May 23, 2013

Boxing: Broner Beats Rees With 5th-Round TKO

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(Photo: Tim Larsen, AP) Story Highlights Adrien Broner raied his record to 26-0 with his TKO victory against Gavin Rees Broner knocked Rees down twice en route to the victory Broner said he would fight whoever wants to fight him. ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Adrien Broner had little trouble remaining undefeated Saturday night. The [...]

Boxing: Amir Khan stops Carlos Molina, gets career back on track

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(Photo: Mark J. Terrill, AP) Story Highlights Amir Khan ended a two-loss streak to defeat Carlos Molina The loss for Molina was the first of his career. Khan said he would like to have a rematch with Danny Garcia, who KO’d him Amir Khan’s quickness and power was too much for Carlos Molina, and the [...]

Boxing: Klitschko retains world heavyweight belt vs. Wach

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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Wladimir Klitschko retained his WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles, unanimously outpointing Poland’s Mariusz Wach on Saturday night. The 6-foot-7 1/2 Wach was the tallest opponent Klitschko has faced in his 16-year professional career, but offered little threat against the faster Ukrainian. The judges scored it 120-107, 120-107 and 119-109 for [...]

Boxing: Ward stops Dawson to retain titles

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Andre Ward hits Chad Dawson in the 10th round right before he won by TKO in their WBA/WBC Super Middleweight championship fight at ORACLE Arena on September 8, 2012 in Oakland, California. (September 7, 2012 – Source: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images North America) (Reuters) – Undefeated American Andre Ward dominated challenger Chad Dawson in Oakland, California [...]

Boxing: Underdog Bradley gets shot at fame with Pacquiao bout

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(Reuters) – American Timothy Bradley has labored outside of the boxing spotlight for much of his career, but on Saturday he has a shot at fame and fortune when he steps in the ring to battle Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao. Bradley, 28-0 (12 KOs), who considers the fight the biggest of his career and likely [...]

Boxing: Tarver fights to a draw against Kayode; retains title

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Antonio Tarver figured he would have no trouble matching his wealth of boxing experience against Lateef Kayode’s raw power Saturday night. He was wrong. The 43-year-old five-time champion started slowly but came on strong in the second half of the fight and retained his IBO cruiserweight title with a draw [...]

Boxing: Rios gets ‘disgraceful’ split decision victory against Abril

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John Murray (R) of Great Britain throws a punch against Brandon Rios of the United States in the frist round during the WBA World Lightweight Title fight at Madison Square Garden on December 3, 2011 in New York City. (December 2, 2011 – Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — In [...]

Boxing: Sergio Martinez stops Matthew Macklin in middleweight bout

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NEW YORK – Sergio Martinez has made a habit of helping people outside the ring and hurting them inside it. He did his thing in the ring again Saturday night, as boxing fans have become accustomed to. Martinez dropped tough Irishman Matthew Macklin twice near the end of the 11th [...]

Boxing: Alexander looks ‘Great’ in dominating Maidana

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Devon Alexander moved up to 147 pounds for his 10-round non-title fight Saturday night with Argentine power puncher Marcos Maidana, after several subpar performances at 140 pounds. Apparently, the extra seven pounds made all the difference as the ultra-quick Alexander dominated the slower Maidana, winning a unanimous decision at the [...]

Boxing: Povetkin retains WBA belt by points over Huck

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Alexander Povetkin (R) and Eddie Chambers (L) in action during the IBF final eliminator heavyweight fight between Eddie Chambers of the USA and Alexander Povetkin of Russia at the Tempodrom on January 26, 2008 in Berlin, Germany. (January 27, 2008 – Photo by Matthias Kern/Bongarts) STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Alexander Povetkin did just enough Saturday [...]