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Steve Kim: This week’s edition of “Friday Night Fights” on ESPN2 features a junior lightweight match-up between Juan Carlos Burgos and Cristobal Cruz... 
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By Gabriel Montoya Photo © German Villasenor): All his life, feather and super featherweight contender Juan Carlos Burgos, known as “Mini” has wanted one thing: to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, former IBF light flyweight world champion Victor Burgos. “When I was little, around 12 years old...
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Former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champ Tomasz Adamek will face Nagy Aguilera on Saturday, March 24th at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn
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Anson Wainwright: In 2011, Nathan Cleverly completed his meteoric rise from the Welsh valleys through the traditional route of British, Commonwealth and...
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Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to Ask Gerry Cooney, where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing-related...
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By Steve Kim: On the night of March 6th, 2010, Devon Alexander unified the IBF and WBC junior welterweight titles with a spectacular eighth round stoppage of the usually sturdy Juan Urango. At this point in time, the streaking Alexander was thought of as one of the sport’s brightest stars...
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When boxing experts are talking about worthy upcoming challengers in the limit up to 160 pounds, Austrian Marcos Nader his name comes up with increasing frequency.
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WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco Huck has predicted a KO victory over WBA Heavyweight Champion Alexander Povetkin when they clash at Stuttgart´s Porsche Arena on Saturday night.
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Danny McIntosh makes no bones about it. When he takes on British light heavyweight champion Tony Bellew on April 14th at the Echo Arena in Liverpool it’s a case of all or nothing for him.
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Gavin Rees will defend his European lightweight title against Anthony Mezaache in Paris on Friday March 23, live on Sky Sports.
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Ricky Hatton believes his protégé Adam Little is ready to move up in class despite having had less than 12 months professional experience.
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German Villasenor: Arce Halts Parra in Rematch; Paez Jr. TKOs Castro in Three. Mexicali, B.C., MX- Four-division world champion Jorge “El Travieso” Arce...
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By Allan Scotto: Happy Tuesday, fans! Welcome to this week’s edition of The Barbershop, a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about...
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Both Dereck Chisora and David Haye could face jail sentences following their disgraceful weekend unofficial brawl in Munich, Germany.
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By Gabriel Montoya: On February 7 of this year, I wrote a story called “Texas Stumbles into the Drug Testing Era.” The story recounted the events surrounding the Texas Athletic Commission’s failure to provide an anti-doping lab to test samples collected at a fight card that included WBC and...
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WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko suffered a partial tear of a ligament in his left shoulder when he successfully defended his title against Dereck Chisora on Saturday night in Munich, Germany.
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It is with regret that I feel I have to issue this statement to clarify certain matters, following an unfortunate incident that occurred on Saturday night (February 18) in Munich, Germany at the Vitali Klitschko vs. Dereck Chisora post-fight press conference.
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The British boxing Board of Control are to hold an immediate inquiry into the post fight brawl between licence holder Dereck Chisora and David Haye in Germany over the weekend.
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By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): The original plan from Top Rank called for former WBA lightweight titlist Brandon Rios and Yuriorkis Gamboa to co-headline an HBO televised doubleheader from the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, as a possible prelude to...
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By Gabriel Montoya (Photo © Sumio Yamada / Goossen Tutor Promotions): It was business as usual for the Texas Athletic Commission this weekend. Big fights came to town and once again on TAC’s watch, another big controversy joined them. Showtime delivered the action on Saturday...
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Ben Solly: Vitali Klitschko was forced to go all 12 rounds for only the fourth time in his professional career by a spirited performance from Dereck Chisora. In what was...
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Marty Mulcahey: The four fighters featured on Showtime tonight enter the ring with a lot to prove. Paul Williams must reassure TV networks...
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German Villasenor: Although he has been written off many times in the past, Mexico’s very popular Jorge “El Travieso” Arce, 59-6-2 (45), is not only...
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Gabriel Montoya: It was a solid night of action across the country Friday as prospects, contenders and titleholders stayed busy in action fights. IBF super featherweight...
