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Mon 15-Mar-2010
Comment by Paul Upham: While others today will focus on the ring action of Manny Pacquiao’s dominate performance in beating the extremely tough Joshua Clottey, I want to record the most important knockout win of the night - boxing’s triumph over its many critics.
The crowd of 50,994 people at the US$1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium, for a boxing match not ever considered the best match they could be made this year, was an impressive performance. Titled “The Event”, by co-promoters Bob Arum 
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Thu 11-Mar-2010
By Paul Upham: Old heavyweight rivals Smokin’ Joe Frazier and Joe Bugner came face to face once more in Sydney on Thursday 11th March 2010. Former undisputed heavyweight great Frazier flew from the USA to Australia to help the Hungary born Bugner celebrate his 60th birthday. It was their fourth meeting since they fought in 1973.
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Sun 7-Mar-2010
By Paul Upham: WBC/WBA super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan cruised to an easy unanimous points decision win over courageous Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California on Showtime.
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Sun 7-Mar-2010
By Paul Upham: Australian Lenny Zappavigna kept his undefeated record intact and won the vacant IBO lightweight boxing world title with a disputed unanimous points decision win over Fernando Angulo on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California on Showtime. The fight was the main support bout to Vic Darchinyan-Rodrigo Guerrero.
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Thu 4-Mar-2010
By Paul Upham: WBC/WBA super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan will give arch rival Nonito Donaire one last chance to accept a rematch with him. The “Raging Bull” defends his world titles against Rodrigo Guerrero on Saturday night at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California on Showtime.
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Fri 5-Feb-2010
By Paul Upham: Now that the contracts for the May 1 Floyd Mayweather Jr-Shane Mosley welterweight boxing match have been signed, SecondsOut can reveal a stunning component of their agreement. In signing off on the deal, Mosley has given Mayweather complete control over the drug testing to be implemented, apart from any testing that is required by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
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Wed 27-Jan-2010
By Paul Upham: A delayed renewal of his USA working visa has cost Sakio Bika the chance to fight for a place in the prestigious Super Six super middleweight boxing tournament on the American Showtime television network.
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Thu 21-Jan-2010
Comment by Paul Upham: A brand new year is upon us, a new decade as well. In boxing, everything is new again, but don’t let the sun obscure your view of the stars. Yes, we have seen this all before in boxing, an out of the ring controversy surrounding the making of a super-fight, but there is still plenty of other positives in the boxing universe.
The Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny Pacquiao non-fight is a huge disappointment for all in boxing. The biggest match for 2010 would see the sport riding
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Tue 12-Jan-2010
By Paul Upham at ringside: Garth Wood showed what a truck load of determination and making the most of an unforseen opportunity can do for a stalled boxing career. The former NRL rugby league player defeated Kenyan Kariz Kariuki on points over seven rounds on Monday night to become the first The Contender Australia champion.
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Mon 11-Jan-2010
By Paul Upham at ringside: Former WBA super middleweight and IBO middleweight boxing world champion Anthony “The Man” Mundine won a relatively easy twelve round points decision over Robert Medley on Monday night at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, even if it was not reflected on the official scorecards.
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Sun 10-Jan-2010
By Paul Upham: After ten straight weeks of intriguing drama and ring action, the new television boxing tournament series The Contender Australia reaches its conclusion on Monday night with a live final between Garth Wood and Peter Kariuki. The match will be the main support to the Anthony Mundine-Robert Medley clash at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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Mon 4-Jan-2010
By Paul Upham: It seems Anthony Mundine won’t be heading down to junior middleweight after all. The International Boxing Organisation has confirmed that they have withdrawn sanction of Mundine’s fight with Robert Medley for the vacant IBO junior middleweight world title on Monday January 11.
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Sat 26-Dec-2009
By Paul Upham: It is always dangerous to write off any undefeated boxer so quickly. The experts were predicting a win for WBA super featherweight boxing world champion Jorge Linares in Japan on October 10, 2009, but Juan Carlos Salgado had other ideas. Not only did he win by TKO in less than one round, he produced SecondsOut’s Upset of the Year.
