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It's probably just as well that defending light welterweight champion Manus Boonjumnong intends turning professional after the Olympic Games because the talented Thai boxer certainly seems to need a bigger stage.
Manus was already assured of becoming the first Thai athlete in history to win medals at consecutive Games before his...
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The South African boxing world was mourning
the tragic death of one of its young talents Monday, who died after a
severe beating at the weekend in a junior flyweight title clash in
Eastern Cape province, South Africa's SAPA news agency reported.
Samorha Msophi, 22, was knocked down in the first round but got back
to his feet to go...
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 The super middleweight boxer Anthony "The Dog" Dirrell was arrested on Monday under the charge of armed robbery, the police officials reported.Dirrell was pulled over by the police because his car matched the description of the vehicle in which the robber of a bank in Flint, Michigan, flew from the spot earlier, the WNEM-TV,...
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 Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was sentenced to one day
in jail and three years' probation Monday for cocaine possession and
driving under the influence of alcohol.
Tyson, 41, pleaded guilty in September to a single felony count of
cocaine possession and a misdemeanor DUI count. He had faced more than
four years in...
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 The WBO Heavyweight Champion remains unchanged, after the
Saturday confrontation between Sultan Ibragimov and Evander "The Real
Deal" Holyfield, evidently the former being the one to win.
Ibragimov was declared unanimously champion after 12 rounds,
with an eloquent 22-0-1. Holyfield’s approach was more aggressive in the...
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 Bernard Hopkins successfully defended his light-heavyweight world champion title wining by a unanimous decision over Winky Wright on Saturday. He protected his Middleweight title 20 times, more than any middleweight in history.Judge Glenn Hamada scored 116-112 for Hopkins with Glenn Trowbridge and Dave Moretti agreeing on a 117-111 score...
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 Joachim Alcine (29-0) seized the WBA super welterweight beating Travis Simms with a unanimous decision in a foul-filled fight Saturday night.This was Simms (25-1) first title defense and Alcine’s first title bout. Judge Tom Kaczmarek scored it 114-111, Glen Feldman 115-110, and George DeGabriel 116-109 for the title contender. "I...
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 Ricky Hatton felt just like home in Las Vegas with a friendly crowd full of his countryman, who came to see him take on Jose Lulis Castillo – the biggest fight for Hatton since he beat Australian Kostya Tszyu two years ago.The Englishman didn’t let his fans down and with a left hook to the body he knocked Castillo out in the fourth round...
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 Miguel Cotto retained his World Boxing Association welterweight title after defeating the former undisputed world champion Zab Judah through a technical knockout in the 11th-round in front of a crowd of more than 20,000 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.The 26-year-old unbdefeated Puerto Rican finished off his contender at 49 seconds...
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 American Shannon Briggs defended his World Boxing Organisation heavyweight title for the first time in last night’s fight against the Russian challenger Sultan Ibragimov.Ibragimov, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Olympics, easily outpointed Shannon "The Cannon" Briggs throughout the 12 rounds despite the American’s weight...
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