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James Croot07:05, Jun 04 2021 Supplied Eight great Doc Edge films to check out at this years festival. New Zealand’s annual celebration of global documentary film-making is back and this year in a form that offers the best of both worlds. As well as in-cinema seasons in Auckland and Wellington, most of the Doc Edge Film Festival 2021’s line-up will be available to stream from virtually anywhere in Aotearoa. In all, the Oscar-qualifying festival’s programme includes more than 80 featur...

The popularity of each candidate’s message and chances of victory depend not only on the strength of their personal appeal to voters but also their campaign infrastructure.

There is no one formula for victory in the Democratic mayoral primary and the top eight candidates are running vastly different campaigns. The popularity of each candidate’s message and chances of victory depend not only on the strength of their personal appeal to voters but also their campaign infrastructure – including the tacticians, advisors, consultants, and campaign staff members who mostly go unseen but whose work informs the candidates’ policies, positions, fundraising, advertisin...

Josh Taylor dropped Jose Ramirez twice, which wound up the difference on the cards in Las Vegas.

Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images A new venture connected to Floyd Mayweather’s upcoming exhibition fight may put the fighter at risk of violating a settlement agreement with the US government. Earlier this week, a team including Mayweather announced a non-fungible token (NFT) offering connected to his June 6th exhibition against Logan Paul. Bad Left Hook recently covered the announcement and results of a similar Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders NFT offering from DAZN. But in this cas...

Brian J. McKeown: A lively soul By Sarah Barber Globe Correspondent,Updated May 17, 2021, 5:48 p.m. Email to a Friend Brian J. McKeown Brian J. McKeown lived life to its fullest. He was dedicated to his wife Sue and had a passion for storytelling, battlefield dioramas, and the Liverpool Football Club. Born near Liverpool in Birkenhead, England, Brian immigrated to Massachusetts in 1972, settling in Worcester to continue his job in computer services for Digital Equipment Corp., where he worked f...

The 16 year veteran suffered a 96 second KO loss to Wilder in 2014.

It probably won’t go down in history among boxing’s greatest robberies, but Magomed Kurbanov’s unanimous decision win over Liam Smith today in Russia is certainly not without controversy. Kurbanov (22-0, 13 KO) took the fight on scores of 115-113, 115-113, and 117-112 over 12 rounds, winning a minor WBO belt and putting himself likely in line for an eliminator with Tim Tszyu, should Tszyu beat Michael Zerafa in their fight on July 7. Bad Left Hook scored the fight 116-112 for Smith (29-3-...

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The undercard is over in Carson, Calif., and we saw a show-stealing, dominant performance from veteran welterweight Abel Ramos, who stopped Omar Figueroa Jr after six rounds of increasingly one-sided action. Though the FOX commentary team seemed quite taken by Figueroa (28-2-1, 19 KO) early in the fight, it was clear by the second round that Ramos (27-4-2, 21 KO) couldn’t really be hurt by Figueroa — a natural lightweight — and that he was doing much more d...

Mark Robinson/Matchroom The decision is definitely going to be debated, but Joseph Parker edged past Derek Chisora via split decision in a rugged heavyweight main event from Manchester, England, moving closer to another possible world title shot. Parker won on two cards of 115-113 and 116-111, the latter of which is a pretty awful score, and one card going to Chisora, 115-113. Bad Left Hook had the fight 114-113 for Chisora. Chisora (32-11, 23 KO) dropped Parker (29-2, 21 KO) inside the first 1...