John Dennen
161 articles · spiked
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Gennady Golovkin: ?I don?t like business. I like old school?
By John Dennen
IF Gennady Golovkin beats David Lemieux on October 17, to unify the WBA and IBF middleweight crowns, the clamour for him to take on the winner of the Miguel Cotto-Saul Alvarez WBC…
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Freddie Roach: ?Miguel Cotto will take Saul Alvarez into deep waters?
By John Dennen
IT won?t be bigger than Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao but it will be very popular, it will be the second biggest fight of the year, there?s no chance it will be…
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WEEKEND REVIEW Lucas Matthysse won?t stand between Amir Khan and Manny Pacquiao
By John Dennen
LUCAS MATTHYSSE has done Amir Khan a favour. His influential promoter Oscar De La Hoya was tipping his man to challenge Manny Pacquiao next, an idea which Pacquiao?s promoter Bob Arum reportedly…
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?Terrifying. I?ve got this big six foot nine Batman jumping over the table. I?ve changed my mind!?
By John Dennen
WHAT would go through your mind if you were dressed as The Joker and an animated Tyson Fury, in a Batman costume, was leaping through the air, ready to take you down?…
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New date targeted for postponed Wladimir Klitscho-Tyson Fury world title fight
By John Dennen
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO?S defence of his world heavyweight titles against Tyson Fury is expected to take place on November 28 at the same venue, the Espirit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany. The two had…
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The sound and the Fury ? Wladimir Klitschko meets ?Batman?
By John Dennen
IT occurred to me, as Tyson Fury sprang over the tables, the cape of his Batman costume flapping behind him, and barrelled into a man dressed as The Joker, that this was…
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Kell Brook-Tim Bradley eyed for early 2016
By John Dennen
KELL BROOK could fight Tim Bradley in early 2016, according to promoter Eddie Hearn. IBF champion Brook boxes Diego Chaves on October 24, while Tim Bradley, who holds the WBO welterweight crown,…
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What being hit by Gennady Golovkin feels like
By John Dennen
EARLIER this year Martin Murray became the first man to take the fearsome Gennady Golovkin into the 11th round. The Kazakh is renowned for his punching and Murray told Boxing News what…
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Can Vasyl Lomachenko take over from Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao?
By John Dennen
FLOYD MAYWEATHER is insistent that Saturday?s fight with Andre Berto wil be his last. Manny Pacquiao ? with the help of God and sea water ? is expected to recover and be…
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Saul Alvarez: ?Miguel Cotto is the fight I?ve been craving?
By John Dennen
SAUL ?CANELO? ALVAREZ has longed for his November 21 showdown with Miguel Cotto. ?This is a fight that I?ve been craving, I?ve been waiting for. Obviously it?s a fight with a lot…
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The Floyd Mayweather way
By John Dennen
WHO else but Floyd Mayweather could sweep into his own public workout, hours late, in a ?hyper car? worth nearly $5 million, cycle through the expected questions: why Andre Berto? (He?ll be…
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Why Andre Berto can do better against Floyd Mayweather than Manny Pacquiao
By John Dennen
ANDRE BERTO is the favourite to fight Floyd Mayweather on September 12. Mayweather has begun his training camp, though not yet announced an opponent. Berto has been in the gym training diligently…
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What it?s like to train with Manny Pacquiao
By John Dennen
Dean Byrne worked alongside Pacquiao at the Wild Card gym from 2009-2012 First contact I WAS coming back from Australia, where I?d been fighting and I?d been back in England for a…
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Freddie Roach explains why Manny Pacquiao only needs six weeks to prepare for Floyd Mayweather
By John Dennen
Freddie Roach reveals how Manny Pacquiao is getting ready for the Floyd Mayweather fight, writes John Dennen GIVEN that Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao is the biggest fight of the 21st Century,…
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Brandon Rios had to be next for Manny Pacquiao
By John Dennen
WHENEVER Manny Pacquiao fights, it?s a major event. His next date, November 23 takes him to the Far East, Macao in China, Manny?s first fight outside of the US since 2006. His…
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Manny Pacquiao still looms over Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez
By John Dennen
FEW thought Tim Bradley deserved his 2012 decision over Manny Pacquiao. The American remains unbeaten, he holds the WBO welterweight title but even his stirring battle with Ruslan Provodnikov hasn?t confirmed him…
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Editor’s Choice: Zab Judah?s ?Sweet Pea? masterclass
By John Dennen
ATTENTION on the light-welterweight division centres on Tim Bradley?s unification of the WBC and WBO titles, with the WBA?s champion Amir Khan waiting in the wings. But Zab Judah has set his…
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‘Floyd Mayweather doesn’t believe he can beat Manny Pacquiao,’ says legend Roy Jones
By John Dennen
ROY JONES JNR has issued a stinging rebuke to Floyd Mayweather for not taking a fight with Manny Pacquiao. The American legend in fact used to favour Mayweather as the superior of…
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Ward: “There should be a fighters? union”
By John Dennen
ANDRE WARD has an exit strategy. The 26 year old may only have just completed his first defence of the WBA super-middleweight title, widely outpointing Allan Green on Saturday (June 19), but…
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Viloria: ‘If he’d died, I was through’
By John Dennen
?THE Hawaiian Punch?, also known as Brian Viloria, is on mission to win a third ?world? title, this time at flyweight. He is returning to the fray having collapsed, exhausted, after losing…