Online sports editor Ed Alexander casts an eye over some of the more obscure stories from the last week of sport
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The Long Game – Sport’s Fallen Prodigies: Boxing
In our latest instalment of The Long Game series, Cameron Osborn looks at one boxer in particular – Audley Harrison – whose career never quite lived up to its early promise. Professional boxing is an unforgiving sport, both inside and out of the ring. Boxers repeatedly lay their bodies on the line, and fans come […]
Boxing Varsity 2: Lights Out at The Lemon Grove
FOLLOWING Exeter University Boxing Club’s first varsity of the year in November, the ring returned to The Lemon Grove on Friday 16 February. With three EUBC men taking to the canvas — alongside several bouts from nearby amateur clubs — the night was another success as the punters were treated to an action-packed night of […]
Anthony Joshua: What does 2018 hold for the WBA and IBF Heavyweight Champion?
An increasingly familiar story was played out in the boxing ring in late October at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, as Anthony Joshua overcame Carlos Takam in the 10th round of their title bout. The Watford fighter remains undefeated in twenty fights with a 100% knockout record. Takam, who stepped in to replace Kubrat Pulev as Joshua’s […]
Athletes Beware
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative disease found in the brains of athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma, has been known to affect sportspeople such as boxers since the 1920s. Repeated traumatic events such as punches lead to the progressive degeneration of brain tissue that can begin years or even decades after […]
Myths not legends: Mike Tyson
‘It ain’t about how hard you hit; it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward’ – so said Rocky Balboa. Whilst Rocky is obviously fictional, it could be argued he is not the only former Heavyweight World Champion known primarily for his contributions to popular culture. After his ego-boasting appearances in […]
From a champion to the champion: Can Anthony Joshua live up to expectations?
292 seconds. That is the time it took for Anthony Joshua to dispatch of Charles Martin and become the new IBF Heavyweight Champion, winning one of the four main belts in heavyweight boxing. Joshua’s 16th knockout in as many fights comes as no surprise to his followers, not least to his promoter Eddie Hearn. Already the money-man […]
5 cardio alternatives for gaining muscle
The festive feasting is complete, the January exam season has passed, and now it’s time to really get back on track in the gym. You want to lean up for the summer, and the ‘dreadmill’ looms large on the horizon… or does it? Cardio doesn’t have to be the demon that keeps you awake at […]
Victoria’s Secret: The Angels have landed
Just last week, the American lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret held its 20th annual fashion show, and, as per usual, social media blew up because of it. Just as inevitably as S Club 7 being played at Cheesy Tuesdays, so too was the outpouring of comments, both positive and negative, as the world and his Instagram-filtered […]
AU stars of the future
Exeter have recently achieved the distinction of becoming The Times’ and The Sunday Times’ Sporting University of the Year, and the reasoning behind the choice is clear from looking at several of our best clubs: Boxing EUABC saw a dramatic rise to stardom last year after the Athletic Union gave them three prestigious club awards: […]