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Boxing Breakfast: Bernard Hopkins and George Groves Hangover Edition
Yesterday's Results and Recaps Bernard Hopkins did everything better than Jean Pascal and won the legitimate light heavyweight championship of the world for a second time. At 46, he's the oldest man to ever win any major title -- legit or not -- in boxing history. Chad Dawson was not so new or...
Worldwide Saturday Results
San Juan del Rio, Mexico Omar Nino UD12 Rodel Mayol - Nino and Mayol rematched a dirty fight that ended in a technical draw. While this rematch was just as dirty, at least it didn't result in an early stoppage. Mayol did open up a gash on Nino with a headbutt early on, but Nino was able to fight...
TV and Internet Fight Schedule - Weekend of June 18
Friday, June 18 gofightlive.tv, 7:30 p.m. Eastern ($9.99), Terrance Cauthen vs. Cleotis Pendarvis, Omar Sheika vs. Jim Strohl. ESPN2, 8:30 p.m. Eastern, Sherzod Husanov vs. Jhon Berrio, Demetrius Andrade vs. Quandray Robinson. Husanov, a 2004 Uzbek Olympian, had been scheduled to make his U.S....
IBO puts together Manfredo-Hernandez, Budler-Rubillar rematch
The IBO sent out a press release detailing a couple of now-planned fights for their trinkets, which I know aren't much respected, but fights are fights, and there are a couple of interesting notes here. For the IBO middleweight title, Peter Manfredo Jr. will face Angel Hernandez. Manfredo (34-6, 18...
Mandatory Eight Count: So-So Sonsona and Joe Calzaghe's Hollywood Dreams
Sonsona too young to quit (The Philippine Star)I think it's fair game to wonder if Marvin Sonsona has any real desire to be a professional boxer at this point. His promoter says in this article that there have been "days when he told me he wanted to quit boxing because he'd been boxing all his...
Monday Morning Notes: Joe Calzaghe thinks he can beat Wladimir Klitschko
Speaking with WalesOnline, retired former super middleweight and light heavyweight champion says he's enjoying retirement, though he misses the money, and that he believes he could beat world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Yes, you read that right. "I see the guys fighting now and I know...
Latin Fury Notes: Chavez not really injured after all?; Jaro out of undercard fight
In his latest blog entry at ESPN.com, Dan Rafael made a quick remark about this weekend's Top Rank Latin Fury pay-per-view, which was to be headlined by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. taking on Jason LeHoullier. Chavez recently pulled out with an injury. You know how Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. pulled out of...
Ranking the Junior Flyweights: June 26, 2009
Let's go from talking heavyweights to talking some of the littlest guys in the sport. The 108-pound division gets very little publicity, but features some great competition and is one of the best of the "really small" divisions. I've said before I'm a guy that thinks the lowest weight in...
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