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Viloria, Margarito retain belts in Vegas
Brian Viloria won a unanimous decision over Jose Antonio Agguire on Saturday at the Aladdin Casino to retain his WBC light flyweight belt. Viloria (19-0, 12 KOs) survived a tough second round to secure his first bout since capturing the title ...
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Report: Hopkins and Jones set for long awaited rematch
Two of the generation's best pound for pound boxers, Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones Jr., appear set to tangle in a long awaited rematch. ESPN reported that the two fighters will enter the squared circle on March 11, 2006 in a site to be determine...
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2005 Boxing Year in Review
2005 was yet another great year in the sweet science. We saw a year without Oscar De La Hoya, the end of the longest reign in Middleweight history, the beginning of a new era of younger fighters, and still no real legitimate heavyweight champion....
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Russian giant Valuev takes WBA heavyweight title from Ruiz
Russian giant Nicolay Valuev became the tallest and heaviest champion in boxing history by earning a majority decision over John "Quiet Man" Ruiz to capture the WBA heavyweight belt on Saturday. Known as "The Beast from the East," the 7-foot V...
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Wright earns unanimous decision over tough Soliman
Ronald "Winky" Wright earned a tough 12- round unanimous decision over Australia's Sam Soliman in a WBC and IBF middleweight title eliminator fight from Mohegan Sun. Wright won by scores of 117-110, 115-112 and 115-113, although the crow...
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Abraham captures vacant IBF middleweight crown
Armenian Arthur Abraham captured the vacant IBF middleweight title Saturday with a fifth-round technical knockout of Nigerian Kingsley Ikeke. Jermain Taylor vacated the IBF belt, and Abraham capitalized on his first attempt at the tit...
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Parra retains WBA flyweight title
Venezuela's Lorenzo Parra retained his WBA flyweight title by scoring a 12-round unanimous decision over Frenchman Brahim Asloum on Monday. The 27-year-old Parra (27-0) dominated the bout in his fifth defense of his belt, winning by scores o...
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Hopkins and Taylor weigh-in for Saturday bout
in for Saturday bout === Las Vegas NV (My Sportsbook) - Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins weighed in Friday afternoon for their Saturday night middleweight championship bout at Mandalay Bay. Taylor, who claimed the undisputed crown from Hop...
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Taylor-Hopkins Doing One More Time
Hopkins Doing One More Time *** By Julius Stecker, TSN Boxing Contributor Las Vegas, NV (My Sportsbook) - If you were to talk to 50 people who saw the Middleweight Championship fight this past July 16th between Jermain Taylor (24-0) and Bernard ...
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WBC to name Rahman champion
The World Boxing Council announced Thursday that it has received a majority among its board of governors to declare Hasim Rahman its heavyweight champion. The decision, which will become official once all votes are received, comes in the ...
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Vitali Klitschko hangs up the gloves
WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko has decided to end his eight-year boxing career. Klitschko was set to defend his title this Saturday against Hasim Rahman in Las Vegas, but pulled out because of torn ligaments in his right knee suffer...
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