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Lopez-Marquez Lands on SuperChannel in Canada

EDMONTON Aug. 31, 2010 – The World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight championship fight between undefeated titlist Juan Manuel “JuanMa” Lopez, of Caguas, Puerto Rico, and Rafael Marquez, of México City has been rescheduled to Nov. 6, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be offered LIVE courtesy of SHOWTIME® on Supe...

Lorenzo On Fire in Germany Ahead of Battle vs. Sturm

Lorenzo On Fire in Germany Ahead of Battle vs. SturmCOLOGNE, GERMANY (August 31, 2010) Middleweight contender Giovanni Lorenzo captured the interest of the sports media, fans and champion Felix Sturm on Monday afternoon in Cologne, Germany, by appearing at the final press conference wearing the jersey of local underdog soccer team, Borussia Mön...

Stop the madness!

There have been heavy rumblings this week from Audley Harrison stating that a contract is almost finalized for a fight with David Haye to take place sometime in the near future.Haye almost bit Harrison's head off, replying that the biggest purse of Audley's career wouldn't be enough to cover his medical bills.                                       ...

Mandatory Eight Count - Chasing the Dragon

Yonnhy Perez to rematch Joseph Agbeko | Fight News Perez defeated Agbeko in one of the fights of 2009.  Had the bout not been on Showtime, I'm positive that with the number of punches thrown, the fight would have shattered all Compubox records.  While there was scheduled to be a purse bid for the rematch today, it appears that the promot...

The Rest Of The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Sakio Bika, Jorge Arce, Delvin

 Sakio Bika! So angular, so neglected. He’s only making $18,000  for the super middleweight title eliminator he’s in Saturday night, but at least he’ll get a touch of TV exposure to go along with it in the build-up to the big HBO/Golden Boy pay-per-view show. That’s something that’s up this weekend, plus some Friday Night Fights, some Top Rank Live...

Replay of 2009 Fight of the Year, Marquez vs Diaz II

Replay of 2009 Fight of the Year, Marquez vs Diaz II by Bobby Mac This Saturday we have the reprisal of 2009’s had to have been there, seen that Ring Fight of the Year between defending WBO/WBA/Ring lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz. Marquez vs Diaz For those that didn’t see that fight, Juan Diaz absolutely too...

Fight Preview: Juan Manuel Marquez v. Juan Diaz II

 The February 2009 fight between world lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former three-body lightweight titleholder Juan Diaz was a slugfest, a bloody war, and a great fight. It was so great that it was almost unanimously hailed as the 2009 Fight of the Year, winning the prestigious award from The Ring, and also topping our list of the be...

The Ten Buffest Dudes In Boxing

One of the best things about boxing is that anyone can participate, no matter what shape or size their body. It’s almost difficult to believe that junior flyweight Ivan Calderon and heavyweight Cris Arreola could play the same sport. At the same time, boxing produces some of the world’s most stupidly buff athletes. Let’s follow the advice of Th...

Bottom To Top: Previews And Predictions For Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Juan Diaz II

   (Most of the gang, from left to right: Jorge Linares, Robert Guerrero, Daniel Jacobs, Juan Manuel Marquez, Golden Boy's Oscar De La Hoya, Juan Diaz, Dmitry Pirog, Joel Casamayor. Rocky Juarez probably didn't show up until later.) For me, it's not even a matter of debate: The Golden Boy Promotions/HBO pay-per-view card airing Saturd...

Boxing Is Broken

Detective McNulty: If Snotboogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play? Witness: You got to, this is America, man. (Omar coming) The Wire, the late HBO series that can best, and most simply, be described as being about how a city (specifically, Baltimore) works, and more importantly, how what doesn’t work stays that way, is my favorite...

Burns tipped to outshine Harrison

Scottish boxer Ricky Burns could become better than former world boxing featherweight champion Scott Harrison, according to trainer Billy Nelson.Burns, 27, will challenge undefeated Puerto Rican Roman Martinez for the WBO World super-featherweight crown on 4 September in Glasgow. "Ricky has got so much talent, it's unbelievable," said Nelson. "...

