British Newspapers

It seems that any one can write for a uk paper on boxing now.

I scanned the sport section of my Daily Mirror today and came across a small picture of Hatton so i read the tiny article. In it, it described Jose Luis Castillo as a 'wuss' because he went down from Hattons viscious body shot and branded the possible Malignaggi-Hatton fight a no-risker for The Hitman. I also recall several over mistakes I have been infuriated by over the years. I remeber Calzaghe being described as one of the best british middleweights ever even though he campaigns at 168 and I also recall Gati being described as a quick, boxing slickster when he is more of a brave, heart-filled warrior. Finally, when Jermaine Taylor beat Hopkins for the first time in a fight which was very close, Taylor was described as 'boxing masterfully'.

I do enjoy cloums written by people who know boxing. Barry Mcguigan (Daily Mirror, i think) and Frank Warren's (News of the world) columns are always a good read (despite the latters always have a tendency to be biast towards his own fighters). But sometimes the coverage is a disgrace.

Anyone else remember any completely of the mark statements in newspapers from around the world or Is also made angry by this.

You know mate Warrens News of the world section is not good.
i was reading it on the toilet on sunday , and oooppps no toilet paper
so i used the Frank Warren section to clean up :0
The fact is more S*** came off the paper than my a** !!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
HAIL FRANK WARREN AN HONEST HONOURABLE STREIGHT TALKING DIAMOND OF A HUMAN BEING ;D
NOW THAT WAS SARCASTIC :)

Warren no longer writes for the News of the world if anyone cares,Last Sunday was his last one for them.

I'm not saying its great but it's better than some of the others about, at least he can write a few columns without talking some B.S (actually, wait a minute....)

That London SPORT paper, the free one which comes out every friday , listed Calzaghe is a Pro 3 weight world champion

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Originally Posted by Poom

That London SPORT paper, the free one which comes out every friday , listed Calzaghe is a Pro 3 weight world champion

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WE REST OUR CASE :)

Warren used that NOTW section to bi weekly attack Hatton and other than that simply tell us what we already knew ::**

There is an article posted at the Hatton site writen by a US journalist, proper wanker. Castillo's shot and I knew all along, Castillo is a quitter, Ive had a spar or two in my time and I know what its all about blah blah blah, the usual.

A lot of us have a crack at writting, sometimes its good sometimes its not so good, but I'd bet its always factually correct. Some off these muppets havent got a clue.

2 weeks ago it had an article in which they had interviewed De La Hoya in it said that he has ruled out a fight with hatton. Oh and it had hatton saying in 1 of the papers today that Americans cant take it when a British fighter or any other nations fighter for that matter beats an american, they are cry babies.

some paper are still saying hatton and calzaghe are still the IBF champions...

Hey, at least they cover boxing. I buy the Boston Globe on sunday because they used to cover boxing. Their head writer, Ron Borges, got suspended for plagarism (I believe). They haven't had a boxing column for months. You're lucky if you get a sentence or two in the miscellaneous sports news. If you don't favor baseball, football, basketball or hockey you're basically out of luck. Oh, add in tennis golf, sailing and motor racing.

Yeah, the Daily Mirror called the Castillo fight his Las Vegas debut. He fought in Vegas in January against Urango, as we all know.

The papers are FFing useless. I get all my boxing news off the web now anyway.

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some paper are still saying hatton and calzaghe are still the IBF champions...

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Yeah, I've seen this on numerous occasions.

It's not just the papers...

They've taken the link off now, by Skysports.com had a headline "Taylor retains IBF middleweight crown against spinks"

I also remember BBC reporting Hatton vacated the IBF welterweight title he beat Collazo for.


Alot of the media seems to be a bit "boxing knowledge retarded" at times.

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Warren used that NOTW section to bi weekly attack Hatton and other than that simply tell us what we already knew ::**

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you forget his weekly rants about the UFC and how much there fighters get paid compared to boxing

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Originally Posted by Sugar_Shaw

It seems that any one can write for a uk paper on boxing now.

I scanned the sport section of my Daily Mirror today and came across a small picture of Hatton so i read the tiny article. In it, it described Jose Luis Castillo as a 'wuss' because he went down from Hattons viscious body shot and branded the possible Malignaggi-Hatton fight a no-risker for The Hitman. I also recall several over mistakes I have been infuriated by over the years. I remeber Calzaghe being described as one of the best british middleweights ever even though he campaigns at 168 and I also recall Gati being described as a quick, boxing slickster when he is more of a brave, heart-filled warrior. Finally, when Jermaine Taylor beat Hopkins for the first time in a fight which was very close, Taylor was described as 'boxing masterfully'.

I do enjoy cloums written by people who know boxing. Barry Mcguigan (Daily Mirror, i think) and Frank Warren's (News of the world) columns are always a good read (despite the latters always have a tendency to be biast towards his own fighters). But sometimes the coverage is a disgrace.

Anyone else remember any completely of the mark statements in newspapers from around the world or Is also made angry by this.

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Coverage is wank normally.....

Even so called experts like Barry McGuigan and Colin Hart seem to be a bit clueless at times. I was gobsmacked that nobody on Setanta could remember Collazo's name. Sometimes feels like they gather all the sports writers and whoever draws the short straw has to report on boxing.

It always seems like they are trying to appeal to the average sports fans rather than the actual boxing fans

oh the sun is the funniest by far
They get more interested in the dodgy shit party Hatton has after and what Roony will be wearin than what happened in the fight
and either sun or notw are still saying Castillo fought for no money
Frank Warren oh come on you guys know he'sfantastic
best thing that eva happended to boxin :Sarcasm: ;) ;) ;)