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Sun 6-Dec-2009
By Paul Upham: It was a busy time in Sydney last week and not just with all the excitement and happenings surrounding the Danny Green-Roy Jones Jr boxing match. I also found time to squeeze in an appearance in the new Channel 9 television series “Underbelly 3: The Golden Mile”.
Cast in a small role, I appeared in two scenes for the 2010 series, which will premiere on the Nine free to air network in March. Upon arrival at the production operations centre in Palmer Street, I was processed throu
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Wed 2-Dec-2009
By Paul Upham in Homebush: If Roy Jones Jr’s career as an elite boxer wasn’t over after his consecutive knockout losses to Antonio Tarver and Glen Johnson in 2004, it certainly is now after the future Hall of Famer was knocked out in less than one round by Australian Danny “Green Machine” Green, who retained his IBO cruiserweight boxing world title on Wednesday night at Acer Arena in Sydney.
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Tue 1-Dec-2009
By Paul Upham: It was Tuesday morning March 25, 2008 and Danny Green was driving to his retirement press conference in Perth, with his wife Nina and children Chloe and Archie in the car. “Nina was still asking me, ‘are you sure this is what you want to do?’” Green had told SecondsOut. “I switched on the radio and you wouldn’t believe what came on the radio.” It was Green’s signature entrance song, ‘Land Down Under’ by Men At Work, which had accompanied him to the ring on so many occasions
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Tue 1-Dec-2009
By Paul Upham in Pyrmont: Danny Green and Roy Jones Jr fronted a huge crowd indoors at Star City Casino in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon for their official pre-fight weigh-in. The two boxers will battle for the IBO cruiserweight boxing world title on Wednesday night December 2 at Acer Arena in Homebush, Sydney.
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Mon 30-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: If it was a case of who was trying to best show their cool, Danny Green’s foot thongs below his suit won out over Roy Jones Jr’s ‘Wrecka” work overalls to take apart the “Green Machine”. The boxers fronted the media on Monday morning at Star City Casino to promote their Wednesday night battle at Acer Arena in Homebush, Sydney.
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Thu 26-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: Shannan Taylor may not yet have achieved all of his goals in boxing, but he feels what he has produced over a seventeen year career still deserves respect. The “Blaster” claims that Les Sherrington has disrespected him in recent days and will pay for it dearly.
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Wed 25-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham in Milsons Point: Who says that the lead-up to a world title fight for a boxer has to be boring with a total focus on boxing? One week from his cruiserweight IBO title fight with Danny Green on December 2, Roy Jones Jr spent some time fishing on Sydney Harbour on Wednesday afternoon.
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Tue 24-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham in Pyrmont: After flying into Sydney on Sunday, a relaxed and accommodating Roy Jones Jr worked out in front of lunch time fans at Star City Casino on Tuesday. The 40 year-old former pound for pound king faces Australian Danny Green on Wednesday December 2.
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Fri 4-Dec-2009
Comment by Paul Upham: There was a certain familiarity in watching Mikkel Kessler’s performance against Andre Ward in Oakland on November 21. With his proven reputation of being a dominate fighter with a knockout punch, the expectation was that at some point the “Viking Warrior” would hurt the American Gold medallist and establish the outcome of the fight. But it never occurred. Just like his passive performance against Joe Calzaghe in November 2007, it was an amazingly unremarkable performance
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Fri 20-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: WBC/WBA super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan flew out of Australia on Friday headed for training camp in Las Vegas. The “Raging Bull” faces WBC No.1 Tomas Rojas on December 12 at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, televised in the USA on Showtime.
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Sun 22-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: The new television boxing tournament series The Contender Australia continued with Episode 2 on Monday night November 9 at 8:30pm on the FOX8 channel. The live finale of the tournament will be held on January 11, 2010.
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Thu 12-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: IBO welterweight boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou and challenger Matthew Hatton both made weight at Thursday’s official weigh-in. The fight will be held on Friday night November 13 at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, Staffordshire, presented by Hatton Promotions.
