Ben Dirs
27 articles · BBC Sport
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Brook unfazed by Jennings’ top-flight experience
Kell Brook has dismissed Michael Jennings' claim that his lack of experience will cost him when they meet at Birmingham's LG Arena on Saturday. The fight is an eliminator for the WBO…
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Hatton’s problems are not unique
The fallen boxer has become such a clich? that the news of Ricky Hatton's descent into depression, drink and, allegedly, drugs will have been met with little more than a disappointed shrug…
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Super-fight? Super farce
There are reasons why boxing is the only sport that consistently translates into great art, and they are the same reasons it is viewed with suspicion by many modern sports fans. The…
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Dunces nixing Mayweather-Pacquiao
Fights to decide the best boxer in the world happen hardly ever, so only a dunce or, as is often the case in boxing, a confederacy of them, could nix Floyd Mayweather…
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Have the Hitman’s fans met their match?
While news conferences at Lord's and Twickenham usually have all the razzmatazz of a Requiem Mass, you can be sure that when there's a big fight that needs promoting, the nation's boxing…
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Hatton-Pacquiao showdown in doubt
Ricky Hatton's lawyer has admitted that the Manchester fighter's proposed contest with Manny Pacquiao, slated for 2 May in Las Vegas, is under threat. Gareth Williams said promoter Bob Arum originally agreed…
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Little men to the rescue
Nobody ever tells the little fellas when boxing is supposed to be on its last legs - certainly not Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. After the shoe-gazing that accompanied the latest…
