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Khan in Senior ABA’s.

Olympic sensation and eighteen year old boxing wonderkid Amir Khan is making his transition into the senior amateaur boxing programme in the United Kingdom. Khan has also moved up in weight from the lightweight class, the weight in which he enjoyed his olympic success, to the light welterweight division. Khan …

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Mesi/Rosenblatt on NER Radio.

Unbeaten heavyweight “Baby” Joe Mesi and former world-class super middleweight/middleweight “Dangerous” Dana Rosenblatt are Thursday night’s (Feb. 10) special guests on the New England Ringside Boxing Radio Show live on WWZN 1510 The Zone in Boston. Mesi (29-0, 25 KOs) talks about his once mercurial career now on hold for …

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Duva Trio Win Big.

Duva Boxing’s trio of young prospects – Kendall Holt, Oscar Diaz and Shaun George – all coming off impressive nationally televised victories in the past week, have established themselves as serious contenders on the fight scene. Holt and Diaz are of particular interest because they fight in the 140-pound division, …

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John-Gainer Set.

The WBA featherweight title fight between champion Chris John and challenger Derrick Gainer will finally happen in John’s own country of Indonesia in April of this year. Gainer was supposed to have fought John last year but his concerns over heat levels in the outdoor arena in Indoneisa during the …

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Will Barnes Pay the Pryce?

British Welterweight Champion David Barnes and challenger Bradley Pryce have come out slugging before their fight at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes on Friday 4 March. Mancunian Barnes, 27, makes the fourth defence of his title against the tough Welshman and both have opened a war of words that …

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Holt Upsets Diaz.

Kendall Holt snapped David Diaz’s head back a number of times before the referee stopped the fight at 2:26 in the eighth round in a junior welterweight tussle Friday on “ShoBox: The New Generation.” In the junior welterweight co-feature from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., Oscar “El Matador” Diaz …

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U.S. Fight Results.

Friday night in Florida, Javier Jauregui won a ten-round decision against Cristian Favela by wide margins on all scorecards. Jauregui moves his professional record to forty-eight wins against eleven losses and two draws. Undefeated contender snatched his twenty-second win in a row by stopping Nicolas Cervera in the third round …

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Vargas Tickets Flying.

The tickets for Fernando Vargas’s long-awaited return to the ring are selling quickly and sales for the event have now cleared the $200,000 mark. Vargas will fight Dutchman Raymond Joval in Corpus Christi, Texas on March 26. Joval has been in with some decent opposition but the fight with Vargas …

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St. Louis Weigh-in Results.

Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime Zab Judah weighed 146-pounds and Cory Spinks tipped scales at 147-pounds during Friday’s weigh-in in St. Louis. In the first true championship fight of the year, Spinks will defend his undisputed welterweight title against Judah in the Don King Productions-promoted main event Saturday on …

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