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England’s Jeffries beats Downs in World Boxing Championships
International Herald Tribune - S. light heavyweight Christopher Downs to advance to the final 16 as the first week of competition in the World Boxing Also in the light heavyweight night session, Asian Games champion Djakhon Kurbanov of Tadjikistan was disqualified for […]

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Sports wire: American women lose in FIBA final
Long Beach Press-Telegram - The top eight finishers in the light flyweight (48kg) to light heavyweight (81kg) divisions and the top four from the heavyweight and super heavyweight classes qualify for next year’s Beijing Olympics. Briefly Olympic swimming hopeful Whitney Myers
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I’m all for “if at first you don’t succeed…” and all the rest, but I’ve still got to wonder exactly what Chris Byrd is hoping to accomplish with his latest endeavor.
The 37-year-old, already a former two-time belt-holder in the heavyweight division, will take step one on the path toward a hoped-for third title […]

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Injury hands big bout to Tucson
Arizona Daily Star - The Showtime appearance is unusual for Golden Boy Promotions, Marquez’ promoters, because Oscar De La Hoya’s company usually works with HBO. But De La Hoya said Wednesday he wanted Marquez to get in the fight before the end of the year, and that
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Calzaghe’s Decade Of Dominance
East Side Boxing - When Calzaghe beat Eubank, Britain’s two big world champions at the time were Naseem Hamed and Lennox Lewis, both have long since retired, but Calzaghe is still there at the top. Speaking from his training camp for the fight, Calzaghe said he was
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Hlatswayo Retains Title On The Road
East Side Boxing - Kennedy did the better work early but was drawn into a scrappy close range battle by the plucky southpaw Smith who is best at cruiserweight where he’s rated # 2 nationally. A majority verdict. Kennedy deducted a point for a low blow in the fourth.
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Felix Sturm
Halle, Germany  - Germany’s Felix Sturm successfully defended his WBA middleweight title after fighting to a draw with American Randy Griffin Saturday at Gerry Weber Stadium.
After 12 rounds of back-and-forth boxing, the judges ruled the fight 115-114 for Sturm, 114-117 for Griffin and 114-114 as Sturm (29-2) escaped with his title.
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