By Clive Bernath: It is rather ironic that Audley Harrison's 17th and last fight on the BBC against Poland's Tomasz Bonin was both his finest and most controversial in equal measure. 
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By Clive Bernath:
When Ricky Hatton steps into the ring for his latest WBU light-welterweight title defence at the MEN Arena in Manchester on June 5, both the thousands of Sky Sports viewers tuning in to watch the 'Hitman' and the 15,000 plus army of Hatton supporters, will expect to see a genuine world class fighter in the opposing corner.
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By Clive Bernath:
When a new year begins it is a traditional trait for most boxing writers, and fans come to think of it, to reflect on the past 12 months and dream up their own wish list of fights they want to see in 2004.
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By Clive Bernath:
When a new year begins it is a traditional trait for most boxing writers, and fans come to think of it, to reflect on the past 12 months and dream up their own wish list of fights they want to see in 2004.
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By Clive Bernath: Around this time last year I wrote an article entitled //www.secondsout.com/uk/column_49692.
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By Clive Bernath When Miami –based Jamaican Glengoffe Johnson meets Clinton Woods (picture //www.mr-will.co.uk/">Mr.
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By Clive Bernath: It never ceases to amaze me that a fighter does not know when to retire.
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By Clive Bernath: Unless you’re a diehard boxing fan you will never have heard of Birmingham welterweight Peter Buckley.
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By Clive Bernath: Former WBC super-middleweight champion Richie Woodhall held a press open day to publicise his new Box-A Circuit Gym in Hive Street, Amblecote, Birmingham on Thursday (Nov 14), and has been inundated
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By Clive Bernath: British boxing over the last five or six years has suffered seriously from a dearth of natural talent but hopefully the year ahead will prove that Britain can produce genuine prospects that will
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By Clive Bernath Bradford’s British & Commonwealth light-welterweight champion Junior Witter has told SecondsOut that he will ‘destroy’ WBU king Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton when the pair meet in an all British showdown,
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For a few brief hours it appeared Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson, two of the biggest players in the poker game which has effectively crippled the heavyweight division, had shown their hands. But the announcement of match
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By Clive Bernath There have been many colourful and informative documentaries made over the years involving practitioners of the sweet science and last week’s Sonny Liston, The Champion That Nobody Wanted was by no
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By Clive Bernath The new British boxing season is but a few weeks away and there are some excellent domestic match-ups out there to be made. But, for one reason or another, these fights rarely come to fruition, mainly
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By Clive Bernath Unbeaten light-welterweight prospect Ricky Hatton is, of course, a fine talent. But is he really the genuine article; ready to overtake the mantle of Lennox Lewis and Naseem Hamed as Britain’s No.1
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By Clive Bernath: Former two-time WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide (left) is reportedly looking better than ever in training, ahead of his live BBC-televised bout against Zambian journeyman Joseph Chingangu in
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By Clive Bernath: British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Danny Williams (left) confirmed to SecondsOut.com today that he has signed a three year deal with the world’s finest ever promoter, Don King. Hooking up
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By Clive Bernath: Kettering heavyweight Derek McCafferty should provide enough of a test against Olympic super-heavyweight champion Audley Harrison at the Telewest Arena in Newcastle tonight to give a fair indication of
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By Clive Bernath Joe Calzaghe’s reward for impressively stopping American Will McIntyre in his ninth WBO title defence two weeks ago earned him the British Boxer of the Year award on Sunday (October 21). The Welshman is
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By Clive Bernath Preparation is everything in boxing. The noble art is like no other sport. In order to succeed in the square ring, a fighter must be in top shape, both physically and mentally and, just as importantly,
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By Clive Bernath: If Olympic super-heavyweight champion Audley Harrison (left) learned anything from Saturday’s six round points win against tough Scottish journeyman Derek McCafferty, it was that there needs to be
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By Clive Bernath: Joe Pyle Jr’s latest show takes place at the Brewery, Chiswell Street in London on October 4, with former heavyweight prospect Pele Reid headlining against Deeside’s Mal Rice. Britain’s youngest
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By Clive Bernath First of all, I’d like to humbly apologise to Lennox Lewis for doubting his ability in regaining the heavyweight championship of the world against American Hasim Rahman last weekend. In my column last
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By Clive Bernath In an era where it is commonplace for promoters to overhype average fighters, it is refreshing when the genuine article does eventually arrive. The ‘genuine article’ in question, for me
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By Clive Bernath The British Boxing Board of Control has contributed immensely to making boxing safe for its participants over the years and probably done as much for a boxer’s welfare in the ring as any other boxing
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By Clive Bernath: It pains me to say it but British boxing over the last year has reached an all time low. Whether we like it or not, boxing in the UK is still very much a minority sport despite Olympic
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By Clive Bernath: The name Lou DiBella is synonymous with exciting world championship fights and compelling television programming over the last 10 years. Between 1989 and 2000, DiBella was senior executive at HBO
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By Clive Bernath: As Olympic super-heavyweight champion Audley Harrison continues his quest for world glory, against giant American Julius Long at the Wembley Conference Centre on April 20, SecondsOut assistant editor
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By Clive Bernath Mike Lewis, the Head of Boxing Strategy for terrestrial broadcasters BBC has confirmed to SecondsOut.Com that they plan to stay in boxing for the long term. It is excellent news for both the boxing fan
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By Clive Bernath: Much has been documented lately about, not only Audley Harrison's choice of opponents and ability but also the BBC's coverage since they decided to launch themselves as a main boxing broadcaster
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