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Latest Boxing News – Friday 5^th November For: Denis Lebedev, Marco Huck, Callum Johnson, Paul Appleby, Ricky Burns, Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao, Margarito, Groves, DeGale, Dereck Chisora, Wladimir Klitschko, Towers, Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez, Ruslan Chagaev,Daniel Jacobs, James Kirkland, David Haye, Lucian Bute, Tyson Fury

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• Paul Appleby for WBO title — Scottish ace Paul Appleby will get the chance to break into the world rankings when he fights on December 4 at the Braehead Arena. The former British featherweight champion will box for the vacant WBO Intercontinental title at super featherweight, joining Ricky Burns as chief support on the card, live on Sky Sports 1HD. If Appleby wins his 12 round fight, he is likely to break into the WBO’s top 15. “I thought I was having a non-title fight on December 4, so this is a nice surprise,” said the 23-year-old. “It will do my ranking with the WBO some good and we will see where we go from there. My dream has always been to be a world champion, and if I had the opportunity to fight for a world title, I would definitely take it. I’m just concentrating on my fight on December 4, and making sure I am in the best possible shape. But I’ve felt great these last few months, and things just keep better and better.”

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• Callum Johnson to turn professional — Commonwealth light-heavyweight boxing champion Callum Johnson, from Benington near Boston, is to turn professional. - The 25-year-old, who won a gold medal for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in October, revealed his decision on Facebook. - Johnson will be represented by renowned promoter Frank Warren. - Boxing commentator John Rawling told BBC Lincolnshire: “If he can progress, it’s a long road but there could be big opportunities for him in the future.” - He added: “Frank Warren is arguably the top promoter in Europe. He’s got the right connections so if Callum has the talent he’s with the right man to go all the way.” - It is thought Johnson could make his professional debut in December.

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• Marco Huck vs Denis Lebedev in Dec 18 battle — Marco Huck (30-1, 23 KOs) will make a fifth defence of his WBO Cruiserweight Title on December 18 when he faces mandatory challenger Denis Lebedev (21-0, 16 KOs) in Berlin. The fight will take place at the Max-Schmeling-Halle. “I look forward to fighting in Berlin again,” Huck said. “Lebedev is a tough challenger with a great record. We are both very powerful and have tremendous KO power so the fans can expect a big battle. I will of course defend my title and leave the ring as the winner.”

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• Miguel Cotto interested in a rematch with Pacquiao and Margarito — World Boxing Association (WBA) junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (35-2, 28 KO’s) will be at ringside for the Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito bout on November 13th at the Cowboys Stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Cotto, 30, would like nothing better than to get a rematch against one or both of the fighters involved, since both Pacquiao and Margarito already stopped Cotto and gave him a terrible beating. By being at the Pacquiao-Margarito fight in ringside seats, Cotto can help try and bring interest in a rematch with one or both of the fighters.

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• Groves and DeGale could be heading for a clash — Unbeaten super middleweight Commonwealth champion George Groves (10-0, 8 KO’s) and unbeaten former 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist James DeGale (8-0, 6 KO’s) could be facing each other for the British super middleweight title in 2011 if they both win their next fights. Groves, 22, is defending his super middleweight Commonwealth title against Kenny Anderson (12-0, 8 KO’s) on the undercard of the WBA heavyweight title bout between champion David Haye and challenger Audley Harrison at the M.E.N. Arena, in Manchester, England.

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• RICHARD TOWERS is in Scotland helping Dereck Chisora prepare for his IBF and WBO heavyweight title showdown against Wladimir Klitschko. — The 6ft 8in unbeaten Hatton Promotions hopeful is even bigger than Klitschko and a valuable asset in the British and Commonwealth champion’s preparations. — Sheffield’s Towers will return home from Fort William on Sunday to complete preparations for his ninth professional fight at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Friday November 26. — Towers, 31, said: “It is fair to say I am playing the part of Klitschko and it is an honor to be invited.”- “It is an amazing experience for a fighter like me to be asked by one of Britain’s best boxers to help him train for a world heavyweight title challenge.”- “The Chisora team are treating me brilliantly and it shows what I have to do to become a champion.”- “Every minute Dereck is the gym he trains like an absolute demon and I and learn so much.”- “Right now I feel like I am the luckiest man in the world and that is no exaggeration.”

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• (Paul Williams Vs Sergio Martinez) — On 20th November we finally get to see the rematch of one of the closest and best fights of last year (2009), Paul Williams Vs Sergio Martinez for the Ring Middleweight title.

