Shaun Brown, Author at The Fight City

April 1, 2000: Klitschko vs Byrd

April 1, 2021April 4, 2021 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Ariel Hernandez, Chris Byrd, Dr. Ironfist, Fritz Sdunek, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Herbie Hide, Ike Ibeabuchi, Larry Merchant, Lennox Lewis, Nicholas Walters, Nomaschenko, Razor Ruddock, Vasyl Lomachenko, Vitali Klitschko, Wladimir Klitschko

When a prizefighter decides he has had enough for the night and signals surrender, a variety of attitudes and opinions

The Top Twelve

Top 12 All-Time Greatest Scottish Boxers

January 25, 2021January 27, 2021 Shaun Brown 18 Comments alex arthur, Alexis Arguello, Benny Lynch, Jim Watt, Ken Buchanan, pat clinton, Ricky Burns, Roberto Duran, Scotland, tancy lee

Happy Robbie Burns Day, fight fans! Despite the ravages of Covid-19, it’s still a day to celebrate for all Scottish

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Colin Hart: From Caracas To Kinshasa

October 31, 2020November 1, 2020 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Ali vs Foreman, Bob Waters, Colin Hart, Don King, Foreman vs Norton, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Muhammad Ali, Zaire

For almost six decades, renowned British sports writer Colin Hart has covered the good, the great, and not so great

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A Cold Blooded Treat

July 31, 2015August 2, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward, Artur Beterbiev, Kathy Duva, nadjib mohammedi, Sergey Kovalev

There’s a brutality and an ice coldness that makes Sergey Kovalev vs Artur Beterbiev a chilling prospect to look forward

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Sam Eggington: The Evolution Of ‘The Savage’

July 22, 2015July 16, 2020 Shaun Brown 1 Comment Britain, Carl Froch, Eddie Hearn, England, glenn foot, Sam Eggington, Scott Quigg, Shayne Singleton

Sam Eggington wanted to be a journeyman. The Birmingham welterweight wasn’t looking for anyone to mould him into a contender;

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Mark Your Calendar!

June 29, 2015July 1, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Arthur Abraham, Carl Frampton, hank lundy, Keith Thurman, Luis Collazo, Mauricio Herrera, Miguel Cotto, robert stieglitz, ruslan chagaev, Scott Quigg, Sergey Kovalev

So what do we have June to thank for? The reappearance of Miguel Cotto? Yeah, thanks. Deontay Wilder vs Eric…

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Mark Your Calendar

June 1, 2015June 2, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Amnat Ruenroeng, Andre Ward, Callum Smith, Christopher Rebrasse, Daniel Geale, David Lemieux, Delvin Rodriguez, Deontay Wilder, Eric Molina, Erislandy Lara, Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam, Jerry Tomogdan, Jessie Vargas, Jesus Cuellar, John Diel Casimero, Joseph Parker, Lee Haskins, Miguel Cotto, Miguel Marriga, Nicholas Walters, Paul Smith, Robert Berridge, Ryosuke Iwasa, Shawn Porter, Thomas Oosthuizen, Timothy Bradley, Vic Darchinyan, Wanheng Menayothin, Yakup Saglam

If the month of May was a woman then the first date didn’t go so well. Floyd Mayweather vs Manny

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Something’s Got to Change, Frankie

May 31, 2015May 31, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Chris Algieri, Denton Vassell, Frankie Gavin, Kell Brook

Something’s got to change, Frankie. Frankie ‘Funtime’ Gavin was given an opportunity last night. An opportunity to show the world that

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Fight Night In The U.K.

May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Anthony Joshua, Craig Evans, Dave Ryan, Eddie Hearn, Evgeny Gradovich, Frank Warren, Frankie Gavin, John Ryder, John Wayne Hibbert, Jorge Linares, Kell Brook, Kevin Johnson, Kevin Mitchell, Lee Selby, Nick Blackwell, Scotty Cardle

The weigh-ins are done, words have been exchanged, hands have been shook and Michael Buffer now knows that Kevin Johnson

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Luke Campbell Is Learning Fast

May 26, 2015May 27, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Anthony Crolla, Darleys Perez, Eddie Hearn, Jorge Linares, Kevin Mitchell, Luke Campbell, Ricky Burns, Tommy Coyle

Luke Campbell may look like butter wouldn’t melt but there’s a killer instinct about him that’s growing by the month,

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“James, What The Hell Were You Thinking?”