Shannon Briggs announces fight with Vitali Klitschko

Shannon Briggs announces fight with Vitali Klitschko Shannon Briggs will take on WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko on Saturday, 16 October, at a German venue, expected to be Hamburg."I got the contract [on Wednesday]," said former WBO cha...

Macklin vs Barker: You ain't seen nothing Yet

Matt Macklin and Darren Barker will reveal previously unseen sides of their characters on September 18 in Birmingham. The two clash at the LG Arena for the European middleweight title currently held by Barker. And both are expecting to employ new tactics in the fight. Macklin has a reputation for a brawler, while Barker is more of a tactician.. ...

Prospect Scotting-The Saint

Although this appears to be one of the best weekends in boxing in quite a while, numerous world title fights and eliminators around the globe with possibly the most stacked card in quite some time it's also the first week after Sky's “Friday Night Fights”. British talent will miss it until Sky starts again with a Saturday night show, hopefully...
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TV and Internet Fight Schedule - Weekend of July 30

Friday, July 30 Gofightlive.tv, 7:30 p.m. Eastern ($TBD), Derek Ennis vs. Gabriel Rosado.  This one's a pretty solid fight between two Philly fighters for the USBA light middleweight title.  Over the last few years, Ennis has been able to beat a pretty solid slate of domestic opponents, including Eromosele Albert and Troy Browning.  Rosado is m...
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Hundreds of Fans Support Marquez at L.A. Fan Rally

Los Angeles, CA (July 25)...Hundreds of fans braved the heat at the famed Placita Olvera in Los Angeles today to welcome and cheer on Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez before he heads to Las Vegas to face Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz in "Fight of the Year: The Rematch" on July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center live on HBO Pay-Per-View®.  Over 300 fans...
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Webb to face Concepcion

East Londoner Sam Webb will defend his British light-middleweight title against Martin Concepcion on October 16.The 29-year-old took the title in March with a shock points victory over trash-talking Anthony Small in Dagenham.It was Webb's first challenge for a title and he now faces one of the hardest punchers in the 11st division.However, Concepti...
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Angry Nathan Cleverly out to punish Karo Murat for jibe

European light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly has vowed to take apart Karo Murat in their WBO eliminator at Birmingham's LG Arena on 18 September.His outburst follows the German's claim that he has "no respect" for the undefeated Welshman or his record. "He's said I'm a 'gobby' fighter," said Cleverly. "He's angered me making those claims...
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Tony Jeffries, the struggling Bronze Medal winner

An Olympic medal was once the fast track to professional success, a who's who of champions have won medals of various colours. Although you may not expect a lot of bronze medal winners some top current fighters who “only” won bronze include Floyd Mayweather Jr, Chad Dawson and Andre Dirrell...however Britains Tony Jeffries doesn't seem likely ...
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Part 1: The WBA

Part 1: The WBA World Boxing Council (WBC) The WBC split off from the WBA back in 1963.  Because of the way the WBA was structured, U.S. interests dominated the organization despite it supposedly having become a world organization.  Boxing leaders from 11 countries, including the British Boxing Board of Control and the predecessors of the EBU, ...
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Late Weekend Results - Hirales upsets Casimero, Kamedas win

  Ramon Garcia Hirales captured an interim light flyweight title by defeating Johnriel Casimero. Los Mochis, Mexico Ramon Garcia Hirales SD12 Johnriel Casimero - Casimero, the Pinoy upstart who shellacked Cesar Canchila in his last fight, lost his interim title to Hirales.  While Casimero did well e...
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Ken Buchanan eager for Roberto Duran meeting in Cardiff

Roberto Duran and Ken Buchanan will be amongst more than 80 former champions gathering in Cardiff next week for the WBC Night of Champions event.Joe Calzaghe, Miguel Cotto, Vitali Klitschko, Erik Morales and Nigel Benn are also amongst confirmed guests. Duran won Buchanan's world lightweight crown after a controversial low blow in Madison Squa...
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Friday Night Results - Shumenov, Hall win

  Beibut Shumenov was able to utilize his ridiculous conditioning to dominate top-10 ranked Vyacheslav Uzelkov. Lemoore, California Beibut Shumenov UD12 Vyacheslav Uzelkov - Uzelkov was able to score a perfectly timed left hook knockdow...
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CompuBox PunchStat Report: Shumenov UD-12 Uzelkov

