Terry Dooley

Sports Journalist · 87 articles

Jamie Moore on Murray dream, Covid consequences and Harrison legacy
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Jamie Moore on Murray dream, Covid consequences and Harrison legacy

You would have required 20-20 vision to predict the events of 2020 and, even if you did predict them, you wouldn’t believe your own prediction. It has been a completely and utterly mind-bending year.  A few boxers started to lose their shit early doors. For many, the sport is a chance to channel their energy […]

Dooley Noted: Mandatories, bloody mandatories
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Dooley Noted: Mandatories, bloody mandatories

“Mandatories, bloody mandatories.” What a grating slog. It really encapsulates the frustration of a mandatory, doesn’t it? You wake up in the morning, you’ve recently beaten Shawn Porter away from home for the IBF welterweight world title, you can’t do any training because you’ve been attacked with a machete while on holiday, now you’ve got to […]

Barrett on Barrett: ‘Black Flash’ reflects on Zelfa’s progress
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Barrett on Barrett: ‘Black Flash’ reflects on Zelfa’s progress

When Zelfa Barrett (24-1, 15 KOs) finished Eric Donovan with a brutal left hook in the eighth round in August, many thought that the 27-year-old had produced a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card after losing the majority of rounds up to that point. It was too good to be called a lucky punch, but […]

Under the shadow of the colour bar: The Ballad of Len Johnson
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Under the shadow of the colour bar: The Ballad of Len Johnson

The Old Abbey Taphouse pub is situated on the Manchester Science Park. It is the last remaining part of the Greenheys estate and, prior to January of this year, I only knew about it for two reasons. The first is the fact that it used to serve proper, on the bone curried goat and the […]

Dooley Noted: Subjectivity, objectivity, and the highs and lows of fandom
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Dooley Noted: Subjectivity, objectivity, and the highs and lows of fandom

Terry Dooley recalls his run-ins with favourite heavyweight contender Dereck Chisora and a memorable encounter with Emanuel Steward in his latest musings on boxing and the price of being a fan. The lack of fans at fights these days really clarifies just how much a good, boisterous crowd brings to the table, especially for the […]

Dooley Noted: Life outside the live boxing bubble and mad about the Board
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Dooley Noted: Life outside the live boxing bubble and mad about the Board

Terry Dooley draws parallels between the self-harming business model that originally sent HMV into administration and British boxing, where fight fans are being rinsed by multiple PPVs and substandard contests at a time when money is tight due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Dooley also weighs in on another eventful weekend for judge Terry O’Connor. Do […]

Peter Fury: The second chance
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Peter Fury: The second chance

When the first lockdown kicked in people that I spoke to within the trade told me it was a rare opportunity to grab a breather and a bit of space. Peter Fury was no different. Indeed, the hardest part for Fury was probably the fact that for as long as I’ve known him, he is constantly on […]

Black Flashback: Pat Barrett’s Lost Tapes Part Two
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Black Flashback: Pat Barrett’s Lost Tapes Part Two

Back in 2009, Terry Dooley spoke to former world title challenger Pat Barrett at length about his career. Barrett had recently resurfaced on the Manchester boxing scene and, over the course of time, had lost all the footage of his fights apart from a short highlight reel. Dooley turned up with a full career set and they […]

Black Flashback: Pat Barrett’s Lost Tapes Part One
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Black Flashback: Pat Barrett’s Lost Tapes Part One

Back in 2009, Terry Dooley spoke to former world title challenger Pat Barrett at length about his career. Barrett had recently resurfaced on the Manchester boxing scene and, over the course of time, had lost all the footage of his fights apart from a short highlight reel. Dooley turned up with a full career set and they […]

Pat Barrett: Part One
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Pat Barrett: Part One

From the moment we met, I knew that retired former British and European light-welterweight champion Pat Barrett (37-4-1, 28 KOs) and I would get on like a house on fire. It was a typically rainy summer evening here in Manchester. It was 2009. Barrett had recently resurfaced after a stint in prison for possession of a small […]

The life and fun times of Frankie Gavin
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The life and fun times of Frankie Gavin

The word ‘talent’ initially referred to a unit of value then, later, a sum of money. It was coined in 4BC by the Romans, ‘Talentum’ and Greek, ‘Talanton’, for trading purposes. The term pops up in Matthew 25:14-30 when Jesus tells a parable of a master who gives his slaves his talents for safe-keeping while […]