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Terence Crawford vacates IBF 140 pound title
Posted on - Aug 30, 2017
Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) has vacated the IBF light welterweight title. Crawford, 29, won both the WBA and IBF titles earlier this month with a third round knockout over Julius Indongo, having already captured the WBC and WBO belts.
After the fight, the IBF ordered a fight between the American and Sergey Lipinets (12-0, 10 KOs), who was named Indongo's mandatory challenger last December. But Indongo was given an exception...
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‘42 is the new 32’: Oscar De La Hoya considering
Posted on - Jun 23, 2015
‘It’s got to be worth my while but this is very serious’
De La Hoya targets Floyd Mayweather or Gennady Golovkin
Oscar De La Hoya says the is very serious about making a surprise boxing comeback, more than six years since announcing his retirement.
De La Hoya, whose last bout was a defeat to Manny Pacquiao in December 2008, last week ruled out a return after Floyd Mayweather had hinted the six-weight world...
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Deontay Wilder’s lethargic win shows Anthony Joshua has nothing to
Posted on - Jun 15, 2015
There is much media agonising about who should be the next man to stand in front of Anthony Joshua on his road to world heavyweight title glory. Here is a foolproof solution: track Deontay Wilder’s opponents, starting with his latest patsy, the underwhelming Eric “The Drummer Boy” Molina, then go looking for the former champion Bermane Stiverne, the only opponent to take Wilder the distance. He won’t be hard to...
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Middleweight terror Golovkin set for stay-busy fight against Willie Monroe
Posted on - May 15, 2015
Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, the best middleweight in the world and one of boxing’s pound-for-pound greats, will fight on Saturday in Inglewood, California.
Golovkin (32-0, 29 KOs) is one of the planet’s most feared boxers and as such he has had a difficult time finding quality opponents willing to face him. In three days, at The Forum, he will try and extend his knockout streak to 20 straight against unsung challenger, Willie...
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Deontay Wilder to make first WBC heavyweight title defense in
Posted on - May 14, 2015
Deontay Wilder is staying close to home for his first defense of the WBC heavyweight title.
Wilder will fight Texan Eric Molina on 13 June at UAB’s Bartow Arena, about an hour from his Tuscaloosa hometown. It will be the first title fight held in Alabama, a state that has produced past champions Evander Holyfield (Atmore) and Joe Louis (Lafayette).
The 12-round bout was announced on Friday and will be televised by...
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Crowds welcome defiant Manny Pacquiao on return to Philippines
Posted on - May 13, 2015
An injured Manny Pacquiao arrived back in the Philippines to a hero’s welcome on Wednesday, still adamant that he did enough to win his fight against Floyd Mayweather at the start of the month.
The 36-year-old was wearing a sling on his right arm following shoulder surgery on a torn rotator cuff suffered before his unanimous points decision loss in the heavily hyped fight in Las Vegas on 2 May.
Pacquiao, a...
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Anthony Crolla lined up for world title shot after recovering
Posted on - May 13, 2015
Anthony Crolla will fight Darleys Pérez for a world title in July after recovering from injuries suffered when he was attacked by burglars.
Crolla was due to face the Cuban Richar Abril for the WBA world lightweight title in his native Manchester on 23 January but the fight was cancelled after he was hit with a concrete block when confronting burglars who had broken into his neighbours’ property, suffering concussion and...
