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WBC No.4 ranked super featherweight contender Dante Jardón dismantled Adrian Tellez inside two rounds at the Jose Cuervo Saloon in Mexico City on Friday night.
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Undefeated Polish heavyweight hope Mariusz Wach (25-0, 13 KOs) scored a crushing fourth round knockout over Irishman Kevin McBride (35-10-1, 29 KOs) at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn on Friday night.
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Francisco “Panchito” Bojado, a one time hot boxing prospect, was arrested Thursday on charges of various driving and drug offences.
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By Michael Norby: Junior welterweight Lamont Peterson became Amir Khan’s mandatory challenger on Friday night after knocking out Victor Cayo in the 12th round of an IBF title eliminator at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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WBC junior-middleweight Champion Canelo Alvarez is a man of few words. So much so that when he faces Alfonso Gomez on September 17 he prefers to do all his talking in the ring.
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By Steve Kim: While Antonio Tarver easily shrugged off Danny Green in Sydney, Australia back on July 20th at the Entertainment Centre in nine, mostly dominant rounds, he still hasn’t shaken off the effects of jet lag since returning to the States last week.
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WBC light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins will make the first defence of his title against felloe American Chad Dawson at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on October 15.
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In Las Vegas a Nevada judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a nightclub bouncer against Floyd Mayweather Jr. that alleged the champion boxer and his entourage became violent after they were carded at a Las Vegas hotspot.
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The World Boxing Council has reportedly stripped their junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley for not defending the title.
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WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov and Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin have joined forces to promote Friday night’s “Fire & Fury” championship boxing card South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Former undisputed word middleweight champion Kelly ’The Ghost’ Pavlik and his trainer Jack Loew participated in an international media conference call Wednesday to discuss Pavlik’s upcoming fight against Darryl Cunningham of Detroit, at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio on August 6.
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By Ron Valderrama: Very few boxers survive in a sport that requires so much dedication, discipline and physical and mental strength. One of those fighters, however, that has succeeded is Bronco "Superman" McKart.
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By Derek Bonnett: SecondsOut fans have taken a special interest in speaking out in defense of our "right to a fair title fight". Our voice may be small, but we are pure of heart and do not have to accept world class mockeries in place of world championship boxing.
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By Ron Valderrama: Professional boxing in Arizona continues when Showdown Promotions, in association with Top Rank Boxing, Inc. showcase Jose Benavidez Jr. against Filipino Mercito Gesta in a nationally televised bout September 17th on Fox Sports.
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Pound for pound top 10 boxer and WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire has signed a four year promotional deal with Bob Arum’s Top Rank.
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Flamboyant boxing promoter Butch Lewis has died of a heart attack at his home in Wilmington, Del, on Saturday aged of 65. His trademark was to wear a tuxedo without a shirt.
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By Tom Gray: Muhammad Ali awoke on July 26th 1971 with a different feeling in his stomach than what would normally be the case before fight night. The contest in question would be his thirty third in eleven years and would take place at the Houston Astrodome in Texas in front of a capacity crowd.
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By Derek Bonnett: In boxing, it is not often, but certainly possible, that two fighters appear evenly ranked as the top fighters in their respective weight class. When these two combatants meet it is typically in the mold of a Super Fight, unless they weigh below 135 pounds, in which case, they are too often ignored
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If SecondsOut’s Trainer Of The Year Freddie Roach has his way Amir Khan will fight again in December then face Floyd Mayweather Jr in early 2011. After demolishing Zab Judah inside five rounds to unify two of the junior-welterweight titles in Las Vegas last weekend Roach believes Khan is now ready to face the slick undefeated American boxer.
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WBO featherweight champion Orlando “Siri” Salido retained his title via 11th round stoppage win against the overmatched challenger Kenichi “Machine Gun” Yamaguchi (17-2-2, 4 KOs) at the CUM in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico on Saturday night.
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On Saturday tonight, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presented its much anticipated, "Knock Out Cancer" card at the Hunts Point Produce Market to benefit the American Cancer Society.
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By Sean Wippert at ringside in Las Vegas: WBA junior welterweight world champion Amir Khan added the IBF strap to his mantle on Saturday night with a fifth round knockout victory over Zab Judah at The Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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By: Mike Sloan at ringside in Las Vegas: Peter Quillin, a very promising young middleweight contender from Brooklyn, NY, kept things rolling right along with an impressive and dominating fifth round TKO over Jason Lehoullier
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By Ron Valderrama at ringside: Alexis "Beaver Santiago treated his fans in Phoenix and a sold out show hosted by FACE II FACE EVENTS, in association with Sonoran Capital Group at Friday Night Fights 2 at the Madison Events Center.