  Despite the 90-plus degree temperature, Uzelkov kept on the ear muffs all fight, throwing just 22 punches per round. Uzelkov landed in single digits in total punches in every round, landing 62 punches all fight. Solid, workmanlike performance for Shumenov in defense of his WBA light heavyweight title. Shumenov landed 159 of 691 total ...
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Fighters and Heartbreakers

Ted Sares is back this afternoon with a look at the way your favorite fighters can often break your heart if you let them. * * * * * * * * Never fall in love with a fighter. If you do, he'll likely break your heart. And try as I may, this is something to which I have never become inured. When Paul Briggs recently was "waxed" by one of Danny Gre...
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Quick Jabs: What's Grosser Than Gross?

with the business going on I mentioned here and all the distraction of the latest Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao debacle, last weekend didn't get the attention it deserved in this space. For instance: How good does bantamweight Fernando Montiel look in the clip above? Rafael Concepcion has lost a few fights, sure, but he gave Jorge Arce and Nonit...
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Fear factor key for Ricky Burns against Roman Martinez

Ricky Burns is relying on fear to inspire him to become the first Scot since Scott Harrison, in 2002, to win a world title on home soil.The Coatbridge super-featherweight will fight WBO champion Roman Martinez in Glasgow's Kelvin H...
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Boxer Green fuming after Briggs farce

Boxer Paul Briggs was taken to hospital for suspected concussion after his farcical display against Danny Green in Wednesday night's IBO cruiserweight world title showdown in Perth. Briggs stumbled a few steps, dropped to the canvas and was counted out after copping a speculative Green left jab that glanced the top of his head, endi...
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Dana White says boxing won't be around much longer

Dana White often says how he's a big boxing fan. So it must pain him a little to give his opinion on the future of the sport. White's forecast is bleak. "My honest opinion of boxing is that boxing will go away," White told ESPNRadio's Ryen Russillo. "I don't wish it any ill-will. It's not because the sport isn’t good or anything like that, it'...
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Julio Cesar Chavez-Pawel Wolak Could Happen on Sept. 11

  Mexican middleweight (160 pounds) prospect Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. could face New Jersey resident Pawel Wolak on Sept. 11 likely in Mexico, Top Rank Promotions' Hall of Fame matchmaker, Bruce Trampler, confirmed to FanHouse moments ago."We've discussed it. [Wolak's manager] Ivan Edwards' texted me and he called [Top Rank matchmaker] ...
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Povetkin's Manager: Klitschko Accepted WADA Drug Tests

Vladimir Hryunov, manager of the mandatory challenger for IBF heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, spoke with Russian reporter Alexander Pavlov about the upcoming fight against WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany.Hryunov was not pleased with Klitschko's actions at the recent press conference in ...
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The Pound 4 Pound Pyramid, v1.0

(via CoachJohnWooden.com) Aside from the endless debates, speculations, accusations, hand-wringing, hair-pulling, and general mental instability surrounding the proposed Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight, another less heated, less debilitating, and ultimately more rectifiable debate has surrounded the two preeminent practitioners of...
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Disgrace Down Under

Australian boxing fans were tonight witness to Danny Green’s second bizarre 1st round knockout in as many fights. Paul Briggs somehow managed to survive for even less time than Roy Jones Jr., hitting the deck with two minutes and 31 seconds left in the first round. Either Briggs took a dive that the entire Italian soccer team would be proud of,...
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The Come Up Presents Jesse Romero

   There are fans and there are fighters, if you never stepped through the ropes or into the cage you will never know the true meaning of what a fighter is. Some of the fans believe that they can be critical of a fighter no matter how harsh the criticism is. If the fighter knocks out a guy in the first round than it’s like look that guy...
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Who is Andriy Kotelnik?

