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At a press conference earlier today, WBO junior-welterweight champion Timothy Bradley announced that he was officially signing with Bob Arum’s Top Rank Boxing.
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British amatuer super-heavyweight Anthony Joshua out-pointed Olympic champion Roberto Cammarelle from Italy to reach the semi-finals of the World Amatuer Championships.
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By Ron Valderrama: The state of affairs regarding Arizona boxing is concerned is in good hands thanks in part to Arizona Boxing Commission Executive Director, Dennis R. O’Connell.
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heavyweights Kimbo Slice and Franklin“Yah Yah” Lawrence will be showcased in separate bouts on October 15 on the“Rumble in the Heartland” card
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Bernard Hopkins, the WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight Champion conducted a media workout today ahead of his October 15 title defence against Chad Dawson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
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Mexican-American heavyweight knockout artist Chris Arreola will be heading south to Leon, Guanajuato to make his highly anticipated Mexican debut on November 5.
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Already a star in his native land of Uganda, current NABO lightweight champion Sharif “The Lion” Bogere is ready to make a name for himself in his adopted hometown of Las Vegas.
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Brandon Gonzales, the newly signed Goossen Tutor Promotions and Antonio Leonard Productions boxer, will face Ossie Duran at Ballys in Atlantic City on October 28.
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Undefeated welterweight contender Mike Jones, of Philadelphia, PA, makes his first appearance at Madison Square Garden on Saturday evening, Dec. 3, when he faces two-time world title challenger Sebastian Lujan.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Every boxing fan and historian can use a reference book that covers the sport as well as this one does.
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By Derek Bonnett: This week was one filled with high expectation and sound match-making. Many fighters were predicted to perform at their highest levels and create massive explosions in the ring. Even a member of the adult film industry took special interest in a middleweight bout.
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Toshiaki Nishioka impressively retained his WBC super bantamweight title with a hard fought 12 round unanimous decision win over former Rafael Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on on Saturday night .
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Toshiaki Nishioka retained his WBC super bantamweight title with a hard fought 12 round unanimous decision win over Rafael Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on on Saturday night .
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By Mikko Salo: The three main bouts featuring a total of four Ring-rated fighters in Saturday`s quality fight card in Neubrandenburg, Germany didn`t lack drama or controversy.
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Juan manuel Lopez scored a second round tko win over Mike Oliver at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez Arena in Bayamon, Puerto Rico on Saturday night.
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By Jason Pribila, Ringside in Atlantic City: The HBO cameras and DiBella Entertainment returned to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday night in anticipation of the return of Middleweight Champion, Sergio Martinez.
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Check out the entire Kendall Holt Danny Garcia Conference call transcript
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The World Boxing Council ("WBC") has announced that Phil Lo Greco has been stripped of his WBC International Welterweight belt due to his refusal to defend against mandatory challenger Victor Lupo.
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Unbeaten lightweight Luis Ramos Jr.hope scored a fifth round knockout win over David Rodela at The Hangar at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, California on Firday night.
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Saturday night at the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey Argentine tough guy Sergio Martinez takes on undefeated British boxer Darren Barker. Martinez is odds on to retain his title but as usual our brave army of writers once again put their reputations on the line to pick a winner.
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By Marc Livitz: Ajose Olusegunand Ali Chebah treated fans to a memorable night of fighting in a 12 round Super Lightweight contest in Santa Ynez, CA on Friday.
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Undisputed world middlewieght champion and unbeaten British challenger Darren Barker both weighed in under the 160lbs limit ahead of their title fight in Atlantic City on Saturday night.
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In this week’s Ask The Editor some of SecondsOut’s loyal readers discuss the fallout of Floyd Mayweather vs Ortiz and who should the heavyweight Klitschko brothers fights next?
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New heavyweight hope Kimbo Slice, returns to the ring October 15 for only the second time as a professional boxer, facing Tay Bledsoe in a four-round bout at Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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During the third round of his fearless, bloody campaign against Robert Helenius in Erfurt, Germany this past August, Sergei "White Wolf" Liakhovich suffered fractures of the bones located high on the bridge of both the right and left sides of his nose.
