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Manny Pacquiao wins BWAA Fighter of the Decade award
Manny Pacquiao has been named Fighter of the Decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America, coming on the heels of back-to-back Fighter of the Year awards. I'm guessing it was pretty much a two-horse race between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., reflecting the current mythical...
Friday Night Fights: Prescott loses his "0," Cubans roll to three wins
Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott might need another new nickname. "The Khanqueror" saw his career hit a wall in the main event of last night's ESPN2 Friday Night Fights from Las Vegas, as he was outboxed, frustrated and frankly schooled by the unheralded Miguel Vazquez. Prescott (21-1, 18 KO)...
Tessitore announces Peter-Chambers fight for March 27
Though it's not a 100% done deal, ESPN2 play-by-play man Joe Tessitore announced on tonight's Friday Night Fights card that a heavyweight fight between former titleholder Samuel Peter and American Eddie Chambers is likely set for March 27 on Friday Night Fights. Peter (30-2, 23 KO) is one of the...
Timekeeper falls asleep, Urango wins IBF title in Montreal
Though the scoring was weird and the referee was Marlon B. Wright, the biggest officiating goofiness of tonight's Friday Night Fights main event in Montreal came courtesy of the timekeeper. Colombian Juan Urango beat Montreal resident Herman Ngoudjo by unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF...
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