With the first two round under Whitaker’s belt, the tone is set for the rest of the fight. For the majority of the contest, Whitaker and Vasquez...
As Ramirez went on to lose the following contest against Chavez by technical decision (a cut opened by a clash of heads sending the match to the...
"You see what you're doing?" Duva kept asking as they ran the tape twice. "You're moving straight in and he's unloading on you." "But that's the...
The street fighting instincts seemed to kick in, though many punches were high, wide or handsome, yet every connection would send a capacity crowd...
It was time to come home. With an offer of a substantial payday to fight Chris Eubank, Benn would put aside his own desires to take on Thomas...
Chapter 2 Nigel Benn vs Gerald McClellan 25th February 1995, London Arena, London ‘****ing hell, Nigel, you’ve really got him in...
Thanks for the kind words. As for where I am from, originally London. I now live near the south coast of the UK in a place called Haywards...
Yeah, I realised pretty quickly that it was all a bit farcical. However, it allowed me to have a look back at prime Duran in the research, so that...
Yeah, brilliant stuff all round really. The only rule I've tried to stick to is one match per fighter, and vaguely a match from every month. I...
Cheers for reading and for the feedback. To be honest, the original plan for these was to post them in places where people who knew more about...
It has to be believed that the only reason we ever saw a Duran vs Pazienza II in January 1995 was the bad blood that seeped into every aspect of...
After summoning up some of the old fistic magic at the age of thirty eight to defeat Iran Barkley for the WBC Middleweight Title, and one last...
This is going to be a (hopefully) ongoing collection of essays about boxing in 1995. It was the year I fell in love with boxing, and was always a...
