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Check out all the latest British title news. There are some great match ups scheduled including David Price vs Sam Sexton for the vacant heavyweight title and a bantamweight encounter between super-bantamweight champ Scott Quigg and Rendall Munroe.
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By John Hannen, northeastfightscene.co.uk: North East fight fans are hoping for a return to the ‘good old days’, when former world title challenger Michael Hunter makes his ring comeback at the Hartlepool Borough Hall on March 25.
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By Peter Lim: In a showdown between young, undefeated prospects, Bahodir Mamajanov will face Maurice Hooker at the Houston Athletic Fencing Center this Saturday, Feb. 11. It will be Mamajanov’s ninth fight in as many months as a pro. The card will be staged by Savarese Boxing Promotions.
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The contracts for the Zab Judah Vs Vernon Paris elimination bout have been signed and filed with the IBF, and tickets will go on sale today (Feb 9th).
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Yoan Pablo Hernandez has set his sights on a quick return
after receiving some bad news earlier this week.
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Nottingham’s Carl Froch is planning a homecoming on 5th May with a fight against a world ranked opponent.
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English super-middleweight champion Paul David has upped sticks and moved to London, after signing management papers with Johnny Eames and switching his training to the TRAD TKO Gym in Canning Town.
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Star Boxing president Joe DeGuardia has announced that former world title challenger Angel Hernandez has replaced an ill Derek Ennis for Friday’s night’s main event against 2008 US Olympian Demetrius Andrade
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Quebec welterweight Manolis Plaitis is traveling to Ontario for Saturday night’s showdown, seeking to avenge his stable-mate’s loss last October to welterweight Samuel Vargas, in the continuation of a heated Canadian provincial arch-rivalry series.
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Kevin Mitchell is aiming for a big summer showdown with rival Ricky Burns once he has smashed Felix Lora this Friday night.
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Grzegorz Proksa will defend his European middleweight title at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17, live on Sky Sports.
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David Price’s promoter Frank Maloney has blasted Tyson Fury for vacating his British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles and preventing a fight against Price.
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Hennessy Sports have announced this morning that Tyson Fury has vacated his British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles in pursuit of being a household name on his journey to become Heavyweight World Champion.
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Promoter Bob Arum has confirmed that Manny Pacquiao will face WBO light-welterweight champion Tim Bradley in Las Vegas on June 9 as long as the undefeated American can agree terms.
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Undefeated WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin has taken a three-day reprieve from training camp in Big Bear to visit New York City.
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By Don Smith Angelo Dundee passed last week at the age of 90. During his legendary career, he trained 15 World Champions in a body of work that spanned six decades. Dundee was feisty, colorful, entertaining and a master at preparing his corner for the big fight.
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By Andrew Wake: Unbeaten Huddersfield prospect is happy that one of his friends is going on a diet as it provides him with a chance to further his fistic career.
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Puerto Rican prospect, Thomas Dulorme was scheduled to face Jose Reynoso on February 17, but will have to find another opponent due to a hip injury suffered by Reynoso while training in California.
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New York, NY (February 7, 2012) -- Undefeated WBA Middleweight Champion Gennady Golovkin has taken a three-day reprieve from training camp in Big Bear to visit New York City. Golovkin boasts a record of 22 wins with 19 KOs and is considered one of the brightest stars and biggest punchers in the sport today.
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Craig Lyon’s English bantamweight title defence to Martin Ward on March 31 has been cancelled.
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Gleason’s Own Keisher “Fire” McLeod-Wells Returns To The Ring In NYC
Fire will fight a six round bout on March 7, 2012.
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By Ray Kilgore: If nothing else, Demetrius Andrade has done a good job of getting his name out in the public eye. There are hundreds of Google articles about him, and even if they all don’t read the way he’d like, they’re still out there. In an era when some boxers are all talk with little substance, the 23-year-old Andrade has been able to back up his words.
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New York, NY (Feb. 6, 2012) - Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. defended his version of the WBC Middleweight Championship this past Saturday, February 4, and as long as Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez follows suit in his upcoming matchup against Matthew Macklin on March 17, promoter Lou DiBella expects the two to meet to determine who is the full and real WBC Middleweight Champion.
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World Boxing Organization No.3 Cruiserweight B.J. Flores is looking for a world title shot and may have just received it….but there is a catch.
