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Juan Manuel Lopez overcomes a game Rogers Mtagwa in NYC war
Juan Manuel Lopez and Rogers Mtagwa were set up for a war, but most figured it would be a short war, with Lopez eventually crushing the journeyman Mtagwa, an always-game fighter who can brawl with the...
Mandatory Eight Count: Thaxton hangs up the gloves, Audley giving up his trophy for a good cause
Jonathan Thaxton confirms retirement | Sky SportsThaxton (34-11, 19 KO) has decided to give up the ghost after a wretched 2009 that saw him go 0-3. He had a 17-year pro career with some great highligh...
Photos from Top Rank's weigh-in in NYC
All photos by Chris Farina / Top Rank, from Top Rank's Facebook page Rogers Mtagwa (121) v. Juan Manuel Lopez (121) Yuriorkis Gamboa (124 1/2) v. Whyber Garcia (124 1/2) Monte Barrett (218) v. O...
Fight Previews: Lopez, Gamboa should cruise on Saturday
Top Rank presents a four-fight pay-per-view card on Saturday night from Madison Square Garden, headlined by two exciting, young stars that fight for knockouts and have natural talent in spades. I per...
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has big(ger) plans for 2010
If you were worried that Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. was content to ride through a career in boxing on his father's name, fighting mediocre opposition on $40 pay-per-views, you might be seeing the end of t...
John Duddy-Andy Lee: Better now than never?
Not so long ago, a fight between Irish stars John Duddy and Andy Lee seemed like an eventual blockbuster money event. Both had the heavy following both among the Irish and Irish-American audiences, bo...
Friday Afternoon Notes: Pacquiao-Cotto undercard, Matt Korobov and more
Some tidbits from around the boxing world: The first piece of the Pacquiao-Cotto undercard appears to be nearly set - Top Rank won the purse bid for Daniel Santos vs. Yuri Foreman, and they'll be put...
Pavlik-Lyell? No. No, no, no. No.
After light-punching journeyman Billy Lyell upset John Duddy in Newark last Friday, Jack Loew (who trains Lyell and middleweight champ Kelly Pavlik) wasn't exactly glowing in his praise for his fighte...
Spinks edges Latimore, Duddy loses in Newark
Cory Spinks won a close split decision against Deandre Latimore in St. Louis, and John Duddy suffered the first loss of his career in Newark on an eventful Friday night in boxing. Spinks (37-5, 11 KO...
Trinidad wants Pavlik at 165 pounds
Puerto Rican living legend Felix Trinidad (42-3, 35 KO) told El Nuevo Dia hat he wants a fight with Kelly Pavlik at 165 pounds, but that Pavlik -- as well as Bernard Hopkins -- "fears his punches." ...
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