Kevin Mitchell
115 articles · The Guardian
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Boxing world deserves to see Mayweather v Pacquiao ? and soon
As predicted (by nearly everyone, it has to be said), Floyd Mayweather Jnr showed Shane Mosley and the rest of boxing why he is special. For all but a couple of passages…
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Heavyweight division lacking big fights and excitement, says John Ruiz
On the day boxing's premier attraction, Manny Pacquiao, threatened to walk away from the sport because his mother does not want him to fight any more, the perennial heavyweight contender John Ruiz…
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Manny Pacquiao back on the ‘Money’ trail after win over Joshua Clottey
Manny Pacquiao marches on. He threw 1,231 quality punches at Joshua Clottey in Dallas on Saturday night, and the 246 that landed heavily were enough to persuade the subdued Ghanaian that survival…
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Joshua Clottey to test Manny Pacquiao before Floyd Mayweather fight
Manny Pacquiao will do what most of boxing expects him to do under the stars in Texas tomorrow night: a number on Joshua Clottey in what might be a marginally tougher assignment…
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Talk of boxing’s demise is nonsense
One of the obviously good things about the internet is access. It allows us to trade views of varying wisdom right across the world in an instant. One of the bad things…
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Gym-shy Ricky Hatton is heading for a heavy fall
Ricky Hatton said before Christmas he was going to take a holiday in Australia with his girlfriend Jennifer and come back early in January to start getting in shape for a comeback.…
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Tim Bradley has the power to really test Britain’s Amir Khan
Rumours that Amir Khan wants to fight Tim Bradley this year are hitting the wires, and I hope they're true. He insists the second defence of his WBA light-welterweight title against Paulie…
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Floyd Mayweather wrong to compare drug test campaign with civil rights
None but romantics minded much when Floyd Mayweather Jr compared himself to Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. He's a great fighter, after all – and it was just his ego talking.…
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Evander Holyfield’s title dream: boxing is a funny old game
Boxing is a weird, weird business. You can be top of the Christmas tree one day, and the gum on the shoe the next. One night 10 years ago in London, a…
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Frank Warren’s pique at Amir Khan defection will not prove lasting
Frank Warren says he feels "gutted and let down" by Amir Khan, who has followed Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe out the door. "I should have learned my lesson by now," Frank…
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Amir Khan’s love of America is fuelled by the hate of British bigots
So, Amir Khan is leaving Frank Warren and going to America to join Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, possibly making his American debut against the flash New Yorker Paulie Malignaggi…
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Floyd Mayweather spurns compromise to end hope of Manny Pacquiao fight
Floyd Mayweather Jr, smarter in the ring than out of it, may have made the costliest blunder of his career by rejecting the late compromise Manny Pacquiao offered him to save their…
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Amir Khan-Ricky Hatton: new fuel for fight they said would never happen
In the deep heart of winter, with little to write about in the way of actual ring activity, boxing ticks over with rumours – and this has been a vintage January for…
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Floyd Mayweather spurns compromise to end hope of Manny Pacquiao fight
Floyd Mayweather Jr, smarter in the ring than out of it, may have made the costliest blunder of his career by rejecting the late compromise Manny Pacquiao offered him to save their…
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Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao eye up alternative opponent
Today the smart men of boxing were due to gather in New York and announce to the world that Manny Pacquiao would defend his WBO welterweight title against Floyd Mayweather Jr at…
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Why this crazy Pacquiao-Mayweather legal battle could turn ugly
When the anger that had been burning in Manny Pacquiao's perfectly flat and apparently legal belly for three months finally erupted in litigation, Floyd Mayweather Jr was rudely made aware that he…
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Manny Pacquiao’s camp close door on Floyd Mayweather over drug row
Brinkmanship rushed past stalemate towards suicidal promotional meltdown tonight when Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, declared he would announce the little Filipino's next opponent tomorrow – "and it won't be Floyd Mayweather…
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The Manny Pacquiao v Floyd Mayweather fight will happen
Rather like some of Naseem Hamed's ring entrances the lead-up to Pacquiao-Mayweather is turning into a prologue disproportionate to the event itself, grand as that potentially is. Even the Greatest Show On…
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Manny Pacquiao’s promoter agrees to blood tests to save richest-ever fight
The richest fight in boxing history came perilously close to being cancelled until Manny Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, agreed to Floyd Mayweather's request that his fighter be blood-tested for performance-enhancing drugs. The…
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Ricky Hatton contemplates comeback but says ‘Amir Khan is not on my radar’
Ricky Hatton will announce in February whether or not he plans to return to the ring, a spokesman said today , adding, "but Amir Khan is not on his radar at the…