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By Marc Livitz at ringside: Boxing is such a great sport. Great for the fans & great for the spirit. Even greater so when all the fighters on the card are approachable and amiable.
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Scott Quigg’s WBA super-bantamweight title eliminator against Franklin Varela this Saturday(July 23) will be broadcast live and FREE of charge on YouTube. Unbeaten Quigg faces the tough Venezuelan in his hometown at Bury’s Castle Leisure Centre.The entire card will be broadcast LIVE.
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WBA junior welterweight champion Amir Khan has vehemently denied that he has used performance enhancing drugs to further his career. It will come as no surprise that the allegations have come from Roger Mayweather, the outspoken uncle and trainer of former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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On Tuesday Star Boxing held the final press conference for their upcoming "Knock Out Cancer" boxing benefit at the Hunts Point Produce Market Saturday July 23rd
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Undefeated, world-rated KZ Event Productions fighters Ravshan Hudaynazarov and Gayrat Ahmedov have become as difficult to fight as it is for boxing fans to correctly pronounce and spell their last names.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Some boxers just fight and have no plan B. The smarter ones do the right thing and keep the future in mind. In spite of his being undefeated and possessing power in both fists, super-middleweight Will Rosinsky took the test to become an Emergency Medical Technician for the New York Fire Department, passed and is now helping to save lives.
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By Derek Bonnett: Pawel Wolak and Delvin Rodriguez were two fighters on the cusp of SecondsOut rankings. Wolak was working his way to get there and Rodriguez was fighting to make his way back. When the fight was signed, I knew it would be a barn-burner.
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USBA heavyweight champ Maurice Harris retained his title with a 12th round tko of Derric Rossy at the Resorts Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday night.
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Diego Magdaleno took one step further toward contender status by scoring a unanimous 10 round decision victory over Alejandro Perez on the 10th anniversary edition of ShoBox at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Promoter Joe DeGuardia presented this week’s edition of ESPN’s "Friday Night Fights" from the Roseland Ballroom in NYC. Headlining the card was the much anticipated jr. middleweight showdown between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak. The fight had boxing insiders buzzing with excitement as soon as it was announced, and it ended up living up to the hype and some.
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Jerry Glick reporting: In what may be the fight of the year, Junior-middleweight contender Powel Wolak followed up his decisive win over ex-champ Yuri Foreman with a scintillating and courageous performance against the equally courageous Delvin Rodriguez. The two warriors struggled to a ten round draw on Star Boxing’s show at the Roseland ballroom in New York City.
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By Ron Valderrama: Boxing returns to The Madison Events Center in Phoenix July 22nd as FACE II FACE EVENTS in association with Sonoran Capital Group host ’Friday Night Fights 2".
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Just steps away from where all the action will take place one month from now at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Joseph King Kong Agbeko and Abner Mares took part in a spirited press conference on Thursday(July 14).
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By Sean Wippert: It’s difficult for those who have watched Zab “Super” Judah over the years to look past the best and worst of his career. In many ways these extremes have been his calling card of sorts as he has either been the destroyer of worlds, or the wreckage in another fighters wake. No matter how you look at it, he is one of boxing’s most polarizing figures and has been one for sometime now.
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IBF junior-welterweight champion Zab Judah has snubbed the British boxing media by refusing to answer their questions at today’s Conference call to publicise his unification clash with Britain’s WBA titleholder Amir Khan.
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By Clive Bernath: Trainer Freddie Roach is planning a longer than usual training camp for Manny Pacquiao ahead of his third clash with Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on November 12.
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Former world middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik has confirmed that he had a physical confrontation with his brother, Michael Pavlik Jr at his parents house last Friday night but denied he was under the influence of alcohol
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By Sean Wippert: Step back in time for a moment if you will. The year is 1990. The entire world is still in a daze from “Iron” Mike’ Tyson’s titanic crash in Tokyo. The dry October air is thick with anticipation at the recently opened Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The ripped frame of the 1984 Olympic Bronze Medalist and then undefeated Evander “Real Deal” Holyfield dances impatiently in his corner.
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A solid undercard has been announced for the “Fire & Fury” pro boxing card, featuring Beibut Shumenov against Danny “The Bronx Bomber” Santiago, on TeleFutura’s“Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast live from South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This Friday, July 15th, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing presents the much anticipated jr. middleweight showdown between Delvin Rodriguez and Pawel Wolak at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC.
