Ben Thomsett
27 articles · Boxing.com
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Khan vs. Vargas, hitting the wrong note
By Ben Thomsett
?My god,? I said to my partner, ?this is more bizarre than those singing Beatles transvestites we saw today?? The dying moments of the pre-fight entertainment were as weird as I?ve ever…
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Blue Collar Anger
By Ben Thomsett
You thought you had fists of steel and could dance like a butterfly in front of your mates. Good clean fun. No, my friend, you were wrong? The phone beeped. It was…
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Hughie Fury beats the Ox
By Ben Thomsett
Hughie is a tricky, mobile, fighter with a long reach and he has the guidance of his father which only the stupid would ignore in this case? Peter Fury was driving the…
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Floyd?s Watch
By Ben Thomsett
I told him again that I enjoyed his fight, that I thought he was one tough bloke, and I lied and said he had some skills? ?Where is my mind???Frank Black I…
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Here Come the Brits
By Ben Thomsett
Take a seat, pay the PPV price, and prepare something to throw at the TV. Just don?t tell me boxing is dying? Once upon a time, Oscar De La Hoya looked out…
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Hughie Fury?Force of Nature
By Ben Thomsett
I once held a focus pad for Hughie as a joke. ?You really want me to hit it?? he laughed. ?Go on? I replied? ?Nothing happens to any man that he is…
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Alien Life?
By Ben Thomsett
Ever thought that you belonged on another planet, or in another dimension? Was Schrodinger right? Questions that I have asked myself repeatedly this month. Nothing really surprises any more where boxing is…