LINARES DEFEATS CAMPBELL ON HBO – CALLS OUT MIKEY GARCIA By ESPN.Boxing *Photo Credit: Getty Sports Inglewood, California (September 24th, 2017)– In an extremely tight fight, Jorge Linares retained the lightweight world championship by split decision against Luke Campbell on Saturday night before 4,125 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Two judges scored the fight [...]
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BELLATOR 183 RESULTS Patricky “Pitbull” defeated Benson Henderson via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28) Quote: “I want the champion. I want Brent Primus. Tonight I took down another former champion and I want my shot at that belt,” Patricky Freire said. “He keeps running from me but now it’s time. I want that belt and after tonight [...]
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JOSEPH PARKER RETAINS WBO WITH WIN OVER HUGHIE FURY (AP)– Joseph Parker beat Hughie Fury by a majority points decision to retain his World Boxing Organisation (WBO) heavyweight title at the Manchester Arena on Saturday. The New Zealander endured a frustrating night and did not look confident ahead of the scores being announced, but [...]
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ESPN BOXING RESULTS & VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM ARIZONA By ESPN Boxing TUCSON, Ariz. (September 23rd, 2017) — When Oscar Valdez fought for the first time in Tucson in 2015, he was a fast-rising prospect. But he promised he would return someday to fight in his childhood hometown as a world titleholder. That is just what [...]
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UFC FIGHT NIGHT JAPAN RESULTS Ovince Saint Preux vs. Yushin Okami — Saint Preux def. Okami by technical submission (Von Flue choke) at 1:50 of Round One Jessica Andrade vs. Claudia Gadelha — Andrade def. Gadelha by unanimous decision (30-25, 30-26, 30-27) Takanori Gomi vs. Dong Hyun Kim — Kim def. Gomi by TKO (punches) [...]
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JORGE LINARES VS. LUKE CAMPBELL PRESS CONFERENCE & WEIGH-IN VIDEO Inglewood, CA (September 23rd, 2017)– Linares vs. Campbell is a 12-round fight for the WBA, WBC Diamond and Ring Magazine Lightweight World Championships, to be held Saturday, September 23 at the ‘Fabulous’ Forum in Inglewood, California. The championship event is presented by Golden Boy Promotions [...]
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Joseph Parker vs. Hughie Fury U.S. PPV WEIGHTS Airing live tomorrow afternoon MANCHESTER, UK (September 22, 2017) – The eight principal fighters for tomorrow night’s Parker vs. Fury Pay-Per-View card all made weight at today'(see below). Tensions erupt when Fury pushed Parker during the traditional face-off and members of both teams went at it before [...]
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ANDRE WARD ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM BOXING AT AGE 33 Oakland, CA (September 21, 2017)– Andre Ward, who defeated Sergey Kovalev twice and took over the 168 and 175lb division has announced his retirement from boxing at age 33. Ward tweeted the following video as part of his announcement: Follow Andre S.O.G. Ward ✔@andreward MISSION [...]
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Raging Bull Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson Rivalry, When Boxing Was Great By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent “The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, I’m surprised I’m not diabetic.” The flamboyant [...]
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NO. 8 LIGHTWEIGHT DUSTIN POIRIER TO FACE FORMER CHAMPION ANTHONY PETTIS IN UFC NORFOLK MAIN EVENT SATURDAY, NOV. 11 Plus: MATT BROWN vs. DIEGO SANCHEZ (#11) ANDREI ARLOVSKI vs. (#12) JUNIOR ALBINI TICKETS FOR UFC FIGHT NIGHT®: POIRIER vs. PETTIS ON SALE FRIDAY, SEPT. 22 Las Vegas – UFC® touches down in Norfolk, VA. for the first time, [...]
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Richard ‘The Boxing Prophet’ Solomon’s Picks Of the Week Richard’s love of boxing preceded his love of solid food. Doctors report he came out of his mother’s womb throwing a jab. As a child he would only ever count from 1 to 10, and his favorite superhero didn’t wear a cape- he wore leather gloves […]
SADAM ALI VS. LUIS CARLOS ABREGU ANNOUNCED AS BERNARD HOPKINS VS. SERGEY KOVALEV CO-FEATURE WELTERWEIGHT BOUT TO OPEN LIVE HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TELECAST SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8 FROM BOARDWALK HALL IN ATLANTIC CITY Atlantic City, NJ (Oct. 2) – A member of the 2008 United States Olympic team who is rapidly speeding […]
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