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Weekend Boxing Results: Canelo, Arce, Soto Win in Mexico, Broner and Russell Win in Cincinnati
Mexico City, Mexico Results: Canelo Alvarez TKO-5 Kermit Cintron ... Leo Santa Cruz TKO-3 Jorge Romero ... Nobuhiro Ishida TKO-1 Edson Espinoza ... Salvador Sanchez II SD-12 Alexander Monterrosa ... Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez TKO-4 Samuel Miller. [ Post-Fight Recap ] Analysis: Alvarez (39-0-1, 29 KO)...
Saturday Global Boxing Results: Giovani Segura Stops Ivan Calderon to Win Jr. Flyweight Championship
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Giovani Segura KO-8 Ivan Calderon. And so the great unbeaten run of Puerto Rico's "Iron Boy" Ivan Calderon comes to an end at the hands of powerful Mexican brawler Giovani Segura. Segura (25-1, 21 KO) lived up to the hype as being the division's best puncher and knocked out...
Bad Left Hook's Top 20 Fights of 2009: The Cut List
There were a whole lot of good, memorable fights in boxing this year, and while I've put together a top 20 that will start going up in installments (20-16, 15-11, 10-6, 5-1) this evening, I wanted to give some due credit to the fights that were on my cut list after some deliberation and...
Martirosyan replaces Clottey on first FSN Top Rank show on Jan. 16
Welterweight contender Joshua Clottey has pulled out of his scheduled January 16 fight with Michel Rosales on January 16, the date scheduled for the first show of the new Top Rank series on FOX Sports Net, reports ESPN.com's Dan Rafael. Vanes Martirosyan will replace Clottey as the headliner of the...
Ranking the Featherweights: May 15, 2009
The 126-pound division may not be the glory weight it once was, but I think this is still a damn solid top ten. Biggest problem is that few of the top dogs in the division are exciting. 1. Chris John (42-0-2, 22 KO, WBA Titleholder) Indonesian John has been at or near the top of the division's...
Luevano-Concepcion on May 2 undercard
Following a January 11 knockout of Kenyan Sande Otieno, 21-year old Filipino Bernabe Concepcion will move up to the big leagues at 126 pounds to challenge WBO featherweight titlist Steven Luevano on the Hatton-Pacquiao undercard on May 2 in Las Vegas. Concepcion (28-1-1, 16 KO) has been touted by...
Tomato Cans: January 8, 2009
Ah, there's so much more to talk about right now. Not really big stuff, but enough that I want to take little shots at or discuss briefly. Dan Rafael's Notebook contained a few more neat tidbits, the big leading story being Bob Arum working out an agreement with Azteca America for a new series to...
Ranking the Super Featherweights: June 2008
The 130-pound division (super featherweight, junior lightweight, whichever you prefer) is undergoind massive changes. Just a couple of months ago, the top three would've been Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez and Joan Guzman, three of the most talented fighters in the sport today. Last night,...
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