Lucian Parfitt
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Is Brewster The Man To Light up The Heavyweight Division?
It is with a degree of sympathy that I wonder what Andrew Golota had expected when he looked across the ring before his WBO title fight with Lamon Brewster. Recent form would suggest this would surely be fourth time lucky, having come tantalizingly c...
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Cotto Gets By, With a Little Help From His Friends
Miguel Cotto defended his WBO junior welterweight title on Saturday, but in highly contentious circumstances. Cotto did appear to be on his way to victory after knocking down Corley twice and forcing him to take a knee, but it was clear to most that...
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Eastman vs. Hopkins: Parallels to Honeyghan vs. Curry in 1986?...Perhaps Not.
On Saturday night Howard Eastman will attempt to pull off perhaps the biggest upset from a British fighter since Lloyd Honeyghan shocked the world verses Donald Curry (a man for whom greatness seemed assured). Eastman like Honeyghan is a world class...
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Welterweight Division at Forefront Again? Ask Oscar
For the first time since the anti-climactic De la Hoya-Trinidad showdown in 1999, the division looks set to be illuminated again. This time, with a set of new protagonists mixed perhaps, with some familiar names. The rematch between the skillful but...