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Famed boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies
Miami, FL (Sportsbooks) - Angelo Dundee, the boxing Hall of Famer who trained legends Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard among others in a long and storied career, has died. Dundee was 90 and died of a heart attack on Wednesday in...
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Mayweather to fight Cotto in May
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Unable to schedule a fight with Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. will instead take on Miguel Cotto in a May 5 bout. Mayweather has a contractual obligation to fight on that date at the MGM Gran...
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Philly's Steve Cunningham: A compelling case for cruisers
(Sportsbooks) - Someday, it'll happen. There'll be a fighter. He'll have an adversary. And together they'll engage in a fight -- or a series of fights -- that'll galvanize the boxing public and draw in the casual sports fan. It migh...
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Vazquez beats Diaz to keep IBF lightweight belt
Guadalajara, Mexico (Sportsbooks) - Miguel "Titere" Vazquez retained his IBF lightweight championship with a twelve round unanimous decision over Ameth Diaz. Vazquez (30-3, 13 KO's) was never challenged by Diaz (30-11, 21 KO's) as ind...
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Rigondeaux downs Ramos for WBA title
Las Vegas, NV (Sportsbooks) - Guillermo Rigondeaux earned a sixth-round knockout of Rico Ramos to earn the WBA World super bantamweight title. Rigondeaux (9-0) dominated Ramos and put the 24-year-old down for the count in the sixth w...
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Appeal of Khan-Peterson outcome withdrawn
Los Angeles, CA (Sportsbooks) - Promoters for Amir Khan said Tuesday an appeal of last month's controversial fight against Lamont Peterson has been withdrawn. Scheduled to be heard before the International Boxing Federation on Wedn...
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Stieglitz retains WBO belt
Offenburg, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Robert Stieglitz dominated the action against previously undefeated Henry Weber to earn a unanimous decision and retain his WBO Super Middleweight belt. Stieglitz (41-2) fought to a 118-110, ...
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Going forward with some obstacles
(Sportsbooks) - It's official. I know nothing about sports. And while I realize that's a conclusion several message-board and blog jockeys have been happy to announce at myriad points since the column went weekly in 2007, it was a finalit...
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