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By Ron Valderrama: To say that everything in Texas is big is a myth, well kind of anyway.
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Promoter Lou DiBella has announced that middleweight champ Sergio Martinez.has more chance of facing Floyd Mayweather Jr than pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao.
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By Danny Winterbottom: “Kill the body and the head will die”, so goes the old pugilistic maxim. When we think of great headline grabbing knockouts it is usually a devastating blow to the head that immediately springs to mind. Bob Foster’s left hook laying out Dick Tiger
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Former WBO light-welterweight champion Kendall Holt is on a mission to recapture a world title belt, but first he must score a win over unbeaten prospect Danny Garcia
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Jerry Glick reporting: Looking to be in fantastic shape, Ring and WBC Diamond Belt Middleweight Champion of the World Sergio Martinez, 47-2-2 (26 KOs), did some light training in the window of Modell’s Sporting Goods Store located on Times Square in New York City.
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Eddie Chambers and Tony Thompson will fight in an IBF Heavyweight Title Elimination bout at Bally’s Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, October 28.
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By Anson Wainwright: Friday night sees the latest installment of “ShoBox: The New Generation” pit Ali Chebah against Ajose Olesegun in a WBC title eliminator
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After two very close and exciting fights against pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez fully intends to make the trilogy equally thrilling.
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Following Floyd Mayweather’s Tweet about giving Victor Ortiz a rematch if he can beat Andre Berto in a rematch, promoter Oscar De La Hoya has now jumped on the ‘Tweeting’ bandwagon.
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Former NABF and WBO NABO featherweight champion Matt Remillard could potentially face five-years in prison after pleading no contest to beating a man with a baseball bat in Connecticut in July, 2010.
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By Ryan Waugh: Tucked away in Holyrood Business Park, lies a boxing gym with a distinction.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr has told Victor Ortiz via his Twitter account that if he can beat Andre Berto again then he will grant him a rematch. The undefeated American Superstar controversially knocked out Ortiz in the fourth round to claim the WBC welterweight title a couple of weeks ago. At the time ’Money’ Mayweather had dismissed the idea of a rematch but now it appears he has had a change of heart.
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Following the withdrawal of Evander Holyfield, Frans Botha will now face American Michael Grant for the WBF heavywieght title in Johannesburg, South Africa on 19 November.
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Check out the entire Antonio Margarito /Miguel Cotto press conference from Los Angeles and what promoter Bob Arum had to say about UFC President Dana White.
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By Derek Bonnett: In boxing, sometimes fans get what they want; sometimes they don’t. On other occasions, fans get what is expected, but, more often than we like, fans end up getting less than they deserve. This week provided boxing junkies with a little bit of everything as we watched the elites keep busy against inferior opposition mostly.
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By Marc Livitz at ringside: Alfonso Lopez scored an impressive TKO win against game but outclassed Michael “Midnight Stalker” Walker at the American Bank Center on Saturday night.
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WBO super featherweight champion Jorge Arce ko’d Simphiwi Nongqayi in the fourth round of a grudge rematch at the Foro Promo Casa in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico on Saturday night.
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Check out All the Friday night results from Around the USA.
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In an unprecedented setting, the official weigh-in ceremony was conducted at the Soumaya Museum, property of Don Carlos Slim, as part of the celebration of the 3rd anniversary of Ring TELMEX.
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Jonathon “Lil Thunder” Arellano out-pointed the previously undefeated Michael Ruiz, Jr. (8-1-1, 3KO) over eight rounds at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California on Friday night to claim the WBC Inter-Continental super bantamweight title.
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Jerry Glick at ringside: In front of a raucous, but happy crowd, Martin Wright won the NBA Jr. Intercontinental Welterweight Belt with unanimous ten round decision at The Cordon Bleu in Queens, NY on a New Legends and Old World Boxing promoted seven card show.
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Carl Froch’s Super Six final showdown with Andre Ward in Atlantic City on October 29 has been postponed after Andre Ward suffered an injury in sparring.