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Wed 11-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: It is the biggest boxing match of the year and has the most intensive advertising and marketing plan. As hard as Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto are working in the gym to be ready for their Firepower battle on Saturday night November 14, behind the scenes at HBO a dedicated team has been working day and night with promoter Top Rank to sell the super-fight to the masses.
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Mon 9-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: IBO welterweight boxing world champion Lovemore Ndou arrived in London on Saturday and immediately taunted Manchester’s Hatton brothers Matthew and Ricky.
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Sun 8-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: Almost two years after their first fight, light heavyweights Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson battled for a second time with the same result. Once again, Dawson won a unanimous twelve round points decision at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday night, televised in the USA on HBO World Championship Boxing. The twelve round match was for the WBC Interim / IBO light heavyweight world titles.
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Mon 9-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: The new television boxing tournament series The Contender Australia premiered on Monday night November 2 at 8:30pm AEST. The FOX8 channel, Foxtel’s highest rating cable platform, will televise the hourly series over ten weeks, leading to a live finale on January 11, 2010.
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Sat 7-Nov-2009
Comment by Paul Upham: As Nikolay Valuev walked to the ring at Arena Nürnberger in Germany on Saturday night to defend his WBA heavyweight boxing world title against David Haye, the live band playing him in sang the chorus, “Not Again, Not Again”. Millions of British fans were probably thinking the same thing when ring announcer Michael Buffer announced Judge Juan Manuel Garcia Reyes’ scorecard of 114-114.
Luckily for Haye and his supporters, live in attendance and watching around the world,
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Sat 7-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham: Perth based Ugandan boxer Jackson Asiku won the vacant IBO featherweight boxing world title with a brutal 8th round knockout win over Mexican Heriberto Ruiz on Friday November 6 at Parramatta Leagues Club in Sydney, NSW, headlining an Angelo Hyder Fight Night.
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Sat 7-Nov-2009
By Paul Upham in Cronulla: Boxer/promoter Ryan Waters continued his winning run in defending his WBO Oriental junior middleweight boxing title with a 4th round TKO victory over Fijian Opeti Tagi on Friday night November 6 at the Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club in Sydney, NSW.
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Thu 29-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: The new television boxing tournament series The Contender Australia arrives ‘down under’ on Monday night November 2 at 8:30pm AEST. The FOX8 channel, Foxtel’s highest rating cable platform, will televise the hourly series over ten weeks, leading to a live finale on January 11, 2010.
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Wed 28-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: After his shock loss on July 11, WBC/WBA super flyweight world champion Vic Darchinyan is not wasting any time in attempting to get his career back on track. The two-division world champion defends his titles on December 12 on Showtime against Tomas Rojas at the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, USA.
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Tue 27-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: This coming Monday night November 2 sees the arrival of The Contender Australia to the screens of FOX8 on cable television ‘down under’. The officially licensed spin off from Mark Burnett’s American version replicates the four original boxing series with one major difference. The eventual champion not only receives a title belt and large cash prize, but also a guaranteed fight with world champion Anthony “The Man” Mundine in 2010.
There were many obstacles to overcome in gettin
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Mon 26-Oct-2009
Comment by Paul Upham: It was Groundhog Day all over again for the long suffering Andrew Golota fans. Has a heavyweight boxer ever before promised so much only to deliver so little?
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Wed 21-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: It was more a track meet than a boxing match. IBO middleweight boxing world champion Anthony Mundine cruised to a unanimous ten round points decision victory in a non-title match against Argentine Alejandro Falliga on Wednesday night at the Silverdome in Prospect, Tasmania, Australia.
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Mon 19-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: In case you didn’t know it, IBO middleweight boxing world champion Anthony Mundine is a wanted man. Walking down George Street in Sydney City on Monday afternoon, on the back of a bus I saw a large photo of “The Man” surrounded by fourteen other boxers from Australia and New Zealand who all want a piece of him. The Contender Australia tournament has arrived!
Filmed at a secret location in Homebush over a ten week period in August and September, The Contender Australia series fo
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Mon 19-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: The opening night of Showtime’s Super Six super middleweight boxing tournament had immediate success. The best boxers in the division competing in meaningful bouts in front of passionate live audiences in compelling fights. That’s what boxing needs!
