Omari Jones is going the distance to prepare for his latest bout
Omari Jones drove seven hours round-trip to find quality sparring work for his most recent training camp. He will know soon if it was worth it.
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Abass Baraou: 'I haven’t shown what I’m capable of yet'
When Abass Baraou steps into the ring against Xander Zayas on January 31, he won’t be facing a total stranger.
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Xander Zayas ready for big opportunity against ‘warrior’ Abass Baraou
Xander Zayas realizes his fight against Abass Baraou represents the best opportunity of his career to date.
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Xander Zayas not even halfway to where he wants to be
Xander Zayas was over the moon when he won his first world title.
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Brandon Adams ready to listen to any legit offer at 154lbs
Brandon Adams heard all the speculation, and let everyone predict freely how coming off a loss aged 36 left him ripe for falling in September’s rematch with Ukraine’s Serhii Bohachuk
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Xander Zayas embraces first step to joining Puerto Rican greats he’s idolized
The clash of newly crowned titlists will headline at Coliseo de Puerto Rico Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, where both met the press on Wednesday to formally announce their showdown.
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Abass Baraou vows to return home 'with another belt and a few more Puerto Rican fans'
It goes without saying that of the two, Abass Baraou had the far more difficult path than Xander Zayas in their respective title claims.
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Xander Zayas-Abass Baraou unification bout eyed for January 31 in San Juan
BoxingScene has learned that unbeaten WBO junior middleweight titleholder Xander Zayas is set to face WBA counterpart Abass Baraou on January 31 in San Juan.
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Xander Zayas' push for Abass Baraou keeps Top Rank's best in tough
With the exception of Naoya Inoue’s position as a prohibitive favorite over Alan Picasso in December, Top Rank’s world champions have signed up or found themselves locked in a daunting stretch of title-fight assignments between now and the end of January.
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Overlooked no more: New champion Abass Baraou is finally ‘in the room’
“It was difficult for me to get in the mix of having fights,” Abass Baraou tells BoxingScene. “Maybe because I was a dangerous fighter with low reward. Now I have something people want..."
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