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Sudden death of a too-old ego
IT WAS the fight that should never have happened, and Australia’s most controversial sportsman will have to live with the humiliating result, says Chief Writer RON REED More »
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Boxing’s big boys set to land blows
BOXING fans have two mouth-watering bouts coming up, but scheduling problems need to be sorted out, as PETER COSTER reports. More »
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Big defeat, big question marks for The Hornet
SO WHAT now for Jeff Horn, whose boxing career hit a brick wall in Las Vegas? RON REED reports. More »
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Ringside at the White House
DONALD TRUMP was handing out a pardon, plus some advice to the pugilists who gathered at the White House, as PETER COSTER reports: SELLING SEATS on the White House lawns may be President Trump’s next foray into world boxing after inviting some of its biggest n... More »
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Boxing’s Bronze Bomber offers up a golden purse
THE BS is flowing thick and fast as the heavyweights talk up the millions on offer for “The Fight of the Century”. PETER COSTER reports More »
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Ref turns spoiler as the big boys try to belt it out
AN INTRUSIVE referee can ruin a decent heavyweight scrap, as PETER COSTER reports. More »
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Anthony Joshua casts a giant shadow in the ring
THERE is action aplenty on the way among the heavyweights. PETER COSTER runs his tape over the big boys. More »
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When Festival Hall roared with raw ringside racket
IT WAS a TV hit in more ways than one. TV Ringside brought boxing bouts right into the family loungeroom and launched some champion Australian fighters on to the world stage. PETER COSTER looks back on the gory, glory days at the old House of Stoush. More »
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The first Mundine was a fighter with flair and fists to match
ANTHONY MUNDINE’S father TONY fought the best in the world and deserved to be rated among the greats of the boxing game. PETER COSTER recalls his spectacular career: More »
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Unbeaten American – and big $$$ – wait for Jeff Horn
STILL THE champion, now Australia’s only world champion boxer Jeff Horn has to step up to bigger, more dangerous and more lucrative challenges, writes RON REED More »
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The menacing Russian who hammered our man in Monaco
WHEN THE young boxer from Slacks Creek in Queensland stepped into the ring in Monaco he was in for a brief but brutal experience, as PETER COSTER recounts: A BUNCH OF Russians looking like a bunch of Russians in dinner suits stood around looking just as danger... More »
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Horn is the hero,hear, hear, hear!
RON REED says the judges got it right – boxer Jeff Horn earned his world title the hard way, but earn it he did: YOU GET THE best possible view of boxing matches by sitting at ringside even if it does mean you sometimes end up being spattered by blood, sweat a... More »
