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Jamie McDonnell to fight Juan Alberto Rosas on April 9

WBA bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12 KOs) will defend his title against Juan Alberto Rosas (41-9, 28 KOs) on April 9 at the O2 in London.
McDonnell will make his fourth world title defence against Mexican Rosas on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s IBF heavyweight title fight against Charles Martin.
The Doncaster fighter won the WBA title with a 10th round stoppage win over Thailand’s Tabtimdaeng Na Rachawat in May 2014.
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Adrien Broner stripped of WBA belt after he fails to make weight

Adrien Broner (31-2, 23 KOs) has been stripped of his WBA light welterweight title after he failed to make weight on Thursday afternoon for his title defence against Britain’s Ashley Theophane (39-6-1, 11 KOs) tonight at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
Broner, who won the belt with a 12th round knockout win over Khabib Allakhverdiev in October in his last outing, weighed in 0.4 pounds over the division limit of 140 pounds. He was given two hours to shed the extra weight but never returned to…