Category: Boxing
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Crawford overpowers Jean in ten
WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) stopped Dierry Jean (29-2, 20 KOs) in the 10th round on Saturday night at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Crawford dropped Jean in the first and 9th rounds and then used a flur…
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Eubank Jr halts Jeter with ease
WBA interim middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr (20-1, 15 KOs) halted overmatched American Tony Jeter (20-5-1, 14 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield. The Brit fighter dropped Jeter with a left hook in the …
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Golovkin dominates Lemieux, Gonzalez outguns Viloria
Gennady Golovkin (34-0, 31 KOs) stopped David Lemieux (34-3, 31 KOs) in the eighth round on Saturday night in a one-sided middleweight world title unification fight at Madison Square Garden in New York. Golovkin was dominant from the first bell, landi…
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Fonfara defeats Cleverly in thriller
Poland’s Andrzej Fonfara (28-3, 16 KOs) defeated former world champion Nathan Cleverly (29-3, 15 KOs) by a unanimous decision in a light heavyweight bout on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Fonfara edged out the Welshman over 12 …
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Kell Brook pulls out of world title defence against Diego Chaves
IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (35-0, 24 KOs) has pulled out of his world title clash with Diego Chaves (23-2-1, 19 KOs) at the Sheffield Arena on October 24 after sustaining a rib injury in sparring. The unbeaten Briton was set to make the thir…
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Selby outpoints Montiel on US debut
IBF featherweight champion Lee Selby (22-1, 8 KOs) outpointed former three-division world champion Fernando Montiel (54-5-2, 39 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The Welshman had a tough battle throughout but won by…
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Andy Lee-Billy Joe Saunders set for December 19
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee (34-2-1, 24 KOs) will now fight British challenger Billy Joe Saunders (22-0, 12 KOs) on December 19 at Manchester Arena. After two postponements – Lee with a viral infection and Saunders with a cut eye, the Irishman will finally be making the first defence of his WBO title against fellow southpaw Saunders. Lee won the vacant belt by stopping Matt Korobov in the 6th round last December, and he was set to defend it against former champion Peter Quillin, but the…
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Linares scores KO over Cano to retain title
WBC lightweight champion Jorge Linares (40-3, 27 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Mexican Ivan Cano (23-7-2, 15 KOs) on Saturday night at the Poliedro in Caracas, Venezuela. Linares dropped Cano twice, once in the third round and then in the fourth. …
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Flanagan demolishes Magdaleno, Smith tops Thompson
WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (29-0, 12 KOs) demolished American Diego Magdaleno (28-2, 12 KOs) in two rounds on Saturday night at the Manchester Arena in Manchester. Flanagan dropped Magdaleno three times in second round before the referee …
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Arthur Abraham vs Martin Murray for WBO title set for November 21
Britain’s Martin Murray (32-2-1, 15 KOs) will challenge WBO super-middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (43-4, 29 KOs) on November 21 at the TUI Arena in Hannover. The German fighter will make the fifth defence of his second world title reign by facing…