Always enlightening to watch an event like this with those not keenly interested in the sport. Spend too much time on Internet forums and it is entirely possible to succumb to the assumption EVERYONE … more →
BoxingWriter.co.ukDavid Payne wrote 10 months ago: Always enlightening to watch an event like this with those not keenly interested in the sport. Spend … more →
David Payne wrote 10 months ago: The Contender series wasn’t a reality show in the popular sense of the word. I’m always … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: Archive: 20/10/2006 The recent renaissance of interest in boxing has been palpable. Stirred by the … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the premise and execution of the Contender series. Pitching together u … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: How fickle the fortunes of British boxing, and boxing in general in fact. A year or less ago, every … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: Unbeaten Contender star Paul Smith Jnr., re-emerges domestically from his successful stint in the th … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: On paper, Carl Froch versus former WBC World Champion Robin Reid is a terrific battle, positioning t … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: Few writers met the news of Oscar DeLaHoya intention to continue fighting with the type of disappoin … more →
David Payne wrote 1 year ago: I’m not alone in following the career of gutsy Mexican Alfonso Gomez. His heart-warming willin … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: Begun on an idle whim, the BoxingWriter .co.uk Tribute Wear has proved tremendously popular and exce … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: Forgotten in the wake of The Contender’s global success as a boxing reality show, Next Great C … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: Former World-Champion Hasim Rahman returns on Thursday against peripheral American contender Taurus … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a while since Ryan Rhodes demonstrated the type of form he did yesterday in knocking … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: The recent press release pertaining to Peter Manfredo’s next bout caused a tremor of discomfor … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: Few fighters demonstrate the resolve and determination regularly delivered by Arturo Gatti during hi … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: I thoroughly enjoyed the laughter that surrounded my Ray Austin to win prediction last week, I count … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: According to the always swift SecondsOut, and it’s a great site when the topic isn’t Rom … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: I have to confess, I didn’t follow the second Contender series at all nor did I see the first … more →
David Payne wrote 2 years ago: Don’t leave me hanging on, hanging on. Runcorn veteran Robin Reid returns to competitive actio … more →