Posts Tagged ‘Boxing’

IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Amir "King" Khan told Sky Sports News he has urged fellow Brit David “The Hayemaker” Haye to retire as a winner in the ring. Haye (25-2, 23 KOs), a 31-year-old former unified cruiserweight titlist who relinquished his crowns to emulate the heavyweight accomplishments of  Evander Holyfield, has long insisted he’d formally hang ...

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In controversial fashion, “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather knocked “Vicious” Victor Ortiz onto Queer Street to capture the WBC welterweight title two weeks ago at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Following Mayweather’s decisive, and legally launched, cheap-shots, British bookmaker William Hill installed “Pretty Boy” as an 8/11 favorite to trump iconic ...

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The Ring, WBC and IBO light heavyweight king Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins will defend his crowns against "Bad" Chad Dawson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 15. Hopkins (52-5-2-1, 34 KOs), who successfully defended his middleweight belt a record 20 consecutive times from 1995 through 2005, outclassed Jean Pascal to capture his ...

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WBC and WBO middleweight king Sergio Martinez will throw fists with British and European titlist “Dazzling” Darren Barker Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs) last fought in March when he pulverized previously undefeated titlist Sergiy Dzindzirk en route to an eighth round TKO victory at the Foxwoods ...

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WBC and WBO middleweight king Sergio Martinez told BoxingScene.com Wednesday he is willing to battle WBC and WBO super welterweight world champion Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao at 150lbs. Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) is first slated to scrap WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight titlist "Dinamita" Juan Manuel Marquez for a third time November 12 at the ...

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In the most controversial conclusion to a bout since the Evander Holyfield versus Mike Tyson rematch in June 1997, "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather captured the WBC welterweight championship from "Vicious" Victor Ortiz with a brutal fourth round knockout last night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather (42-0, 26 KOs), who ...

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Undefeated WBC Light Middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez retained his crown with a sixth round TKO victory over fellow Mexican Alfonso Gomez Saturday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Alvarez (38-0-1, 28 KOs), who started boxing professionally at the ludicrous age of 15, dominated Gomez (23-5-2) from the outset and ultimately ...

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WBA and IBF light welterweight champion Amir “King” Khan responded Sunday to “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather’s inane ultimatum that the titlist must first beat Jessie Vargas before the two scrap. "Never heard of Jessie Vargas until Floyd Mayweather mentioned that I have to fight him," Khan, 24, told boxingscene.com. Khan (26-1, 18 KOs), a ...

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WBC heavyweight titlist "Dr. Iron Fist" Vitali Klitschko brutalized former WBC world light heavyweight champion "Granite Chin" Tomasz Adamek to retain his crown with a 10th-round TKO at Municipal Stadium in Poland. Klitschko (43-2, 38 KOs), who has never been involved in a prizefight that he wasn’t winning at the end on the scorecards, utterly dominated ...

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WBA, WBO and The Ring lightweight titlist "Dinamita" Juan Manuel Marquez has started training in the Philippines for his third bout against WBC and WBO super welterweight world champion Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao November 12 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Marquez (53-5-1, 38 KOs) brutally defeated Likar Ramos with a right hook that knocked the Colombian unconscious in the first round July 16 ...

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