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By George Kimball / Boxing notes Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Added 3m ago It’s hard to imagine a more impressive trifecta than the one Manny Pacquiao has pulled off in the past 11 months: making back-to-back-to-back victories...
For my lunch on Friday I had a vegetarian main course. That is an unusual occurrence. I am pathetically reluctant, as most men are, to move away from the idea of a chunk of protein as being the centrepiece of a meal. Anyway,...
By Mike Dickson Tennis Correspondent Fears that the giants might one day overrun tennis are nothing new, as shown by the fact that Arthur Ashe addressed the subject shortly before his untimely death in 1993. Which brings us to...
David Haye could face Bernard Hopkins next year, according to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer. Haye took the WBA heavyweight title with a majority-decision points victory over Nikolai Valuev at the start of November...
David Haye discovered just how painful a night on the tiles can be when he took on Jimmy Twite. World heavyweight champion Haye managed to go 12 rounds against 7ft Russian Nikolai Valuev without a glove being landed on him....
Two years ago Britain was hailing seven professional world champions, two of whom - Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe - were regarded as the true number ones in their weight class and worthy of pay-per-view status across the pond.
If John Ruiz finds a way to upset WBA heavyweight champion David Haye next spring in London it will not be the biggest upset in boxing history. If I don’t think that I’ll under-perform.’’ Many have argued Haye (23-1, 21 KO)...
The Proteas have tried to inspire antagonism, but are England too nice to sledge? It must be frustrating for Graeme Smith and Mickey Arthur. Their normal whipping boy, Kevin Pietersen, is keeping an uncharacteristically low...
David Haye's memorable points win in Germany over Nikolai Valuev recently not only saw him become the first British heavyweight champions since Lennox Lewis, but also saw him clamber to the top of our domestic 'pound-for-pound'...
By Gavin McCafferty, Press Association Sport Former world super-featherweight champion Alex Arthur admits taking on light-welterweight Nigel Wright is a risk, but he feels he needs a stern challenge to re-ignite his ambitions...
