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Randy Couture's Comments on Sonnen-Henderson Demonstrate Why Wrestling Rules MMA
During my sophomore and junior years of high school I beat the crap out of one of my best buddies twice a week, regular as clockwork. He was a great guy. If I felt like drinking beer during the offseason, he was one of the first dudes I called...
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Brian Viloria and the 10 Best Undersized Fighters in Boxing
I'm a sports fan who grew up in the United States, so I love football and baseball. As a product of northern New England, I follow my Patriots and Red Sox with devotion...
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Robert Guerrero: 5 Possible Future Fights for 'The Ghost'
Last night at the Citizen's Business Bank Arena in Ontario, Calif., Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero retained his WBC interim welterweight title by winning a bruising unanimous decision over Andre Berto, 116-110 on all three cards...
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Robert Guerrero Details How Wife's Battle Against Cancer Has Motivated Him
On Saturday, November 24, one of the biggest welterweight showdowns of 2012 will take place at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in in Ontario, California as four-division world champion ...
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Johnathon Banks Derails Seth Mitchell in Two: How It Shakes Up the Division
The way I like to imagine it is that somewhere in Boxing Valhalla, the great Hall of Fame trainer was just settling into his new digs, reunited with so many of his fellow ring-war veterans from years gone by...
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Seth Mitchell: On Becoming a Heavyweight Contender
Once upon a time in America, the Heavyweight Boxing Championship of the World was routinely referred to as "the most important title in sports...
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Power Ranking the 10 Fights Boxing Fans Need to See in 2013
I am going to start this story by informing my readers upfront that this is a Manny Pacquiao/Floyd Mayweather free zone...
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Power Ranking Boxing's Pound-for-Pound Top 25 Updated for November
In October, I debuted a consensus pound-for-pound top 25 ranking, compiled by canvassing votes from fellow boxing writers and hardcore fans. The process was to have each voter fill out a ballot ranking his personal top 25...
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Gambler's Guide: Handicapping Boxing's 5 Biggest Upcoming Fights
Americans love watching sports, and many of them do so purely because they enjoy the drama and excitement of the competition. But a lot of other fans like to have a little something on the action...
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Luis Carlos Abregu Stops Thomas Dulorme, Calls out Timothy Bradley
On the main event for HBO's October 27 broadcast of Boxing After Dark , veteran Argentinian welterweight Luis Carlos Abregu derailed previously unbeaten Puerto Rican sensation ...
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Luis Carlos Abregu vs. Thomas Dulorme: HBO Boxing After Dark
Tonight, October 27, 2012, HBO Boxing After Dark returns to the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. The televised card will feature IBF lightweight champion Miguel Vazquez (31-3, ...
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Sergio Martinez and the Challengers to His Throne
Last Saturday night, October 20th, Peter Quillin thrilled his hometown Brooklyn crowd by knocking down WBO middleweight champion Hassan N'Dam six times en route to a unanimous ...
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Danny Garcia vs. Lucas Matthysse: The Must-Happen Fight at 140
Saturday night, Oct. 20, undefeated WBA , WBC and Ring super lightweight champion Danny Garcia of Philadelphia capped off a huge night of championship boxing at the new Barclay ...
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Seth Mitchell and the Top 20 U.S. Heavyweights
The sad state of affairs in the domestic heavyweight boxing scene is a long standing source of woe for North American fans, a consistent source of complaint for going on a generation now...
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Tim Bradley and Lamont Peterson Fight Close to Done
Lem Satterfield of RingTV .com is reporting that a bout is close to being made between WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley , 29(12)-0, and IBF junior welterweight champion Lamont Peterson, 30(15)-1-1...
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Boxing's Pound-for-Pound Power Rankings: The Top 25
To compose this list I canvassed for top 25 pound-for-pound lists from a wide number of Bleacher Report Boxing columnists and writers...
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Manny Pacquiao and the 25 Greatest Southpaws in Boxing History
In the first Rocky film, there is a scene where Apollo Creed and his promoter are scrambling to find a replacement opponent for their big event in Philadelphia...
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Professional Mixed Martial Arts in New York State: Gladius Fight Promotion Debut
On Saturday, September 22, a new chapter was launched in the long struggle to bring professional mixed martial arts competition to New York State, as the Gladius Fights promotion ...
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Manny Pacquiao Says He Would Take a 55-45 Split; Ball in Mayweather's Court Now
Earlier this evening, Yahoo Sports boxing writer Kevin Iole reported that Manny Pacquiao had stated on two separate ESPN programs today that he would be willing to accept a 55-45 financial split in a potential fight with Floyd Mayweather ...
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Alvarez-Lopez Results: 5 Future Implications of Alvarez's TKO
On Mexican Independence Day weekend, things went about as well as they could have for Saul Alvarez. The rising Mexican superstar stopped Josesito Lopez via fifth-round TKO, running his undefeated record to 41-0-1 with 30 knockouts...
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Josesito Lopez Live Blog: Round-by-Round Scores, Reaction
Six months I ago I doubt even Josesito Lopez would have imagined that on the biggest boxing weekend of the year—Mexican Independence Day—he would be headlining a premium cable card against one of the sport's hottest young stars...
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Saul Alvarez vs Josesito Lopez: Don't Count out the Underdog
When Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18 KOs ) broke Victor Ortiz's jaw and stopped him after nine rounds last June 23, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (40-0-1, 29 KOs ) and Golden Boy promotions were left scrambling...
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Pacquiao vs. Marquez 4: 5 Reasons Marquez Should Be the Favorite
It appears the long wait to find out Manny Pacquiao 's next opponent may finally be at an end. Earlier today ESPN's Dan Rafael reported that Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has all but declared a fourth fight with rival Juan Manuel Marquez a done deal...
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Gladius Fights: Professional MMA Coming to New York September 22
Over the past several years, one of the biggest fights in the mixed martial arts universe has been waged outside of the cage: the effort to finally get the sport legalized in the state of New York...
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Andre Ward TKOs Chad Dawson in 10: Boxing Has a New Superstar
In one of the most highly anticipated fights of recent years, undisputed, undefeated super middleweight champion Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) handed a one-sided thrashing to undisputed light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson (31-2, 17 KOs)...