Q&A: Felix Sturm
Felix Sturm’s tenure at middleweight has lasted nearly 14 years (he was rated by THE RING at 160 pounds for an astounding 579 weeks), but on Saturday the four-time titleholder will begin a new chapter as he steps up to face super middleweight Robert Stieglitz.
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HBO’s ’24/7: Hopkins/Kovalev’ to air Oct. 18
On Oct. 18, HBO will air the first episode of “24/7: Hopkins/Kovalev” following the clash between WBA middleweight titlist Gennady Golovkin and Marco Antonio Rubio.
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Tavoris Cloud-Artur Beterbiev card announced
The undercard supporting former IBF light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud’s comeback against undefeated prospect Artur Beterbiev is official and set for Sept. 27.
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Ring Ratings Update: Crawford and Abraham rise in rankings
A number of RING-ranked fighters – including lightweights Ricky Burns and Terence Crawford and super middleweights Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham – saw action during the last two weeks, which caused some changes within the magazine’s divisional rankings.
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Readers share their thoughts on Orlando Salido-Vasyl Lomachenko, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Bryan Vera II, Robert Stieglitz-Arthur Abraham III, Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo, and ask what’s next for Lomachenko, Chavez, Abraham and Amir Khan in this week’s Monday mailbag.
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Arthur Abraham defeats Robert Stieglitz to regain WBO title
In Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday night, super middleweight Arthur Abraham defeated Robert Stieglitz by split decision to regain the belt he lost to Stieglitz by TKO a year ago.
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Dougie’s Friday mailbag
Fans continue their feedback on Gennady Golovkin (and who he might fight), plus share their thoughts on James Kirkland, counter punchers and the heavyweight division, among other subjects, in this week’s Friday mailbag.
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Dougie’s Monday mailbag
Fans share their thoughts on Gennady Golovkin’s recent KO victory and Victor Ortiz’s recent KO loss, and what might be next for both fighters, plus Dougie is asked to compile a list of major “underperformers” in this week’s Monday mailbag. Enjoy!
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Lem’s latest: Maidana says Broner is not ‘a slick boxer’
Marcos Maidana says Adrien Broner “has not been tested by a natural welterweight like me. That’s why this is the hardest fight of his life.” Maidana challenges Broner for the WBA 147-pound title on Dec. 14.
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WBO orders Burns-Crawford, Stieglitz-Abraham III
Unbeaten lightweight contender Terence Crawford has been made the mandatory challender to WBO beltholder Ricky Burns. The WBO has also ordered a third match between its super middleweight titleholder Robert Stieglitz and Arthur Abraham.
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