Alan Hubbard
6 articles · The Independent
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Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao: The biggest fight of all time, or maybe just the most lucrative?
By Alan Hubbard
The huge billboards dotted along Las Vegas? neon-lit Strip declare it ?the Fight of a Lifetime? and the long-awaited coupling of Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Manny Pacquiao next weekend has the potential…
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Alan Hubbard: Record-breaking superfight between Mayweather and Pacquiao is long overdue
By Alan Hubbard
You never hear Floyd Mayweather Jnr talk about his Olympic bronze boxing medal, gained in deeply controversial circumstances at the Atlanta Games of 1996. No doubt it has been disdainfully tossed away…
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Deontay Wilder leads parade of big hitters with tilt at the premier prize
By Alan Hubbard
If 2014 was the year when boxing itself made a comeback as spectacular as any renaissance witnessed in the ring then 2015 seems destined to underscore the fight game?s enduring capacity to…
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Amir Khan’s dream of Floyd Mayweather clash threatened by US terrorist backlash
By Alan Hubbard
Amir Khan?s hopes of a multi-million dollar showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jnr could be KOd by an anti-Islamic backlash following terrorist atrocities. The former world light-welterweight champion from Bolton is said to…
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Boxing: Danger lurks as Amir Khan tries to rescue his reputation
By Alan Hubbard
It is a decade since Amir Khan won his Olympic lightweight silver medal in Athens as a bright-eyed 17-year-old who was Britain's lone ring representative. Ads by Google Golf Swing Tips? Hit…
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Inside Lines: Big brother Vitali puts his title at risk in political punch-up
By Alan Hubbard
Who says sport and politics don't mix? Carl Lewis is the latest sports star to join the political fray following Imran Khan who aims to become president of Pakistan and world boxing…