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Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua recently reflected on his career and tabbed a Ukrainian boxer as being his toughest opponent to date. But it wasn't Oleksandr Usyk. Joshua said Usyk's countryman, Wladimir Klitschko, was his toughest foe in the ring. Back in 2017, Joshua secured his career defining win...
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Mayweather-Moore LIVE Results: Anderson Silva Drops, Outworks Bruno Machado
Abu Dhabi - In an exhibition boxing match, with two-minute rounds, MMA legend Anderson Silva dropped and outworked MMA veteran Bruno Machado over eight rounds. There were no scores or winner announced at the end of the fight. Last year, Silva had a big boxing year with two sanctioned wins....
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Mayweather vs. Moore LIVE Results: Badou Jack Destroys Atiyo in One Round
MORE LIVE RESULTS TO COME........................ Abu Dhabi - In a cruiserweight contest, former two division world champion Badou Jack (26-3-3, 16 KOs) demolished Hany Atiyo (17-6, 12 KOs) in less than a minute of the first round. Atiyo was a large fighter, but it clear from the first round that...
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Roy Jones: Canelo is Not Big Enough To Stay at 175, It's Not His Weight Class
Former four division world champion Roy Jones Jr. knows a lot about moving up in weight. Jones captured his first world title at middleweight, then super middleweight, became unified at light heavyweight - and then in 2003 made history by jumping all the way to heavyweight to win a twelve round decision over John Ruiz to capture the WBA world title.
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Mayweather vs. Moore LIVE Results: Persoon Decisions Mekhelad in Action Brawl
MORE LIVE RESULTS TO COME........................ Abu Dhabi - For the vacant WBC silver 130-pound title, former long-reigning lightweight champion Delfine Persoon (47-3, 19KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Elhem Mekhelad (15-1, 3KOs). The scores were 97-94, 97-93 and 96-94 for Persoon. It was back and forth...
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Hearn on Not Promoting Kambosos-Haney: I’m Gutted, It Was Hard For Devin As Well
Eddie Hearn admitted he was smarting over the fact that he will not be presiding over longtime client Devin Haney’s undisputed lightweight bout. Haney will defend his WBC belt against IBF, WBA, WBO titlist George Kambosos in a 12-round undisputed lightweight bout June 5 at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, Kambosos’ homeland. The bout will be promoted by Lou DiBella and Top Rank Inc. and televised by ESPN, the exclusive broadcasting partner of Top Rank. The arrangement was a surprise because Haney had long been signed to Hearn and was featured prominently on DAZN, the streaming platform with which Hearn has an extensive output deal. A key factor that played in negotiations was the fact that Haney was a free agent; his contract with Hearn and DAZN ended last summer.
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Lemieux: Benavidez Is A Hell Of A Fighter, But A Ring Is A Ring And I'm Here To Be Champ
GLENDALE, Arizona – In the six-plus years since he last held a title, David Lemieux was twice before within a win of landing one more major title shot yet without even a fight to show for either opportunity. With that, came the immediate decision to accept a fight with...
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The Maturation Of David Benavidez
GLENDALE, Arizona – David Benavidez stopped and turned to make a request he normally wouldn’t make while still a full day from officially making weight. The unbeaten former two-time WBC super middleweight titlist was holding court with the media following the final pre-fight press conference when he casually asked a team member to grab a bottle of water. Forever chastised for missing weight prior to what became the end of his second title reign less than two years ago, the 25-year-old Phoenix native has since refused to leave any stone unturned in training camp.
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Janibek Alimkhanuly Destroys Danny Dignum With Brutal Knockout in Two
If Janibek Alimkhanuly has any chance of reaching the meteoric heights of his countryman Gennadiy Golovkin, he will need many more nights like the one from Saturday night. Alimkhanuly, maybe the most promising fighter from Kazakhstan not named “Triple G” today, increased his profile by starching overmatched Danny Dignum of England in the second round of their all-southpaw, 12-round middleweight bout with a furious left uppercut that floored the Brit like a heap of laundry.
