Warrington defeats Brunker; Murray, Bellew notch wins
British featherweight Josh Warrington defeated Joel Brunker, while Martin Murray and Tony Bellew scored stay busy wins on Saturday in Leeds, England.
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Manager: Sergey Kovalev ‘is not a racist’
WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev’s reference to African Americans as “dark-skinned people” during a Russian-language interview was not meant as a negative “for black persons,” according to his manager, Egis Klimas.
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Sergey Kovalev eyes March return, Adonis Stevenson
WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev could return to the ring in Moscow as early as March, accordingto his manager, Egis Klimas. Kovalev says he wants to fight RING champ Adonis Stevenson in 2014.
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Beibut Shumenov wants Bernard Hopkins next
WBA beltholder Beibut Shumenov wants to unify all of the belts in the division, beginning with a bout against IBF titleholder Bernard Hopkins in March or April.
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Ward on Hopkins and ‘Boogey Men’ Golovkin, Kovalev, Stevenson
Super middleweight champ Andre Ward said that Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev and Adonis Stevenson are being made out to be “The Boogey Men of their divisions.”
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Could Mayweather, Ward be in Hopkins future?
IBF light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins has some options on what he does next but he says he’s looking for a “super fight” for his next bout and would like to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. as a middleweight.
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Lem’s latest: Duva says Stevenson, Kovalev ‘destined to fight’
Hard-hitting light heavyweights Adonis Stevenson and Sergey Kovalev will face separate opponents on Nov. 30 in Canada, and Kovalev’s promoter sees them facing each other down the road.
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Kovalev-Sillakh slated for Stevenson-Bellew card
The handlers of WBO light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev say the fighter has agreed to make his fist defense against Ismayl Sillakh on the Nov. 30 Adonis Stevenson-Tony Bellew card.
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Q&A: Stevenson wants Hopkins after Bellew
Adonis Stevenson on his knockout of Tavoris Cloud: “People that saw this fight, they can’t say that I’m just a puncher, you know? I can box, also, and people know that now. We were saying that before the fight. I validated that.”
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Lem’s latest: Klitschko, Povetkin shared rooting interests
Wladimir Klitschko will defend his RING heavyweight championship against unbeaten Alexander Povetkin on Oct. 5 in Moscow. The two Olympic champs spoke about the fight at a press conference on Monday.
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