John Dennen
161 articles · spiked
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Oscar De La Hoya: ?I?ve never seen Canelo like this?
By John Dennen
MEXICAN pride carries with it a unique value. And who better to describe what is at stake in Canelo Alvarez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr than their country men and boxing legends,…
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Freddie Roach: ?When Scott Quigg dominates on Saturday you?ll see the difference from Lee Selby?
By John Dennen
LEGENDARY trainer Freddie Roach, who has taken on former world champion Scott Quigg, expects his new charge to dazzle on Saturday?s Joshua-Klitschko undercard and seize Lee Selby?s IBF featherweight title later this…
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EXCLUSIVE ?Manny Pacquiao will retire when he runs for president!?
By John Dennen
TRAINER Freddie Roach knows that Manny Pacquiao?s boxing career will draw to an end soon. But just not yet. He is convinced that ?Pacman? can continue to compete with the best and…
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Why Miguel Cotto lies ahead of the Liam Smith-Liam Williams winner
By John Dennen
VICTORY on Saturday (April 8) could see either Liam Smith or Liam Williams book a showdown with Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto. Smith and Williams fight for the WBO Interim title at…
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?I got knocked out horrendously by Manny Pacquiao, but Amir Khan?s had three of them?
By John Dennen
IN May of last year Amir Khan lay stretched on the canvas, eerily motionless after a full-bodied right cross from Canelo Alvarez connected with his chin. The shot condemned Khan to a…
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$70 million on the table for Manny Pacquiao to fight Juan Manuel Marquez in China
By John Dennen
MANNY PACQUIAO and Amir Khan made headlines over the weekend as they announced that they had agreed terms for a mega-fight in April. Neither man remains at his peak but Pacquiao?s many…
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Terence Crawford on Manny Pacquiao ? ?Who?s pricing himself out??
By John Dennen
TERENCE CRAWFORD has sounded a note of frustration at a shot at Manny Pacquiao failing to materialise. Crawford is extremely talented, the world leading super-lightweight after defeating Viktor Postol. But Bob Arum,…
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Could Manny Pacquiao fight Jeff Horn next?
By John Dennen
YOU might not have heard of Australian welterweight Jeff Horn. But the inexperienced contender is ranked number two by the WBO and could be an unlikely challenger for global superstar Manny Pacquiao.…
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Canelo, Khan, Mayweather and more ? seven questions for 2017
By John Dennen
WILL Kell Brook fight Amir Khan? Will they? Won?t they? It?s been a topic that?s rumbled on and on. Instead of fighting each other last year they took doomed but high profile…
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Vasyl Lomachenko aims to ?terminate the bout? with Nicholas Walters after four rounds
By John Dennen
VASYL LOMACHENKO is sanguine about taking on big-punching Nicholas Walters for the first defence of his WBO super-featherweight title on Saturday (November 26) in Las Vegas. During his long and distinguished amateur…
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Bob Arum: ?Vasyl Lomachenko is the best fighter I?ve seen since Muhammad Ali?
By John Dennen
PROMOTER Bob Arum insists Vasyl Lomachenko, the two-weight world champion who boxes Nicholas Walters on Saturday (November 26) in Las Vegas, is a truly special talent. The veteran promoter said, ?I would…
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Why was Floyd Mayweather at the Manny Pacquiao fight?
By John Dennen
FLOYD MAYWEATHER is not known for attending fights for fun. Even in the run up to the biggest fight of his career, when he fought Manny Pacquiao last year, Mayweather seemed almost…
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Roberto Duran: ?Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao ? they?re pitiful?
By John Dennen
THE new autobiography of Roberto Duran, ?I am Duran?, is a must-read for boxing fans. The story of Duran?s fabled career might be well known but here for the first time he…
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Gennady Golovkin: ?This is boxing. No, I?m not scared?
By John Dennen
THERE are doers of deeds and speakers of words. (Of course ideally some people are both.) Gennady Golovkin tends much more to being the former than the latter. At a press conference…
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The science behind Kell Brook challenging Gennady Golovkin
By John Dennen
ON Friday July 8, the boxing world was shaken when it was announced that Kell Brook was stepping up two weight divisions to face feared middleweight Gennady Golovkin. Brook and head coach…
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Chris Arreola: I don?t deserve this title shot. But I?m going to do everything possible to win it
By John Dennen
Chris Arreola doesn?t know what he?s getting paid to fight Deontay Wilder, writes John Dennen WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder needed to rustle up an opponent at short-notice. Chris Arreola may be…
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Canelo Alvarez could fight Billy Joe Saunders after Liam Smith
By John Dennen
WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders is being lined up to face Canelo Alvarez, if the Mexican star gets past Liam Smith on September 17. After a mooted fight with Gennady Golovkin…
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Dominic Breazeale: ?I expect to knock Anthony Joshua out?
By John Dennen
The IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) and fellow unbeaten American challenger Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs) were participating in their final press conference on Thursday at Sky Sports Studios…
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Gennady Golovkin vs Chris Eubank Jr could actually happen
By John Dennen
CHRIS EUBANK JNR could fight Gennady Golovkin. Few have middleweights have seemed willing to take on fearsome Kazakh Golovkin, although Eubank has often spoken of the prospect. That fight could be about…
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Kell Brook vs Jessie Vargas probable for September 3
By John Dennen
A unification clash between IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook and WBO titlist Jessie Vargas looks probable for September 3 in Sheffield. Promoter Eddie Hearn wants to make it an open-air stadium fight.…