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Kameda bets

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-19

CONTROVERSIAL Japanese boxer Koki Kameda plans to marry his childhood sweetheart if he wins the WBC flyweight title later this month. Kameda has promised to knock out champion Daisuke Naito in three rounds in their...

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Bets taken on unannounced 'richest' bout

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-18

THE fight hasn't been made yet, and may not ever happen. But this city's casinos are already taking bets on who will win if the Philippines' Manny Pacquiao and American Floyd Mayweather Jr ever get into the ring. ...

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Rampant Pacquiao in seventh heaven

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-16

MANNY Pacquiao knocked down Miguel Cotto twice and turned his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him 55 seconds into the 12th round on Saturday to win his seventh title in seven weight classes. The...

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Haye shrugs off Ali talks, ready for Klitschkos

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-11

NEW WBA heavyweight champion David Haye has shrugged off comparisons with Muhammad Ali after de-throning giant Russian Nikolai Valuev on a majority points decision in Germany at the weekend. It was only Haye's...

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WBC moves to keep fathers away from sons during bouts

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-5

THE World Boxing Council wants to banish once and for all fathers from working their sons' corners during fights after a study showed it could prove fatal. Speaking at the WBC's annual convention in the South...

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WBC to set up body to probe ring deaths

Sports | Boxing
2009-11-4

BOXING chiefs are to establish a new body to examine ring deaths and serious injuries in a bid to prevent ring tragedies. A new World Boxing Council committee will draw diverse strands of information together when...

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Mayweather won't fight me, taunts Pacquiao

Sports | Boxing
2009-10-31

MANNY Pacquiao believes the biggest potential fight in boxing will never happen because Floyd Mayweather Jr wants no part of him. Pacquiao is training in Hollywood for his meeting with Miguel Cotto on November...

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Pavlik set for title defense

Sports | Boxing
2009-10-1

KELLY Pavlik will defend his WBO and WBC middleweight titles against Paul Williams in December in a fight originally scheduled for October before a stubborn staph infection on Pavlik's left hand flared up. It...

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Klitschko halts Arreola in tenth to retain crown

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-28

VITALI Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a 10th-round TKO over previously undefeated challenger Cristobal Arreola in Los Angeles on Saturday. Arreola, who was outclassed by the taller and more...

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Mayweather mauls Marquez

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-21

FLOYD Mayweather Jr celebrated his return to the ring after a 21-month retirement with a unanimous points victory over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in a non-title welterweight bout in Las Vegas on Saturday. Widely...

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Underdog role suits Marquez

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-18

MEXICAN Juan Manuel Marquez has embraced his widely perceived role as the underdog for Saturday's non-title welterweight fight against undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr. "It is an extra motivation," five-time...

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Mayweather credits mother for comeback to the ring

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-17

FLOYD Mayweather Jr, who returns to the ring this week after nearly two years in retirement, credits a trip to the Bahamas with his mother for sparking his hotly anticipated comeback. The undefeated American,...

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Officials kicked out

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-12

FOUR officials of the Mongolia team were expelled from the world boxing championships in Milan on Thursday for allegedly trying to bribe a referee with a watch. The Mongolian boxers, their coaches and team doctor were...

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Mayweather puts unbeaten record on line

Sports | Boxing
2009-9-4

THE chance to embellish his unbeaten record will be uppermost in Floyd Mayweather's mind when he takes on Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in their hotly-anticipated welterweight fight in Las Vegas this month. Mayweather...

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Women's boxing nod could give China three more golds

Sports | Boxing
2009-8-31

CHINA has high hopes of dominating women's boxing at the 2012 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided earlier this month to include it on the London programme. Women fighters will compete...