Matt Christie
100 articles · BoxingNews
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10 Greatest Hits: The best performances of Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol
It has often been said that Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol is the best and most enticing fight to make in the entire sport, and that might well be true. The fighters…
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Lomachenko: I knew Rigondeaux was going to say ?No Mas?
AFTER a one-sided beating of Guillermo Rigondeaux that culminated with the Cuban retiring after six rounds citing a hand inury, Vasyl Lomachenko claimed he always suspected his rival would quit. ?Nothing he…
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MUST READ: Investigating Canelo-Golovkin judges as controversy predicted
?IF CANELO-GOLOVKIN is close, Canelo will get the nod from the judges because he?s the home fighter,? said lots and lots of people in Las Vegas this week. So it follows, then,…
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Sky Sports confirm Mayweather-McGregor breaks UK record for PPV buys
SKY SPORTS today told Boxing News that the Mayweather-McGregor event achieved in excess of 1m buys, and has broken the record set in April by Anthony Joshua?s titanic victory over Wladimir Klitschko.…
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The appeal of Manny Pacquiao vs Amir Khan
IN this week?s edition of Boxing News Matt Christie addresses Manny Pacquiao vs Amir Khan in his editor?s letter. Here?s an exclusive extract: AS is standard when Amir Khan announces a fight,…
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Richard Schaefer: ?Just because one fight doesn?t happen, that doesn?t make the whole sport bad?
SINCE leaving Golden Boy in 2014 under controversial circumstances, the man credited with being the mastermind behind the promotional giant has been itching to return. After spending much needed time with his…
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Matt Christie Andre Ward: The second fight would be even worse for Sergey Kovalev
ANDRE WARD brushed off the controversy that surrounded his hard-earned points victory over Sergey Kovalev, and exclaimed he was the right winner. Boxing News agreed with the 114-113 score that all three…
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For one night only, boxing is depending on Sergey Kovalev-Andre Ward
IT?S not so much a buzz out here in Las Vegas but an appreciative hum, ahead of the best matchup the sport has produced in recent years. It?s a contest that deserves…
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Why Liam Smith will give Canelo Alvarez a better fight than Amir Khan
PROMOTER Frank Warren speaks exclusively to this week?s edition of Boxing News magazine about Liam Smith versus Canelo Alvarez and much, much more. How important was it for you to deliver Canelo…
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Why Francisco Vargas-Orlando Salido should not be happening
WHETHER Francisco Vargas ate contaminated meat or not, the bottom line is he tested positive for a banned substance in the lead-up to a world title fight, and it goes ahead regardless.…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor ? the Boxing News view
ELVIS PRESLEY?S long and winding residency in Las Vegas concluded with him dying on the toilet floor, his swollen body bathing in his own vomit. By the end of his career he…
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Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor: The good, the bad and the ugly
In this week?s Boxing News, Editor Matt Christie goes deep into the implications of a Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor boxing match and his opinion does not shine a positive light on…
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Negotiations for Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin will happen now, says Oscar De La Hoya
CANELO ALVAREZ wants to fight Gennady Golovkin next after knocking out Amir Khan in the sixth round at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. According to the Mexican?s promoter, Oscar De La…
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Meet the Tecate Girls who stole Manny Pacquiao?s attention
ANYONE who has been to a big fight week in Las Vegas recently will have seen Janira Kremet [above, far right] wearing very little, and smiling a lot. A model by profession,…
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Canelo Alvarez?s trainer hoping to revenge Marco Antonio Barrera?s loss to Amir Khan
CANELO ALVAREZ?S trainer Eddy Reynoso hopes his fighter can get revenge over Amir Khan for the Englishman?s 2009 victory over Marco Antonio Barrera. Six months after being bombed by the unheralded Breidis…
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EXCLUSIVE Amir Khan on Canelo Alvarez, Gennady Golovkin and Floyd Mayweather
This fight was a shock to almost everyone. How did it come about? Canelo?s a tough guy and not many people want to face him, and when the name was offered to…
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George Foreman: ?When you fight for the heavyweight championship of the world it does feel unbelievable?
YOU famously wore the same shorts against Michael Moorer that you had worn 20 years before against Muhammad Ali. What was the thinking behind that? Everlast had made a series of trunks…
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The intense Carl Frampton-Scott Quigg weigh-in
THE day of the Carl Frampton-Scott Quigg weigh-in, the day before war, is tense. Even the local cabbies can feel it. Moments after taking one look at my Manchester hotel and informing…
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EXCLUSIVE Barry McGuigan: Do not compare me to Carl Frampton
CARL FRAMPTON recently turned 29 and this weekend, in Manchester, heads into the biggest fight of his life. The Northern Irishman, we?re told, is at his peak. He?s also eight months older…
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The new heavyweight boxing scene
DON?T let the sanctioning bodies fool you, there is only one king here. Britain?s Tyson Fury?s win over Ukraine?s long-term leader Wladimir Klitschko was a true passing of the torch moment in…