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Daniel Dubois: Revealing moments from the past
The career of Daniel Dubois can be compared to Anthony Joshua’s in several ways: the vaunted fight-ending power; the suggestion of questionable punch resistance and stamina; the humbling defeats; the regular switching of training teams; the rebirths.
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Anthony Joshua: Revealing moments from the past
Anthony Joshua’s adult life, as he’s gone from petty criminal to amateur standout to Olympic gold medalist to professional king to ex-champ, and now to rejuvenated contender, says plenty about the levels of determination and dedication that lies with...
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Whether or not Daniel Dubois almost put Anthony Joshua to sleep is irrelevant
We know that Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois sparred many years ago. The tales from those sessions gathered pace when Frank Warren used them to talk up Daniel Dubois’ chances of one day ruling the heavyweight world when he signed him back in 2017. N...
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Why are today’s leading boxers fighting less frequently than they were 30 years ago?
Presuming there are no mishaps in the coming months, the world’s leading boxing stars will average just under two fights each for 2024 and when you examine their activity since 2021, that figure drops further. It falls some way below their counterpar...
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Naoya Inoue breaks down TJ Doheny, with date in America on the horizon
The “Monster” Naoya Inoue was left picking bits of TJ Doheny out of his teeth after savaging his prey in seven rounds inside Koto-Ku’s Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Afterwards, it was confirmed by promoter Bob Arum that Inoue will next have his customary en...
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Yoshiki Takei digs deep in the last round to outpoint brave Daigo Higa
Yoshiki Takei retained his WBO bantamweight title via close 12-round unanimous decision over the plucky, and perhaps unlucky, Daigo Higa. The scores – 115-112 and 114-113 (twice) – told the story of how close this contest was as Takei recovered from...
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Caleb Plant promises to ‘figure out’ being called a quitter by Trevor McCumby
Trevor McCumby may regret labelling Caleb Plant a quitter ahead of their September 14 showdown. Plant is a former IBF super middleweight champion and has only lost twice in a 24-fight career that, in recent years, has been conducted at a level to...
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‘Why is Mike Perez ranked fifth at heavyweight?’ and other questions
Every month, I waste hours studying the rankings of each of the sanctioning bodies. I have been undertaking this pointless exercise for something approaching 40 years – which is testament to my hopeless and unfathomable devotion to boxing.
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Big-fight preview: Jarrett Hurd vs. Jeison Rosario
Amid the layoffs and losses endured by Jarrett Hurd and Jeison Rosario were likely moments when they resisted, wrestled with, and realised the truth that boxing, for now, is what they were put on this earth to do. At some point on Wednesday night, du...
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The 20 most unforgettable one-punch knockouts
There is no climax in sport as dramatic and violent as the one-punch knockout. Angelo Leo was the latest orchestrator of such a finish when, on Saturday one fateful blow ripped Luis Alberto Lopez from consciousness in the 10th round of a nip-and-tuck...