Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Fight promoter George Rose is the Don King of Australian boxing, a born showman who could sell ice to an Eskimo and paint a copy of a 1973 Woman’s Weekly as War and Peace. He’s certainly trying to talk up Paul Gallen’s opponent tonight Kris Terzievski as some sort of superstar, which is so far […]
After reading our story about the boxer cum trot trainer Tony Peacock yesterday, racing historian and footy and boxing devotee Gold Coast Greg wrote in to let us know that A. Peacock is the heir of a proud lineage of pugilists who wielded the reins. Huge thanks to Greg for digging the info contained in […]
Trot trainer Tony Peacock used to be in the top ten in the world back in his fighting days. Most of us weren’t born then. Lester Ellis was five times the world champion. Ellis never got the kudos he deserved, because he fought in the golden Fenech era, and the Marrickville Mauler got all the […]
They reckon it was worth the $75 ticket to the Bathurst Harness Racing Awards night on Friday was well the price of admission just for the fights. First up there was Mrs Nigel Frisby v Mrs Josh Turnbull in the ladies loo, allegedly blueing over news that for reasons unknown Josh had been cut out […]
The best way to fight is on the front foot, as you can see from this photo of the Balmain Boxer down at the beach training one of the Russian Olympic medallists who came over to learn from him, and who he took to the Australian title. I wonder if anyone in Tamworth has ever […]
I wanna give Tommy the Boot a little tip, and I strongly suggest for his own benefit that he backs it. . My old mate The Balmain Boxer (aka the Boxer, or box) who I have been kicking around with for many a year now, well before I started writing about the trots, is called […]
Anyone who knows anything about boxing has heard of the Thrilla in Manila, and most non-boxing people have too. But how many have watched the 14th round? I’ve seen some great fights in my time, and some brilliant rounds. But never have I seen such courage as this. Frazier and Ali were gone to the […]
Once upon a time the boxer Michael Katsidis was a world champion. Then his beloved brother and gun jockey Stathi died of a drug overdose, and Mick lost the plot. He got on the gear too, and it’s all been downhill from there. I won’t go into Mick’s history, other than to say it is […]
We told you in our live coverage of the fight that Deontay Wilder looked to have broken his right hand in about the 7th round of the epic battle against Tyson Fury on the weekend, and was stuck fighting a world champion with one hand for the last 12 minutes of the fight. Most media […]
