Anybody that visits this site will know how passionate I am about raising awareness of mental health, reducing stigma and encouraging people to be able to seek help when they are struggling. I am very[…]
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Category: Boxing
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Anthony Joshua & the Reclamation of the Greatest Prize in Sport
Time was the heavyweight championship of the world was the greatest prize in sports and the heavyweight champion of the world bestrode the globe like a colossus; men like Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis,[…]
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The Greatest Of All Time, For All Time – A Tribute to Muhammad Ali
The Greatest is gone. The flame that roared furiously throughout the 1960s and 70s, that faded but continued to burn brightly over the following four decades, is extinguished. But Muhammad Ali’s light will never truly[…]
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You Can Fool Some of the People, Some of the Time… But You Can’t Fool Yourself
Yes. I. Can. In less than 10 minutes, lying prone at the feet of David Haye, it was brutally, conclusively clear that no, Audley Harrison couldn’t. Fourteen years earlier one of my all-time favourite boxers,[…]
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Rocky Balboa Changed My Life
Rocky Balboa changed my life. Really. 30 years ago, almost to the day, I sat down with my family and watched Rocky 2. I had previously tried to watch the original Rocky but gave up[…]
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