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Ring Ratings Update: Thurman, Porter climb welterweight rankings

28
Apr

Ring Ratings Update: Thurman, Porter climb welterweight rankings

No less than 18 RING-rated fighters were in action over the past two weeks, including RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and two young welterweight standouts, Keith Thurman and Shawn Porter, who advanced in the 147-pound rankings.

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19
Apr

Scott Quigg batters Tshifhuwa Munyai in two

British junior featherweight ace Scott Quigg swept aside late replacement Tshifhuwa Munyai in two rounds at the Manchester Arena in England on Saturday. “I wanted to make a statement and I promised that you would see the best of me,” said Quigg.

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16
Apr

Scott Quigg: “My best beats anyone else’s best”

Unbeaten junior featherweight standout Scott Quigg is focused on late-substitute Tshifhiwa Munyai, who he faces in Manchester, England, on Saturday, but he’s looking for showdowns with titleholders Leo Santa Cruz and Kiko Martinez, and fellow British star Carl Frampton.

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15
Apr

Lem’s latest: Chris Algieri to face ‘a lot of firsts’ vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Lem Satterfield’s latest notebook brings plenty of news, starting with info on WBO 140-pound titlist Ruslan Provodnikov’s next defense against New York’s Chris Algieri.

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12
Apr

Scott Quigg to face Tshifhiwa Munyai on April 19

Unbeaten junior featherweight contender Scott Quigg will face Tshifhiwa Munyai on April 19 at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester, England, live on Sky Sports, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport announced on Friday.

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22
Mar

Kid Galahad dominates Sergio Prado to claim vacant European Crown

Fast rising junior featherweight star Kid Galahad (real name Barry Awad) posted a routine 12 round unanimous decision over Sergio Prado to claim the vacant European title in his hometown of Sheffield, England.

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14
Mar

Dougie’s Friday mailbag

Fans share their thoughts on Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo, Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez, Carl Froch-George Groves II, Shawn Porter-Paul Malignaggi, Kell Brook, Leo Santa Cruz, Carl Frampton and other fighters and fights in this week’s Friday mailbag. Enjoy!

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25
Feb

Britain’s best pick Ricky Burns to top Terence Crawford

Ricky Burns defends his lightweight title against Terence Crawford on Saturday in perhaps his toughest test yet. Will he come out on top? The UK’s top fighters from the past and present seem to believe so.

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22
Dec

Kiko Martinez stops Jeffrey Mathebula

IBF junior featherweight titleholder Kiko Martinez would like to face either Carl Frampton, Scott Qugg or Guillermo Rigondeaux in the wake of Saturday’s ninth-round knockout of Jefferey Mathebula.

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08
Nov

Froch-Groves card gets bigger with Quigg, Murray, Olympians

Scott Quigg will take on Argentine challenger Diego Silva in what is now a stacked undercard for Carl Froch’s IBF super middleweight title defense against George Groves in Manchester, England, later this month.

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