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Yuri Foreman is the junior middleweight champion, an aspiring rabbi with an engaging back story. The drawing card is Miguel Cotto, the revered former titleholder beloved by millions of Puerto Rican fans. It’s possible that neither will be the star Saturday night. That’s because their title fight is at Yankee Stadium, the first time baseball’s [...]

Junior middleweight titleholder Cory Spinks’ defense against Cornelius Bundrage has been postponed. Spinks (37-5, 11 KOs) was supposed to defend his title in his hometown of St. Louis on June 12, but promoter Don King said Wednesday that conflicting interests forced him to move the bout to a future card.
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CAUTION: SPOILERS INCLUDED – With Tito Ortiz forced to pull out of his fight with opposing coach Chuck Liddell due to injury, matters on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz have been thrown into disarray. What will happen now on the Spike TV reality series?
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Bob Arum believes Saturday’s bout could redeem his dreams of stadium boxing after the 1976 debacle.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – One of the UFC’s most popular fighters, former middleweight champion Rich “Ace” Franklin’s status and legacy in the sport are more than secure, but the pride of Cincinnati is not satisfied yet, and on June 12th, he’ll make his intentions to the 205-pound weight class known when he looks to spoil [...]

Danish heavyweight Brian Nielsen is coming out of retirement at age 45. Promoter Kalle Sauerland says Nielsen has signed a deal for a comeback fight later this year, possibly in November. Sauerland said no opponent had been lined up, but Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet says Nielsen could fight 47-year-old former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – On June 12th, UFC Hall of Famer Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell makes his long-awaited return to the Octagon to face Rich Franklin in a clash of superstars that headlines UFC 115 in Vancouver. After more than a year on the sidelines, can Liddell add to his list of defining moments against [...]

Junior middleweight champ Yuri Foreman says he won’t let anything distract him from his fight against Miguel Cotto on Saturday night. That’s not necessarily as easy as it sounds. It will be the first fight at the new Yankee Stadium, headline a card televised by HBO, and come just hours after the end of the [...]

Yuri Foreman has improved faster than anyone could have predicted.
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The underappreciated Ukrainian siblings have shown more toughness than their critics believe.
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Michael DiSanto, UFC – The first minute of the fight between Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson changed everything, in my opinion. Evans landed a big overhand right that staggered Rampage. Actually, it sent him stumbling several steps backward. And from that point forward, Evans fought with a sense of confidence that [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – At times, the long-awaited UFC 114 grudge match between former light heavyweight champions “Suga” Rashad Evans and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson looked like the calm after the storm of trash talk and bad blood. But an action-packed third round and a solidly executed gameplan from Evans will remain in the minds of [...]

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – British middleweight star Michael Bisping was sharp, disciplined, and in fine form in his UFC 114 co-main event bout with Dan Miller Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, using a pinpoint striking attack to score a three round unanimous decision victory over the ultra-tough New Jersey native.
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Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – South Korea’s Dong Hyun Kim kept it conservative in his welterweight bout against Amir Sadollah Saturday night, but his smothering ground attack was enough to allow him to pound out a three round unanimous decision win over the former Ultimate Fighter winner in UFC 114 prelim action at the MGM Grand [...]

Vitali Klitschko of Ukraine defended his WBC heavyweight championship belt Saturday night with a 10th-round knockout of Albert Sosnowski of Poland. Klitschko improved his record to 42-2 (38 KOs) after the ring referee called the 12-round bout following a left-right combination to Sosnowski’s head at the 2 minute, 30 second mark of the 10th round.
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