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Last week, the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) held their annual convention in Mexico and there were plenty of headlines generated. The sanctioning body issued numerous directives – including their decision to order a super middleweight showdown between big punchers David Benavidez and David Lemieux – with the WBC’s interim-title at stake. Mexican superstar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez
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The best version of Canelo is the one that gets angry and trash talks in English. He carries the same energy to the ring too. Watch Canelo v Plant tonight, live on BT Sport Box Office. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing on Twitter ➡️ http://twitter.com/btsportboxing Join our
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Posted on 11/20/2021 Isaac Dogboe continues to rebuild himself slowly but surely. Since suffering back to back defeats at the hands of Emanuel Navarrete, the 27 year old has reeled off three straight vicories. At the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Lasz Vegas, Nevada, Dogboe continued his winning ways with a close majority decision
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Issue • Opinion • Premium Thomas Hauser reviews Nicola Tallant’s book Clash of the Clans MTK Global is a fighter management company now headquartered in Dubai. It offers managerial services to more than two hundred boxers (foremost among them, Tyson Fury) and is affiliated with gyms around the world. Its website states, “We have firmly
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Bunce Diaries • Issue • Premium Gray Mortimore/Allsport Steve Bunce remembers the Lewis and Maloney journey WHEN Kellie Maloney, the boxing promoter and manager, was known as Frank Maloney, the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas was one of her playgrounds. The exotic jungle splendour of the hotel, once an isolated building way down the Strip,
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Posted on 11/21/2021 By: Hans Themistode From a distance, he appeared to be a great fighter. The right hooks, left uppercuts, unparalleled foot movement, the uncanny timing, and the effortless transition from southpaw to orthodox – made Terence Crawford look otherworldly in the ring. But, once fans took a close examination of whom he was
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8:47 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Shawn Porter’s final moments in the ring showed why he had to walk away. Following his second knockdown in the 10th round of Saturday’s WBO welterweight championship fight against Terence Crawford, Porter scowled and repeatedly smacked the canvas with his gloves as referee Celestino Ruiz issued an 8-count. With
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Issue • Opinion • Premium Andrade-Charlo is certainly not the ‘biggest fight in boxing,’ while Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter are also making news in George Gigney’s media review IT was the American fighters who claimed most of the headlines this weekend, with Terence Crawford generating the most chatter with his stoppage win over Shawn
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Rankings go up on Mondays. Ranked fights this week: Lightweight: (1) Teofimo Lopez vs (9) George Kambosos Jr, Nov. 27 Junior Lightweight: (7) Azinga Fuzile vs Kenichi Ogawa, Nov. 27 Junior Featherweight: (2) Stephen Fulton Jr vs (3) Brandon Figueroa, Nov. 27 Junior Featherweight: (10) Ra’eese Aleem vs Eduardo Baez, Nov. 27 Minimumweight: (10) Ayanda
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