Danny Flexen
148 articles · BoxingNews
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Five Floyd Mayweather foes who would draw more buys than Andre Berto
WHETHER we like it or not, Floyd Mayweather will meet Andre Berto in his 49th fight on September 12. But let?s play fantasy promoter for a moment and consider five potential foes…
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Gennady Golovkin next for Floyd Mayweather after Manny Pacquiao?
GENNADY GOLOVKIN could meet Floyd Mayweather in 2016 for a purse worth up to $200m. That?s the verdict of ?GGG?s? coach, Abel Sanchez. The WBA middleweight Super champion is regarded as one…
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EXCLUSIVE Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao makes boxing more lucrative and more exciting, says Wladimir Klitschko
Heavyweight champion Klitschko doesn?t mind Mayweather-Pacquiao overshadowing his own return to America, writes Danny Flexen SO you?re all geared up for your first fight in the USA for over seven years. Ticket…
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The Prince Naseem Hamed chronicles: Part One
Naz on? how he started boxing There?s not many people that actually know this and recently I?ve seen stuff with Brendan Ingle. I heard him have an interview not that long ago…
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Mike Tyson, once the baddest man on the planet, turns mentor to Ricky Hatton
MIKE TYSON has come a long way, so far in fact that the reformed hellraiser has recast himself in the role of mentor to Ricky Hatton, his friend and fellow former champion.…
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Andre Ward: It’s Carl Froch’s job to show George Groves he’s not ready
What was it like, getting back to a full training camp after your long layoff with the right shoulder injury? It?s like anything else, when you haven?t done something for a while,…
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Kell Brook: on Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Adrien Broner and Floyd Mayweather
CONGRATULATIONS Kell, a career-best victory for you on Saturday. You won the first three rounds, dropping Senchenko in the third; were you surprised by how quickly you got on top? No, not…
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Bernard Hopkins: ?Youth will not be served against Karo Murat’
AS AN interview subject, Bernard Hopkins is solid gold. Whatever subject you choose to quiz the 48-year-old Philadelphian on, he will respond with something interesting and entertaining. In the days before his…
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Amir Khan v Timothy Bradley: who should get Floyd Mayweather?
THERE ARE a number of reasons why, having added Juan Manuel Marquez to his victim list, Timothy Bradley should face Floyd Mayweather ahead of Amir Khan next May. One criterion that favours…
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Miguel Cotto may spar Manny Pacquiao and fight Sergio Martinez, says Freddie Roach
FREDDIE ROACH could not have been more pleased with his newest charge, Miguel Cotto, who stopped Delvin Rodriguez in some style at the weekend. ?He fought a terrific fight, we had a…
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Bernard Hopkins: I want Adonis Stevenson
"If you put your gun down I'm going to blow your brains out" HAVING become the oldest fighter in history to win a major world title when outscoring local favourite Jean Pascal…
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Lennox Lewis: Malik Scott can rule the world
I FIRST met Malik in training camp. He was very young, he kind of reminded me of myself when I was his age, you know, very lanky, still growing, maturing, coming into…
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Floyd Mayweather et al: the alternative winners and losers from the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley bill
WITH Manny Pacquiao victorious but failing to look a million dollars and ?Canderel? Shane Mosley (sugar-like in appearance but less dangerous to your health) hopefully contemplating retirement and his Hall of Fame…
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Editor’s Choice: Bob Arum and Don King reunited
PERHAPS the toughest question legendary promoters Don King and Bob Arum had to contend with during a media discussion at the MGM Grand last week was, ?What is the same about you…
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Saul Alvarez-Matthew Hatton weigh-in: have the scales tipped in the Brit’s favour?
I CAN understand why people skip weigh-ins. The process is often viewed as a formality, the mostly ceremonial and uneventful stop-gap between the last words uttered and first punches thrown. But with…
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Imagine: Paul McCloskey beats Amir Khan
WHEN Amir Khan?s April 16 WBA title defence against European champion Paul McCloskey was formally announced on Saturday, I immediately asked around 2,000 Facebook friends if any of their number would be…
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Message to Amir Khan: Don’t be fooled by the Timothy Bradley-Devon Alexander disappointment
ACCEPTED wisdom decrees that should one wish to judge a televised fight without the risk of being influenced ? consciously or otherwise ? the volume should be muted. I have always, somewhat…
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Amir Khan on giving Floyd Mayweather problems and why opponents overprice themselves
AS Amir Khan?s next opponent edges ever close to being confirmed ? with Paul McCloskey, Lamont Peterson and John Murray all in the frame for an April 16 MEN Arena date ?…
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‘Floyd Mayweather if they meet soon, Manny Pacquiao if they fight later,’ says Jimmy Lennon Jnr
WITH almost 30 years as a boxing MC, renowned announcer Jimmy Lennon Jnr has an opinion on almost everything. Therefore, two pages in our 80-page Christmas issue (currently on sale) was never…
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Nonito Donaire has travelled a long, hard road
FILIPINO star Nonito Donaire has been waiting in the wings for a big fight since stunning Vic Darchinyan in 2007. But the immensely amiable bantamweight has since been getting his life in…
