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Amir Khan has gained a rematch with Lamont Peterson in Las Vegas in May, and a chance to regain the WBA light welterweight title he lost in controversial circumstances.Khan announced the fight on Twitter on Thursday, backed by his…

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Amir Khan has gained a rematch with Lamont Peterson in Las Vegas in May, and a chance to regain the WBA light welterweight title.

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Amir Khan’s rematch against Lamont Peterson will take place on May 19 in Las Vegas, his promoter Richard Schaefer told Sky Sports News HD.

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Marine Corps wins boxing championship Ventura County Star By MC2 Elliott Fabrizio / Headquarters Marine Corps MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON — The Marine Corps team won the 2012 Armed Forces Boxing Championship Feb. 3, ending the Army's 20-year winning streak. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton hosted the … Marine Corps Boxing Team wins big at Armed Forces Boxing ChampionshipCamp Lejeune Globe all 5 news articles »

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Amir Khan will fight Lamont Peterson on May 19 in Las Vegas after the Briton was granted his wish for a rematch after his controversial loss to the American last December, his promoter said on Thursday.

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ESPN STAR Sports

Boxing: Martinez bout excites Macklin ESPN STAR Sports Maybe because they love the aggression side of boxing, which I showed. Most people in America barely had Sturm even winning three rounds. "Everyone thought I won it, but over here they felt I really dominated him completely. Martinez vs Macklin: 'Fairytale' Fight for Matthew MacklinBad Left Hook all 25 news articles »

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SuperSport.com

Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory SI.com Perez has just become Havana's first under-75-pound (34-kilogram) boxing champion in a new age category for 9- and 10-year-olds. Boxing-mad Cuba is putting its athletes in the ring earlier than ever. The idea is that those who start young will have a … Hungary will receive a Cuban boxing starsCuba Headlines Cuban kids fight for new glorySuperSport.com (blog) all 8 news articles »

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Fight Hype

WATCH THE LATEST BOXING& MMA YOUTUBE VIDEOS ON FIGHTHYPE TV Fight Hype Once considered the fight capital of the world's best kept secret, 22-year-old Jessie Vargas (17-0, 9 KO's) burst onto the global boxing scene in 2011 with a spectacular year that included early knockouts of former World Champion "Vicious" Vivian … and more »

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Daily Mail

Boxing-Khan v Peterson rematch set for May 19 Yahoo! Eurosport UK The 'mystery man' was identified as Mustafa Ameen, who is an IBF volunteer helping cash-strapped boxers. He denied interfering with the judges' scorecards. "This one is hopefully going to clear up all these question marks," Richard Schaefer of Golden … Lamont Peterson, Amir Khan set rematchESPN Britain's Amir Khan lands Lamont Peterson rematch in Las Vegas in MayTelegraph.co.uk Khan confirms Peterson rematch in VegasTimes of India BBC Sport -SB Nation DC all 56 news articles »

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Bookmakersinc.co.uk

Angelo Dundee: An appreciation by Ferdie Pacheco Los Angeles Times The Fight Doctor, Dr. Ferdie Pacheco, a cornerman for Muhammad Ali and a former boxing analyst for NBC, has sent The Times a tribute to Ali's Hall of Fame trainer Angelo Dundee, who died last week and is being laid to rest this week in Florida. Inside Boxing: Sport loses two great trainersSouthCoastToday.com Boxing Legend Angelo Dundee's Funeral is FridayPatch.com Leonard recalls Dundee's zest for lifePhiladelphia Inquirer MyFox Washington DC -Bookmakersinc.co.uk -PhilBoxing.com all 11 news articles »

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WELSH welterweight Fred Evans lost his first bout of 2012 when he was defeated in the preliminaries of the Bocskai tournament in Debrecen, Hungary.

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Independent Online

The big yawn: Heavyweight boxing is a bore, admits Lennox Mirror.co.uk But when a doyen of the noble art warns darkly of a low ebb in heavyweight boxing, the fight business needs to listen. By any yardstick, it has been a dreadful 12 months for the blue riband division. We have lost Sir Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier and, … Derek Chisora can beat Klitschko and David Haye should return – Lennox LewisCrunchsports.com Lennox Lewis warns Vitali Klitschko he may get KO'dExaminer.com Lennox Lewis should have followed his own adviceBoxingNews24.com bettor.com (blog) all 10 news articles »

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Amir Khan confirms his rematch against Lamont Peterson will take place on 19 May, in Las Vegas.

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Telegraph.co.uk

Down For The Count: Pacquiao-Bradley ESPN (blog) Brian Campbell is an ESPN Mobile editor and a boxing contributor for ESPN.com. Richard Fletcher is a longtime contributor to Boxing Monthly and also writes for HBO and ESPN.com. Igor Guryashkin is a researcher for ESPN The Magazine and a boxing… Will Boxing Ever Have Another Fight of the Century?BU Quad Is Boxing Really Dying? I say NOEastsideBoxing.com 'Make it happen'SkySports Examiner.com -Los Angeles Times -BoxingNews24.com all 100 news articles »

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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Olympic countdown: Boxing Yahoo! Eurosport UK Long before the start of the 2012 Games, the big story from the boxing arena was the admission of women fighters. Women didn't take part at all in the first Olympics, there were fewer than 20 at the second edition and as they gradually made their mark, … and more »

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Carl Froch is the mandatory challenger to IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute.

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David Price will face Sam Sexton for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles recently vacated by Tyson Fury.

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Women's Boxing: Road to London Goes Through Spokane Sports and Weather Right Now by Jared Frank, KHQ.com/SWXRightNow.com – email For the first time ever, women's boxing will be a part of the Olympic Games. And the road to London goes through the Spokane area when the US Olympic team trials take place at Northern Quest Resort … 2012 OlympicsKPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest all 4 news articles »

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New Zealand's two professional heavyweight boxing title-holders won't be squaring off any time soon.A unification fight between newly-crowned NZPBA champion Sonny Bill Williams and reigning NZNBF champion Chauncy Welliver would…

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Boxing rift will keep Sonny Bill and Welliver apart New Zealand Herald By Steve Deane New Zealand's two professional heavyweight boxing title-holders won't be squaring off any time soon. A unification fight between newly-crowned NZPBA champion Sonny Bill Williams and reigning NZNBF champion Chauncy Welliver would seem a …

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