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Lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko says he has great respect for Mikey Garcia for his decision to move up two weight classes to challenge IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (24-0, 21 KOs) for his title this Saturday night, but he wouldn’t make a similar move himself. Lomachenko sees the size of Spence being too much of an obstacle for victory.

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WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter (29-2-1, 17 KOs) weighed in a whooping 148.8 pounds on his first weigh-in attempt for his maiden title defense against Yorgenis Ugas (23-3, 11 KOs) at Friday’s weigh-in for their fight this Saturday night on Premier Boxing Champions on FOX & FOX Deportes at the Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson, California.

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(March 11, 2019) — Top Rank and MTK Global are proud to announce an exclusive multi-year licensing agreement that will bring MTK Global events to fans in the United States on ESPN platforms, including ESPN+ — the direct-to-consumer sports streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer & International segment and ESPN.

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(March 7, 2019) — Two of the biggest punchers in British boxing — light heavyweight Anthony Yarde and heavyweight Daniel Dubois — are ready to put on a Friday afternoon show for American fight fans.

In the main event, Yarde will defend his WBO Intercontinental belt in a 10-rounder against Baltimore native Travis “Seveer” Reeves at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London. In one of the co-features, Dubois will battle former world title challenger Razvan Cojanu in a 10-rounder for the vacant WBO Global belt.

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Last Saturday night, WBC welterweight champion Shawn Porter (30-2-1, 17 KOs) won a grueling 12 round split decision over Yordenis Ugas (23-4, 11 KOs) at the Dignity Health Sports Park, in Carson, California. It wasn’t one of the better performance’s we’ve seen from ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter. He barely scraped by in winning a close decision.

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