I found this interview and loved it straight away. R.I.P to a true warrior of boxing.

If you like to get inside the mind of fighters, then I think you will like this video. Hopkins has his haters, but I really like his boxing brain. Evans was paying him 100 % attention. I could watch things like this for ages, hope you all enjoy.

Hi folks, this is a 28 minute documentary on one of the top UK UFC fighters, Paul Kelly from Liverpool. Excuse the occasional swearing and the accent might be hard for you to decipher, but I recommend it if you are interested in behind the scenes films of fighters. He is one tough nut, but still has his down to earth humour that people from Liverpool are famous for in the UK.

My oh my ! Would you just check out this guy and his hilarious cowardice

Hi all,

I found a clip of a Russian boxer doing isometric band work. I haven’t seen it done like this before. Russia has produced some of the best Amateurs for years. I have heard that their training regimes are brutal, with the coaches even hitting the boys if they don’t perform well. These isometric holds will be great for improving fast twitch muscle fibres. You can see his looseness and speed when he breaks out of them.

Cool video of Bruno when he was coming through on the scene. Interesting to hear his trainer Terry Lawless and Jimmy Tibbs, both hugely respected over here in England, though sadly Terry died this year. His sparring partner in this video ( Leroy Caldwell ) compares Frank’s power to shavers and Foreman. Me and my dad always thought he was too muscled for a boxer, and that it made him mechanical in his movements. Like his trainer said, if he used his legs more, like Tyson did, then I think he would have been a champ for longer. People also said he was chinny, but I disagree. He was never stopped with a single shot, it was always serious combinations. Frank held a shot too well. Instead of going down, or even taking a knee for an 8 count, he would hang in there getting clubbed. Sad what happened to him after boxing, with drugs and then mental illness. But I like to remember him in his prime.

Hi folks.

Today i’d like to bring to you a video of the fighter who inspired Prince Naseem Hamed. Herol Graham boxed as a pro out of the same Sheffield gym as an 11 year old Naz. Naz learned his elusive style from Graham. Sometimes Herol would spar against two younger fighters, and just be defending, and they would struggle to lay a glove on him. When Herol faced Julian Jackson he was absolutely schooling him, then got knocked cold by a lethal right hook. He had the tag of being ‘chinny’, but he was sometimes poetry to watch. He fought some of the best in the world and gave them big troubles, but ultimately came up short . Some say the best British fighter to never win a world title.

I’m currently reading Charlie Magri’s autobiography, called Champagne Charlie. He is up there among the best ever UK fighters, and was a real crowd pleaser with his all action style. Check out this fight, where he is challenging for the WBC Flyweight belt. He was willing to take a punch to give a punch. Notice the heavy right hand he was caught with right on the end of round 1, and how he still touched gloves with the champion before wobbling to his corner. He was a hard as nails little boxer and a lovely man too. He said in his book that he loved training so much, here is an excerpt.

” Now if you asked anyone who trained with me, or anyone who knew me when I was fighting as a professional, they’ll tell you the same thing. I always trained like an absolute madman. Some fighters have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the gym, but you had to drag me out of the gym I was so obsessed with training. Even as an Amateur, I used to train seven days a week, twice or even three times a day at the weekends. I’d run four times a week as an Amateur. I’d start my gym workouts with some stretching, then 30 minutes of skipping. I’d spar twenty rounds a week. The other lads would do a minute, jump in and out, but i’d do three minutes. I figured back then, that if I was in the gym every single day i’d be more prepared when my first fight came along. ”

I’ll finish with some words from Jim McDonnell, who is a top trainer and ex champ over here. He provided the foreword for Magri’s book.

” Charlie was, I believe, a freak of nature. I can remember punching the heavy bag alongside him, and as I was three weight divisions above my flyweight compatriot, I should have been the more powerful puncher. But Charlie was rocking the bag all over the place. To my amazement, and slight embarrasment, I couldn’t match his amazing intensity as he hit the bag, even though I tried in vain ! It confirmed the fact that he was truly something special, a pocket rocket, a power-punching machine, and a future World Champion.. “

This is the big fight in the UK tonight. It is for the British Super-Middleweight title held by DeGale.

You have to watch this if you like pre-fight trash talk. DeGale is a very disliked figure over here because of his attitude, and Groves is itching to shut him up. This is a proper grudge fight, as Groves beat DeGale in the Amateurs. David Haye’s trainer is the trainer of Groves. I can’t decide who is going to win, though I want Groves to. This interview sure does make me want to watch the fight.

I liked this video, and I hope the fight lives up to the passion showed  here. I see real doubt in the eyes of Pascal. B-Hop looks like he believes every word he is saying, like he foresees his gameplan going off super smooth. I think he will win, either on points or by late stoppage. I think he is too smart for Jean. Having fought him already gives Hopkins even greater preparation. Sure the same can be said for Pascal, but Hopkins is super adaptable, and probably the smartest fighter out there.