Juan Manuel Lopez Knocks Bernabe Concepcion Out in Two
At the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 26KOs) stopped Bernabe Concepcion (30-3-1, 17KOs) in the second round.
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Nonito Donaire Blasts Out Hernan Marquez in Eight
At the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, WBA super flyweight champion Nonito Donaire (24-1, 16KOs) stopped Hernan Marqeuez (27-2, 20KOs) in the eight round.
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Jonathan Oquendo Stops Eden Sonsona, Negron Wins
Later tonight, WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez will make the first defense of his title against top rated Bernabe Concepcion. The fight headlines a Showtime televised doubleheader from the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. In the televised co-feature, Nonito Donaire will defend his WBA interim-super flyweight title against Hernan "Tyson" Marquez of Mexico.
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Mike Jones Stops Irving Garcia After Referee Mishap
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, welterweight Mike Jones (22-0, 18KOs) stopped Irving Garcia (17-5, 8KOs) in the fifth round after a referee mishap. Jones was in full control of the fight but Garcia was game and trying to fight back as hard as possible. During the fourth, Jones had Garcia in trouble. He couldn't finish him off before the end of the round. In the fifth, Jones had Garcia in serious trouble but caught Garcia with a bad low blow that sent Garcia down to his knee. The referee did not see the low blow and counted Garcia out. The Garcia tried to protest the ending.
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Lanardo Tyner Shocks Antwone Smith By TKO in Nine
At the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, veteran Lanardo Tyner (24-3, 15KOs) upset Antwone Smith (18-2, 10KOs) with a ninth round stoppage. Smith got off to a very good start in the early rounds but he was being worn down as the fight played out. Smith's right eye was nearly swollen shut by the eight round. Tyner hit him with some vicious body shots to get him in trouble in the eight round. Smith was able to hold on, but Tyner went back to work in the ninth with more body shots to send Smith down for the first time in his career. Smith made it up but told the referee he was unable to continue.
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Photos/Weights: Juanma Lopez 125.3, Concepcion 125
Weights from Puerto Rico - Top Rank/Showtime - Coliseo, Hato Rey. WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez came in at 125.3-pounds and challenger Bernabe Concepcion was 125.
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Carl Froch Talks DeGale, Jeffries, Groves and Smith
In his recent Nottingham Post column, former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch takes a look at some of the up and coming super middleweights in the UK. Froch has sparred with Tony Jeffries and and George Groves, who makes his American debut on the Marquez-Diaz undercard on July 31 in Las Vegas. He is impressed with the ring skills of Brian Magee, Paul Smith and James DeGale, who captured gold in the 2008 Olympics.
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Danny Green vs Paul Briggs is Facing Sanction Issues
The IBO cruiserweight title fight between champion Danny Green and challenger Paul Briggs is facing sanction issues and the fight is possibly going to move to a new venue. According to the AAP, the date of July 21 should still stay the same but the fight itself will move from the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
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Cameron Squeezing Down To Cruiser For Daniel Ammann
Heavyweight Shane Cameron (24-2, 20KOs) is making progress in training camp. As previously reported, Cameron planned to drop down to the cruiserweight division. He was last seen in March, beating John Hopoate with a two round disqualification. Prior to that, Cameron got knocked out by David Tua in two rounds last October.
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Margarito Finally Makes His Move, Pacquiao Fight in Line?
Former three time welterweight champion Antonio Margarito has finally made his move to reclaim his boxing license in the United States. Margarito's license to box was revoked last February during a hearing before the California State Athletic Commission. The California Commission found Margarito liable for an illegal substance discovered in his handwraps prior to his fight with Shane Mosley on January 24, 2009.
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