Boxing
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This week, an exhibition opens in London that honours the man whose charm, wit and courage, not to mention astonishing boxing skills, made him the greatest sportsman of the 20th century
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Hugh McIlvanney, who wrote for the Observer for more than 30 years up to 1993, has retired aged 82. In September 1980 he reported from Los Angeles on the tragic end to Johnny Owen’s challenge for the world bantamweight title
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Hugh McIlvanney enriched us all with the depth, wit, precision and vision of his writing, which will be sorely missed now he has retired
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Barry McGuigan said Carl Frampton would eventually be regarded as ‘the best Irish fighter of all time’ after his comfortable points victory over Scott Quigg in Manchester
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Crawford defends WBO junior welterweight title with fifth-round TKO of overmatched Hank Lundy
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Round-by-round report: Terence Crawford defends his junior welterweight title against Hank Lundy. Follow all the action with Bryan Armen Graham
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Carl Frampton takes on Scott Quigg for the title of WBA and IBF super-bantamweight champion at The Manchester Arena, both fighters putting their unbeaten status on the line
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Carl Frampton beat Scott Quigg on a controversial split points decision to retain his IBF world title and take his opponent’s WBA belt
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An exhibition of The Greatest, Rory McIlroy takes on Trump course, Peter Sagan on the cobbles, Sam Eggington in the ring and Mercedes let loose on track, here’s this week’s ...
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Bryan Armen Graham: The Omaha fighter tabbed to succeed Mayweather as America’s next big thing readies for his Madison Square Garden debut
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Wladimir Klitschko, the Atlanta 1996 super-heavyweight champion, could take advantage of a rule change to compete in the Olympic Games again
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Dr Wu’s suggestion that boxing at the Games becomes professional raised many an eyebrow but amateurism now sits at the fringes of sport’s biggest event
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Professional boxers will become eligible to compete in this summer’s Rio Olympics under proposals being pushed through by the world governing body
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On Saturday Carl Frampton takes on Scott Quigg in a world super-bantamweight unification bout, a fight that may have happened four years ago but for the differences between their respective managers, Barry McGuigan and Eddie Hearn
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The man who guides Carl Frampton’s career says all the hot air before the IBF super-bantamweight champion faces the WBA title-holder, Scott Quigg, means nothing
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Chuck Wepner, whose title fight with Muhammad Ali inspired Sylvester Stallone, aims to halt rival movie’s challenge to his forthcoming biopic starring Liev Schreiber
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With no fewer than 13 versions of world titles held by British boxers the sport looks ready to return to terrestrial screens, even if it is unlikely to be for free
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The Philippine elections commission has been asked to stop the Las Vegas bout with Timothy Bradley because it would give Filipino senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao undue publicity
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Carl Frampton has said he will not be hurried against Scott Quigg in their super-bantamweight unification bout in Manchester which has been a long time coming
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Charles Martin said he was a risk-taker and he believed beating Anthony Joshua in the first defence of his IBF heavyweight title would change his life
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Sportblog Manny Pacquiao's anti-gay rhetoric permanently mars his legacy
Bryan Armen GrahamThe Filipino champion’s remarks show he is a man so ignorant he doesn’t understand the impact of his own words -
Manny Pacquiao says that he respects Nike’s decision to sever ties with him over his comments about gay relationships
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Nike has criticised the boxer Manny Pacquiao after he hit out at same-sex couples
Australia's Lucas Browne wins heavyweight boxing world title