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Guillermo Rigondeaux Breaks Adolfo Landeros in One
At the NSU Arena inside the Don Taft University Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, super bantamweight prospect Guillermo Rigondeaux (5-0, 4 KOs) returned to his knockout way with a 28-second blowout of Adolfo Landeros (20-13-1, 9 KOs). Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medal winner, landed a crushing left hand to the body of Landeros to send him down for the full count.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Advises Ricky Hatton To Retire
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has advised the comebacking Ricky Hatton to forget about a ring return. He says Hatton should retire. Mayweather says Hatton took a very bad beating at his hands back in 2007, and went through a lot of wars during his career. He does agree that Hatton's habit of gaining massive amounts of weight between fights was a factor in the damage on the Manchester star's career.
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Jason Booth Dropped, But Stops Matthew Marsh in Eleven
At the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, super bantameweight Jason Booth (35-5, 15KOs) stopped Matthew Marsh (13-2, 1KOs) in eleven rounds to win the Commonwealth title. Booth was said to have been behind on the cards at the time of the stoppage.
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Photos/Weights: Valero vs. DeMarco, Adamek vs. Estrada
The weights are in for the big shows on Saturday night. In Monterrey, Mexico, the Showtime televised card saw WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero weigh in at 135-pounds, and interim-champion/challenger Antonio DeMarco was also 135. The co-feature weights saw Luis Carlos Abregu come in at the welterweight limit of 147-pounds, and his opponent Richard Gutierrez was also 147.
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Marquez: "Vazquez Fight Will Be The Mother of All Wars"
Rafael Marquez is training for the fight of his life in Mexico. Under the watch of new trainer Daniel Zaragoza, Marquez is preparing for his fourth fight with Israel Vazquez. Marquez stopped Vazquez in their first meeting in 2007. Vazquez came back in their rematch a few months later and stopped Marquez. The third fight was war of wills. It ended with Vazquez winning a very close split decision. A single point gave Vazquez the win in the third meeting.
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Team Valuev Want $4 Million For Vitali Klitschko Fight
Accoridng to a report in BILD, Nikolai Valuev's co-promoter Don King is looking for $4 million dollars [2.9 million euros] to fight WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko. The could very well take place, if they reach a deal, at the 61,000 seat Schalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Another possible venue is the Color Line Arena in Hamburg.
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WBA Only Approved One Judge For Shumenov-Campillo
The World Boxing Association made a statement regarding the controversy between the light heavyweight fight between Beibut Shumenov and Gabriel Campillo, which was held on January 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Team Hatton Statement on Parting With Lee Beard
As reported on Wednesday, Ricky Hatton has dropped trainer Lee Beard from his corner. There appears to be some tension over Beard leaving during Matthew Hatton's training camp to take a trip to America to train Joan Guzman. Bob Shannon, who trains several of the fighters under Hatton Promotions, will finish the camp and work the corner of Matthew for his February 19 fight with Mikheil Khucishvili. Ricky returns in June and Shannon is the favorite to train him but another trainer coming in is possible. Beard has been in Ricky's corner for the last three years.
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Pacquiao will fight Mayweather-Mosley winner, says Roach
Trainer Freddie Roach says Manny Pacquiao, should he beat Joshua Clottey on March 13, will be more than happy to fight the winner of May's mega-bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Shane Mosley. Roach sees the winner of Mayweather-Mosley as the best candidate for Pacquiao's next fight. Roach told BoxingScene.com that Mayweather should win the fight but it's going to be very tough for him.
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