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By Jason Pribila: Ringside in Atlantic City: Prior to the HBO cameras going live at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, I ran into Philadelphia boxer Gabriel Rosado. We looked at the bout sheet and I told him, “I thought you finished Charles Whitaker in Bethlehem?”
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By Jason Pribila ringside in Atlantic City: The last time HBO Boxing aired a 40-1 underdog opposite of the NBA’s All Star weekend, Buster Douglas shocked the world by knocking out Mike Tyson. On this night we had Gavin Rees of Wales attempting to upset the Adrien Broner apple cart.
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Jonathan Slowey (8st 13lbs) defeated Ian Baillie (8st 13lbs) on points at the Gorbals Leisure Centre in Glasgow on Saturday night to capture the vacant International Masters featherweight title.
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By John Hannen: In a gruelling contest Jon-Lewis Dickinson made a first successful defence of his British cruiserweight title, and won the North East battle for supremacy, after outpointing Sunderland’s Dave Dolan at the Rainton Meadows Arena on Friday.
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By Jason Pribila, ringside in Allentown: Midway through the main event, promoter/trainer Marshall Kauffman yelled to his fighter Keenan Collins, “What are you waiting for?” While one is not sure if Kauffman was referring to his current rematch against George Rivera, or Collins’ 9-year career in general; but it was clear that Collins got the message.
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Humberto “La Zorrita” Soto successfully defended his WBF Welterweight title on Saturday night, (February 9), scoring a hard-fought, but clear, unanimous 12 round decision win over Silverio Ortiz.
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Super bantamweight journeyman Jonathan Zurdo” Lecona won a 10 round unanimous decision over Enrique “Duende” Bernache at the Auditorio de Trabajadores del Metro in Mexico City on Saturday in an upset.
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Alexander Miskirtchian retained his European featherweight title with a 12th round stoppage win over former world title challenger Andreas Evensen at the Blue Water Dokken in Esbjerg, Denmark on Saturday.
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Carl Frampton announced his arrival onto the world stage at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Saturday night when he scored a stunning ninth round knockout of Spaniard Kiko Martinez to claim the European bantamweight title.
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Rugby World Cup-winner Sonny Bill Williams won the vacant WBA International heavyweight title at the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Boodall, Australia on Friday when he out-pointed South African Frans Botha over 10 rounds.
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British amateur star Deion Jumah marked his professional debut with an impressive first-round stoppage victory against Ruslan Bitarov last Saturday (Feb 2) at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin, Germany.
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Danish promotional company Euro Event presented three professional fights Saturday night in connection with the traditional six-day cycling race at the Super Arena in Ballerup near the Danish capital Copenhagen.
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By: Mike Sloan and Sean Wippert ringside in Las Vegas: Welterweight contender Frankie Gomez was able to remain unbeaten after dominating Lanard Lane over ten rounds inside the Chelsea Ballroom in the Cosmopolitan.
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After more than a year out of the ring former world title challenger Andre ‘The Matrix’ Dirrell returned to totally outclass the more aggressive but limited Michael Gbenga over 10 rounds at the McAllen Convention Center in McAllen, Texas on Saturday.
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Former two weight world champion Juan Manuel Lopez stayed on course for a featherweight title challenge at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Saturday night when he scored a ninth round stoppage win over Aldimar Silva Santos.
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By Danny Winterbottom: Jürgen Braehmer’s persistent jab and cleaner punching, aided by a ninth round point deduction for Eduard Gutknecht, saw him claim the European light heavyweight title by way of a unanimous point’s decision inside the Max Schmelling Halle in Berlin, Germany on Saturday.
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Carlos Molina earned the right to a crack at the IBF light middleweight title at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on Friday night when he out-pointed former champion Cory Spinks.
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By Wayne Bartlett: Sam Soliman further disproved the school of thought that you need a knockout to earn a draw when boxing away in Germany, after defeating Felix Sturm in an upset in Dusseldorf this Friday.
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Sean Sullivan Reporting From Ringside: Staten Island’s own Nicholas DeMarco headlined a six-bout card, promoted by Greg Cohen Promotions and held at the Staten Island Hilton Garden Inn On Thursday .
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Daniel Geale gained revenge over Anthony Mundine at the Event Centre in Sydney, Australia on Wednesday by out-pointed his bitter rival over 12 rounds.
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Jorge Paez Jr scored a ninth round knockout win over Francisco “Paco” Fuentes at the Auditorio Bicentenario de Morelia in Morelia,, Mexico on Saturday night.
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Welterweight Danny “Bhoy” O’Connor scored a majority 10 round points win over Derek Silveira at the TD Bank Boston Garden, in Boston, MA on Saturday.
