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by Tom Drury: I have been following boxing for many years, also been engaging in debates on boxing websites. It seems some fans of the sport don’t have the basic understanding of the sport they love and how it is run. This article is aimed at what many fans claim is “ducking” of a fighter. “Ducking” is a phrase aimed at a fighter that does all he can to avoid a fellow fighter or waits while that fighter is past his best to fight him.

Last Saturday night after almost a year’s absence with supposed cards falling through and no television support to attract big fights a small hall classic was on offer for the nearly packed house. The undercard saw Belfast’s Luke Wilton get some ring time before his long over due shot at the British Flyweight title which will hopefully take place in Liverpool some time in March. Luke stalked his opponent Stefan Slavchev in the opening round before a blitz in the second forced the referee to call the bout to a halt. Wilton now moves to 13(7)-2-1 and really needs a step up in class soon.

By Clinton Hudson: Our beloved Sport of Boxing has a very rich history with some wonderful memories, legacies, role models, heroes and villains. It has taken some great leaps in relation to coverage of the sport with TV, internet via Wi-fi, 3G & 4G mobile phones, Tablets and mass exposure on the new giant of entertainment, computer games. It is now global with the recent success of the Olympic Games in London 2012.

By Gareth Rees: The amateur tournament World Series of Boxing (WSB) starts again this month for its third season and for the first time will have a British team taking part. The WSB is run by the Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA).

By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions is eager to line up Miguel Cotto (37-3, 30 KO’s) to be an opponent for their star in the making WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in 2013. Cotto is the #2 pick for Golden Boy to put in with Canelo after they make an effort to get the #1 guy Floyd Mayweather Jr. to face Canelo.

Cotto seems to be interested in facing Alvarez, and why wouldn’t he? It’s a big money fight if Mayweather isn’t available to fight Cotto again or Manny Pacquiao doesn’t show any interest in fighting Cotto at the full weight for the junior middleweight division.

By Jack Tarpey: Well it appears it is actually happening Freddie Flintoff (real name Andrew) will be stepping into the ring for his first professional outing as a heavyweight boxer come 30th November on Boxnation, which is the same night Price defends his British heavyweight title from previous British/European champion and former kick boxer Matt Skelton.

By Chris Williams: 33-year-old Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KO’s) is setting a limit of 2013 for a mega fight against unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (43-0, 26 KO’s).

Pacquiao said to primerahora.com “It [Mayweather fight] will be in 2013 or never.”

Pacquiao shouldn’t even be talking about fighting Mayweather at all, period. Not with Pacquiao having a fight against Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO’s) on December 8th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.