Gareth A Davies

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Journalist and Broadcaster at Freelance

Journalist and Broadcaster at talkSPORT

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Walking with Michael Watson – stricken boxer remains an inspiration

1 week ago | msn.com | Gareth A Davies

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Walking with Michael Watson – stricken boxer remains an inspiration

1 week ago | msn.com | Gareth A Davies

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Walking with Michael Watson - stricken boxer remains an inspiration

1 week ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

Michael Watson remains “a medical miracle” according to Peter Hamlyn, the consultant neurosurgeon who performed seven life-saving brain operations on the fighter after his collapse in the 12th round of his second fight with Chris Eubank at White Hart Lane in 1991. Watson was left in a coma for 40 days and could not walk for 14 months, but with Hamlyn’s care he staged a remarkable comeback.
‘The most electrifying eight minutes ever’: Hagler vs Hearns 40 years on

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

It has been said over and again down the years that fights have the potential to be another “Hagler-Hearns”. This frequent nod to the eight-minute war of unrelenting ferocity between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns on April 15, 1985 hints at its special place within the sport. A battle for the ages pitted undisputed world middleweight champion Hagler against challenger Hearns, who was himself the world junior middleweight champ.
George Foreman fought five men in one night to get over Muhammad Ali defeat

1 month ago | msn.com | Gareth A Davies

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The George Foreman I knew: Preacher, grill salesman and boxing royalty

1 month ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

George Foreman was a special fighter and a special human being. The great American heavyweight filled a room with his aura, just as his physique filled the ring in his pomp; an era of the very greatest in boxing’s blue-riband division. ‘Big George’ was a wrecking-ball fighter, associated so closely with Muhammad Ali in their ‘Rumble In The Jungle’ in Zaire in 1974, and later reclaiming the heavyweight title as the division’s oldest champion in history, aged 46 and 169 days.
George Foreman fought five men in one night to get over Muhammad Ali defeat

1 month ago | sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

George Foreman was a special fighter and a special human being. The great American heavyweight, who has died aged 76, filled a room with his aura, just as his physique filled the ring in his pomp; an era of the very greatest in boxing’s blue-riband division.
Lauren Price caps off historic night for women’s boxing with stunning defeat of Natasha Jonas

1 month ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

On a historic night at the Royal Albert Hall, women’s boxing took centre stage with an all-female card and an all-British headliner. Lauren Price looked every bit like the figurehead of the next generation of British women boxers as she beat Natasha Jonas, 10 years her senior, to remain undefeated and become the holder of the WBA, IBF and WBC welterweight belts with an unanimous victory in the headline bout.
Major blow for Daniel Dubois as he pulls out of Joseph Parker showdown through illness

2 months ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

Major blow for Daniel Dubois as he pulls out of Joseph Parker showdown through illnessDaniel Dubois has withdrawn from defending his International Boxing Federation heavyweight title against Joseph Parker in Riyadh on Saturday night after falling ill. Dubois, 27, who stopped Anthony Joshua in five rounds last September at Wembley Stadium, was struck from the card in Saudi Arabia after being assessed by a doctor.
Dubois vs Parker off: Martin Bakole replaces Dubiois who is struck down with illness

2 months ago | sports.yahoo.com | Gareth A Davies

Daniel Dubois has withdrawn from defending his International Boxing Federation heavyweight title against Joseph Parker in Riyadh on Saturday night after falling ill. Dubois, 27, who stopped Anthony Joshua in five rounds last September at Wembley Stadium, was struck from the card in Saudi Arabia after being assessed by a doctor. Parker will now face dangerous puncher Martin Bakole, ranked the seventh best heavyweight in the world by The Ring magazine.