Category: Boxing
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Vasyl Lomachenko to meet Miguel Marriaga in world title defence on August 5
WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1, 6 KOs) will defend his title aganist Colombian challenger Miguel Marriaga ( 25-2, 21 KOs) on August 5 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. The Ukrainan boxer had hoped to avenge h…
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Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo unification clash set for August 19
WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Terence Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) will fight IBF and WBA champion Julius Indongo (22-0, 11 KOs) on August 19 in a unification clash at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. Crawford, a two-division wo…
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World Boxing Super Series bouts set for super middleweights and cruiserweights
The quarter-final draws were made for the World Boxing Super Series super middleweight and cruiserweight tournament at the draft gala on Saturday night at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo. In each weight class, eight elite boxers will fight in an elimination tournament. The four quarter-finals are due to take place in September and October this year, with the semi-final’s due to be next January and February and the finals of both divisions scheduled for May 2018. The winner of both the super…
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Denis Lebedev defeats Mark Flanagan to defend WBA cruiserweight belt
WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (30-2, 22 KOs) defeated Australia’s Mark Flanagan (22-4, 15 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Sunday night at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Lebedev floored Flanagan in the ninth round on the way to re…
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Terry Flanagan to fight Felix Verdejo on September 16
WBO lightweight champion Terry Flanagan (33-0, 13 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Felix Verdejo (23-0, 15 KOs) on September 16 at the Copper Box Arena in London, England. Flanagan, 28, will be making his sixth world title defence since winning th…
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Horn dethrones Pacquiao by controversial decision
Underdog and hometown fighter Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs) dethroned WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) by a controversial 12 round points decision on Sunday at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Many of the round…
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Easter battles hard to points win over Shafikov
IBF lightweight champion Robert Easter (20-0, 14 KOs) defeated Russian challenger Denis Shafikov (38-3-1, 20 KOs) by unanimous decision on Friday night at he Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio, USA. Both fighters had their moments and exchanged blows t…
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Joseph Parker vs Hughie Fury set for September 23 in Manchester
WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (23-0, 18 KOs) will fight mandatory challenger Hughie Fury (20-0, 10 KOs) on September 23 at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Fury, 22, was supposed to travel to Parker’s home country of New Zealand t…
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Roman Gonzalez-Srisaket Sor Rungvisai rematch to headline super flyweight triple-header on September 9
Former pound-for-pound king Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (46-1, 38 KOs) will attempt to regain the WBC flyweight title in a rematch with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (42-4-1, 38 KOs) on September 9, likely to take place in Los Angeles. The rematch hea…
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Ward conquers Kovalev in eight
WBA, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (32-0, 16 KOs) won his rematch with Sergey Kovalev (30-2-1, 26 KOs) by eighth round TKO on Saturday night at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas. In their first fight in November, War…