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Campbell guts one out against Funeka in Florida
Former three-body lightweight titlist Nate Campbell won a war of attrition against tough South African Ali Funeka in tonight's main event in Sunrise, Florida, winning a majority decision (114-112, 11...
Official picks thread for tomorrow night's HBO card
From now on I'll be instituting an official pre-fight picks thread for bigger cards (HBO, Showtime, PPV) the night before the event, and this'll be our first one. What a goofy mess to go first. I'll ...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Nate Campbell v. Ali Funeka
The Campbell-Funeka led triple-header goes live on HBO from Sunrise, Florida, tonight at 10pm ET. Join us for all three fights, with live, round-by-round coverage and scoring! REMEMBER: The IBF and W...
Campbell doesn't make weight for Funeka bout
UPDATE: Campbell has officially failed to make weight for the fight, losing just a half pound in the two hour window he was allotted to drop the three pounds. When he fights Ali Funeka tomor...
Despite many setbacks, HBO triple-header still packs a punch
When Saturday night's HBO Boxing After Dark card was first conceived, it looked very different than the card that will actually take place tomorrow The main event was scheduled to be Gary Shaw's sta...
Golden Boy's lightweight tournament coming to PPV on April 4
Michael Katsidis, Jesus Chavez, Carlos Hernandez and Jorge Barrios will compete in a four-man lightweight tournament on pay-per-view on April 4th, and Golden Boy is looking to add a main event piece ...
Campbell talks matchmaking, Don King talks MMA
In an article by Sharon Robb of the Sun-Sentinel, IBF/WBO lightweight titlist Nate Campbell says that matchmaking is a big reason for boxing's alleged woes: "What they are doing now is this round-...
Santos pulls out, Barrera not getting interim title fight
Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com is reporting that the previously accepted Daniel Santos-Sergio Martinez fight, to be televised on HBO on Feb. 14, is off after the Santos camp has withdrawn. But don't bl...
WBO offers Barrera lame fight, interim title
I am a Marco Antonio Barrera fan, but let's call a spade a spade here. The WBO is showing favoritism toward the 34-year old Mexican legend by offering him a tomato can fight for their interim li...
Martinez-Santos added to HBO's Feb. 14 card
A fight between WBA junior middleweight titlist Daniel Santos and Sergio Martinez has been agreed to for HBO's February 14 card, removing Martinez from the January 17 show and turning that Feb. 14 li...
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