had to…
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I’m no coward but cheating PacMan could ruin my life, says Mayweather
By Jeff Powell
The fight the world wants to see is disappearing into the shadowy and menacing recesses of Floyd Mayweather's brutally deprived childhood. Behind the flashy facade and the wads of $100 bills thrown…
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It’s a dog’s life! Ricky blasts Sky’s reluctance to back Hatton Promotions
By Jeff Powell
Pugnacious is the only word to describe Ricky Hatton's riposte to Sky's failure to renew their contract to televise the fight promotions with which he is quite brilliantly inventing a life in…
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Not bad at all! Tyson can be proud of how he’s turning his life around
By Jeff Powell
From the Baddest Man On The Planet to a teddy bear. The transformation of Mike Tyson progresses apace. He goes from being interviewed by Piers Morgan on CNN in America the other…
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Manny’s inner battle is key to long-awaited $100million Mayweather showdown
By Jeff Powell
The PacMan beats up people for a living. The Roman Catholic spirit deep inside Manny Pacquiao is questioning whether it is proper for a religious icon to continue enriching himself in so…
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Price and Fury are setting an example that Mayweather and Pacquiao must follow
By Jeff Powell
While Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jnr keep fluttering around each other like moths wary of being burned by each other?s flame, David Price and Tyson Fury are clenching their craggy jaws…
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Time the Manny and Floyd soap opera cleaned up its act and agreed to fight
By Jeff Powell
The song and dance goes on. Not the fight. Not yet, anyway. Not on May 5, by most high finance accounts. Not on June 9, unless it's in a prison exercise yard.…
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WBC must set aside financial greed and strip Mayweather of his title
By Jeff Powell
Anno Domini Two Thousand and Twelve dawns with a shadow cast over boxing by, of all people, the most prestigious of the world championship sanctioning bodies. The hard old game has enough…
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No barriers for the Fight of the Century… just a few iron bars
By Jeff Powell
The Christmas present boxing was longing to unwrap was tied up in a Nevada courtroom before being locked away in the local penitentiary for three months. Just as the fantasy fight between…
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I want to to go out at the top! Ambitious Amir aims to be the lord of the ring
By Jeff Powell
Where better than the seat of political power at the onset of a presidential campaign to declare your candidacy for world domination? Amir Khan's ambition is as unashamedly naked as Barack Obama's.…
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Pacquiao and Mayweather closer than ever as the world’s richest fight just got even richer
By Jeff Powell
An offer seemingly too good for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather to refuse has brought the fight the whole world wants to see tantalisingly close to happening. Actually, a whole string of…
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Pacquiao sets Floyd deadline as Mayweather prepares to face Ortiz in Las Vegas
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao is not in town but he has lit a bonfire of urgency under Floyd Mayweather?s comeback by setting a deadline for the mega-fight the whole world wants to see. The…
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Haye should be careful what he wishes for as fired-up Vitali calls out Briton
By Jeff Powell
David Haye is suddenly twittering on about how he may be willing to put his retirement on hold if Vitali Klitschko really wants to finish the humiliating job started by his brother…
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The King’s speech – ‘Can Don King save the world? If not, he knows somebody who can’
By Jeff Powell
Don King talks to Jeff Powell about jail, making champions, a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather super fight and a life in boxing THE Godfather of the hardest game of all is delivering his…
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The King’s birthday speech: Ringmaster Don hits 80, but he’s still up for a fight
By Jeff Powell
The Godfather of the hardest game is 80 on Saturday and is delivering his own King?s speech, a tale of ghetto to incarceration, then on to glory. This significant anniversary is a…
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Khan hits back at Mayweather drug ‘nonsense’ after attack by Floyd’s uncle
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan has hit back angrily at allegations that he has used steroids to boost his climb through boxing?s weight divisions. The uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jnr, who Khan hopes to meet…
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Target Mayweather! Amir aiming for $100m super fight against controversial American
By Jeff Powell
British boxing's post-Haye renaissance began with the unveiling of a four-bout programme for Amir Khan, culminating in a super fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr. Mayweather, America's controversial candidate as the best pound-for-pound…
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Pacquiao, Mayweather, Martinez and the biggest argument in boxing!
By Jeff Powell
Boxing, like all sports, is a fount of passionate opinions. Many of them are poured out in pubs, clubs and wine bars around the world as well as at ringside and it…