Andriy Kotelnik grew up poor in the large city of Lviv, Ukraine.  Even though his family did not have great wealth, they instilled in their son a great love of family and community.  In their wildest imagination, the family could not have guessed that young Andriy would one day capture the hearts of a million people who make their homes i...
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Ban lifted on Golden Boy

The New York State Athletic Commission, after a hearing today, unanimously voted to lift the July 6, 2010 suspension of Golden Boy Promotions's New York boxing promoter's license.  The Commission's Order, as well as its original Suspension Order, is attached hereto. The Commission' ruling unequivocally demonstrates that certain members of the...
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It's time for Froch to put up or shut up

 The sport of Boxing has had its share of trash talkers and cocky personalities. It started with Jack Johnson, the first black Heavyweight Champion who was a rebel against the boxing establishment. Then Ali took it to another level durring the civil rights movement. Further down the line came Larry Holmes, then Prince Naseem Hamed, Roy Jo...
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Days Later, We're None The Wiser On What Happened

The camp of Floyd Mayweather -- including Mayweather himself -- has now weighed in on their view on what happened with the potential Manny Pacquiao welterweight megafight, and it's not very illuminating. Incriminating, more than anything. But we still don't have the whole story. As I said over the weekend, though, missing the whole story doesn...
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Mandatory Eight Count - Fall Out Boys

John Gichigi - Bongarts/Getty Images Paulie Malignaggi has split up with Lou DiBella, the man who has guided his entire pro career up to this point. Is a switch to Richard Schaefer's Golden Boy on the hori...
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Jamie Moore Testimonial

Jamie Moore Testimonial Boxing can be a cruel sport. Too many fighters have found themselves limited to its selfish square dungeon. Torn between their health and the prospect of continuing to battle for that one punch, a shot that’s carrying with it the instant promise of riches and fame. Boxing does not discriminate in this sense. That one...
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Danny Green v Paul Briggs, preview

This might be one of the best fights that can be made in Australia, although it's probably coming a few years too late.  The two men had the opportunity to fight each other in 2007, but both instead retired.  Green came out of retirement a year and a half ago, nominally fighting at cruiserweight, and has run off a series of wins over old former...
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I'd loved to have trained Jason Booth

  Billy Graham spends a lot of time at his home/training base in Georgia these days but the veteran trainer still likes to keep an eye on the UK fight scene. One fight that has caught the eye of ‘The Preacher’ is Jason Booth’s IBF super-bantamweight showdown with Canada’s Steve Molitor at the Rainton Me...
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Floyd Mayweather: 'I'm Not Really Thinking About Boxing Right Now'

MIAMI (AP) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. allowed a deadline for striking a deal on a superfight with Manny Pacquiao to pass without saying anything.A day later, Mayweather indicated that his stance wouldn't be changing anytime soon."I'm not interested in rushing to do anything," Mayweather told The Associated Press.Appearing in Miami on Sunday as a coach...
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Mayweather won't be rushed

The long-anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao appears unlikely to take place this year as negotiations between the two camps are at an apparent standstill.Pacquiao's promoter, Top Rank, had set a July 17 deadline for exclusive talks and, with nothing agreed, can now explore other potential opponents - namely Miguel Co...
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David Tua And Monte Barrett Deliver An Unexpected Boardwalk Barnburner

Sometimes I wonder if anyone in the world ever actually knows what they are doing, or if everyone is just skating along on instinct, bullshit, and blind luck. I know that I’m doing that quite often, and I still find myself amazed that others are even more clueless than I. For example, I showed up nice and early to the Tropicana Casino Resort in...
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I'm Hoping to do the same thing floyd did

"He's coming off a loss, but that was with a very long layoff, fighting maybe the best, fastest pound-for-pound fighter. I'm not going by that performance at all. I'm going by the old Shane Mosley, by the performance against Margarito. I'm fighting the same guy in the same venue. It's definitely a very dangerous fight for me that I take very...
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I may challenge pacquiao at 147lbs

I'm making a challenge right now, baby. Manny Pacquiao, come break down this wall, baby. Manny, come break down this wall. I challenge Manny Pacquiao at 147 pounds," stated WBO jr. welterweight champion Timothy Bradley, who was fresh off of a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Carlos Abregu as he made a successful debut in the welterweig...
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Timothy Bradley Outmaneuvers And Outpunches Luis Carlos Abregu

This was far from the finest performance of Timothy Bradley's career, this Saturday night unanimous decision over Luis Carlos Abregu, but it did the trick of "introducing" him to the HBO audience and showing he could viably fight at welterweight if he wanted to do so. The top junior welterweight in the world was sloppy and reckless at times, th...
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CompuBox Stats: Zab Judah TKO-3 Jose Armando Santa Cruz