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On Saturday, October 1st, DiBella Entertainment will present "Noche de ’Maravilla’: Martinez vs. Barker" featuring Middleweight Champion
Sergio Martinez defending his WBC Diamond belt against undefeated European Champion Darren Barker at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, NJ.
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Due to the impending weather, This Saturday’s Boxing/MMA show at Harrah’s in Chester has been postponed until Friday night, October 28th.
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Unbeaten British middleweight insists he has the beating of pound for pound top 10 boxer Sergio Martinez when he attempts to topple the world middleweight champ in Atlantic City, New Jersey on October 1.
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Jerry Glick reporting: New York City was teaming with small fight clubs; St. Nicks, Sunnyside Gardens, Eastern Parkway Arena, and others back in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s, but those venues are gone now but local boxing has made a comeback in New York.
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On October 1st, light heavyweight Isaac Chilemba will make his DiBella Entertainment (DBE) debut when he takes on Jameson Bostic in an eight-round light heavyweight match-up on the undercard of "Noche de Maravilla’" featuring Sergio Martinez’ world title defense against Darren Barker.
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Former US Olympian and amateur World Champion Demetrius Andrade takes on Saul Duran in a 10 round Jr. Middleweight contest tonight at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH.
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Undisputed world middleweight king Sergio Martinez says he is willing to take a potentially fatal risk and fight Manny Pacquiao at 150lbs.
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Despite being banned from the sport of boxing for a year for illegal hand wrapping former WBO welterweight champion Antonio Margarito insists he has ‘ always fought clean’.
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Ray Robinson, not the original Sugar Ray Robinson but the New Ray Robinson, carries the name of an all-time great. At heart, though, he’s simply a down-to-earth guy trying to make his own way in the world.
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By Ron Valderrama: Professional Boxing returns to the Madison in Phoenix Oct. 21st (Friday) when Sonoran Capital Group in association with Face II Face Events host FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS III.
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By Dave McKee: Is the Mayweather Ortiz controversy the best thing to happen for boxing in years? Almost weekly we read article after article decrying the actions of referees, judges, commissions, and sanctioning bodies. Every week, it seems, the final nail is driven into boxing’s coffin. It’s just a matter of time before the sport vanishes into the dustbin of history.
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Garrett Wilson makes the first defense of his USBA cruiserweight title against Chuck Mussachio Saturday evening, Nov. 19, in the Grand Ballroom at Bally’s in Atlantic City.
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WBC No. 1-ranked super lightweight contender Ajose Olusegun will face No. 6-ranked Ali Chebah in a WBC super lightweight eliminator on Sept. 30, at The Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, Calif.
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Former European super bantamweight champion Willie “Big Bang” Casey returned to the ring last Saturday night in Belfast, stopping veteran Daniel Kodjo Sassou in the eighth round of their fight at the famed King’s Hall.
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George Benton, one of the best never to win a world title, especially at a time when world titles meant something, passed away Sept. 19, 2011, at the age of 78. Promoter J Russell Peltz, International Boxing Hall of Fame class of 2004, recalls his days with The Mayor of North Philadelphia.
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By Ron Valderrama: In the shadow of the Mayweather-Ortiz drama being played out in the bright lights of Las Vegas, a battle was underway down South on the Colorado River at the BlueWater Resort and Casino in Parker Arizona.
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On October 1st, DiBella Entertainment will present Middleweight Champion, Sergio Martinez defending his title against Darren Barker at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ.
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IBF Cruiserweight Champion Steve “USS” Cunningham will
put his belt on the line against Yoan Pablo Hernandez in Neubrandenburg, Germany on October 1.
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George Benton, one of the finest boxers ever to fight out of Philadelphia, passed away in the early hours of Monday morning(September 19). He was 78 years-old.
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Martin Murray will challenge WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm later this year.
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Canelo Alvarez and Alfonzo Gomez gve their thoughts regarding there clash at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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Morales And Cano Post Fight Quotes
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By Mike Sloan at ringside in Las Vegas: In a rather surprising turn of events, welterweight Carson Jones scored a late rounds TKO against the always durable and perennial contender Said Ouali.
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By Marc Livitz: HBO’s “Star Power” Pay-per-View extravaganza treated fans to a split-site night of action.
