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Monte Barrett Reportedly Fails New Zealand Drug Test, David Tua Appealing August Fight
On August 13 in New Zealand, heavyweight veterans David Tua and Monte Barrett fought for a second time, and put on a pretty good show overall considering the state of both fighters and their ages. Now, almost four months later, news has come out of New Zealand that Barrett, 40, failed his...
Video: Monte Barrett Discusses Win Over Tua, Possible WWE Future
Ryan Songalia caught up with heavyweight Monte Barrett to talk about Barrett's recent win over David Tua, and a possible WWE future for the 40-year-old fighter: I've said it before, but there's basically no way that Barrett, at 40 and without any major name in boxing, makes a viable career with...
Monte Barrett, David Tua Interested in "Settling Feud" at WrestleMania XXVIII
To those who hate pro wrestling, first of all, I don't really care, but second of all, I apologize. It's just that the stuff keeps coming up. You have likely heard by now that 40-year-old boxer Monte Barrett, who is friends with WWE's main man John Cena, is interested in trying a WWE career. I...
David Tua Outpointed by Monte Barrett in Dramatic Rematch
38-year-old David Tua and 40-year-old Monte Barrett may not have delivered a beauty this morning in New Zealand, but they delivered roughly five thousand times more drama than did Wladimir Klitschko and David Haye in their mega-hyped July fight. Barrett survived a dramatic late rally by Tua to hang...
Bad Left Hook Live Results and Coverage: David Tua vs Monte Barrett II
For those up early or still up late, Bad Left Hook is just about to go live with coverage of David Tua's rematch with Monte Barrett on Sky New Zealand. Tua (52-3-2, 42 KO) is one of the more popular heavyweight boxers of the era, but has never quite achieved elite status over his lengthy career. In...
The Bad Left Hook Pick'em Game: Season 7 - Week 10
It's been a slow crawl over the last few weeks - but thankfully there's a big fight happening this weekend to close out the season with Abner Mares and Joseph Agbeko tangling in the Showtime bantamweight tournament final. We've also got two other fights on the line-up, with Kermit Cintron stepping...
Ten Potential Fights for David Haye Coming Off of the Loss
Earlier we discussed what could be next for Wladimir Klitschko, but what about the man he defeated Saturday, David Haye? Haye says he plans to retire in October, but Roy Jones Jr said he planned to retire almost 10 years ago, so let's treat Haye as your normal boxer instead who will talk about it,...
Boxing Breakfast: Steve Smoger Explains Roy Jones Jr vs Lebedev Knockout
Well, I won't lie. Sunday night is a night I tend to get drunk. Look, I'm no professional journalist. I don't pretend I am. Sometimes I'm drunk. Sometimes I'm hungry. Today it's drunk. Let's do this. Steve Smoger (Tries To) Explain Jones Knockout Referee Steve Smoger came under fire for letting Roy...
Friday Global Boxing Results: Solomon, Kirkland, Ramos Get Wins
Updated for the Tua-King fight from New Zealand. Remember that today we'll have another batch of live coverage. At 5pm EDT, we'll be here for Klitschko-Solis, and hopefully able to get in Rigondeaux-Casey at 6pm EDT. Then tonight at 10, Bute-Magee. Costa Mesa, California (Full Recap) Luis Ramos...
Mandatory Eight Count: From Ricky Hatton to Mark Twain
It's almost as good as From Justin to Kelly. Ricky Hatton's father not ruling out ring return for Ricky (ESPN UK)Ray Hatton says Ricky is not ruling out a return to the ring, which I think is something we should expect. Hatton has a lot of fighter's pride, and I don't think he'll want his lasting...
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