Judah dressed Santa Cruz with the jab, throwing 136 in less than three rounds. Judah was selective with his power shots, landing 26 of 44 (59%), including an explosive left uppercut that dropped Santa Cruz. * * * * * * Total Punches Landed / Thrown Round    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Judah 15/70 14/66 10/44             ...
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With no Mayweather-Pacquiao in 2010, it's time to stop picking sides

Last night's late-night media call with Top Rank wound up like we'd all expected. Manny Pacquiao will not be facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2010, and now the target they're looking at is May 2011. Hey, folks, only about six more months before we enter this exciting cycle again. Mayweather, Pacquiao, Top Rank, Golden Boy and everyone else involve...
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Denis Lebedev destroys Alexeev in two

In what has become the men's main event on today's German card, Denis Lebedev dispatched Alexander Alexeev with surprising ease, knocking him out in two rounds. Lebedev is now the mandatory to face Marco Huck, and is on quite a run lately.   From the beginning, Alexeev was able to establish his superior jab, but Lebedev was prepared for it. Whi...
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Boxing Looks Like A Joke Of A Sport As Floyd Mayweather Vs. Manny Pacquiao Falls

Here we are again.Despite what Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum said this morning about Floyd Mayweather not agreeing to a fight in November, the second time Pacquiao and Mayweather couldn't agree to a welterweight megafight in 2010, it is too soon to start pointing fingers at either camp. We have one side of the story and one side of the story onl...
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Mayweather beats Pacquiao

Well not in the the super-fight we are all hoping gets signed before Top Rank's deadline of this Friday by midnight Saturday.  Floyd Mayweather beat out Manny Pacquiao and Georges St. Pierre for "Best Fighter" last night at ESPN's annual award show "The ESPY's".  Even though Pacquiao won the BWAA (Boxing Writer's Association of America) awards...
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Sturm returns

Last week WBA middleweight super champion Felix Sturm has reached an agreement with his former promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl (Universum) regarding the end of their promotional contract. Now Sturm is free to organize and promote his fight all by himself. His comeback after more than a year of ring absence is scheduled for September 4th in his home ...
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Hatton defeats Nuzhnenko

European welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2, 15 KOs) defeated former WBA interim world champion Yuriy Nuzhnenko (30-2-1, 14 KOs) by unanimous decision on Friday night at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England.  Nuzhnenko who was the favorite to win the fight, knocked down Hatton in round one.  Hatton overcame the setback to win by score...
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Judah impresses in newark

Former two-division world champion Zab Judah (39-6, 27 KOs) scored a third round TKO over Jose Armando Santa Cruz (28-5, 17 KOs) on Friday night at the Prudential Center, Newark, NJ. A perfect left uppercut dropped Santa Cruz in the third round and the fight was stopped after Judah’s barrage.  A big win for Super Judah.  After the fight, Judah...
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The clock struck twelve

As reported and expected yesterday here on FRANKSTEA.COM, Floyd Mayweather Jr. did not respond to Bob Arum's "Deadline" nor did he publicly acknowledge it. Bob Arum held a media press conference on toprank.com last night at 3AM ET(12AM PT) in an effort to pressure Mayweather in accepting a fight with fellow pound for pound god Manny Pacquiao. ...
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Sexton "i'll win for my mum"

 Sam Sexton says he will win the British heavyweight title for his mum. The Norwich puncher meets champion Derek Chisora on September 18 at the LG Arena, Birmingham on Frank Warren's huge Magnificent Seven show, live on Sky Box Office. It's all part of Frank Warren's Magnificent Seven card with a stunning nine title fights. In May, Sex...
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I want Froch

 Nathan Cleverly is eyeing a domestic dust up with Carl Froch. The 23-year-old is involved in a WBO light-heavyweight showdown with Karo Murat for the right to face champion Jurgen Braehmer on September 18 at the LG Arena, Birmingham. And he believes victory could lead to fights against some of the biggest names in the sport. But as w...
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McEwan aims to emulate Ken Buchanan's American success

McEwan aims to emulate Ken Buchanan's American success Craig McEwan connects with a punch during his bout with Hilario Lopez ...

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