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Hopkins: After Murat, then Froch, Bute, Cleverly?

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12
Apr

Hopkins: After Murat, then Froch, Bute, Cleverly?

If he gets beyond a mandatory title defense against Karo Murat in July, IBF light heavyweight beltholder Bernard Hopkins would like to face Carl Froch or Lucian Bute. (This story also contains a video of Hopkins accepting Gennady Golovkin’s challenge.)

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02
Apr

Q&A: Rodriguez eyes son’s birth, Super Four final

Q&A with super middleweight Edwin Rodriguez, who will face Denis Grachev in the July 13 final of the Monte Carlo Million Dollar Super Four.

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24
Mar

Lem’s latest: Trout joins charitable venture in advance of Alvarez

Austin Trout: “Team Fight to Walk is very important to me. The statistics about number of everyday people and US troops impacted by Spinal Cord Injuries are scary.”

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18
Feb

Could Bute-Pascal affect Pascal-Dawson II?

Former IBF super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute could meet ex-light heavyweight beltholder Jean Pascal in an all-Canadian affair that may jeopardize a rematch between Pascal and RING light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson.

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15
Jan

Promoters: Kessler-Froch II is on

IBF super middleweight titleholder Carl Froch has struck a deal to face WBA interim beltholder Mikkel Kessler in a rematch. Kessler defeated Froch by unanimous decision in April of 2010.

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09
Jan

Lem’s latest: Bika says ‘This is my time to shine’

Having lost title bouts to Andre Ward, Lucian Bute and Joe Calzaghe, super middleweight contender Sakio Bika looks to cash in on a potential WBC title fight agianst Nikola Sjekloca on Feb. 16.

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07
Jan

Ward anxious for ring return after shoulder surgery

RING, WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward said “I can’t wait to get back out there and perform for all my fans” after having endured surgery on his right shoulder on Friday.

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05
Jan

Lem’s latest: Hopkins-Cloud; Froch mulls Kessler, Stevenson

While IBF light heavyweight titleholder Tavoris Cloud could defend his belt against Bernard Hopkins on March 9, IBF super middleweight beltholder Carl Froch is weighing mandatory challenger Adonis Stevenson or WBA counterpart Mikkel Kessler.

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03
Jan

Golden Boy touts Bika-Sjekloca, Salita-Camacho Jr., Charlo-Yorgey

Super middleweight contender Sakio Bika could face Nikola Sjekloca for the WBC’s interim belt on Feb. 16, according to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.

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02
Jan

Q&A: Golovkin predicts early-to-middle rounds KO of Rosado

Unbeaten middleweigt beltholder Gennady Golovkin on fighting Gabriel Rosado: “First round, hard work, hard fight. Second round, hard work… by the fifth round, I will knock him out.”

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