Heavyweight Schedule for 2018

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New WBC Heavyweight Rankings

CHAMPION: BERMANE STIVERNE

1 .- Deontay Wilder (US)
2 .- Bryant Jennings (US)
3 .- Alexander Povetkin (Russia)
4 .- Mike Perez (Cuba/Ireland) USNBC
5 .- Carlos Takam (Cameroon) SILVER
6 .- Lucas Browne (Australia) EPBC/COMM
7 .- Derek Chisora (GB) EBU
8 .- Vyacheslav Glazkov (Ukraine)
9 .- Chris Arreola (US)
10 .- Andy Ruiz (Mexico) NABF
11 .- Tyson Fury (GB)
12 .- Tony Thompson (US)
13 .- Odlanier Solis (Cuba)
14 .- Tomasz Adamek (Poland)
15 .- Manuel Charr (Lebanon/Syria) BALTIC/CISBB

16 .- Mark De Mori (Australia)
17 .- Billy Wright (US) LATINO/FECARBOX
18 .- Anthony Joshua (GB)
19 .- Kyotaro Fujimoto (Japan)
20 .- Artur Szpilka (Poland)
21 .- David Price (GB)
22 .- Shannon Briggs (US)
23 .- Erkan Teper (Germany)
24 .- Charles Martin (US)
25 .- Edmund Gerber (Germany) INTL SILVER
26 .- Andrzej Wawrzyk (Poland)
27 .- Johann Duhaupas (France)
28 .- Denis Boytsov (Russia)
29 .- Raphael Zumbano (Brazil) SOUTH AMERICA
30 .- Eric Molina (US)
31 .- Yazmany Consuegra (Cuba)
32 .- Eddie Chambers (US)
33 .- Sam Sexton (GB )
34 .- Steve Cunningham (US)
35 .- Travis Kauffman (US)
36 .- Alexander Ustinov (Russia)
37 .- Arnold Gjergjaj (Switzerland)
38 .- Agit Kabayel (Turkey) MEDITERRANEAN
39 .- Herve Hubeaux (Belgium) YOUTH
40 .- Zack Mwekassa (Congo) ABU

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Anthony Joshua vs Denis Bakhtov preview: London 2012 gold medallist fighting for first career belt


Joshua to Finish Off First Year as a Pro Against Bakhtov Tomorrow Night

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New WBA Heavyweight Rankings

WBA Super Champion: WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO

WBA World Champion: RUSLAN CHAGAEV

1 LUIS ORTIZ
2 BRYANT JENNINGS
3 DEONTAY WILDER
4 KUBRAT PULEV
5 LUCAS BROWNE
6 TRAVIS KAUFMAN
7 SHANNON BRIGGS
8 FRES OQUENDO
9 MARK DE MORI
10 ANTONIO TARVER
11 JOSEPH PARKER
12 VYACHESLAV GLAZKOV
13 DERECK CHISORA
14 STEVE CUNNINGHAM
15 ANTHONY JOSHUA

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Anthony Joshua stops Denis Bakhtov in second round to claim WBC international heavyweight title


Anthony Joshua stops Denis Bakhtov in round 2


Joshua demolishes Bakhtov


Joshua Claims First Title


Anthony Joshua will take on Michael Sprott in his next fight

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On This Day: Vitali Klitschko returns to the ring after an absence of nearly four years and dominates Samuel Peter

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Lucas Browne vs. Chauncey Welliver


Steve Cunningham vs. Natu Visinia Preview


Is taking on Michael Sprott next a bad move for Anthony Joshua?

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Article on Anthony Joshua from ESPN


Visinia's trainer suddenly dies of a heart attack, but Visinia will still fight Cunningham


Al Haymon, Don King and the negotiations for Wilder-Stiverne

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Lippe-Morrison's KO streak reaches five

By CHRISTIAN FAVALORA Special to the Times

MIAMI — Promoter Tony Holden said it from the first day of his young brawler's career, "He's gotta learn to stretch that fight out."

Trey Lippe-Morrison won his fifth professional boxing match Saturday night at Buffalo Run Casino, and he did it the only way he knows how - first round knockout.

Lippe-Morrison (5-0) knocked out Matt Foster of Topeka, Kan., 1:53 into the first round.

When he stepped into the ring, Lippe-Morrison knew about as much about Foster as he did about losing, which is to say not much. Foster was a late addition to the card but many expected him to be the hometown hero's biggest challenge.

And he was. Despite the sudden ending, Lippe-Morrison and his trainer Randy Rouse said Foster, who made his professional debut in the loss, didn't disappoint.

"It might have been quick, but he is probably, out of all my opponents, the one who boxed me the best," Lippe-Morrison said. "My very first fight, it did go to the second round, but if I knew what I was doing, that first fight wouldn't have made the second round."

He went down in the first but that was still my best challenge."

A left hook dazed Foster early into the fight. Lippe-Morrison, who weighed in at 223 pounds, said he saw it in Foster's eyes and went in with a wild combination.

Rouse said there will be plenty to work on in the coming days (a Nov. 15 return to the ring has been rumored), but that Lippe-Morrison is only getting better.

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Anthony Joshua refuses to get carried away despite being tipped to emulate boxing greats Lennox Lewis and Muhammad Ali


Joseph Parker vs. Sherman Williams weigh-in video with interviews