Ricky Hatton

Editor: My past life with topless babes

independent.co.uk     11-Aug-2008   1 related          

So I'm at a party surrounded by friends and I'm nodding and smiling. I want my nodding and smiling to suggest that I'm OK and not feeling humiliated and shocked. They're looking back at me and I think they suspect that I'm...                    

'Pittsburgh Kid' Spadafora squares up for comeback

pittsburghlive.com     10-Aug-2008          

By Kevin Gorman TRIBUNE-REVIEW Sunday, August 10, 2008 ERIE -- Paul Spadafora is a living contradiction -- an undefeated former lightweight champion known as the Pittsburgh Kid who no longer calls McKees Rocks home and stands a...                    

Gavin's weight problems began in Britain, not Beijing

guardian.co.uk     09-Aug-2008   36 related          

It is not fair to blame Britain's Olympic boxing coaches for Frankie Gavin's failure to make weight Terry Edwards, at his third Olympics and celebrating his 64th birthday with his Great Britain boxers in the Olympic village...                    

Health scare forces US boxer out

bbc.co.uk     08-Aug-2008   34 related          

Russell won a world bronze in 2005 and was an Olympic medal prospect USA boxer Gary Russell Jr has been forced to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics after collapsing while struggling to make his weight. After a workout in a...                    

Celebrities join Daily Mirror's blitz on blades

mirror.co.uk     08-Aug-2008   1 related          

Mirror launches women's stand against stabbings Super Model Naomi Campbell said: "I totally support The People's March. There are far too many young people carrying knives and too many people are dying." Boxer Amir Khan agreed:...                    

Joe Calzaghe, Roy Jones Jr. to fight Nov. 8 at Madison Square Garden

k-litefm.com     08-Aug-2008   31 related          

By: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - Joe Calzaghe will face Roy Jones Jr. on Nov. 8 at Madison Square Garden in a light heavyweight fight that was rescheduled after the undefeated Welshman sprained his wrist in training. The...                    

Williams a forgotten man at welterweight

sacbee.com     08-Aug-2008          

By Lyle Fitzsimmons, Sports Network - But don't think for a second that Paul Williams has lost his sense of humor. "Tell Manny I'll split my purse with him if he lets me take his place in that fight," he said in a Tuesday...                    

Beijing Olympics: British Boxing's 2008 class

telegraph.co.uk     07-Aug-2008          

With eight boxers travelling to Beijing, Gareth A Davies casts his eye over four hoping to be household names by the end of the Olympic Games. Four of the best: Khalid Yafai, Joe Murray, James Degale and David Price will fly...                    

Graham: I was sacked by Hatton

salfordadvertiser.co.uk     07-Aug-2008   2 related          

SALFORD trainer Billy Graham insists that he has been sacked by Manchester star Ricky Hatton. Graham, aged 53, retired from the sport on Friday. And, contrary to the Hatton camp’s version of events, he claims to have announced...                    

Browne's controversy masterclass

manchestereveningnews.co.uk     07-Aug-2008          

CONTROVERSY and art have long been natural bedfellows. It's a view Mancunian painter Michael J Browne shares - and one he is happy to spend time debating. Michael caused a few gasps in the Church ten years ago when he depicted...