Former World Champion Seriously Injured, Attacked With a Sword
Two time boxing world champion Denkaosan Kaovichit could end up losing a finger after being attacked outside his home in Sala Thammasop on the outskirts of Bangkok.
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"Fighting Words" - Breaking Down 2016's Fighter of the Year Race
by David P. Greisman - Sometimes deciding the Fighter of the Year is a matter of nomination. Too often, it involves a process of self-elimination. Boxers lose. Boxers don’t fight often enough. Boxers don’t fight difficult enough opponents. This award isn’t what matters most to them — they want the right fights...
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Hisashi Amagasa Wins Ten Round Decision Over Carlo Demecilo
20 year old Filipino Carlo Demecilo lost a unanimous ten round decision to Japanese featherweight Hisashi Amagasa who dropped unbeaten Guillermo Rigondeaux twice in an unsuccessful title shot in 2014 when he retired in the 11th round.
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What To Do With Tyson Fury? - BoxingScene Ratings Update
Heavyweight: These rankings recognize the lineal champion of a division as the true champion. In the case of Tyson Fury, that creates a quandary. Fury has abdicated all of his alphabet titles, has failed multiple drug tests, and may not fight again anytime soon. TBRB recognizes this as a legitimate vacating of the genuine heavyweight title. However, his promoters have made reference to his eventual return and that he will still be the lineal champion. As a heavyweight, it’s not like there is another division for him to announce he’s fighting in so this isn’t a case where he is moving up or down for good. As Fury has not retired, and inactivity doesn’t apply to the champion’s slot, that makes him still a technically active fighter and thus, technically, still the legitimate historical champion.
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Main Events To Stage Event at Mohegan, New Series Pilot
This exciting joint-venture will highlight up-and-coming prospects who are looking to be the next big boxing superstar. Mohegan Sun and Main Events hope this series will allow local prospects, as well as hot international talent, the opportunity to showcase their skills to an already loyal boxing fan base at Mohegan Sun.
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King, Dundee, Alexis, Superman: Foursome Worthy of Celebration
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It never fails. Whenever I enter a week in need of inspiration for my Tuesday morning labor of boxing love, I have a go-to source that’s never once left me hanging. My classroom of first-graders at Cape Coral Charter School. What, you were expecting someone older? Indeed, as the...
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So, About that Heavyweight Renaissance…
By Cliff Rold - There was a real feeling of change in the air. After years of almost casual dominance at the top of the class, and oft-malignant mediocrity beneath it, heavyweight was showing new signs of life in the last year or so. One could see it coming longer than that. The class was getting younger and more aggressive. New personalities, and new displays of power, came together...
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Mayweather Sr. Gets Political, Lashes Out at Donald Trump
Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. is getting a little political these days, as he lashed out at presidential candidate Donald Trump. The elder, who trained retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and continues to groom several other fighters, is completely against the selection of Trump.
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Edwin Valero Movie "El Inca" Set To Premiere on November 25
The Venezuelan film premiere of the motion picture 'El Inca,' has been set for November 25. The movie details the tragic story of two division world champion Edwin Valero, who was viewed as a potential superstar and he was being groomed by Top Rank and Teiken for a pay-per-view fight with Manny Pacquiao.
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WBC: Khan: Haye, Pascal - Did Not Enroll in Drug Testing Program
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman, together with VADA President Dr. Margaret Goodman, officially announced the Clean Boxing Program on May 5, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The enrollment process began on that date in which all WBC champions and the top 15 ranked contenders have to mandatorily enroll in the Clean Boxing Program (CBP).
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