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Mon 1-Feb-2010
By Derek Bonnett: On February 12, at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, USA, boxing fans will be treated to a possible dark horse candidate for fight of the year when Ji Hoon Kim and Tyrone Harris square off in a junior lightweight bout. 
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Wed 27-Jan-2010
By Derek Bonnett: Unbeaten featherweight Matt Remillard returns to the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA this Friday, January 29 to defend his NABF title against Rafael Lora. Remillard stopped Lora in four rounds in September of last year to capture the title, but the ending was marred by some minor controversy as Lora turned away from his opponent and was twice struck in the back of the head after the referee waved them on.
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Mon 25-Jan-2010
By Derek Bonnett: Boxing fans that want to keep a clear perspective of the landscape supporting the sport’s smallest divisions had better not blink. If you did, you were surprised by the resurgence of Brian Viloria in his upset of Ulises Solis, Rodel Mayol’s “fourth times a charm” KO of Edgar Sosa, and, most recently, Carlos Tamara’s come from behind KO to end Viloria’s brief stint near the top.
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Sat 2-Jan-2010
By Derek Bonnett: Anyone looking to add a little excitement and friendly competition to their boxing schedules for 2010 needs to venture over to www.championsleagueboxing.com and sign up for some fantasy boxing.
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Thu 31-Dec-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The network rivalry between HBO and Showtime has taken a turn. For the last two decades each cable giant has produced memorable boxing cards and historical match-ups like Barrera-Morales, Gatti-Ward, Castillo-Corrales, and Marquez-Vazquez. The two premium cable boxing outlets have competed as evenly as the men in the four aforementioned boxing rivalries.
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Mon 30-Nov-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Over the last few years, the last couple of weeks in particular, it has been hard not to get caught up in all of the speculation regarding Manny Pacquiao, his place among boxing legends, and the outcome of a super-fight, P4P showdown against Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- it’s been a hell of an experience.
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Wed 25-Nov-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Philadelphia’s Danny "Swift" Garcia fights in front of a hometown crowd for the first time in his two year professional career on December 2 as the main preliminary bout for Bernard Hopkins’ light heavyweight tune-up fight against Enrique Ornelas.
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Mon 16-Nov-2009
By Derek Bonnett:
About a year ago, I grossly offended Manny Pacquiao.
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Wed 28-Oct-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Cruiserweight prospect Andres Taylor plans to get more treats than tricks this Halloween. On October 31, in Johnstown, PA, USA, Taylor will meet Leo Bercier in a rematch with the intention of avenging his lone career stumbling block. Taylor dropped an action packed six round decision to Bercier, 8-10-1 (4), this past June.
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Thu 15-Oct-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Two of Panama’s top boxers stayed busy with TKO victories on October 9 at Arena Roberto Duran in their homeland.
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Tue 6-Oct-2009
By Derek Bonnett: It’s hard not to pick on the heavyweight division these days, but in their defense Vitali Klitschko put together a pretty inspiring effort in disposing of unbeaten Cristobal Arreola on September 26 and is now rumored to be considering a meeting with unbeaten Kevin Johnson on December 12 to close out 2009.
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Thu 1-Oct-2009
By Derek Bonnett: There are many different categories of fighters out there in the professional ranks. You have your world champions, your top contenders, guys on the fringe, and your opponents, just to name a few.
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Wed 16-Sep-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Prior to dropping an uncomfortable twelve round unanimous decision to Rudolf Kraj in Germany, Matt "Too Smooth" Godfrey ranked among the more promising young prospects in the sport and his scintillating work as an ESPN regular served to substantiate this opinion.
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Wed 2-Sep-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada will play host to a fine night of professional boxing on September 4 as Steve Molitor will keep busy in the super bantamweight division in an eight round bout against Feliciano Dario Azuago Lesdema, while Jose "Carita" Lopez makes the first defense of his WBO 115 pound title against the latest Filipino phenom, Marvin Sonsona.
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Mon 31-Aug-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Lowell, Massachusetts pugilist "Irish" Joe McCreedy will be looking to get his career back on track Friday, September 4 as he takes on Eddie "Thunder" Caminero at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, RI.
