Punchlines
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES -24.6.17 Sport and tragedy have never been alien bedfellows, inexorably linked through horrendous events such as the Munich massacre, the Bradford football
PUNCHLINES By Richard Hubbard Bradley Skeete must have thought the boxing game was a bit of a breeze when he launched his professional career after
PUNCHLINES By Richard Hubbard Every successful boxer needs a top operator in his corner and Bradley Skeete has one of the best in the business
PUNCHLINES – 19.5.17 By Richard Hubbard Ryan Walsh is perfectly content to play second fiddle to his twin Liam this weekend. In fact, he prefers
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 12.5.17 Unlike several other major UK cities – London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow and Belfast – Leeds could never claim to be
PUNCHLINES By Richard Hubbard Josh Warrington would like it to be known that when commentators refer to his former profession as a ‘dental technician’, he
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 2.4.17 Eddie Hearn’s surely tongue-in-cheek suggestion that the bravely defeated but sadly devalued Anthony Crolla would require a million pounds for
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 26.3.17 A few years back I sat near Amir Khan at an ABA finals at London’s ExCel Arena. Midway through they
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 13.3.17 It was a real pleasure to be at the media conference in the packed Abraham Lincoln room at London’s swank
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 25.2.17 In boxing, fighters’ fathers can be a pain in the posterior. Particularly if they have done a bit themselves. You
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 14.2.17 For a couple of centuries now the fight game has had a glove affair with the giants of literature. Actually
ALAN HUBBARD’S PUNCHLINES – 7.2.16 Much against my better judgement I forked out five pence short of a tenner to watch ITV’s boxing pay-per-view debut