May 23, 2015July 29, 2019 Shaun Brown 4 Comments Andre Dirrell, James DeGale, Lennox Lewis

As a Brit, I should be elated that one of our own has crossed the Atlantic and won a world

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The Book On James DeGale

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Andre Dirrell, Billy Joe Saunders, Eddie Hearn, Frank Warren, Frankie Gavin, George Groves, Hennessy Sports, James DeGale, Olympics, Sakio Bika

One day James DeGale will publish his autobiography. His face will adorn the front cover and the title could range

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Exclusive Interview with David Price

May 12, 2015November 1, 2015 Shaun Brown 1 Comment Alexander Ustinov, Anthony Joshua, David Price, Dereck Chisora, Mariusz Wach, Ondrej Pala, Tony Thompson, Yaroslav Zavorotnyi

David Price has been to hell and back, twice, thanks to Tony Thompson and a two-fight tale of defeat, woe

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Mr Burns Goes To Texas

May 6, 2015May 7, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Al Haymon, Omar Figueroa, PBC, Ricky Burns

Boxing’s Last Chance Saloon is an establishment never short of customers and some, like veteran barflies, have been propped up

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Mark Your Calendar

May 5, 2015May 5, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Alexander Povetkin, Amir Khan, Andre Dirrell, Anthony Joshua, Anthony Mundine, Austin Trout, Billy Dib, Billy Joe Saunders, Bradley Skeete, Brunet Zamora, Callum Smith, Chris Algieri, Chris Eubank Jr., Evgeny Gradovich, Fedor Chudinov, Felix Sturm, Frank Buglioni, Frankie Gavin, Frankie Gomez, Gennady Golovkin, Grigory Drozd, Ilunga Makabu, James DeGale, James Kirkland, Jamie McDonnell, Jomthong Chuwatana, Jorge Linares, Joseph Lamptey, Joshua Clottey, Kell Brook, Kevin Mitchell, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk, Lee Markham, Lee Selby, Luke Campbell, Matthew Macklin, Mike Perez, Mitchell Smith, Omar Figueroa, Ray Beltran, Ricky Burns, Roman Gonzalez, Sam Eggington, Saul Alvarez, Takashi Miura, Takashi Uchiyama, Thabiso Mchunu, Tomoki Kameda, Willie Monroe Jr.

The month of May doesn’t normally excite me. Spring is in the air but, if you happen to be from

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The MayPac Picks (Part Two, U.K. Edition)

May 1, 2015March 21, 2018 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Barry Jones, David Price, Floyd Mayweather, Herol Graham, Jazza Dickens, Manny Pacquiao, Matthew Macklin, Mayweather vs Pacquiao, Nathan Cleverly

The long-awaited Mayweather vs Pacquiao clash may or may not become 2015’s Fight of the Year but it certainly is

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Mark Your Calendar

April 2, 2015April 2, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments

While we all look at our calendars and ask: “Is it May yet?” in anticipation of what promises to be

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Time For The Hayemaker, Part IV?

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Amir Khan, David Haye, Dereck Chisora, Gennady Golovkin, Nikolay Valuev, Sergey Kovalev, Tyson Fury, Wladimir Klitschko

David Haye, David Haye, David Haye… say his name often enough and he reappears like Beetlejuice. Whether you liken him

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Distant Thunder at 175

March 12, 2015March 12, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Adonis Stevenson, Artur Beterbiev, Bernard Hopkins, Egor Mekhontsev, Eleider Alvarez, Jean Pascal, Kathy Duva, Kovalev vs Pascal, Sakio Bika, Sergey Kovalev, Vasily Lepikhin, Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

Promotional veteran Kathy Duva recently said “I think light-heavyweights are the future.” The current CEO at Main Events, founded in

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Frampton vs Quigg: It Needs To Happen Now