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Tue 25-Aug-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Thirty-four year old boxers are supposed to be transitioning their way out of title contention, not preparing for world championship bouts.
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Thu 13-Aug-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The super bantamweight division has been well known for fighters like Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez, and Juan Manuel Lopez the last couple of years due to the stellar performances each man has consistently put forth.
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Fri 7-Aug-2009
By Derek Bonnett: When Michael Brodie makes his return to the ring on August 21, the Manchester, England native will be expecting to use Mark "The Flash" Alexander as a steppingstone to shed some rust.
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Wed 8-Jul-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Due to their diminutive stature and seemingly forced exile from televised boxing cards after the retirement of Ricardo Lopez, the strawweight division (105 pounds) is boxing’s most overlooked weight category now more than ever.
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Wed 17-Jun-2009
By Derek Bonnett: American flyweights are about as common as Mexican heavyweights. They pop up every now and then, but overall there is a long pause between blips on the radar. The last American-born flyweight to really capture the attention of the boxing world was Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, whose name described him perfectly in his prime.
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Sun 7-Jun-2009
By Derek Bonnett: William Shakespeare once wrote, "Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends." Over the past year, I have spent considerable time pondering this very idea, particularly when speculating about the futures of Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez: two of boxing’s greatest contemporary warriors.
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Thu 4-Jun-2009
By Derek Bonnett: For anyone who saw Matt Godfrey’s come from behind KO of Emmanuel Nwodo last August, it’s easy to forget that the highly rated cruiserweight contender actually returned to the ring three months later to outpoint Edward Gutierrez.
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Wed 29-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The Battle of St. Louis, won by Cory Spinks, had more to do with the defeated fighter doing less than the victor doing more. Spinks walked away with his second IBF junior middleweight championship after the split decision was announced at the Scottrade Center, but in the long run, the experience gained by Deandre Latimore could prove to be far more valuable than the alphabet trinket.
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Tue 28-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Ray Alcorta manages streaking lightweight contender Urbano Antillon and is confident his charge will find victory this Friday night at The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Antillon’s opponent will be Tyrone Harris, who is a seasoned.
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Fri 17-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: At thirty years old, unbeaten cruiserweight contender, BJ Flores, 23-0-1 (14), is on the verge of a world championship bout. Since outpointing the hard-hitting Darnell Wilson on ESPN to claim the USBA cruiserweight title in 2008, Flores has annexed the WBO-NABO crown with a comprehensive victory over the dangerous Jose Luis Herrera.
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Tue 7-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The Espinoza Boxing Club has been working very hard over the last couple of years to build a stable of fighters to carry their name into the next decade
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Mon 6-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The house came tumbling down on Steve Molitor in November 2008. After successfully defending his IBF super bantamweight title five times and running his record to 28-0 (11), Molitor did something out of the ordinary. He lost. And he lost badly.
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Fri 3-Apr-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Whether it’s Johnny Tapia and Danny Romero dividing the fans of Albuquerque or the two local high school football teams squaring off on Thanksgiving day, a cross-town rivalry adds a whole new dimension to the build up and excitement before a big match-up.
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Mon 30-Mar-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Sometimes a fighter is lucky enough that after just sitting around for awhile, taking on modest opposition, his opportunity arrives without having truly proved himself worthy of a big fight. Some fighters are even satisfied with this route toward a world title match-up.
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Fri 27-Feb-2009
By Derek Bonnett: The atmosphere at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Casino and Resort in Ledyard, Connecticut, USA, offered little in the way of boxing electricity during the early evening hours before it was to play host to The Contender series four finale.
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Wed 18-Feb-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Arthur Williams tried for the world cruiserweight title in March of 1994 at the age of twenty-nine.
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Tue 10-Feb-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Leading up to Yusaf Mack’s twelve round NABF light heavyweight fight on February 6, the common opinion was that Mack wouldn’t be able to handle the weight. If he couldn’t take the punches at super middleweight, how was he going to handle bigger punches from bigger men?
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Mon 9-Feb-2009
By Derek Bonnett: As we start 2009, the nation of Panama is amidst an impressive renaissance concerning its standing in the world boxing scene. The success of this country in the realm of professional prize-fighting is largely attributed to one man, the great Roberto Duran, who competed from lightweight to middleweight in a career spanning from 1968 to 2001.
