Ronnie McCluskey

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  April 18, 1998: Eubank vs Thompson

  Chris Eubank was always a mighty specimen. Sleekly muscled during his reigns as middle and super-middleweight champion, it should have come as no surprise when he gatecrashed the ...

  On April 18, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Groves vs Eubank: Showdown In Manchester

  There was a time when few people took Chris Eubank Jr seriously, but it’s fair to say that time has passed. You only have to watch the sinewy ...

  On February 13, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  McIlvanney On Boxing

  A.J. Liebling will always be boxing’s literary standard bearer, his masterwork The Sweet Science certain to find appreciative fans through the generations. If there’s a top table of ...

  On February 8, 2018 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  At Long Last

  Since Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao trolled the sporting world to the tune of six hundred million dollars two years ago, boxing fans have craved a superfight. A ...

  On September 12, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Five Big Fights For The Big Men

  At the time Tyson Fury dethroned Wladimir Klitschko in November of 2015, there was just one match needed to determine the undisputed, number one heavyweight on the planet: ...

  On February 4, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Will Eubank Deliver?

  When Chris Eubank Jr. announced that he would face Renold Quinlan for the meretricious IBO super-middleweight title on February 4, he inadvertently provoked a tidal flow of derision. ...

  On January 17, 2017 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Another Mismatch Superfight?

  An unsettling trend which has emerged in the world of boxing in 2016 is the mismatch superfight, and with news that WBC cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew will move up ...

  On December 1, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Another Burns’ Night in Glasgow

  Promoter Eddie Hearn has not always saw fit to book Glasgow’s premier events venue, the SSE Hydro, for Ricky Burns and last night was only the second time ...

  On October 8, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Can Kell Brook Be The Next British Giant-Killer?

  The date with destiny is rapidly approaching for Kell Brook, and if he’s to have any hope of toppling fearsome middleweight ruler Gennady Golovkin, he must live up ...

  On August 17, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Bellew Bidding For Goodison Glory

  In boxing, football stadium fights have a certain dizzying appeal. Funnelling an army of 20 000 or more diehard fight fans into an open-air stadium creates an electrifying ...

  On May 27, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Superfight For Kell Brook?

  Back in August of 2014, following an ugly contest marred by excessive clinching and frequent rabbit punches, Kell Brook supplanted Shawn Porter as IBF welterweight champion. The unbeaten underdog ...

  On May 18, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  #MayPac One Year Later

  “Well, that happened.” That was my friend’s reaction to ‘the biggest fight in boxing history.’ The statement, made moments after the final bell, unintentionally but very concisely reflected ...

  On May 4, 2016 / By Ronnie McCluskey