Kevin Mitchell
115 articles · The Guardian
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Can Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao super-fight save boxing?
There was a time ? before many of those reading this were born ? when live boxing on free-to-air television (although the phrase did not exist then) entertained a generation of Americans…
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Floyd Mayweather is a great but some way off being the greatest ever
We will be reminded regularly between now and 2 May that Floyd Mayweather is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, the most gifted practitioner of the fighting arts since Sugar Ray…
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Floyd Mayweather cannot keep Manny Pacquiao waiting much longer
The clock is tolling its closing seconds over Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather this weekend, and there is nothing either of them can do to beat the count. If these two extraordinary…
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Floyd Mayweather to finally fight Manny Pacquiao, but now no one cares
Floyd Mayweather, boxing?s ultimate control freak, is teasing Manny Pacquiao yet again. The WBC welterweight champion claims he ?absolutely? wants what was once the most anticipated fixture in sport to happen, but…
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Amir Khan will fight Manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather vows De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya, who would seem to have unshakable faith in Amir Khan, says he is determined to secure him a fight against Manny Pacquiao or ? less likely ? Floyd…
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Manny Pacquiao: ?I changed when I heard the voice of God?
It is disconcerting to stand a foot away from Manny Pacquiao?s soft brown eyes ? which are no more than a couple of feet from his hard brown fists ? and hear…
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Floyd Mayweather denies showing signs of decline in Las Vegas win
Glimpses of the real Floyd Mayweather are rare, so carefully does he massage his image and so dutifully do those around him comply with each swing of his mood. As Amir Khan…
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Floyd Mayweather has lots to ponder in run-up to Marcos Maidana fight
Floyd Mayweather can hardly have imagined his carefully massaged hold on the media would be hijacked on the eve of his 46th professional fight by the aged owner of a failed basketball…
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Floyd Mayweather’s rumoured LA Clippers move is the talk of Las Vegas
The hottest rumour in Las Vegas this week is a good one, even by the gambling capital's overheated standards: that Floyd Mayweather is about to buy the LA Clippers. The story was…
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Bernard Hopkins ready to write a fresh chapter against Beibut Shumenov
It is long odds that Bernard Hopkins had access to the writing of Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez in 1982, the year the celebrated Colombian writer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Hopkins…
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Boxing deserves a noble fight, and Manny Pacquiao should provide it
Boxing deserves a memorable fight, a clean and noble contest unsullied by controversy. It should get one in Las Vegas on Saturday night. And if, as I expect, Manny Pacquiao goes toe…
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Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley: rematch may settle split opinions
It is an old boxing maxim that fighters talk more sense after a fight than before ? and Timothy Bradley's contention this week that he beat Manny Pacquiao eight rounds to four…
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Amir Khan may have found his fight – a rematch with Danny Garcia
Danny Garcia says he wants to move up to welterweight after a miserable performance in hanging on to his 10st title in Puerto Rico on Saturday night ? and who better to…
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Why Amir Khan has been saddled with an empty diary and nowhere to run
Few boxers in recent times have missed the boat as spectacularly as Amir Khan. The morning after a night of fevered activity in which it was confirmed Marcos Maidana has beaten him…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr is still the ring king ? but a fragile one
There is nothing in sport to match the electricity that rips through thousands of voyeurs and other interested parties gathered in the semi‑dark around a boxing ring, united in their celebration of…
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Sa?l Alvarez seeks to exploit flaw in Floyd Mayweather Jr’s playbook
There ought to be no secrets to the genius of Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has, after all, been such a boxing luminary for 17 years, as loud and bright as an atomic…
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Floyd Mayweather’s fight with Canelo Alvarez captures the imagination
There is not a lot of love for Sa?l "Canelo" Alvarez in Las Vegas. The bookmakers do not fancy him, the experts are not convinced, former fighters likewise, and Floyd Mayweather, his…
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Floyd Mayweather gambles in taking Sa?l Alvarez now rather than later
Over the years, Floyd Mayweather Jr has won and lost millions gambling. He has decorated his adopted city of Las Vegas with the style of an old-time loudmouth, literally throwing his money…
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Manny Pacquiao vs Mayweather – a bout that may never happen
Macau: It says much about Manny Pacquiao?s situation that confirmation of his comeback fight after being knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez last December, against another last-time loser in Brandon Rios in…
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Freddie Roach: I don’t care if Amir Khan loses to Carlos Molina
Freddie Roach says Amir Khan's assertion that his Parkinson's disease had eroded his ability as a trainer is hurtful and untrue, and has also claimed that the fighter's team recently asked him…
