Dawson stops Hopkins in bizarre 2nd-round finish (AP)
Chad Dawson spent most of the past half-decade angling for a fight with Bernard Hopkins, believing he could define his boxing career by knocking out an ageless champion who had never been stopped. Dawson got his TKO on Saturday night. But his dream looked nothing like this debacle. Hopkins was stopped for the first time in his career in bizarre fashion when Dawson lifted him and tossed him to the…
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DeMarco bloodies Linares, wins WBC light belt (AP)
Mexican southpaw Antonio DeMarco stopped Venezuela’s Jorge Linares in the 11th round of a bloody bout, surging late to claim the WBC lightweight title Saturday. DeMarco lost most of the early rounds, but opened a cut on the bridge of Linares’ nose. The Mexican gained strength during a one-sided 11th round, which was finally stopped with 28 seconds left, giving him back the belt he lost to…
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DeMarco bloodies Linares, wins WBC 135-pound belt (PA SportsTicker)
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52-year-old ex-con Bozella wins pro boxing debut (AP)
Dewey Bozella landed a hard right cross on his opponent’s jaw at the final bell, and the 52-year-old boxer raised his arms in victory. After 26 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Bozella triumphantly realized a dream deferred in his first and only professional fight. Bozella won his pro boxing debut Saturday night, beating Larry Hopkins by unanimous decision in the latest…
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Wrongly convicted Bozella wins pro boxing bout (Yahoo! Sports)
After spending 26 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Dewey Bozella’s first and only pro boxing match was a success.
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Cleverly retains light-heavyweight title on points (AP)
Nathan Cleverly retained his WBO light-heavyweight title with a majority points decision over Tony Bellew after 12 rounds on Saturday. Cleverly was scored 117-112, 116-113, 114-114 on the three judges’ cards to improve his unbeaten record to 23 successive wins. “I knew he would be dangerous in the first three rounds but in all honesty I thought he’d tire more,” the Welshman (23-0,…
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Cleverly retains light heavyweight title (PA SportsTicker)
Wales’ Nathan Cleverly successfully retained the WBO light heavyweight title Saturday night, outpointing hometown favorite Tony Bellew.
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Hopkins-Dawson live coverage (Yahoo! Sports)
Yahoo! Sports provides live coverage of the Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson fight from Los Angeles.
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Hopkins hopes to add Dawson to list (Yahoo! Sports)
The ageless Bernard Hopkins likes that he’s an underdog Saturday against Chad Dawson.
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How Not To Kickbox In A Bar (Yahoo! Sports)
Everyone’s got a friend who tries to upstage everyone. The guy who does a flip when cliff diving, who pulls out the magic tricks at parties, who…
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Hopkins faces Dawson in latest age-defying feat (AP)
Bernard Hopkins defied serious odds 23 years ago when he left Graterford State Penitentiary and never went back. Since then, he has thwarted all conventional wisdom about athletes and aging with a thriving boxing career into the back side of his 40s. If Hopkins can figure out a way to beat Chad Dawson, the Executioner has topped himself one more time.
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HBO’s challenge: Make compelling fights (Yahoo! Sports)
New HBO Sports president Ken Hershman needs to clean up HBO’s boxing coverage and bring it into the 21st century.
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Dawson will define his career in Hopkins bout (AP)
Chad Dawson’s eyes light up when he imagines his ideal boxing career. He would spend every day training in his gym and every night at home in Connecticut with his wife and four sons, far away from everything else he finds so annoying about this sport. Trash-talking with opponents, squabbling with past managers and trainers, defending his passion to people who don’t know his heart — the…
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Cleverly says he’s only watched Bellew fight once (AP)
WBO light-heavyweight champion Nathan Cleverly says he has only watched challenger Tony Bellew fight once during his preparations for their title bout on Saturday. Cleverly was scheduled to take on the former three-time ABA heavyweight champion in May, but Bellew failed to make the weight. Cleverly said Thursday that “I’ve seen what I’ve had to see and I will just go in and do my…
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Tarver uniquely suited to call Hopkins-Dawson (Yahoo! Sports)
What will shake out when Bernard Hopkins meets Chad Dawson? Hear from a fighter who has competed against both.
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