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Dawson calls Ward ‘just another fighter’

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24
Aug

Dawson calls Ward ‘just another fighter’

Chad Dawson on Andre Ward: “He’s never been in there with a fighter like me. I don’t care what the media says or what people say, he’s never been in the ring with a fighter like me. On Sept. 8, he’s going to see something different in there, something he’s never seen before.”

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23
Aug

W. Klitschko faces tall order in Wach

RING heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko will face a taller foe in challenger Mariusz Wach on Nov. 10.

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22
Aug

Ward’s training camp notes; 24/7 Road to Ward-Dawson

Andre Ward on Chad Dawson: “There is not (just) one thing that’s dangerous about him; he is a good, all-around fighter. His credentials speak for themselves.”

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21
Aug

Lem’s latest: Rigondeaux bout in jeopardy?

The bout between junior featherweights Guillermo Rigondeaux and Roberto Marroquin on the Sept. 15 Chavez-Martinez undercard could be in jeopardy following a complaint from promoter Gary Hyde.

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20
Aug

Lem’s latest: Santa Cruz-Morel on Alvarez-Lopez card?

An IBF bantamweight title fight between beltholder Leo Santa Cruz and Eric Morel may complete the Sept. 15 quadrupleheader headlined by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul Alvarez and Josesito Lopez.

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20
Aug

Dawson training camp notes

RING light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson is the son of a boxer, which helped him settle on the sport himself after struggling with the demands of three sports plus academics in high school.

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20
Aug

Dougie’s Monday mailbag

Fans bemoan the slow month of August, look forward to the Nonito Donaire-Toshiaki Nishioka showdown, ponder THE RING’s pound-for-pound rankings, and wonder which U.S. Olympians will excel as pros.   

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15
Aug

HBO, Showtime fall dates to clash

Showtime’s Stephen Espinoza once said of co-existing with HBO that “there is room for two very successful, very active networks in boxing.”

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15
Aug

HBO lands Mitchell-Banks, Broner on Oct. 6 from Atlantic City

Unbeaten Adrien Broner on his inability to land an opponent thus far for Oct. 6: “Don’t nobody want to grab that rope to hang themselves, man. But anybody can get it. Everybody that’s anybody can get it.”

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09
Aug

Ward inspired Shields, first U.S. women’s boxing Olympic champ

Far in advance of Thursday’s history-making Olympic gold medal-winning performance, Claressa Shields was offered encouragement by RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward, an Olympic gold medalist in 2004.

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