By Geoff Poundes There’ll be few more anticipated contests in the coming season than this weekend’s all-British affair between Ricky Burns and Kevin Mitchell. Burns will be making the second defence of his WBO lightweight title (proper), but this is one of those sporting occasions where the baubles on offer are less important than the sport itself – pitching as it does … [Read more...]
In the Land of the Blind, the Man with One Eye is King: Heavyweight Boxing in the Doldrums.
by Geoff Poundes It’s been a heavyweight season to forget, for varying reasons – most of them involving the Klitschkos, who continue to foist their own peculiar brand of mediocrity on the division and on the sport in general. On some level it’s difficult to be too critical of the brothers grim – it’s perhaps not their fault that for the last half-decade or so their … [Read more...]