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By Steve Kim (Photo © German Villasenor): Last year in the wake of a bitterly disappointing 2010, a plan was mapped out by Goossen Tutor, trainer/manager Henry Ramirez and Al Haymon to help Chris Arreola regain his mojo by fighting as often as possible (therefore getting Arreola back in...
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Chisora lost his nerves and slapped Vitali in the face
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Boxing fans can expect many happy returns this tax season.
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Official Weights from Arlington, Texas
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Defending WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko, unbeaten for almost nine years and with an impressive 40 knockout victims on his 45 fight slate, shall be enjoying home court and significant edges in height and reach.
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Promoter Eddie Hearn has announced that Scotty Cardle will fight on three huge bills at the very beginning of his career.
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Middleweight prospect Patrick Nielsen (12-0, 6 KOs) has been named “2011 Boxer of the Year” by the Danish Professional Boxing Federation (DPBF).
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Gabriel Montoya: Following his stellar win over Guy Robb back on January 20 on Shobox, super featherweight prospect Joel Diaz, Jr...
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Gabriel Montoya: If boxing in 2011 had a name, it would be “The Year of the Upset.” It seemed every time you turned around, an upset...
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By Marty Mulcahey: For the second week in a row, ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights” features a former American Olympian. The consensus is Shawn Estrada has the skill and power to match Demetrius Andrade’s dynamic knockout from last Friday. A string of injuries has hampered...
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By Matthew Paras: Both Lamont Peterson and Tim Bradley have come a long way since their December 2009 clash. As Peterson prepares for a rematch against Amir Khan on May 19 and Bradley prepares for the match of his lifetime against Manny Pacquiao, how the fighters went...
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Steve Kim: Promoter Roy Engelbrecht kicks off his 27th year in the business tonight at the OC Hangar at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa, California. What began...
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Anson Wainwright: When Juan Carlos Burgos entered the ring on the night of the 12 November last year (as part of the televised undercard...
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One of Ontario’s best amateur boxers, undefeated featherweight prospect Tyler Asselstine (8-0, 5 KOs), has a second home in Montreal, where he fights Saturday night for the sixth time during his
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FIGHT NOW TV TM - America’s only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel - announced today that this Saturday will (Feb. 18) kick-off the first of many "Super Saturday Live" programming weeke
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Anson Wainwright: Two days before Christmas Day, Thailand’s Kompayak Porpramook received an unexpected but very welcome...
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Allan Scotto: Hey, fans! Welcome to Ask Gerry Cooney, where you get to ask former heavyweight contender “Gentleman” Gerry Cooney any boxing...
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German Villasenor: Super welterweight southpaw/2008 Olympian Demetrius Andrade moved his record to 16-0 (11) by knocking out a late replacement in former...
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It seems Timothy Bradley’s father is far more excited about his son fighting Manny Pacquiao than he is. The undefeated WBO light-welterweight champ steps up in both weight and class on June 9 to challenge ‘Pac Man’ for his pound for pound No.1 crown and the WBO welterweight belt at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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By Steve Kim: IBF light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud was scheduled to face Zsolt Erdei on New Year’s Eve in Anaheim, California. Cloud, 23-0 (9), a boxer who was once very active as he came up the ranks, had been stagnant in recent years. With just one fight in 2009 and two...
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Former world heavyweight title challenger Chris Arreola hopes an impressive performance against Eric Molina at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday night will secure him another world title shot.
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Greg Proksa will defend his European middleweight title against Kerry Hope at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield, England on March 17. The bout will be broadcast live on Sky Sports.
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Allan Scotto: Welcome to this week’s edition of The Barbershop, a column designed to give you a forum to speak your mind about our question(s) of the week or...
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By Gabriel Montoya: When we last saw former welterweight and junior middleweight titleholder Paul Williams, it was July of last year and he was taking more punches than anyone expected from Erislandy Lara. Williams was returning to action following his knockout loss to...
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Undefeated rising stars, Thomas Dulorme and Jose "The Sniper" Pedraza have received awards from Puerto Rico’s boxing commission for their astonishing accomplishments in the ring.
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World heavyweight title challenger Dereck Chisora says that he will be too wild andunpredictable for WBC World Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko when they clash inMunich, Germany on Saturday night.
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