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This Friday night, welterweight contender, and former world title challenger, Delvin Rodriguez, will step up in weight, and look to stake his claim amongst the elite of the jr. middleweights
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Junior middleweight prospect “Bazooka” Joe Linenfelser a 22-year-old boxer from Rockford, Illinois who lived a few years in Florida before returning home, has already been fighting professionally for nearly six years.
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By Matthew Hurley: When my obsession with the sport of boxing fully blossomed in the early 1980s, writer George Kimball was my go-to-guy. His columns in the Boston Herald, along with my monthly purchases of The Ring and KO Magazine, became as important to me as any school textbook.
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By Derek Bonnett: This week’s boxing action sizzled and forced a multitude of changes across the divisions as boxing’s best remains on the move. Fans witnessed a couple of failed comebacks regardless of the final outcomes, were reminded that busyness is next to godliness, got what was expected when champions take on inferior opposition, watched a new champion being crowned, and were treated to a brief, but thrilling lightweight slugfest.
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American Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs) scored a spectacular seventh round knockout against Akifumi Shimoda (23-3-1, 10 KOs) to claim the WBA super bantamweight title at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City on Saturday night.
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Brandon Rios, fresh from his stunning third round win over Urbano Antillon, said speed and power took him to vicotry on Saturday night.
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Undefeated WBA lightweight world champion Brandon Rios engaged Urbano Antillon in three magnificently exciting rounds on Saturday night, before stopping the challenger in the third round at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, USA.
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Tomoki Kameda retained his WBC Bantamweight Youth title by 10 round unanimous decision against Pumar Singwancha on Friday in the Kyuden Gym of Fukuoka, Japan.
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Undefeated welterweight prospect Jessie Vargas scored an impressive second round knockout against Walter Estrada at Buffalo Bill’s Star of the Desert Arena in Primm, Nevada on Friday night.
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Brandon Rios and challenger Urbano Antillon had to be restrained following one last heated verbal exchange on Friday after making weight ahead of their WBA lightweight title clash at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California Saturday night.
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By Ron Valderrama: Boxing fans in Phoenix were treated to a "knock down", "look what the cat dragged in" bloody brawl when ESPN Friday Night Fights showcased Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzales taking on knockout artist Francisco Sierra in a match that would go the distance at the U.S. Airways Center.
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By Ron Valderrama: The Boxing Buzz is on in Phoenix when ESPN Friday Night Fights invades the valley tonight as Fanbase Promotions host the NABF Super Middleweight Championship bout at U.S. Airways Center.
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By talking to Jean-Paul Mendy (IBF #1), and seeing the confidence he possesses, you’d almost think that he was the champion defending his title on Saturday night
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Paul Williams returns to the ring for the first time since being knocked cold by Sergio Martinez last November when he takes on the undefeated Erislandy Lara at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday night night.
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This Saturday night, on the undercard of Lucian Bute vs Jean-Paul Mendy, Sahib Usarov will make his Star Boxing debut when he takes on Sergio Gomez Acevedo in an eight round super bantamweight match-up.
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Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon were well-behaved and civil to each other during Wednesday’s final press conference.
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From the mean streets of Grand Rapids to living in New York and now Hollywood,middleweight prospect Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin is on the verge of boxing greatness.
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Antonio Tarver has achieved just about everything he set out to do when he first turned pro in 1997. After 14 years as a professional the 42 year-old American has won the world light-heavyweight title three times and even starred in a Rocky movie. But on July 20th the, Tampa, Florida based southpaw will achieve another goal when he travels to Australia to face Danny Green at the Entertainment Centre in Sydney, Australia.
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With an impressive third round knock-out over former WBA Champion Owen Beck on June 24th. David Rodriguez upped his undefeated record to 35-0, 33Kos and picked up the vacant WBC Fecombox heavyweight title.
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Two fighters who can’t hide their dislike for each other -- Brandon Rios and Urbano Antillon-- participated in a Media Workout Tuesday at Fortune Gym in Los Angeles, California
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By Ron Valderrama: Jesus "El Martillo" Gonzales battles Francisco Sierra on July 8th at the US Airways Center in Phoenix and will be televised on ESPN Friday Night Fights.
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On Friday July 15th, at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC, Delvin Rodriguez squares off against Pawel "Raging Bull" Wolak in a 10 round jr. middleweight showdown.
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Jerry Glick reporting: Zab “Super” Judah has so much talent that he is able to keep coming back time and time again. He was a junior-welterweight champion early in his career and a later he won recognition as the unified (WBC, WBA, IBF) welterweight champion. He would lose those titles but that didn’t stop him from earning yet another title and a unification championship fight.
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By Ron Valderrama at ringside: Randy Caballero won the WBC Youth International Bantamweight Title before a hometown crowd at Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California on Friday night.
