James Slater
100 articles · EastSideBoxing.com
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Somsak Sithchatchawal Vs. Mahyar Monshipour – Could It Be The Greatest Prize Fight Ever Captured on Film?
A good friend of mine, who, along with being a semi-pro bodybuilder, owns a vast collection of fight films, recently loaned me a copy of the Somsak Sithchatchawal-Mahyar Monshipour fight. I had…
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Pac-Man-Marquez II – A Fight For The Ages!
The argument as to just who deserved the decision after Saturday's instant classic between Manny Pacquaio and Juan Manuel Marquez, in their superb rematch, will no doubt go on for some time.…
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De La Hoya At 35 – Planning His Busiest Year In The Ring Since 1999!
Oscar De La Hoya turns 35-years-of-age this coming Monday (Feb 4th). Yet despite having reached what can certainly be called a somewhat advanced age for a boxer who is not a heavyweight,…
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Five Boxing Predictions For 2008
The truly great news that cruiserweight powerhouses David Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli are finally set to meet has inspired me to make a few boxing predictions for the new year. Kicking off…
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Boxing 2008 – Shaping Up To Be An Even Better Year For Fight Fans Than 2007
The year is almost over, and fight fans may be feeling a touch anti-climatic right now. With one of the biggest and most brilliantly hyped fights of 2007 now over ( you…
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Barrera And Morales – Who Was The Greater Fighter?
Now that they are both almost certainly retired from the sport that made them both loved and respected, it is time to think about who should go down as the overall superior…
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Picking The Fighter/Fight Of The Year – It’s Gonna Be Tough This Year!
With less than three months of this year to go, many boxing writers (myself included) are no doubt thinking already who will likely be given the award for fighter and fight of…
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Mexico’s Best Ever – The Five Greatest Mexican Fighters Of All-Time: Chavez, Sanchez, Morales, Lopez and Barrera
After Erik Morales’ desperately close brush with history making on Saturday - in which he was unfairly denied the glory of becoming the first ever fighter out of Mexico to have won…
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Badges Of Honour – Some Of The Worst Cuts And Facial Wounds In Recent Boxing History
The Michael Katsidis-Csar Amonsot fight on Saturday night’s under-card in Las Vegas got me thinking. Not so much because of the fight, or the performance of either man - though both guys…
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Pacquiao-Barrera II – Does Marco Have Any Kind Of A Shot?
One of the most eagerly awaited rematches in recent lower weight-class history finally takes place in October. On the 6th, in Las Vegas, Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao meets fellow great Marco "The Baby…
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After Saturday Night’s Action – My New Top-Ten Pound-4-Pound Ratings
For the first time in a long while, Britain can lay claim to having not one, but two boxers near the top half of the sport's pound-for-pound best fighters in the world.…
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Pacquiao Vs. Soto – Will Manny Fall To Humberto Too?
We all saw what the excellent Humberto "La Zorrita" Soto did to Manny Pacquiao's brother, Bobby, at the weekend. The question is, will the Mexican tough guy be able to do the…
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Mr. Mayweather – The Most arrogant Man In Boxing Today?
Most readers, when they first clap eyes on the above headline, will no doubt think I am yet another boxing writer having a go at the self proclaimed "Pretty Boy" of pugilism,…
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Mr. Mayweather – The Most arrogant Man In Boxing Today?
Most readers, when they first clap eyes on the above headline, will no doubt think I am yet another boxing writer having a go at the self proclaimed "Pretty Boy" of pugilism,…
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Five Fights I’d Like To See In 2007
Sure, there are some great, or at least potentially great, fights being staged in the coming year. But there is always more the matchmakers can do. And, without wanting to sound greedy,…
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The Final Pound-4-Pound Boxing Ratings Of The Year – For Period Ending December 22nd 2006
There is little over one week left in the year. Therefore the following pound-4-pound ratings are probably the last ones you will read before 007. This coming year will hopefully give us…
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Is Manny Pacquiao Now Pound-4-Pound The Best On The Planet?
With his ruthlessly awesome destruction of Mexican legend Erik Morales in the rubber match of their series this past weekend, Filipino warrior Manny Pacquiao proved just how unstoppable a force he really…
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Marco Antonio Barrera – Mexico’s Greatest Ever Fighter!
Marco Antonio Barrera did it again on Saturday (May 20th). He gritted his teeth and fought in the trenches to pull out a very close, but by all means honest, victory over…
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Naseem Hamed – Does The Prince Belong In The Top Ten Greatest Ever Featherweights?
Now that we can all pretty much take for granted the fact that Naseem Hamed's career is over as a prize fighter, what with his jail sentence, it is time to evaluate…
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Pacquiao v Barrera II – A Prediction
There is a storm in his eyes when he is in the ring. He sweeps across the canvas like a typhoon and, more often than not, leaves his opponent looking like the…