Saturday night’s double-header from Berlin and London proved once again that boxing is a sport to be reckoned with when television executives, promoters, managers, sanctioning bodies and the boxers give fans exactly what they want
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Mon 12-Oct-2009
The 7th Annual Induction Dinner for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame was held on Saturday night October 10 in the Members Dining Room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Over 400 people were in attendance and the night was a tremendous success.
Flyweight Henry Nissen and junior middleweight Troy Waters were inducted in the Modern category and were popular guests on the night. Waters observed that speaking to the audience in accepting the award was harder than facing “Terrible” Terry N
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Fri 9-Oct-2009
Ever wanted to know what I get up to every day? Now you can see for yourself firsthand as I give you an in-depth look into my world. The new five episode documentary series of The Nest by Freehand Productions - starring yours truly & family – continues on Saturday night October 10 at 7:30pm AEDT on SBS 1 Television in Australia.
I had camera crews to following me around everywhere for a period of 8 weeks from March to May 2009 with unrestricted access to my life. It is not just about boxing,
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Thu 8-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham in Melbourne: The Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame held a press conference at the National Sports Museum on Wednesday October 7 to announce the 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees. Australian and Commonwealth flyweight champion Henry Nissen will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame on Saturday night, along with Troy Waters in the Modern category.
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Fri 9-Oct-2009
It is Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Weekend this coming Saturday night October 10 in Melbourne. The 7th Annual Induction Dinner will be held in the Member’s Dining Room at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
This will be the 3rd dinner at the MCG and the 4th dinner hosted by yours truly. A great honour for me to be involved. To be handling the reigns of the nights’ proceedings with so many of Aussie boxing greats present is special. Lionel Rose, Johnny Famechon, Barry Michael,
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Sat 3-Oct-2009
By Paul Upham: Former pound for pound leader Roy Jones Jr continued the promotion for his next fight against Danny Green in Australia with an outdoor appearance and boxing training session in busy Martin Place, Sydney City on Thursday morning October 1.
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Wed 30-Sep-2009
By Paul Upham in Sydney: The last time they met outside the ring in Biloxi, Mississippi in August it was all smiles. But the mood was decidedly different at the Quay Restaurant in Circular Quay on Wednesday morning when Danny Green and Roy Jones Jr fronted the media to promote their IBO cruiserweight world title boxing match on December 2 at Acer Arena in Homebush.
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Fri 4-Sep-2009
By Paul Upham: While he remains one of the most recognisable boxers on the planet after his starring role in a golden era of boxing, Sugar Ray Leonard doesn’t look like a former fighter. His face is smooth and clear. The record book says he is 53 years of age, but he doesn’t look a day over forty. As sweet as he looked in the ring during his prime, retirement seems to be agreeable to the Hall of Famer with the biggest and brightest smile in the room.
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Mon 31-Aug-2009
By Paul Upham: While they have other important fights in front of them before the end of the year, one of the matches boxing fans would most like to see in 2010 is Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hall of Fame legend Sugar Ray Leonard says that is the sort of fight which can help lift boxing back to where it once stood at the top of mainstream sport.
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Sat 29-Aug-2009
By Paul Upham: Australian thee-division boxing world champion Jeff Fenech feels honoured to be nominated among the top ten best ever featherweights as part of the World’s Greatest Ever Boxer event to be held in Las Vegas, USA over 2-4 October 2009.
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Tue 18-Aug-2009
Comment by Paul Upham: If you ever dreamed of wanting to see Roy Jones Jr back at his best one more time, it was all there for you on Saturday night against Jeff Lacy in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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Sun 2-Aug-2009
By Paul Upham in Cronulla: Boxer-promoter Ryan Waters came from behind and won by 8th round TKO stoppage to retain his WBO Oriental junior middleweight boxing title against Shannon McMahon on Friday night July 30 at Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club in Sydney, NSW. The twelve round match headlined a Water’ Left Hook Promotions card.
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