Jeff Powell
252 articles · Mail Online (UK)
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Freddie Roach torn over whether Manny Pacquiao should KO Chris Algieri in the first round (despite failing to stop anyone since Ricky Hatton in 2009)
By Jeff Powell
Master trainer Freddie Roach is torn between urging Manny Pacquiao to land the first round knock-out which both believe is possible here or taking his time so as not to scare off…
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Amir Khan used to be KO’d cold by Manny Pacquiao in sparring, says Freddie Roach
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao used to regularly knock out Amir Khan in sparring, trainer Freddie Roach has revealed. The two boxers both trained together at Roach's Wild Card gym in Los Angeles and Khan…
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Manny Pacquiao ‘completely in the zone’ to fight Chris Algieri after swapping gambling and wild lifestyle for God
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao used to come to Macau often. Not to fight but to play the tables in the casinos which rake in more revenue than their namesakes in Las Vegas. That was…
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Manny Pacquiao arrives in Macau with 350-strong entourage in two hired jets… while opponent Chris Algieri lands with six-man team ahead of world welterweight title fight
By Jeff Powell
The casinos like to call it The Grand Arrival when the protagonists for the big fights they are hosting come to town. Manny Pacquiao more than lived up to that description as…
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Manny Pacquiao: It’s obvious Floyd Mayweather is avoiding a fight with me… I’m ready anytime, anywhere
By Jeff Powell
Manny Pacquiao has laid the gauntlet down for Floyd Mayweather, claiming the American star is the one who 'refuses' to agree to a fight. A bout between Mayweather and Pacquiao has already…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: The Billion Dollar Fight moves a step closer… so will they finally get in a ring together and make the richest event in sporting history?
By Jeff Powell
The Billion Dollar Fight ? no, not a movie, the actual promotion ? will come closer to reality if Manny Pacquiao wins in Macau on Saturday night. Say it slowly: One. Billion.…
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Bernard Hopkins bids to defy Father Time but Sergey Kovalev stands in his way
By Jeff Powell
Bernard Hopkins was born nine years before the Rumble in the Jungle, the 40th anniversary of which Muhammad Ali and George Foreman celebrated last week. Hopkins took time out from a fledgling…
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Bernard Hopkins bids to defy Father Time but Sergey Kovalev stands in his way
By Jeff Powell
Bernard Hopkins was born nine years before the Rumble in the Jungle, the 40th anniversary of which Muhammad Ali and George Foreman celebrated last week. Hopkins took time out from a fledgling…
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Carl Froch wants a last roll of the dice in Las Vegas, and Floyd Mayweather hopes to be The Best Ever – but Manny Pacquiao has lived his dream in land of the giants
By Jeff Powell
We all have our dreams - even the most famous and successful among us cling to lingering fantasies. Carl Froch, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are no exceptions. The prize-ring is the…
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Floyd Mayweather must put Money where his mouth is and fight Manny Pacquiao to secure his legacy as TBE (The Best Ever)
By Jeff Powell
Maybe Floyd Mayweather is right. Perhaps people are so blinded by their irritation with his garish lifestyle outside the ring that they cannot see his genius when he knuckles down in sport?s…
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Amir Khan resolves visa issues in time to travel to US for Floyd Mayweather’s US showdown with Marcos Maidana
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan has solved his US visa problems and is flying to take his seat at ringside for Floyd Mayweather?s Saturday re-match with Marcos Maidana. Britain?s two-time world champion will land in…
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Floyd Mayweather just keeps on going… no matter how many people want him to lose
By Jeff Powell
Floyd Mayweather has his ex-lover calling him a monster and suing him for plenty of his hard-earned millions. He has a rapper who used to be his friend and business partner trying…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao could happen twice in a year, says Bob Arum
By Jeff Powell
After decades of waiting for the fight the whole world wants to see, it now seems that Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao could happen twice in one year. Bob Arum, the PacMan?s…
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Bernard Hopkins’ nickname The Alien is apt – the 49-year-old boxer has shown he is an out-of-this-world phenomenon as he prepares to fight Sergey ‘Krusher’ Kovalev
By Jeff Powell
Critics on both sides of the Atlantic have been getting their hand-wrapping in a twist over Bernard Hopkins, at the grand old age of 49, fighting one of boxing?s hardest and most…
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Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather should give the public what they want – AND pocket at least $300m between them by boxing in the richest fight in history
By Jeff Powell
The initial reaction when Manny Pacquiao announced that he will quit the ring in 2016 was to despair that the fight against Floyd Mayweather which the world has been waiting an eternity…
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Miguel Cotto climbs back into boxing’s elite after sensationally stopping Sergio Martinez (and he’d knock out Floyd Mayweather…)
By Jeff Powell
Miguel Cotto?s sensational stoppage of all-time middleweight great Sergio Martinez forces another revision of this column?s world pound-for-pound ratings. Now the first in the heroic history of Puerto Rican fighting men to…
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Carl Froch could fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr in Las Vegas in November
By Jeff Powell
Carl Froch?s dream of going to Las Vegas for a mega-fight farewell to the ring is now within touching distance of reality, with US promoter Bob Arum asserting serious interest in the…
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Carl Froch could fight Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr in Las Vegas in November
By Jeff Powell
Carl Froch?s dream of going to Las Vegas for a mega-fight farewell to the ring is now within touching distance of reality, with US promoter Bob Arum asserting serious interest in the…
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Amir Khan will keep winning all the way to Floyd Mayweather showdown, claims his confident trainer Virgil Hunter
By Jeff Powell
Amir Khan?s trainer expects him not only to beat the highly respected Luis Collazo on Saturday night but to carry on winning all the way to a super fight with the world?s…
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Golden Boy in danger after rift between Oscar De La Hoya and Richard Schaefer
By Jeff Powell
The biggest and richest promotions company in boxing is in danger of a seismic split between its bosses. Golden Boy is named after its president Oscar De La Hoya, and has as…