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YET AGAIN, BOXING ACTION REVELATIONS ARE JUSTIFIED AS INVESTIGATION CONTINUES INTO ASTONISHING £19.7 MILLION OF TAXPAYER’S MONEY PAID OUT THROUGH AN UNAUDITED ACCOUNT OVER AN EIGHT-YEAR PERIOD

Since the time this article first appeared earlier this month on Boxing Action we are delighted to to see, at long last, newspapers have published articles on the finances and confirmed doubts on the management of  a large section of amateur boxing in England.

THE DANGER OF LACK OF BOXING KNOWLEDGE IS AGAIN REVEALED IN AMATEUR BOXING ADMINISTRATION

It is extremely difficult to understand why in Government political circles and in the media there is a deliberate shying away from the fact that amateur boxing in the UK continues to lurch from one disaster to another, and despite an urgent serious overhaul of the sport is needed, the matter is treated as if all is well when it is anything but well.

FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR STRIKES A BLOW FOR GREATNESS

"Only when witnessing truly great sporting practitioners - such as Mayweather on Saturday night - have I been able to glimpse the meaning of perfection as it applies to sport.
"What is now certain is that Mayweather must be regarded in the first rank of boxers, up there with the two Sugar Rays (Robinson and Leonard), Ali, Willie Pep and Roberto Duran."

Olympic super-heavyweight bronze medallist David Price has signed a three-year promotional deal with Frank Maloney. Very sensibly David has opted for mature proven career guidance as opposed to a short term comfort zone dependent upon hope and wishful thinking. Boxing Action wishes the partnership deserved success. 

IT IS DISGRACEFUL  THAT AN EXEMPLARY CONTEST BETWEEN TWO FORMER WBC CHAMPIONS BOXERS SHOULD BE WITHOUT A  CHAMPIONSHIP ACCOLADE