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Preview: Brook vs Rabchenko

Everything you need to know about Kell Brook’s debut in the super-welterweight division, live on Sky Sports from 7:30pm on Saturday. More: continued here

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Cuban challengers aim to make boxing history in their title bouts – New York Post

New York Post Cuban challengers aim to make boxing history in their title boutsNew York PostAmerica's heavyweight boxing champion and the best light heavyweights from Russia are being featured on two different boxing cards in New York on Saturday night, but it's the Cubans who will be trying to steal the show at the respective venues. Luis …Wilder vs. Ortiz …

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Charlo: Come to America, Kell

Jermell Charlo would welcome a fight with Kell Brook over in America because he already “has a blueprint” on how to beat him. More: continued here

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How Rosie Perez became the ‘First Lady of Boxing’ – Tampabay.com

NY Sports Day How Rosie Perez became the 'First Lady of Boxing'Tampabay.comI was a boxing fan for good." Nearly 100 movie, television and theater appearances and one Oscar nomination later, Rosie Perez still hasn't been able to kick the habit, nor does she want to. "For me, it was a cultural thing," she said. "When I grew up …Mancuso: Boxing …

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Boxing Is Going To Get Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua If It Has To Fix The Entire Heavyweight Division – Deadspin

Deadspin Boxing Is Going To Get Deontay Wilder-Anthony Joshua If It Has To Fix The Entire Heavyweight DivisionDeadspinOn Saturday, March 3, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, Deontay Wilder, one of the worst heavyweight champions in boxing history, will successfully defend his WBC title by first-, second-, or third-round knockout of Cuba's Luis Ortiz, the best …Size Matters: How …

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He’s still fighting for the local boxing scene – The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe He's still fighting for the local boxing sceneThe Boston GlobeIf boxing still packed just 1 percent of the punch of Al Valenti's undying love of the sweet science, we would rush home from work on Friday nights, gather 'round our Victrolas, and rip off a rapid series of shadow punches as we imagined the fury of … …

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Choose your battle: Boxing, UFC competing for pay-per-view dollars on Saturday – Los Angeles Times

The New Yorker Choose your battle: Boxing, UFC competing for pay-per-view dollars on SaturdayLos Angeles TimesHeavyweight boxing champion Deontay Wilder finally has the opportunity to emphasize his talent with a title defense when he faces veteran Cuban fighter Luis Ortiz, a bout some say is the most important heavyweight title fight in the U.S. since Mike …Wilder vs. Ortiz Is …

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WBC suspends Nery for unprofessionalism – ESPN

BoxingScene.com WBC suspends Nery for unprofessionalismESPNIn addition to being dramatically overweight for Thursday's fight, after he knocked out Yamanaka in the fourth round to win the title in Kyoto, Japan, in August, he failed a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association-administered drug test as part of the WBC's …Luis Nery is Indefinitely Suspended By The WBCBoxingScene.comall 3 news articles » More: continued here

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Wilder vs. Ortiz Is the Best Worst Fight in Boxing – The New Yorker

The New Yorker Wilder vs. Ortiz Is the Best Worst Fight in BoxingThe New YorkerDiBella's client is Deontay Wilder, the best heavyweight boxer in America: he is thirty-two years old and has thirty-nine fights and thirty-nine wins, all but one of which have come by knockout. The fight will be held at the Barclays Center, in …39-0 Deontay Wilder looking …

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Wilder: I’ll prove I’m the best

Deontay Wilder pledged to prove he is the best heavyweight fighter in the world after he weighed in almost two stone lighter than Luis Ortiz for his WBC title defence in Brooklyn. More: continued here

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Championship boxing belt, missing for 50 years, reunited with family – CBC.ca

CBC.ca Championship boxing belt, missing for 50 years, reunited with familyCBC.caThe return of a 1936 Newfoundland boxing belt to its rightful owners has solved two family mysteries. Wilson Downey wore his father's championship belt Friday, ending what he called a 50-year quest to find the prize, which went missing just before the …and more » More: continued here

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Size Matters: How a Resurgent Heavyweight Division is Big For Boxing – Complex

Complex Size Matters: How a Resurgent Heavyweight Division is Big For BoxingComplexHis 6'7”, 225-pound body is athletic but gangly. He has an impressive wingspan—at 83'', it a whopping five inches longer than Muhammad Ali's—but often flails around like someone trying to kill bees with a sledgehammer. His footwork can be awkward …Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz prediction, boxing fight card, …

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How Rosie Perez Became the First Lady of Boxing – New York Times

New York Times How Rosie Perez Became the First Lady of BoxingNew York TimesJust shy of 40 years ago, in a house in Bushwick, Rosie Perez realized she had a boxing jones. The dozen or so people in the house had just watched Sugar Ray Leonard win a sensational welterweight bout, and everyone was in tears because the loser was …

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Elk River Boxing Club holds grand opening for new Elkview location – Charleston Gazette-Mail

Charleston Gazette-Mail Elk River Boxing Club holds grand opening for new Elkview locationCharleston Gazette-MailPreviously located in downtown Clendenin, the Elk River Boxing Club is now open at 5522 Elk River North in Elkview, behind the former worksite of Wally's Rope. "We wanted some place that was a little more convenient for our members," Fletcher said of … More: continued here

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Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz prediction, boxing fight card, odds, records, preview – CBSSports.com

CBSSports.com Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz prediction, boxing fight card, odds, records, previewCBSSports.comThe difficulty in making a confident pick ahead of Saturday's WBC heavyweight championship bout between unbeaten sluggers Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz ultimately comes down the unanswered questions they both come in with. If we're honest, it's the …Boxing: Wilder eager to prove he is the most dangerous …

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How to follow Brook & Wilder

Kell Brook and Deontay Wilder are bringing a blockbusting double-header to Sky Sports, and here’s how you can follow it… More: continued here

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