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REAL COMBAT MEDIA WEEKLY BOXING REPORT “Split Decision Edition” (September 4, 2015)

September 3, 2015Written by @REALCOMBATMEDIA - Editorial Staff

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REAL COMBAT MEDIA WEEKLY BOXING REPORT – “Split Decision Edition“ By Zo Crooks,Real Combat Media Chicago Boxing Correspondent Welcome back to another weekly edition of Real Combat Media Boxing Weekly Report “Split Decision” Edition. I try to keep you up with what’s going on in the boxing world on a consistent basis. This week […]

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Saturday 18th April 2026

Whittaker KO 1KO 1 Suarez

McCann UD 8UD 8 Johnson

McGrail KO 5KO 5 Hayden

Atang PTS 6PTS 6 Chvarkou

Bridges UD 6UD 6 Cotton

Friday 17th April 2026

Collins SD 12SD 12 Lorente

Smith TKO 2TKO 2 McIntosh

Vacant BBBOC British Super Featherweight Championship
Vacant CBC Commonwealth Super Featherweight Championship

Arbuckle RTD 4RTD 4 Leivars

Vacant BBBOC British Super Bantamweight Championship

Brown TKO 5TKO 5 Gilley

Baumgardner UD 10UD 10 Shin

Green TKO 9TKO 9 Daniels

Suslenkov TKO 3TKO 3 Mann

Thursday 23rd April 2026

Moloney vs Donovan

Wallace vs Sequeira

Saturday 25th April 2026

Miller vs Pero

Chaves vs Madueno

Rojas vs Sosa

Barrientes vs Garcia

Subkhankulov vs Usmonov

Bank vs Ndjolonimu

Chavez Jr vs Caicedo

Wednesday 29th April 2026

Nicolson vs Turner

Balla vs Wyllie

Hunt vs Hussain

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