Cain Bradley
68 articles · Boxing.com
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Pound for Pound
By Cain Bradley
For a while the top of pound for pound lists have been in flux with no real consensus. By now though, the top five has become almost universally agreed upon. The order…
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British Boxing Pound for Pound
By Cain Bradley
With many of the stars of British boxing on their way out or already retired, it is an intriguing time as the young replacements look to prove their worth. 1. Anthony Joshua…
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Twelve Rounds of 2018
By Cain Bradley
2018 surely has to be regarded as a strong year for boxing, despite the recent retirements of big names Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward and former stars like Manny Pacquaio fading into…
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Fantasy Fights: Winky Wright vs. Sergio Martinez
By Cain Bradley
Sergio Martinez only began to box when he was 20, having been a cyclist and footballer. He compiled an amateur record of 39-2. A broken hand put him out of action for…
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Top 30 Boxers of 2019
By Cain Bradley
Oleksandr Usyk will look towards the heavyweight division where his work-rate, speed and movement can cause trouble? 1. Oleksandr Usyk Wins: Mairis Breidis, Murat Gassiev and Tony Bellew Usyk is the man…
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The Gold Team (Part 3): The Aftermath
By Cain Bradley
After the Olympics, the country was riding a feel good wave of momentum. ABC had shown the Olympics to 180 million and boxing was one of the sports for which the intervening…
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Fantasy Fights: Miguel Cotto vs. Kostya Tszyu
By Cain Bradley
Kostya had a great drowning style, looking to keep the pressure on his opponent and find opportunities for counterpunching? Konstantin Borisovich Tszyu was born in the Soviet Union, near the Ural Mountains…
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Pound for Pound
By Cain Bradley
The boxers out there are all aiming for the top of the pound for pound rankings, but it can only be one man? It feels like boxing is in a great spot…
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What?s next?
By Cain Bradley
A good weekend of boxing, but for many it felt like a week where boxers were preparing themselves for bigger fights down the line? A good weekend of boxing, but for many…
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The Complicated Legacy of David Haye
By Cain Bradley
His legacy is a complex one. Haye perhaps summed it up best when stating ?I?m just as renowned for talking trash as knocking people out?? The career of David Haye was probably…
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Same old Khan
By Cain Bradley
Khan has always promised much since his mightily impressive Olympic run. He looked like he could become a superstar? Amir Khan got people talking with a brilliant knockout last weekend. He was…
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How good is Joe Joyce?
By Cain Bradley
He signed with David Haye who immediately suggested it would take him five or six bouts to get to world title level? No one seems quite sure how good Joe Joyce is…
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Regis Prograis?The Rougarou
By Cain Bradley
When he wore the mask to the ring for the first time, the crowd made it clear that Regis Prograis had made the right decision? A Rougarou is a werewolf type creature…
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The improved state of the heavyweight middle class
By Cain Bradley
Along with the top four who are not mentioned, these fighters compose the top fifteen heavyweights for most people? The heavyweight division is arguably at its most intriguing for over 15 years.…
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Ranking the best boxing US states
By Cain Bradley
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the standout boxers from a state which includes Stanley Ketchel, Kid Lavigne, Ad Wolgast and James Toney? The United States of America is a vast plain…
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Boxing Pound for Pound
By Cain Bradley
Lomachenko was one of a few men with a claim to the spot and he made the best case that he deserved it by defeating Guillermo Rigondeaux? 1. Vasyl Lomachenko With Andre…
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The Class of 2017
By Cain Bradley
2017 has been called the year which saved boxing. As is usually the case, reports of death were premature? 2017 has been called the year which saved boxing. As is usually the…
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Who will KelWho will Kell Brook return to fight?l Brook return to fight?
By Cain Bradley
Brook is coming off two stoppage defeats in world title bouts, but that is hardly shaming against Gennady Golovkin and Errol Spence? Eddie Hearn has referenced more than once that Kell Brook…
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Fantasy Fights: Israel Vazquez vs. Nonito Donaire
By Cain Bradley
Donaire was slowed by the continual attacks of Vazquez and finally in the tenth he goes down for the first time? Israel Vazquez made his debut in 1995 after a strong amateur…
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British Title Holders to World Champions?
By Cain Bradley
Most of the greatest British boxers of all time have held the belt before going onto bigger and better things? The Lonsdale Belt is held by the British Champion and is one…