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Or rather, was plagued, before receiving my yudansha. And like Dr. Bennell, I still see them, these pod people, everywhere, at seminars, at other dojo, and sometimes, close to home. They are a contagion.

2010 is almost here! For those of us doing Aikido, our hopes are high and the goals we have for the new year are before us. In order to have a time to reflect on this past year and to

WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko can't wait to get David Haye in the ring for a fight in 2010. After disposing of Kevin Johnson this past Saturday, Klitschko is looking for his next challenge. Haye is facing his WBA mandatory

Adam Booth, who trains WBA heavyweight title holder David Haye, has told Sky Sports News that his man has the beating of Vitali Klitschko. Vitali defended his WBC title with a lacklustre points win over America's Kevin Johnson - who

WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31 KO's) held an open workout for the media and the public earlier this week at the Southside Boxing Club in Youngstown, Ohio as he prepared for his third title defense against WBC #3/WBO

Undefeated IBF light heavyweight champion Tarvoris Cloud (20-0, 18 KOs) says IBO/WBC interim champ "Bad" Chad Dawson is ducking him. "Chad Dawson won't be able to run 12 rounds against me," Cloud said. "My pressure will be unbelievable

Freddie Roach has stoked the flames ahead of the Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao super-fight by claiming that he would beat Roger Mayweather, the trainer/uncle of Floyd, in a fight. Roach told The Telegraph that Roger was a better boxer

Everything has been set for David Tua to face Friday "the 13th" Ahunanya in March showdown in New Zealand. Duco Events, who are putting the event together in New Zealand, informed BoxingScene.com that everything is set for the fight to