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GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART II

GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART II

GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART II By: Peter Mann, Head UK & Eire Editor With the semi-finals having been successfully traversed there was to be three fighters from Team GB and one from Ireland, in the boxing finals, in three weight divisions. This meant that the […]

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GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART I

GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART I

  GOLDEN FINISH TO A GREAT GAMES FOR GB AND IRELAND’S BOXING FRATERNITY – PART I By: Peter Mann, Head UK & Eire Editor It was supposed to be the Games that boxing came of age, more so with the addition of women’s boxing for the first time. For the USA though this was not […]

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DOUBLE GOLD AS THE HOME LADIES CREATE HISTORY

DOUBLE GOLD AS THE HOME LADIES CREATE HISTORY

DOUBLE GOLD AS THE HOME LADIES CREATE HISTORY By: Peter Mann Head UK & Eire Editor History was created on the afternoon of Thursday 9th August in the inaugural finals of the Women’s Boxing. Immortality was etched out for that of Team GB’s Nicola Adams in the 51kg final, and Team Ireland’s Katie Taylor in […]

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MARLEN ESPARZA: THE COVER GIRL EXTRAORDINAIRE AND BOXER SUPREME

                                    ESPARZA: THE COVER GIRL EXTRAORDINAIRE AND BOXER SUPREME By: Craig Johns There’s nothing unusual about a girl applying a bit of make-up before she goes out, right? A bit of blusher, some mascara and some nice perfume … no nothing unusual there. Well in the case of Marlen Esparza, actually it is a […]

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DESTINY RISES FOR HOME OLYMPIANS

DESTINY RISES FOR HOME OLYMPIANS

DESTINY RISES FOR THE HOME OLYMPIANS By: Peter Mann, Head UK & Eire Editor   It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.                                 Winston S. Churchill (1874-1965) Controlling the destiny of an individual is what those fighters that are representing both […]

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