In a highly competitive fight, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) defeated Luke Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision to capture the vacant WBC 135-lb title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England. Both fighters were hurt numerous times in the fight. The size and the power of Campbell gave Lomachenko a lot of problems tonight.
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Oleksandr Usyk (16-0, 12 KOs) has a deal set for him to fight Tyron Spong (13-0, 12 KOs) in his heavyweight debut on October 12 on DAZN at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, according to Mike Coppinger.
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Billy Joe Saunders (28-0, 13 KOs) will be making his defense of his WBO super middleweight title in November or December, potentially in Los Angeles, California, according to promoter Eddie Hearn.
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Cruiserweight Vinnie Carita has enlisted a new trainer to lead the next chapter of his boxing career.
The hard-hitting Carita (23-1-1, 22 KO's), of Pembroke, Massachusetts, is training with Jason Bailey.
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Light heavyweight world titlist Sergey Kovalev knows his days as a professional boxer are numbered, but that is not going to prevent the 36-year-old from unchecking the remaining items on his bucket list.
The WBO light heavyweight champion would like at least five more fights and become the undisputed champion before hanging up his gloves.
“For myself, what I see,” Kovalev said, “like five more fights and to be the undisputed champion.”
When he ultimately decides to end his career makes no difference, Kovalev is a certain first-ballot Hall of Fame fighter.
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Canelo Alvarez could be next for light heavyweight world titleholder Sergey Kovalev
Kovalev retained his 175-pound belt for the first time by scoring a one-punch knockout of Anthony Yarde in the 11th round on Saturday on ESPN+ at the Traktor Sport Palace in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
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LAS VEGAS (Aug. 26, 2019) — WBO junior featherweight world champion Emanuel “Vaquero” Navarrete will become the latest Mexican superstar to carry his nation’s flag proudly on Mexican Independence Day Weekend. Navarrete will make the third defense of his title versus Filipino contender Juan Miguel Elorde on Saturday, Sept. 14 at T-Mobile Arena as the co-feature to lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury’s title defense against Otto Wallin.
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Joshua and Lewis clowning around
Anthony Joshua was back in the headlines after comments he made in his extended Untold Truth interview - and social media was stirred into action.
The Briton put his defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr in June down to a "lucky punch sent from the gods", which didn't go down too well with this former world title challenger...
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Unified world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr says he wants to finish Anthony Joshua's career after confirming he will contest a rematch in Saudi Arabia.
United States-born Mexican Ruiz, 29, shocked Britain's Joshua in New York in June to win the WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO world titles.
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Sergey Kovalev survived an eighth-round scare to knock out Britain's Anthony Yarde and defend his WBO world light-heavyweight title in a thrilling fight.
Russia's Kovalev, 36, dominated early on in his home city of Chelyabinsk but was close to being beaten in the eighth round when under a sustained attack.
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WBC super flyweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada (40-3, 27 KOs) defeated fringe contender #14 WBC Dewayne Beamon (16-2-1, 11 KOs) by a ninth round technical knockout at the Centro de Usos Multiples, in Hermosillo, Mexico. The fight was stopped at 0:51 of round nine.
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Andy Ruiz Jr. and his management reps have signed the paperwork to finalize his rematch with Anthony Joshua for December 7, according to ESPN. The rematch will be taking place at an outdoor stadium on the 7th of December in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This is the rematch that Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn wanted.
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Robert Louis Pangilinan is a Filipino sports columnist, reporter and photographer. He is currently employed with Policefiles and Sportsmanila.net. sports beat: basketball, boxing, mma, billiards,marathon and baseball.
STUTTGART – Continuing to improve by leaps and bounds, Carlos Edriel Yulo joined elite company in placing 10th overall in the men’s all-around finals of the 49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Hans Martin Schleyer Halle here on Friday.
"Boxing is a sport. We allow each other to hit each other, but I'm not treating my opponent like my enemy. We're doing a job to entertain people." -Manny Pacquiao
By Alex P. Vidal WE have no idea if the wishes of Iloilo Governor Arthur "Toto" Defensor Jr. that the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge project be specifically mentioned by President Duterte during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 was fulfilled.
“In sport, you only see the fighter, but it’s teamwork. Without a good team, you will never be the best. In boxing, you have to work with the best coach, the best lawyer, the best manager, the best doctor. Exactly the same principle applies in politics.” -Vitali Klitschko
By Alex P. Vidal
SENATOR Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s (62-7-2, 39 KOs) 12-round split decision win over hitherto WBA welterweight champion Keith “One Time” Thurman (29-1, 22 KOs) on July 20 in Las Vegas was considered to be more glorious and exciting compared to his victories over Lucas Martin Matthysse (TKO7) and Adrien Broner (UD12) combined.
NEW YORK - 1 Power: Thurman is clearly the bigger man and a better pure power puncher, thus his "One Time" moniker. The problem, however, has been his inability to sit down on his punches and finish opponents the more he has evolved as a boxer. Not counting fights that were stopped due to cuts or injury, Thurman hasn't recorded a true knockout since 2013.