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In the build up to this Friday’s boxing card at the York Hall, Bethnal Green,London boxing writer Glyn Evans has interviewed unbeaten super-middleweight Frank Buglioni prior to event .
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WBC #1 ranked super lightweight contender, Ajose Olusegun has been patiently waiting for his opportunity to fight for the title. Frustrated that he has been ducked by everyone in the division, Olusegun feels he’s one of the most avoided fighters in boxing.
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Middleweight prospect Michael Oliveira will make his Canadian boxing debut this Saturday night at Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Puerto Rico’s undefeated welterweight prospect,Thomas Dulorme has graduated from Summa Cum Laude, of The Lyceum Arts and Technology school in Hato Rey, specializing as an AutoCad drafte
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In the 10-round main event on February 24, WBC Silver super featherweight champion Juan Carlos Burgos will make his first defense of the title against Cristobal Cruz.
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Super middleweight Adonis “Superman” Stevenson has set his sights on a showdown with IBF champion Lucian Bute.
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Next month’s boxing show in Peterborough features the return of Cello Renda.
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Tyrone Nurse believes victory in the sold-out Betfair Prizefighter Light-Welterweight II at Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Saturday 11 February will be the perfect start to a big year for his career.
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According to the the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department website Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of drunk driving at around 4.38am about two weeks ago.
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Dorin Spivey won the NABA Lightweight title when he scored a seventh round tko win over Philadelphia’s Victor Vasquez at the Tropicana Casino and Resort Showroom in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday night.
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Yoan Pablo Hernandez successfully defended his IBF Cruiserweight Title with a points victory over Steve Cunningham in Frankfurt on Saturday night.
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By Wayne Bartlett: We are walking down Stoke Newington High Road when Erick Ochieng is stopped by a man entering a shop. He asks Ochieng how the fight went and is delighted when told it went well.
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Promoter Dave Coldwell has promised Birmingham fight fans value-for-money.
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WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly believes he won’t be alone for much longer as Britain’s only world champion and has backed Barry’s Lee Selby to join him.
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By Derek Bonnett: The big bouts of 2012 have finally started rolling. This week presented boxing fans with a scintillating title fight rematch at cruiserweight. Also, the son of a ring legend confirmed his standing among the world’s best middleweights without a doubt.
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Star Boxing’s undefeated junior welterweight prospect Raymond "Tito" Serrano takes on dangerous Kenny Abril in the 10-round co-feature February 10 on ESPN Friday Night Fights live from Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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Check out all the pictures and results from the PR Boxing/Top Rank show from Friday night’s show at the Coliseo Luis Aymat Cardona in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico.
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WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly expects the Welsh and British boxing fans to be at their very best when he makes his long awaited homecoming on February 25th.
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London Heavyweight Ali Adams has enlisted the permanent help of a hypnotist in the build up to the most important fight of his career.
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By: Marc Livitz at ringside: In front of an announced crowd of 14,210 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX., Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. retained his WBC Middleweight title as he ground and slugged his way to a unanimous decision win over Marco Antonio Rubio.
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Sean Sullivan reporting from ringside: Headlining at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York Joe Hanks defended his title via TKO, after Rafael Pedro was unable to continue following 48 seconds of round two, having suffered an injury to his right shoulder.
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Star Boxing will have a six fight show at The Times Union Center in Albany. The fighters weighed in for Saturday night’s show.
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By Danny Winterbottom: In an IBF mandated rematch, that sanctioning body’s cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1) held onto his title with a lopsided point’s victory over American veteran Steve Cunningham (24-4) at the Fraport Arena in Frankfurt Germany, Saturday February 5.
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By Andrew Wake at ringside: Bury’s Scott Quigg retained his British super-bantamweight title with an eighth round stoppage of Welsh veteran Jamie Arthur.
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By Danny Winterbottom: Derby’s Ovil McKenzie scoffed at prefight taunts labelling him a glorified journeyman as he blasted out a game but out gunned Tony Dodson in 66 seconds of the third round, in defence of his Commonwealth light heavyweight title at the Bowlers Arena in Manchester last night, Friday February 4.
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McWilliams Arroyo extended his pro record to 10 – 1 (9 KOs) in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico last night when his opponent, Gilberto Mendoza, failed to come off his stool to start the fourth round of a scheduled six.
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