Daniel Attias
18 articles · Boxing.com
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Joseph Parker to fight 5kgs lighter against Anthony Joshua in a bid to regain speed
THERE is much to be learned by looking back through boxing?s rich history. It was a sweltering day in July of 1919 in Toledo, Ohio when a former saloon fighter and one-time…
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What happened in Gennady Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez?s forgotten 2011 sparring session
GENNADY ?GGG? Golovkin and Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez will battle for middleweight supremacy this weekend but it won?t be the first time they?ve shared a ring. The idyllic mountain setting of California?s Big…
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Young Griffo: Boxer, Boozer and Beggar
?It will be said that what Shakespeare was to literature, what Napoleon was to military science, Griffo was to boxing.? Not bad for a drunk? Cockroaches scatter as the landlord opens the…
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Boxing history gives Jeff Horn hope against Manny Pacquaio
Manny Pacquiao doesn?t think too much of Jeff Horn. At least that?s the message that seems to be coming from the boxing legend?s gym in the Philippines. The rumblings coming out of…
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The Ghost of Les Darcy
I scan the graves of the many forgotten until I see one that towers above the rest. Here lies the body of a heartbroken man, James Leslie Darcy? It?s a grey and…
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The St. Valentine?s Day Massacre
Jake was never in the same league as Robinson when it came to boxing but you would have been hard-pressed to find a tougher man? It was February 14, 1929, on the…
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Vic Patrick ? Australian Idol
Patrick captured the imagination of Australian fight fans more than any other fighter had since Les Darcy some 30 years earlier? Victor Patrick Lucca, or Vic Patrick as he was known to…
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Lucas Browne?s Courageous Victory
After watching so many of their fighters beaten on the world stage in recent years, Browne brought a measure of respect back to the nation? The Russian republic of Chechnya is well…
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Jack Blackburn: Murder to Glory
?When Blackburn got drunk, his eyes turned blood red, he was ungovernable, mean and just plain bad, with his temper just a hair trigger away from violence?? Like a hurricane that makes…
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The Original Pambansang Kamao
Flyweight champion Pancho Villa was a whirlwind, a man with cat-like reflexes who fought every bout as if it were his last? It?s the humidity that first attacks your senses when you…
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Paddy Slavin?Pioneer of Prizefighting
Tough times call for tough men and ?The Sydney Cornstalk,? Frank ?Paddy? Slavin, was as tough as they come? Prizefighting in Australia at the turn of the 19th century wasn?t a sport…
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Long Road to Glory
Barry Michael?s story will forever be one of perseverance and his name will always be synonymous with that of his mate Lester Ellis? Lester Ellis was a boy, a mere 12 years…
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Clottey Silences Mundine with Sublime Performance
This was a dominant performance from Joshua Clottey, one which should see him return to the United States for some big fights? The Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales played host…
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Dempsey and Ruth ? Kings of the Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties were a time of great prosperity in America and they played host to two of the biggest sporting stars the world had ever seen? February 1929, Palm Beach, Florida;…
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The Title Cometh
An Australian bantamweight by the name of Jimmy Carruthers shocked the world back in 1952 at the tender age of 24? Australian boxing was crying out for recognition by the middle part…
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Garcia-Herrera Preview
Danny ?Swift? Garcia came of age last year. His win over the power-punching Argentine Lucas Matthysse in September was enough to silence the critics. The pre-fight talk was pure vitriol from many…
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Jackson vs. Corbett: The Birth of the Sweet Science
?Now two clever men really do not inflict half the punishment upon each other that the spectators and the public at large believe?? Boxing in the 19th century was a sport that…
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How Lionel Rose Inspired a Nation
Rose was named Australian of the year in 1968 following his world title and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire? Lionel Rose embodied the hopes and dreams…