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Mormeck vows to land telling blow vs. Klitschko (AP)

News Service — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:36:24 +0000

Jean-Marc Mormeck has a simple plan for achieving his dream of becoming France’s first heavyweight champion: smash Wladimir Klitschko’s face. Klitschko will defend his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Mormeck in Duesseldorf, Germany on Dec. 10. “I want his belts,” Mormeck said.

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Donaire retains WBC and WBO bantamweight titles (AP)

News Service — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 09:21:36 +0000

Nonito Donaire retained the WBC and WBO bantamweight titles, unanimously outpointing Omar Narvaez on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden. Donaire improved to 27-1, extending his nine-year winning streak to 26 fights, with winning scores of 120-108 from the judges. After Donaire knocked out nine of his last 10 opponents, the fight had most of the 4,425 fans booing the lack of…

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Marco Huck KOs Rossi to retain WBO cruiser belt (AP)

News Service — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:48:20 +0000

German cruiserweight Marco Huck successfully retained the WBO title for the eighth time, stopping Argentine challenger Rogelio Rossi in the sixth round Saturday. Rossi needed medical attention and took a long time to get up after Huck left the 30-year-old southpaw sprawled on the canvas with a clean right punch.

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Marco Huck stops Rossi to retain WBO cruiser belt (PA SportsTicker)

News Service — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:35:40 +0000

German cruiserweight Marco Huck successfully retained the WBO title for the eighth time, stopping Argentine challenger Rogelio Rossi in the sixth round Saturday.

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Rodriguez shuts out Rosinsky – barely (Yahoo! Sports)

News Service — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:48:00 +0000

Edwin Rodriguez and Will Rosinsky’s fight seemed to hang in the balance during the final round, but the judges didn’t see it that way.

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WBC awards light heavyweight belt back to Hopkins (AP)

News Service — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:00:05 +0000

The WBC has returned the light heavyweight championship to Bernard Hopkins after declaring his bout with Chad Dawson a technical draw. Hopkins was stopped for the first time in his career Saturday night in bizarre fashion when Dawson lifted him and tossed him to the canvas late in the second round, leaving the 46-year-old champion with a dislocated joint in his shoulder.

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Overcoming adversity is a Rodriguez trait (Yahoo! Sports)

News Service — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:30:00 +0000

Super middleweight Edwin Rodriguez is unbeaten in the ring, and his family has also had its share of victories.

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I’ll be ready for whatever Pacquiao brings (Yahoo! Sports)

News Service — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:00:05 +0000

Training in Mexico City in the renowned Romanza Gym, where so many great Mexican fighters have come from, has…

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Don’t call me the ‘Mexicutioner’ (Yahoo! Sports)

News Service — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:00:03 +0000

In his first blog, Manny Pacquiao says he’s not a fan of his ‘Mexicutioner’ nickname.

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Mundine beats Alvarez for interim WBA title (AP)

News Service — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:32:27 +0000

Anthony Mundine of Australia defeated Mexican fighter Rigoberto Alvarez in an unanimous points decision to claim the WBA interim world light middleweight title Wednesday. Mundine (43-4, 25 KOs) rarely looked troubled by Alvarez (27-4, 20 KOs) throughout the 12 rounds, winning the bout 114-113, 117-111, 117-111 on the judges’ scorecards.

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