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Friday night at the Covelli Center in Youngstown, Ohio former world middleweight title challenger Billy Lyell made his hometown return a success when he out-pointed Michael Walker.
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flyweight prospect McWilliams Arroyo floored Lorenzo Trejo twice at the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on Friday night before the fight was stopped.
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By Marc Livitz at ringside: Sebastian Lujan of Argentina seemed like a man on a mission on Friday night at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas when he faced challenger Mark Jason Melligen of the Philippines in a 10-round welterweight bout.
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With the WBC giving it’s newly crowned middleweight champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., it’s blessing to take a voluntary defense there is one middleweight contender who is eyeing the opportunity to overturn the apple cart.
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By Ron Valderrama: The WBC Youth Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Title is up for grabs tonight(Julty 1) as Alexis "Beaver" Santiago battles Randy Caballero.
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Brandon Rios and Urbano Antillon spent time with the boxing media on a teleconference on Thursday, a week before their upcoming world title showdown on Saturday, July 9, from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Former undisputed world middleweight champion Jermain Taylor has reportedly received the all clear to resume his career after an intensive series of medical examinations.
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U.S. District Court Judge Larry R. Hicks denied the Emergency Appeal filed by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. for a protective order to prevent his court-ordered deposition, finding that Mayweather’s motion was "without merit."
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Mixed Martial Arts Legend and former Street fighter Kimbo Slice will make his professional boxing debut at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma on August 13.
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Anthony Dirrell has a new opponent for Saturday’s UBO Inter-Continental Super Middleweight title fight at the Atwood Stadium in Flint, Michigan.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr has announced he is excited to be back fighting again after 16 months out of the ring.
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Jerry Glick reporting: With fans howling for the two fighters, WBC Welterweight Champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz and his challenger Floyd “Money” Mayweather came together at the Hudson Theater in Times Square New York to begin to bang the drums for their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas slated for September 17th.
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By Ron Valderrama: The First Lady of Boxing Jackie Kallen will make a special guest appearance at FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS II at the Madison Events Center in Phoenix Arizona July 22nd.
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Check out all the post fight quotes from the boxers taking part Saturday night’s mega show in St Charles.
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By Jason Pribila, Ringside in Philadelphia: Top Rank Inc. and Peltz Boxing Promotions presented an eight bout fight card at the South Philadelphia Arena in support of the Mike Jones Homecoming.
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By Jason Pribila, ringside in Philadelphia: Undefeated welterweight Mike Jones returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, USA on Saturday night for the first time in over two years.
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Devon Alexander returned to the ring victorious in St Charles, Missouri on Saturday night when he scored a 10 round split decision win over Lucas Matthysse. At the ebnd of 10 hard rounds judges Carlos Colon 96-93 and Denny Nelson 95-94 made Alexander rthe winner while the third official Brett Miller saw the bout in Matthysse’s favour, 93-96.
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Showtime boxing’s Nick Charles, a respected member of their broadcasting team for many years, died this morning at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 64 years old.
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Javier Castro stopped world rated junior welterweight Jesus Pabon in the second round Friday night at the Miami Dade County Auditorium in Miami, Florida.
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Devon Alexander returns to the ring tonight when he faces Lucas Matthysse at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo.
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Check out all the weights and pictures from the weigh-n for Don King’s massive multi title boxing event in St Charles.
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By Marc Livitz: James Kirkland proved a littler too sharp for Orange, New Jersey’s Dennis Sharpe at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas on Friday night.
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Lightweight contender John Molina (scored a fifth round tko win over Robert Frankel at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA on Friday night.
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By Marc Livitz: David Rodriguez extended his unbeaten record to 35-0-(33), at the Don Haskins Convention Center in El Paso, Texas on Friday night when he knocked out Owen Beck inside three rounds.
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Jerry Glick reporting from ringside: Just north of Howard Beach, New York there is, on Jamaica Avenue, a local catering hall that on occasion doubles as a fight venue.
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Most of the principal fighters taking part in Don King’s history-making fight card this Saturday (HBO: 9:45 p.m. ET/PT) at The Family Arena in St. Charles, Mo., were on hand for the event’s final press conference on Thursday.
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Tonight an eight bout boxing card will emanate from Cordon Bleu in Woodhaven, New York promoted by New Legend Boxing in association with Old World Boxing Promotions.
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By Ron Valderrama: Undefeated Alexis Santiago will compete for the WBC Youth Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Title against Randy Caballero on Friday, July 1st as Golden Boy at the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
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North American Boxing Association(“NABA”) Lightweight Champion Logan Cotton McGuinness makes his second title defense this weekend at home at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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