March 7, 2015March 7, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Barry McGuigan, British Boxing, Carl Frampton, Scott Quigg, super bantamweights

I don’t have a lot of hair on my head these days. A look at the history of the Brown

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Mark Your Calendar

March 5, 2015December 6, 2018 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Adrien Broner, Andre Berto, Dierry Jean, Ionut Dan Ion, Jean Pascal, Jhonny Gonzalez, Josesito Lopez, Keith Thurman, Kell Brook, Matty Askin, Robert Guerrero, Sergey Kovalev, Steve Cunningham

There’s a feel-good factor in boxing right now. Sure, we’re not getting everything we want, but there’s clearly cause for

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Eubank: We Want More

March 2, 2015April 26, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Barry Jones, Billy Joe Saunders, Chris Eubank Jr., Dimitry Chudinov, Frank Warren

“This is prizefighting,” declared Barry Jones. The Boxnation co-commentator’s thirst was clearly unquenchable. Chris Eubank Jr. had left him, and many

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The British Heavyweights: THEY’RE ALIVE!

February 25, 2015February 20, 2017 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Amir Khan, Carl Frampton, Carl Froch, David Price, Frank Bruno, Hughie Fury, Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, Naseem Hamed, Tyson Fury

Somewhere online or in print between now and next Monday there will be an article headlined ‘Frampton Comes Alive,’ a 1970s

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The Men Who Would Be King

February 14, 2015May 9, 2018 Shaun Brown 0 Comments boxing upsets, Gennady Golovkin, Jean Pascal, Lennox Lewis, Martin Murray, Ricky Hatton, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko

“The dream is made real! Ricky Hatton rocks the world!” “Corrie Sanders has absolutely destroyed Wladimir Klitschko!” “Is it Oliver

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Mark Your Calendar

February 6, 2015March 8, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Carl Frampton, Deontay Wilder, Gennady Golovkin, Martin Murray, sergio mora, Tyson Fury

One month down, eleven to go. The first 31 days of the year have given us: — America’s first world

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An Embarrassing Show

January 26, 2015January 26, 2015 Shaun Brown 2 Comments Brandon Rios, Mike Alvarado

I’m annoyed. Brandon Rios was as good as Mike Alvarado was, well, crappy in Broomfield, Colorado on Saturday night. I

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Barry Jones: Never In a Better Place

January 23, 2015March 8, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Acelino Freitas, Barry Jones, Interview

Joe Calzaghe wasn’t the only Welshman to win a world title in the 1990s. Before him came the likes of

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Mark Your Calendar

January 7, 2015March 8, 2015 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Bermane Stiverne, Deontay Wilder, George Groves

January: traditionally a month when you discover your weight went up, your bank balance has gone down and the weather,

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2014 Fight of the Year

January 6, 2015February 20, 2017 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Matty Clarkson, Travis Dickinson

Nominated: Orlando Salido KO11 Terdsak Kokietgym Lucas Matthysse KO11 John Molina Tommy Coyle TKO12 Daniel Brizuela Travis Dickinson TKO6 Matty

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2014 Round of the Year

January 4, 2015July 29, 2016 Shaun Brown 0 Comments Matty Clarkson, Travis Dickinson, Tyson Fury

Nominated: Francisco Rodriguez, Jr. vs Katsunari Takayama — Round 12 Travis Dickinson vs Matty Clarkson — Round 5 Tommy Coyle vs

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Jan. 24, 1976: Foreman vs Lyle

January 24, 2021January 26, 2021 Michael Carbert 7

Following his surprise defeat to Muhammad Ali in one of the most historic fights in boxing history, George Foreman returned

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March 8, 1971: Ali vs Frazier I

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Back in 2015, immediately following the announcement of a Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao match finally being signed and sealed,

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July 4, 1910: Johnson vs Jeffries

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In 1910, Jack Johnson and James J. Jeffries clashed in Reno, Nevada to contest the world heavyweight crown in what

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Feb. 20, 1993: Chavez vs Haugen

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When Joe Cortez stopped the fight, even Haugen must have felt like things were in their right place. He took