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Former two weight world champion Hugo Cazares won a narrow 12 round unanimous decision over Rey Perez at the Gimnasio Manuel Bernardo Aguirre, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico on Saturday.
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Lucas Matthysse took just 2.26 to knock out Mike ‘The Silent Assassin’ Dallas Jr at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday night. The thunderous right hand that flattened Dallas Jr left the American out cold on the canvas for some time.
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Amir Mansour, 17-0-(13), took just one round to take out Dominique Alexander, 23-16-1-(11), at the Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware on Friday night.
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Gary Shaw Productions and the Chumash Resort Casino in Santa Ynez, California enjoyed another sell out crowd in Friday night.
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By:Marc Livitz: Brian "The Warrior" Vera held on to his NABO Middleweight title this evening with a tenth round TKO win over Sergiy Dzinzurik at the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York.
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: Luis Rosa remained unbeaten in his first main event on DiBella Entertainment’s show at BB Kings in Times Square, NY, with a unanimous hard fought eight round decision over Derrick Wilson
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Willie Limond returned to the ring in style on Monday night when he impressively banged out fellow Scot Eddie Doyle in the opening round to claim the vacant Commonwealth light welterweight title at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Matt Vanda’s final fight as a professional did not go according to plan at the Convention Center in Minneapolis on Saturday night when he was out-pointed over 10 rounds by Caleb Traux.
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By Derek Bonnett at ringside: In a glorious night of boxing brought to fans by NBC and the Mohegan Sun, fans were treated to an action packed card which seemed to turn off the Earth’s gravitational pull for some fighters.
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By Jerry Glick at ringside: Felix Verdejo needed only 21 seconds to faint a left hook to the body and land one to the head to flatten Tomi Archambault at Madison Square Garden In New York on Saturday
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Heavyweight Deontay Wilder remained unbeaten at the Centro de Convenciones in Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, Mexico on Saturday night when he scored a second round tko win over Matt Greer.
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: Defending WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido, from Senora, Mexico, had trouble staying on his feet whenever he was hit by challenger, Mikey Garcia.
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Glenn Foot form Sunderland claimed the first Prizefighter welterweight trophy by defeating Dales Evans in the final of welterweights III tournament at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in England on Saturday night.
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Bantamweight prospect Kal Yafai scored a fourth round tko win over Mexican Gonzalo Garcia to remain unbeaten as a professional at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on Saturday night.
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Gabriel Campillo And Sergey Kovalev weighed in ahead of their main event clash at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on Saturday night.
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By Wayne Bartlett: Frankie Gavin looked every inch the potential superstar after a masterful seven round win over Jason Welborn (January 18).
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Saturday night at the Rosecroft Raceway, Maryland native Alantez "Sly as A" Fox remained undefeated with a dominating unanimous decision victory against fellow instate rival Julius Kennedy.
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Super featherweight Dante “Crazy” Jardon won by second round disqualification decision against Adrian Verdugo at the Foro Polanco in Mexico City on Saturday.
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Johan “El Terrible” Perez of Venezuela scored a majority 10 round decision win against former IBF super featherweight champ Stevie Forbes at the BB &T Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday evening.
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By: Mike Sloan: The Showtime-televised main event between rising contenders Ronny Rios and Rico Ramos was expected to be an entertaining battle. Per the norm, ShoBox cards are typically easy to view and they display usually young talent with bright futures in the sport of boxing.
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Lightweight contender John Molina scored a crushing fourth round ko win over Dannie Williams at the Indian School in Sante Fe, New Mexico on Friday night.
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Middleweight prospect Antoine Douglas scored explosive first round stoppage over Stanley Harvey in the co-featured bout at Cordon Bleu in Woodhaven, New York on Thursday night.
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Welterweight Rob Frankel won a fifth round tko decision over Jermaine White at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday.
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Rances Barthelemy out-pointed Arash Barthelemy over 12 rounds of anIBF super featherweight title eliminator for the #2 spot at the Magic City Casino in Miami, Florida on Friday night.
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Unbeaten Kazuto Ioka, Japan, claimed the vacant WBA light-flyweight crown by scoring a sixth round tko win over Mexican Jose Rodriguez in Osaka, Japan on Monday.
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Undefeated WBA super-featherweight champ Takashi Uchiyama impressively unified the 130lbs titles by defeating the previously unbeaten interim champ Bryan Vasquez in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.
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Former British light welterweight champ Ashley Theophane scored a first round knockout win over Chaurembo Palasa at the Rene Hartmann Center in Dudelange, Luxembourg last Friday night.
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Former WBC heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev made a successful return to the ring after three years away to score a third round tko win over Owen Beck at the Sports Palace Quant in Moscow, Russia on Sunday.
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