By Liam Santiago: Former Olympic Gold Medallist, Audley Harrison, has said on his official website that he wants to challenge fellow heavyweight, David Haye, to an all British show down. Harrison dared Haye to ‘send him into retirement’, although Harrison sounds very confident that he could be victorious. The pair used to be close friends but have since had a falling out. Would boxing fans rather see this than Haye vs Valuev?
British Boxing
Atlas: “Hatton just doesn’t know how to fight”
By Scott Gilfoid: ESPN boxing analyst Teddy Atlas doesn’t appear to be too impressed with the fighting ability of Ricky Hatton, saying in an interview with David Tyler of Doghouse Boxing, “Hatton just doesn’t know how to fight, I hate to say that but obviously he didn’t learn from Mayweather how to fight.”
Ricky Hatton’s Rise And Fall: His Fans Fault
By Tom Stokes: As a fighter Ricky Hatton has been criticised for being named in the same sentence as fighter such as Pacquiao and Mayweather, he’s been called “overrated” plenty of times, but it’s not really his fault, part of Hatton’s career success has also been his undoing as well, I’m talking about his fans, in my opinion if Hatton was fighting in alleyway outside his favourite boozer, his hoard of adoring fans would line up to pay good money for it.
Ricky “The People Champion” Hatton – A Career to be Proud of
By Shaun Campbell: Many are still talking about Ricky Hatton’s defeat to Manny Pacquiao. People still asking whether he would have beat Manny if he had been better prepared. That debate is all well and good, but people are forgetting what a fantastic career Ricky’s had. This article is not about whether Ricky was ever good enough to become pound for pound number one or whether other factors stopped him beating Mayweather and Pacquiao, it is purely about the highlights through his boxing life.
I’ve Lost a lot of Respect for Amir Khan
By Liam Santiago: As a boxing fan, and a boxing expert I might add, I am beginning to lose much of my respect for Amir Khan. Compared to other boxers at his level he seems to show no desire to want to prove himself against the best. Let’s take Timothy Bradley, who was in action last night. This guy is only three years older than Khan and undefeated in twenty five bouts.
2009 – A good year for British Boxing
By Mark Boyles – The new year brings some good news for British boxing fans.. Firstly there’s all the talk of Hatton and Pacquaio. As a fight, it should be one to watch, with arguably two of the best pound for pound fighters in the world. Pacquaio hasn’t been hit with anything close to the power that Hatton has, and hasn’t been tested at this weight. I’d not call the Oscar De La Hoya fight a test personally, given the way that fight played out, and the way Oscar went in to it. It should be an amazing fight. Given the pay per view figures for De La Hoya and Pac-man, I am left wondering if it will happen in Vegas though, as surely it would make more sense to hold the fight in London in front of 80,000 fans and many more on UK TV than it would to offer it up to a disinterested American public on Pay Per View. I’d say it’s a fight that could go either way too, which makes it a much more interesting affair than Hatton-Mayweather II would be.