Darren Barker v Danny Butler
Commonwealth and Vacant British Middleweight Titles
The Brentwood Centre, Essex
28th November 2009
An intriguing opportunity to measur...
John Murray v Jon Thaxton
Vacant British Lightweight Title
Altrincham Sports Centre
3 October 2009
In front of a sell out crowd at the Altrincham Sports Centre in a H...
This Saturday sees an eagerly awaited contest for the vacant British Lightweight title between undefeated former champion, Manchester’s John Murray and popular former British and...
It seems professional heavyweight boxing in Britain is going through a critical phase at the moment. When the American monopoly over the World titles has been usurped by two Ukra...
Saturday 19th of September sees an intriguing contest between Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr (USA) against Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico). The contest held at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas...
The World’s most famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes gets another adaptation here in director Guy Ritchie’s originally named ‘Sherlock Holmes.’ You would be hard pressed t...
This tells the true story of how journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr) met and befriended the homeless but exceptionally gifted musician Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx). From Br...
From renowned director Michael Mann (‘Manhunter’, ‘Heat’, ‘The Insider’) comes this gangster thriller set in 1933. It begins with a jailbreak and follows the activities of bank r...
I was uncertain of how this film would play out before I went to see it. I am a fan of the original and learning that this one was to be directed by ‘Charlie’s Angels: Full Throt...
Just in time for the summer season of blockbusters comes a ‘reboot’ (that word again) of ‘Star Trek.’ The television show and the cinematic entries looked out for the count a few...
I Am Ozzy
Ozzy Osbourne
With Chris Ayres
Published 2009 by Sphere
Apart from hearing a story of how he once bit the head off a live bat, listening to a few ‘Black Sab...
Tropic of Capricorn
Simon Reeve
Published 2008 by BBC Books
This book charts Simon Reeve and his crew’s experiences travelling along the Tropic of Capricorn. Even if you...
Force of Nature
Robin-Knox Johnston
With Kate Laven
Published 2007 by the Penguin Group
Apart from watching news reports and a documentary film my knowledge of sailin...
John Reynolds The Autobiography
By John Reynolds with Jason McClean
Published 2006 by Haynes Publishing
Any British fan of motorsport will recognise the name of John Rey...
And Another Thing…
By Eoin Colfer
Published 2009 by the Penguin Group
Douglas Adams always intended to write a sixth ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ novel before his u...
I set off early that morning with Steve eager to see what San Antonio had to offer. It was great to explore a foreign city with someone from back home. In fact I was warming to t...
My bus from Mexico City at last reached its destination of Matamoros in the early hours. Several armed Mexican border guards dressed in military fatigues and looking more like so...
Its not much fun sweating out a fever on your own thousands of miles away from home, but you have to deal with whatever hand fate has dealt you. I woke up in the Hotel ‘Bamer’ fe...
At 11.15am we began an eight-hour bus journey to Guadalajara. The scenery became more lush and green. Mexico was not the arid, barren desert portrayed in the movies! It was quite...
It was a 5.15am start. It had to be if we were going to catch the Copper Canyon train to Los Mochis. The grumpy taxi driver dropped us off and wordlessly pocketed our tip (I supp...
| Mayweather v Mosley: The Stakes are High |
In a fascinating match-up that should secure huge bragging rights for the victor, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather Jr faces WBA Super World Welterweight Champion ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley on 1st May at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, USA. Both have agreed to an Olympic style drugs test prior to the Superbout. In light of recent doping allegations that have hurt the sport this is a welcome measure. In such a high profile contest I hope this sets a precedent. In a sport such as boxing with its morale already on the floor a sense of fair play and transparency is sorely needed.
After months of wrangling with that other Superstar of pound for pound boxing, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather has decided to turn his sights on the man from Pomona instead. Ironically the mooted Mayweather v Pacquiao bout fell through over precisely the issue of drug testing. Whether the two boxers will ever face each other in the ring now remains to be seen.
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| The Cleveland Show |
From Seth MacFarlane the creator of 'American Dad' and 'Family Guy' comes this spin off: 'The Cleveland Show.' For those already familiar with Peter Griffin and his family you will know who Cleveland Brown is.
Cleveland is the quiet, calm, thoughtful drinking buddy of Peter and now he has his own spin-off show. As fans will already know Cleveland divorced his domineering wife Loretta in 'Family Guy' series 4.
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