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By George Reed14.09.2011 - A real blunder was made a few weeks ago when tourism chiefs in Llandudno, North Wales distributed 130,000 leaflets about British boxing legend Randolph Turpin, and referred to him as Randolph Turnip!
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 | Boxing12.08.2011 - I’ve known for years that I’ve something in common with the former world heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson and also the Queen. more... |
| Boxing11.08.2011 - When Tenerife-based Nicky Cook attempted to regain his WBO world super featherweight title which he lost to Roman Martínez back in March 2009, his fight with champion Ricky Burns, the 93 seconds of the first round which was the length of the entire fight, was certainly bizarre.
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 | Boxing14.07.2011 - Over the past few weeks few will have spotted a lonely figure chugging along the roads which lead to Mount Teide and the sweat burning through his eyes, blinding him briefly before trickling down towards his gasping lips, and as boxer Nicky Cook eventually feels that the incline under his feet is slowly approaching vertical proportions at the base of the mountain he turns to head downwards, the run giving way to a merciful gradual descent. more... |
 | Boxing02.06.2011 - Former world champ Ricky Hatton and European Champion Jamie Moore were both in the audience at a recent Las Américas Boxing night.
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| Boxing31.05.2011 - Gamesmanship and intimidating an opponent has been part of boxing since the sport began. Even in the bare-fist days, the then great heavyweight world champion John L. Sullivan would walk into a bar announcing that he could lick any son of a bitch in the house.
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| Boxing25.05.2011 - When Sir Henry Cooper died of heart failure on April 30th Britain lost the most popular heavyweight ever to climb into a ring. more... |
 | Boxing15.06.2010 - Despite the excitement that followed last month’s crowd-pleasing fight between Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley which the former won clearly on points, it wasn’t the contest the fans were longing to see, which was originally supposed by be Floyd Mayweather against Manny Pacquiao, billed as The Fight of the Century. more... |
 | Boxing24.02.2010 - ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard – World Middleweight Champion 1988-1990: “Boxing is more than a sport, it’s a skill. In the ring your fists are like little snakes that strike before you can tell them to”. more... |
 | Boxing13.02.2010 - Tenerife is like a second home to Manchester’s boxing hero Ricky Hatton who has, over the years, spent numerous holidays in the south of the island. more... |
 | Boxing23.01.2010 - Television not only opened up boxing like a flowering rose to millions of fans, many, who wouldn’t have known the difference between a left hook and a sky-hook, but it also introduced viewers to lots of fighters with colourful nicknames, the likes of Sugar Ray, the Bronx Bull, Bobo, the Rock and the Cuban Hawk among them. more... |
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| 03.02.2012 - The Tenerife Cabildo has issued a warning that people should take extra this weekend and avoid unnecessary journeys with high winds forecast with gusts of up to 90 kph expected tomorrow (Saturday).
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La Laguna - 03.02.2012 - The owner of a pack of pit-bulls that attacked a man and his dog while they were walking in a La Laguna park is being sought by police. more...
Canary Islands - 03.02.2012 - Although temperatures in some parts of the Canaries are noticeably lower, the islands are virtually the only part of the country to escape Spain's current cold snap. more...
03.02.2012 - The crew of a yacht which caught fire shortly after leaving Puerto Colón were rescued safely thanks to the intervention of another boat in the area, which answered its distress call. more...
Santa Cruz - 02.02.2012 - The first Queen of this year's Carnival was chosen last night in a much trimmed-down ceremony in Santa Cruz's Exhibition Centre. more...
Arico - 02.02.2012 - Police in Arico are investigating the circumstances of the horrific death of a Cuban farm labourer who was crushed by a lorry as he worked early yesterday. more...
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