By Geoff Poundes There’s a growing and earnest constituency that believes the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City Saturday night will provide the backdrop to the final swansong of evergreen boxer-cum-Peter Pan figure Bernard Hopkins. The 47-year-old Hopkins has, of course, graced his sport professionally for some twenty-five years, and for many of those he’s turned in … [Read more...]
Cleverly Wins but Fails to Impress
By Geoff Poundes This evening, at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena in Wales, Nathan Cleverly fell short of confirming his arrival as a legitimate world champion when he took apart the challenge of American Tommy Karpency over twelve routine rounds. Cleverly, now 24-0, 11KO’s, retained his WBO light-heavyweight title when Karpency was comprehensively out-worked over the … [Read more...]