Boxing

Box On – But is it Only Good in the Short Term?

As mentioned previously on this site next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow face the prospect of having two star attractions on the track not take part, Britain’s Mo Farah and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt. At the start of this week they

A Prickly Issue

A month ago we ran a story about an Italian athlete being caught using a false penis to avoid being found positive from a drugs test (What a Dick) it now appears that Mike Tyson used a substitute penis himself to

We Should Remember Them

Mental illness in the old is appearing to be far more prevalent in modern society, and it is an incredibly cruel illness, to those who suffer it and those around them. Many British sports fans will be sad to hear

Vale: Ken Norton

It was sad to wake up this morning and hear that overnight former heavyweight champion boxer Ken Norton passed away at the age of 70. Norton took up boxing when he was in the Marines, and his pro career started

Hitting the Jackpot

For those who were astounded by fooballer Gareth Bale’s transfer fee of GBP85.3million from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid, this has paled into insignificance when you look at this weekend’s big bout in Las Vegas between Floyd Mayweather jnr and