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WBC silver middleweight champion Julio Caesar Chavez Jr. will fight fellow WBC middleweight titlist Sebastian Zbik Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Chavez (42-0-1-1, 30 KOs), whose nickname is “The Legend Goes On” because he is the son of iconic Mexican prizefighter Julio Caesar Chavez, should have a relatively ...

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Shopworn former three-division champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley and notorious coward Floyd Mayweather Jr. tweeted new steroid allegations earlier this week against legendary prizefighter Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao.   Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs), the first pugilist in history to win 10 world crowns in eight separate weight classes, utterly outclassed the spent Mosley (46-7-1-1-, 39 KOs) to earn an ...

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Former heavyweight title contender “The Nightmare” Chris Arreola earned a workmanlike seventh-round TKO victory over Kendrick Releford Friday night at the Reno Events Center in Nevada. Arreola (32-2, 28 KOs), who captured the National Golden Gloves championship as a light heavyweight at 20 in 2001, appeared quick and efficient as he stalked the overmatched Releford ...

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The Ring, WBC and IBO light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins outclassed Jean Pascal to earn a unanimous decision victory and become the oldest man to win a major title Saturday night in Montreal, Canada.   “Big” George Foreman was 45 when he monumentally knocked Michael Moorer onto Queer Street in the 10th round to ...

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Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya entered a California rehabilitation center for “substance abuse issues” and began treatment sometime in early-May. "After doing an honest evaluation of myself, I recognize that there are certain issues that I need to work on,” De La Hoya, 38, said in a statement to the website TMZ. ...

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Former heavyweight titlist . lost to Denis Lebedev by the 10th round by TKO  at the Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia.   With seconds remaining in the final round, Lebedev (22-1, 17 KOs), landed a fierce barrage of punches before flooring Jones (54-8, 40 KO) and finishing the spent legend.   "I'm so happy with this win, we put ...

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Former heavyweight title challenger “Nightmare” Chris Arreola is scheduled to fight Kendrick Releford in a 10-round bout May 27 at the Reno Events Center in Nevada.   The announced contest is surprising because a slimmer Arreola (31-2, 27 KOs) just knocked the iconic Nagy Aguilera onto Queer Street in the third round May 14 "The key is ...

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WBC and IBO light heavyweight king Jean Pascal will again defend his crowns against the legendary Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins Saturday night in Montreal, Canada. Pascal (26-1-1, 16 KOs) battled Hopkins (51-5-2-1, 32 KOs) to a controversial draw in their initial bout December 18th in Quebec City, Canada. Despite flooring “B-Hop” in the first and third rounds, ...

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WBA world super middleweight champion Andre Ward successfully defended his crown with a unanimous decision victory over former IBF world middleweight titlist “King” Arthur Abraham Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. With the easy triumph over Abraham (32-3, 26 KOs), Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) advanced to the finals of The Super ...

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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com Tuesday that WBC and WBO super welterweight world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is tentatively slated to defend his crowns against WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight titlist “Dinamita” Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.   In order to ...

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