By Geoff Poundes There’s a gathering constituency slowly getting behind the persistent rumour that Ricky Hatton, former light-welter and welter titlist, is preparing to return to the ring. Hatton has never looked comfortable in retirement, and has only recently swapped his desk for the job of hands-on trainer to a growing stable of young fighters, and it’s been hard not … [Read more...]
David Haye And Dereck Chisora Resolve All The Issues Saturday Night in London
By Geoff Poundes It’s easy to forget in the maelstrom of sporting politics surrounding the event, that David Haye and Dereck Chisora’s heavyweight showdown on Saturday night is, at heart, a sporting contest. There’s no doubt that the fact that the fight now looks like it’s going to happen has major ramifications for British boxing, pitching as it does the sport’s … [Read more...]
Kell Brook Struggles To Points Verdict Over Carson Jones – Fails To Impress
By Geoff Poundes Kell Brook failed to take the major step towards international recognition he needed tonight when he barely outpointed American Carson Jones over twelve see-saw rounds at the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena. The unbeaten Brook, now 28-0, 18 KO's, took charge from the opening bell, and out-classed the ever willing Jones for six rounds before succumbing to the … [Read more...]
Kell Brook Promises Spiteful Beating of Carson Jones Satuday Night in Sheffield
By Geoff Poundes There’s a bit of spite in the air in the run-up to Saturday night’s IBF welterweight title eliminator between Britain’s Kell Brook and American Carson Jones. Of course, spite is de rigeur these days, and if fighters can’t feel it, their promoters ensure they can manufacture it, what with television audiences and ticket-buyers eagerly watching on. The … [Read more...]
Burns And Mitchell Sign For Best of British Superfight Sept 8th
By Geoff Poundes It’s a fight that has British fight fans salivating as Frank Warren finally unveiled the Ricky Burns versus Kevin Mitchell scrap, which has been signed for the SECC Arena in Glasgow on September 8th. The contest has been in the works for some time, and it pitches two of the UK’s foremost fighters against each other, with Burns’s WBO lightweight belt up … [Read more...]