Marquez Plans To Shock Mayweather, and Critics
A good way to know Juan Manuel Marquez better is to go and watch him train in the Romanza Gym in Mexico City’s no frills Iztacalco barrio.
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Dawson Prepared To Stun Johnson, Grab WBC Gold
Undefeated Bad Chad Dawson who's clinched the acceptance of the WBC to again fight Glen Johnson, and this time for the Interim WBC title, says he's going to fight a smarter fight.
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Erik Morales Refuses To Alter His Comeback Plans
Marvellous Marvin Hagler said that after he couldn’t secure a return fight against Sugar Ray Leonard and decided to retire, he forced himself to stay away from the gym for two years, so he wouldn’t be enticed to lace gloves on again. As he put it: “You think you can recapture it be your old self…but you end up being an old you!
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The WBC Wants To Have a 15-Day Weigh-In Rule
The WBC has announced the introduction of an additional weight-in rule that is primarily designed to protect the often unconsidered undercard fighters at glittering championship extravaganzas.
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Art Pelullo To Run Regular ESPN Shows in Mexico
It takes a mouth watering venture to coax Art Pelullo away from his favorite birthday dinner of fried chicken and apple pie. But he’s skipped it this July 28th, to be in Mexico and announce that he’ll soon be launching a monthly show with ESPN International to showcase fistfuls of talent south of the Border.
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Edgar Sosa Retains For The Ninth Time, Stops Melo
Mexico's Edgar Sosa retained his WBC Light Flyweight belt for the ninth time, by almost cutting Panama's Carlos Melo in half with a scything left hook to the ribcage in the fifth, at the Arena in downtown Mexico City.
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Ana Maria Torres is Ready For Kokietgym Bout
The smiles are wearing thin, the gloves are off, claws out, and the jaws are working overtime, in the build up to Mexico’s first fight where a woman will top the bill.
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Nino Beats Rubillar For Revenge, Lands Sosa Shot
Xcaret, Mexico - Omar Niño reversed last year's defeat by Filipino Juanito Rubillar with a hard fought deserved unanimous decision over Rubillar, and in doing so won the eliminator for the opportunity to take on WBC Champ Edgar Sosa.
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Lopez Drills Polanco, Perea Stops Sanchez in Two
Xcaret Mexico - Ex Light flyweight Champion Eric Ortiz used greater ring craft and skills against solid punching Gilberto Keb in a six round flyweight masterclass which sometimes threatened to develop into a real scrap. And it ended as a draw.
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Ana Maria Torres Headlines in Mexico on June 13
World Boxing Council Female Junior Bantamweight Champion Ana Maria Torres will become the first woman to top a Mexican boxing bill, when she defends her title against rugged Thai challenger Ussanakorn Kokietgym on June 13th.
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