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David Benavidez-David Lemieux: LIVE Results From Glendale, Arizona
GLENDALE, Arizona – Elijah Garcia had Rowdy Legend Montgomery down twice and on the verge of a stoppage. The locally based southpaw instead had to settle for a distance win, scoring a six-round shutout in their middleweight bout. All three judges scored the bout 60-52 in favor of Garcia (11-0, 9KOs), who twice floored Montgomery (7-4-1, 5KOs) in round three but unable to close the show in the first bout on the undercard to go to the scorecards Saturday evening at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
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David Benavidez Beats Down David Lemieux, Stops Him in Three
GLENDALE, Arizona – David Benavidez vowed to leave the ring with a knockout and the title at stake. It was mission accomplished for Phoenix’s favorite son, who tore through Montreal’s David Lemieux en route to a third-round knockout win. Benavidez floored Lemieux—a former IBF middleweight tilist—early in round two and battered the former IBF middleweight titlist throughout before forcing a stoppage at 1:31 of round three to claim the interim WBC super middleweight title in the Showtime main event Saturday evening at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
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Janibek Alimkhanuly-Danny Dignum: Weigh-In Results From Las Vegas
Janibek Alimkhanuly and Danny Dignum weren’t separated by much height or weight Friday afternoon in Las Vegas. The odds on their 12-round middleweight title fight Saturday night suggest, though, that Alimkhanuly is superior to Dignum in every other way. Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly, who weighed in at 160 pounds, is at least an 11-1 favorite over Dignum, who stepped on the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s scale at 159 pounds.
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Meng Fanlong: Jean Pascal Was A Great Fighter; It's My Time Now
Meng Fanlong is prepared for a version of Jean Pascal that once ruled the light heavyweight division. The task at hand for the unbeaten southpaw is to ensure that version of his opponent never surfaces when they meet this Friday at ProBox Events Center in Plant City, Florida (ProBoxTV.com, 7:30 p.m. ET).
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Joshua Buatsi, Craig Richards Have A lot on The Line in High-Stakes Fight
Nestled beside the train tracks near Selhurst station in South London, about 500 yards from the home of Crystal Palace Football Club is the South Norwood and Victory Amateur Boxing Club. This one small gym was the starting point for two of Britain’s best light-heavyweights. They clash on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.
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Benavidez On Morrell Trash Talk: These Guys Talk A Lot Of Sh!t Online, Nothing To Say When I See Them
GLENDALE, Arizona – David Benavidez has landed yet another divisional rival who talks about meeting in the ring. That has been a years-long problem for the 25-year-old Benavidez, who is eager to face the division’s top talents but who often finds himself settling for the best available fighter to actually sign the contract. It’s why he chooses to filter out any trash talk about him as nothing more than white noise, such as the bold claims recently made by secondary WBA super middleweight titleholder David Morrell (6-0, 5KOs).
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From Fan To Foe, David Benavidez Powers Past David Lemieux
Before David Benavidez and David Lemieux fought one another on Saturday night in Glendale, AZ, they were fans of one another. It’s an unusual circumstance in boxing, where fighters are often hesitant to admit to fondness for other combatants they might one day face off with, and often feel—or have learned to suggest publicly—that no one other than themselves, and perhaps a handful of retired fighters, is worthy of their admiration. (photo by Ryan Hafey)
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Brad Foster Expects Tough Test, Ready For Danger of Ionut Baluta
BRAD FOSTER RECKONS he could be up against the best super bantamweight in Europe on Friday when he takes on Ionut Baluta, with the WBC International title at stake. Foster returns to York Hall - scene of his memorable double-header against Lucien Reid - bidding to get back on the winning track after being parted from his British, Commonwealth and IBF International belts in his challenge for the European title held by Jason Cunningham in October of last year.
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Trainer Explains Why He Pulled Lemieux Out From Benavidez Fight
Marc Ramsay, head trainer of David Lemieux, made what he felt was a career-saving decision to throw in the towel during the third round of his boxer's contest with David Benavidez on Saturday night in Glendale, Arizona. The former middleweight champion was hoping to capture more gold when he challenged...
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David Benavidez: Jose Valenzuela, Deigo Pacheco Motivate Me Even More
GLENDALE, Arizona – David Benavidez felt a good kind of pressure after watching his stablemates in action earlier this year. The unbeaten 25-year-old was ringside as Diego Pacheco and Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela took care of their respective opponents with relative ease. Los Angeles’ Pacheco (14-0, 11KOs)—a 21-year-old super middleweight prospect—earned a second-round knockout on the undercard of a March 5 DAZN show in San Diego. Six weeks later, the 22-year-old Valenzuela (12-0, 8KOs) needed just 85 seconds to take out former WBC junior lightweight titlist Francisco Vargas on the April 16 Showtime Pay-Per-View event televised undercard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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