Jeff Powell
252 articles · Mail Online (UK)
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Joseph Parker had secret surgery on both elbows in the countdown to facing Anthony Joshua… but trainer Kevin Barry insists: ‘He is now punching as heavily as AJ’
By Jeff Powell
Joseph Parker is going into his blockbuster world heavyweight title fight with Anthony Joshua barely 12 weeks after undergoing elbow surgery. That revelation came with assurances from Parker's trainer Kevin Barry that…
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Gennady Golovkin eyes blockbuster world-middleweight title unification fight against Billy Joe Saunders if Canelo Alvarez handed drugs ban
By Jeff Powell
Gennady Golovkin, the hardest pound-for-pound puncher in the world, will offer Billy Joe Saunders a blockbuster world-middleweight title unification fight if his rematch with Canelo Alvarez is called off. The Kazakh KO…
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Fists, feet and furniture fly in mass brawl before Chris Eubank Jnr’s title defence: Boxing spectators are covered with blood as 50 rival fans fight with metal chairs
By Jeff Powell
Boxing spectators were left covered in blood as rival fans fought with metal chairs ahead of Chris Eubank's victory in Germany this evening. Around 50 men were involved in a mass brawl…
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Almost as bad as Golovkin-Alvarez: Five of the worst boxing verdicts in history
By Jeff Powell
LONDON - Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez's much-anticipated middleweight title bout made headlines for all the wrong reasons last weekend when it was controversially scored as a split draw. While most thought…
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Gennady Golovkin retains IBF, WBA and WBC titles after drawing on points with Canelo Alvarez
By Jeff Powell
The cartels south of the border could not have committed a crueller robbery in the desert than that suffered by the greatest middleweight in the world on behalf of a Mexican hero.…
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Ready to rumble… Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez out to crown career that began at 15 when he takes on Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin in Las Vegas this Saturday
By Jeff Powell
The tattoo on the jabbing arm of Santos Saul Alvarez Barragan reads: No boxing no life. Canelo, the Spanish translation for cinnamon which is a nickname Alvarez shares with other red-haired Mexicans,…
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Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin can join the greats in latest Las Vegas middleweight mega-fight
By Jeff Powell
The biggest fight of this and many a year is cloaked in the sepia tones of nostalgia and hallmarked for an immortal place in the history of the hardest game. Canelo Alvarez…
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Conor McGregor accuses Floyd Mayweather of ducking a face-off as they cross paths upon arriving at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas ahead of fight
By Jeff Powell
Conor McGregor accused Floyd Mayweather of ducking a face-off four days before they collide in the biggest fight of all time. A mix-up over the timing for their stage arrivals outside the…
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In a vintage year for heroic boxing defeats Manny Pacquiao’s robbery Down Under came at the wrong time
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao was not alone in being robbed Down Under. Boxing was mugged by the judges in Brisbane who awarded a rank home town decision to Jeff Horn. The hard old game…
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Manny Pacquiao robbed of victory and the fitting end to his great career by judges who contrived to award Jeff Horn victory in the Battle of Brisbane
By Jeff Powell
Only an effigy of Ned Kelly was missing from ringside as Manny Pacquiao was robbed not only of his world welterweight title but perhaps, also, the fitting end to a career which…
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Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin mock Billy Joe Saunders after Briton’s Las Vegas challenge: ‘I suggest you lose a lot of pounds before you think about fighting anyone’
By Jeff Powell
Two of the greatest boxers in the world ridiculed Billy Joe Saunders when he insulted them at the London launch of their forthcoming super fight in Las Vegas. Canelo Alvarez and Gennady…
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Kell Brook out to shock America’s rising star Errol Spence Jr who boasts a victory over Lennox Lewis… in chess
By Jeff Powell
The younger undefeated American who challenges Kell Brook for his world title in Sheffield this Saturday night has beaten Lennox Lewis. Not that our IBF champion, who has to slave to get…
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Kell Brook out to prove he’s a man of steel against Errol Spence in IBF welterweight title clash
By Jeff Powell
Kell Brook not only wants to rebuff a brilliant American?s challenge for his world title but help add Sheffield to the cities uniting in the aftermath of the Manchester massacre. Brook?s IBF…
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Gennady Golovkin and Daniel Jacobs gear up for destructive middleweight clash at Madison Square Garden
By Jeff Powell
The irresistible force confronts the almost unstoppable power in the most hallowed hall in boxing this Saturday night. Gennady Golovkin versus Daniel Jacobs threatens to be as destructive as any head-on car…
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David Haye taken to hospital following dramatic defeat by Tony Bellew for checks on damaged ankle
By Jeff Powell
David Haye was taken swiftly to hospital for emergency examination of his suspected achilles tendon injury. The injury he endured in his protracted defeat at the fists of arch rival Tony Bellew…
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Amir Khan tops Manny Pacquiao Twitter poll as Pacman asks fans to find next opponent… putting a spanner in works of Kell Brook bout
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan has come top of a twitter poll to elect Manny Pacquiao's next opponent, with the fight projected to take place in the Middle East in April. Doubts had been growing…
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Amir Khan fighting to keep business and family separate as he bids to show he is still a big draw in boxing
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan is fighting back. On two fronts. One private, one public. The former two-division world champion is painstakingly healing the rift which has torn his family asunder. He is also challenging…
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Vasyl Lomachenko is putting himself in the frame to be the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world after his destruction of Nicholas Walters
By Jeff Powell
The eternal debate as to who is the Greatest Pound-for-Pound Boxer in the World has thrust to the forefront another phenomenal candidate for that mythical title. Vasyl Lomachenko's physical domination, technical bewildering…
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The Krusher was robbed in Sin City by the fighter who calls himself Son of God
By Jeff Powell
It was not the most blatant act of larceny ever witnessed Las Vegas but when the verdict came down in favour of Andre Ward over Sergey Kovalev it added to the litany…
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Think the UFC is the scourge of boxing? Viewing figures show mixed martial arts is not yet on same level despite record-breaking event
By Jeff Powell
The Ultimate Fighting Chaps are getting hyper-excited about the viewing figures for Conor McGregor?s latest extravaganza, his Madison Square Garden thumping of Eddie Alvarez to become the first two-weight world champion in…