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Maxboxing’s Radio Rahim talks exclusivly to both Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Victor Ortiz ahead of their WBC welterweight title clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas later tonight.
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WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck will face Argentinian giant Rogelio Rossi in Ludwigsburg, Germany on October 22.
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At age 50 Paul Nave suffered the first defeat of his comeback after nearly 10years out at the Albert Park Field in San Rafael, California on Friday night.
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Heavyweight prospect Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell extended his record to at the Texas Station Casino in Las Vegas on Friday night with a third round tko win over Hector Ferreryo.
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Boxers and Athletes took time out from training to make their predictions ahead of the big world welterweight clash between WBC champion Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather Jr in Las Vegas.
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Saturday night at the MGM Grand In Las Vegas, Nevada, Victor Ortiz makes the first defence of his WBC welterweight title against Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz impressed in claiming the title against the favoured Andre Berto back in April but can he turn back the challenge of classy American Floyd Mayweather Jr? Check who SecondsOut’s staff writers think will win the big welterweight clash.
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According to Entertainment website TMZ Manny Pacquiao’s L.A. house has been burglarized
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Tyson Fury says tomorrow night at the King’s Hall in Belfast he will show the world why he is the future of the heavyweight division.
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Banner Promotions and Kirill Pchelnikov and German Titov’s GT & KP Boxing Promotion present a world championship fight card on September 25, 2011, at the Palace of Sports “Olympus” in Krasnodar, Russia.
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WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz tipped the scales bang on the 147lbs limit at today’s weigh in in Las Vegas.
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Australian light middleweight champion Tyrone Tongia retained his title for the second when he stopped James “The Goondiwindi Gun” Giltrow at the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane, Queesnland, Australia on Friday night.
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WBC featherweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez scored an impressive second round tko win over Rogers Mtagwa at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas on Thursday night.
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By Dave McKee: The Ring has reportedly parted company with Editor-in-chief Nigel Collins and managing editor Joseph Santoliquito.
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With all due respect to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadians, the long, rich arch-rivalry in sports between Ontario and Quebec is, perhaps more prevalent today in boxing than even hockey.
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In This Corner TV’s. James ‘Smitty’ Smith speaks exclusively to Victor Ortiz and his trainer Danny Garcia ahead of his clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on September 17.
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Former WBA champion Manuel Alejandro Siaca and hot prospect McJoe Arroyo will headline the seventh edition of the series "A Puño Limpio" on October 7.
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Saul Canelo Alvarez and Alfonso Gomez as well as their respective teams,took part in a press conference in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, ahead of their WBC junior-middleweight title clash at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Saturday night.
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By Derek Bonnett: Connecticut boxing needed a boost. Last summer, Chad Dawson, then the world’s premiere light heavyweight, found himself on the wrong end of a technical decision against Jean Pascal.
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Promoter Ricky Hatton has been successful in applying to the British Boxing Board of Control for his seconds and trainers licences.
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WBO president Francisco Valcárcel confirmed today that Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon and Raul "Rayito" Garcia will collide on October 29 in Puerto Rico as part of the WBO 24th Convention for WBO the mini-flyweight interim title.
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After 12 years of waiting undefeated Jessie Vargas finally gets the opportunity to impress on Saturday night when he faces Josesito Lopez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Check out all the weights from Newark weigh In
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Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade takes on two-time world title challenger Saul “Baby” Duran at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire on September 21
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By Ron Valderrama: Battle at Bluewater II premiers Sept. 17th when undefeated Filipino Light Welterweight sensation Mercito Gesta features in the main event taking on Manuel Perez at the BlueWater Resort.
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For the first time, HBO transforms the HBO Zone channel into a fight-day boxing destination with an unprecedented six-hour block of Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz fight-related programming before the LIVE action.
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By Ron Valderrama: Sonoran Capital Group in association with Face II Face Events present Friday Night Fights 3 (FNF3) at the Madison Event Center on October 21, 2011.
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This Wednesday night’s big card in Newark just got bigger. In a battle of undefeated Heavyweights John Lennox will take on former world amateur champion Joey Dawejko in a four round bout.
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