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Look out flyweights... here comes Oscar
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - If I'm Vic Darchinyan... I'm not sleeping
so well these days.
Of course, something about the pressure of an upcoming fight, the specter of a
determined opponent and the inherent risk of losing hard-earn...
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Sosa scores TKO of Rubillar
Mexico City, Mexico (Sportsbooks) - Edgar Sosa retained his WBC light
flyweight championship with a seventh-round technical knockout of Juanito
Rubillar.
Sosa (34-5-1, 18 KOs), who was coming off a unanimous decision win over ...
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Williams beats Phillips via TKO
Ontario, CA (Sportsbooks) - Paul Williams suffered a cut over his right eye
from an accidental head-butt in the first round, but rallied to pound Verno
Phillips and win by eighth-round technical knockout to capture the interim WBO
junior ...
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Linares captures super featherweight title
Panama City, Panama (Sportsbooks) - Venezuelan Jorge Linares captured the
vacant WBA super featherweight title on Friday by scoring a fifth-round
technical knockout of hometown favorite Whyber Garcia.
Linares (26-0, 17 KOs), co...
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Arreola craves starring role at heavyweight
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Make no mistake, Chris Arreola wants all
those "regular" things.
The championship jewelry. The recognition. The financial windfall. To name
just a few.
But when it comes time in a few years t...
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Wright hurt in training; cancels bout with Munoz
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Former light middleweight champion Ronald
"Winky" Wright injured his left hand while sparring and was forced to cancel
his scheduled December 4 bout against Michi Munoz.
Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) hasn't f...
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Hatton scores 11th-round TKO of Malignaggi
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Ricky Hatton scored an 11th-round technical
knockout of Paulie Malignaggi Saturday night in a one-sided bout.
In the fight for the lesser-known IBO light welterweight title, Hatton (45-1)
drew blood from...
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Garay beats Braehmer to retain belt
Rostock, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Argentine Hugo Hernan Garay retained the
WBA light heavyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Juergen
Braehmer of Germany.
Garay (32-3) won by counts of 118-110, 117-112 and 116-115 t...
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Malignaggi promises weekend fireworks
New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Ricky Hatton is what he is.
And unless Floyd Mayweather Sr.'s work with him in training camp was on the
level of Creed-Balboa in Rocky III, he'll not veer too far from script in Las
Vegas.
Which makes Paul...
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Taylor dominates Lacy
Nashville, TN (Sportsbooks) - Jermain Taylor moved to the No.1 contender
spot in the WBC super middleweight rankings with a dominating 12-round
unanimous decision over Jeff Lacy.
The 30-year-old Taylor (28-2-1), fighting for t...
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Team claims battered Jones will press on
New York, NY (Sportsbooks) - Roy Jones Jr. wasn't there to say it for
himself.
But according to both his manager and the CEO of his promotional company, last
Saturday's methodical beating at the hands of unbeaten Welsh import ...
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