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Algieri stuns Provodnikov in split decision

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Brooklyn, NY (Sports Network) – Chris Algieri took a split decision from Ruslan Provodnikov to win the WBO Super Lightweight title on Saturday night. Despite being knocked down twice in the first round, Algieri (20-0) rallied to fight a good, […]

Fitz Hitz: Hostility fuels middleweight title fight

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Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Neither Sergio Martinez nor Miguel Cotto have shown much tolerance for the other when they’ve appeared together in the run-up to Saturday’s middleweight title fight at Madison Square Garden. Martinez is the WBC champion and […]

Froch dumps Groves to retain IBF belt

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London, England (Sports Network) – IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch retained his championship in convincing fashion before 80,000 fans at London’s Wembley Stadium when he stopped challenger George Groves with a single right hand for a technical knockout in […]

Donaire adds featherweight belt for fourth title

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Macau, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Filipino superstar Nonito Donaire added a fourth weight class title to his resume on Saturday, defeating WBA featherweight champion Simpiwe Vetyeka by unanimous technical decision in a bout stopped after four rounds due to a ghastly […]

Povetkin KOs Charr

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Moscow, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Alexander Povetkin, in his comeback fight following his first professional loss last year at the hands of Wladimir Klitschko, knocked out Manuel Charr in the seventh round to claim the vacant WBC International Heavyweight belt. Povetkin […]

Fitz Hitz: Critics quick to abandon ‘Superman’

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Cape Coral, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Well, that was quick. Within mere seconds of Jimmy Lennon Jr. declaring him “winner and still” WBC light heavyweight champion on Saturday night in Montreal, some people couldn’t step over each other fast enough to […]

Gonzalez retains WBC featherweight belt

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Acapulco, Mexico (SportsNetwork.com) – Jhonny Gonzalez (56-8) retained his WBC featherweight belt with a 10-round technical decision over Clive Atwell (12-1-1) on Saturday night at the Convention Center in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. It was Gonzalez’s first defense since his spectacular […]

Stevenson outlasts Fonfara, retains WBC light heavyweight title

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Montreal, Quebec (SportsNetwork.com) – WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson did both the expected and the unexpected en route to retaining his title with a unanimous 12-round decision over challenger Andrzej Fonfara before an enthusiastic 7,500 fans at the Bell […]

Marquez wins physical bout with Alvarado

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Inglewood, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – Juan Manuel Marquez set up a possible fight with Manny Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight belt after winning a unanimous decision over Mike Alvarado in a title-elimination bout Saturday night at the Forum. Fighting for the […]

Fitz Hitz: Mayweather-Khan match is worth imagining

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Las Vegas, NV (SportsNetwork.com) – “Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try. “No hell below us. Above us, only sky.” Go ahead and imagine because it seems that’ll be the only way that anyone will see a fight […]