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Sun 18-Jan-2009
By Derek Bonnett: Super bantamweight boxer Gary “Kid” Stark Junior, 28, didn’t have the best of years in 2007.
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Tue 13-Jan-2009
By Derek Bonnett: After speaking with Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan and his team earlier in the month, the junior middleweight division looks a lot different to me. Sure, the upper echelon sports considerable talent with Sergiy Dzinziruk, Paul Williams, and David Santos, but I can’t get too excited about the division on just their merit alone.
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Sun 4-Jan-2009
By Derek Bonnett: In July 2008, Vanes “The Nightmare” Martirosyan, 22, was counted among the top four Armenian-born fighters in the world of boxing in my Each Nation’s Best article focusing on Armenia.
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Mon 22-Dec-2008
By Derek Bonnett: Boxing aficionados can all agree on which fighter deserves the distinction of being called the greatest cruiserweight of all time: Evander Holyfield. After that, there’s no clear number two for this division even though some pretty good talent has settled there.
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Tue 2-Dec-2008
By Derek Bonnett: It’s almost too early to call Luis Ramos and Ronny Rios prospects, but that hasn’t prevented the Espinoza Boxing Club from avidly promoting these two young neophytes.
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Tue 18-Nov-2008
By Derek Bonnett With all the big boxing talk of the last couple of months being focused on Hopkins-Pavlik and Jones-Calzaghe, it appears as if the enthusiasts of the sport have completely forgotten about the super bantamweight unification bout between Celestino Caballero and Steve Molitor on November 21 at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario.
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Tue 11-Nov-2008
By Derek Bonnett If Joe Calzaghe is indeed done fighting after last Saturday’s bout against the aged Roy Jones Jr. in New York, then 2008 will have seen two long standing world champions make their exits from the sport unbeaten. However, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will have made his exit with far more prestige bestowed upon his name than the thirty-six year old Pride of Wales.
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Thu 30-Oct-2008
By Derek Bonnett: Colin Morgan is among the most admirable men I have come across in the sport of boxing. In the handful of conversations we have shared, I quickly deduced the vastly underrated boxing trainer as a self-less man by nature and one who operates by one of the most pure senses of altruism I have ever come in contact with.
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Mon 13-Oct-2008
By Derek Bonnett: The world readily accepts Kelly Pavlik in the lead role of the film that is the middleweight division.
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Sun 21-Sep-2008
By Derek Bonnett: No professional fighter likes to lose. Even trialhorse competitors like Peter Buckley and Anthony Ivory have to feel a lot better about a victory than even their bravest defeat. So, former lightweight world champion Javier Jauregui didn’t get any pleasure from hearing the three judges of his Friday night bout against Kid Diamond label him a majority decision loser to the fringe lightweight contender.
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Sun 3-Aug-2008
By Derek Bonnett: Losing to Miguel Cotto can actually be good experience for one’s career.
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Tue 8-Jul-2008
By Derek Bonnett: The Republic of Indonesia is an archipelago nation located in Southeast Asia.
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Tue 1-Jul-2008
By Derek Bonnett: Armenia is a former republic of the Soviet Union located between the Black and Caspian Seas. The Kingdom of Armenia was the first state to adopt Christianity back in the fourth century and it holds great significance in Judeo-Christian theology as the final resting place of Noah’s Ark after the flood.
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Tue 24-Jun-2008
By Derek Bonnett Canada is the world’s second largest country in terms of land area and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean from east to west.
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Tue 17-Jun-2008
By Derek Bonnett: The Republic of Nicaragua is the largest nation in Central America. Yet, it is the least densely populated with demographics comparable to that of the smaller Honduras and Costa Rica. It derives its name from a combination of the famed Chief Nicarao, who once ruled over this land, and the Spanish word “agua” (water).
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Tue 10-Jun-2008
By Derek Bonnett: The boxing ring is a merciless haven where fighters collide to establish superiority over their opponent in the manly art of self-defense.
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Mon 9-Jun-2008
By Derek Bonnett: The Philippines is an archipelagic nation comprised of 7,107 islands in Southeast Asia and is called home by almost 90 million people.
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