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Froch stuns Taylor with 12th round TKO, Lopez mauls Penalosa
Carl Froch stunned Jermain Taylor with a late comeback that resulted in a stoppage with just 16 seconds left in the fight, keeping his WBC super middleweight title and his undefeated record, and sending Taylor's career back into limbo. Taylor (28-3-1, 17 KO) lost his third fight in his last four...
Bad Left Hook Fight Night: Froch-Taylor and Lopez-Penalosa
We will be LIVE tonight with round-by-round coverage and scoring of BOTH of the big cards on American TV. Showtime kicks us off with Froch-Taylor at 9pm (B-side: Green-De Leon Jr.) and HBO joins the party at 10pm ET with Lopez-Penalosa (B-side: Peterson-Blain). I think there's a decent chance I'll...
Official Picks for Froch-Taylor and Lopez-Penalosa
Quick Note: I know I haven't gotten around to posting the results of Williams-Wright, but I'll either get that up before these cards or I'll just put it all together for early next week. Apologies! Second Note: We will have live, round-by-round coverage of both cards on Saturday night, plus...
Dawson-Tarver II rescheduled for May 9
According to Dan Rafael's Notebook, the postponed rematch between Chad Dawson and Antonio Tarver has been rescheduled for May 9. The fight was originally scheduled for March 14, but delayed due to a minor hand injury suffered by Dawson in training. They could put this fight on any day and it's no...
Ranking the Junior Welterweights: January 2009
Seven pounds south of boxing's glory division lie the junior welterweights, a one-star show that will soon get a second big-name attraction when Manny Pacquiao arrives to fight the division's top man. It's a fairly deep, interesting division, even though it does lack names and gate attractions....
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