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• Former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (26-1-1, 17 KO’s) fights on November 19th against a still to be determined opponent in a loaded card at the Universum Gym, Wandsbek, Hamburg, Germany. Chagaev, 32, is looking to become the mandatory challenger for World Boxing Association heavyweight champion David Haye. Chagaev held the WBA title from April 2007 to July 4th 2008. Chagaev was unable to continue to defend the title due to a mixture of illnesses and injuries.

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• Daniel Jacobs 18^th December comeback — Previously unbeaten middleweight contender Daniel Jacobs (20-1, 17 KO’s) will stage a comeback fight on December 18th against a still to be determined opponent at the Pepsi Coliseum, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Jacobs, 23, was stopped in the 5th round in a failed attempt to capture the vacant WBO middleweight title against Russian Dimitriy Pirog on July 31st in his last fight. Jacobs came into the fight as the predicted winner. However, he was totally dominated by Pirog for four rounds before being taken out in the 5th round of a one-sided fight.

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• ESPN and K2 agree to air Klitschko vs. Chisora on December 11th — According to boxing news from Dan Rafael of ESPN, ESPN and K2, the promotional company of the Klitschko brothers, have reached an agreement to air IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko’s next title defense against unbeaten Britain Dereck Chisora (14-0, 11 KO’s) on December 11th live on ESPN3, and tape delay on ESPN2.

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• Undefeated British heavyweight Tyson Fury spoke about David Haye — In an article at Eastsideboxing.com on their On the Ropes Boxing Radio, Fury had this to say about Haye: “I think David Haye is a blown up cruiserweight who shot his mouth off and got himself a world title shot and beat a very poor champion in [Nikolay] Valuev. If I got to fight Valuev in Quebec, Canada on the 18th, I’d take the fight no problem…He’s [Haye] been avoiding the Klitschkos and he won’t fight them. So David Haye is not a man of honor to me, and he just wants to fight easy fights.”

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• Lucian Bute 3 fight deal - Showtime will announce today Friday that IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute, who remained unbeaten with last month’s ninth-round TKO over Jesse Brinkley at the Bell Center in Bute’s home town of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, will sign a three-fight deal with the network.

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• Junior middleweight James Kirkland is incarcerated again but should be released by the end of the week, according to co-manager Cameron Dunkin. — Kirkland, 26, was released from a federal prison near his hometown of Austin, Texas, into a halfway house on Sept. 30 after serving 17 months for pleading guilty to gun possession by a convicted felon. — Kirkland (25-0, 22 KOs) had been living in an Austin halfway house and training for his comeback fight against Delray Raines, which is scheduled for Dec. 11 on the Amir Khan-Marcos Maidana undercard in Las Vegas.

“[Kirkland] was at the gym and ran down to get a custom mouthpiece from a dentist in town when the probation officer came by and he wasn’t there,” Dunkin said. “I guess that’s a violation and the probation officer said they were going to have a hearing on this because you’re not allowed to leave the gym at all when you’re in training. You’re supposed to be where you’re supposed to be. He was gone for an hour or something, not a big deal, but he got punished.” — Dunkin said the incident happened late last week and he was informed of it by co-manager Michael Miller. — “He’s got to do a week at the county jail, so he should be out in a couple of days,” Dunkin said. “He didn’t lose his bed or his spot at the halfway house.”

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Latest Boxing News – Sunday 10^th October For: Delray Raines, James Kirkland, Tim Bradley, Devon Alexander, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez, Evander Holyfield, Prizefighter, Michael Sprott, Michael Dallas Jr, Lenin Arroyo, Matt Zegan, Ricky Burns, Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez.

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• Four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, who will turn 48 on Oct 19, will participate in the 56th fight of a career that began on Nov. 15 of 1984 when he meets 38-year-old Sherman Williams of Vero Beach, Calif., at the Joe Louis Arena on Nov. 12 in Detroit. — Holyfield’s manager, Ken Sanders, said that the fight was originally scheduled for Nov. 5, but had to be moved to gain a potential advantage in working out a television deal.

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• Tim Bradley Vs Devon Alexander — WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion Tim Bradley of Palm Springs, Calif, has signed his fight contract agreeing to terms for a Jan. 29 , HBO-televised unification bout with southpaw WBC and IBF counter part Devon Alexander of St. Louis, Mo.

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• Morales returns in December — Three-division former world champion Erik “Terrible” Morales is expected to return December 18 at Estadio Caliente in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to fight for the WBC Silver super lightweight title against an opponent to be determined. The fight would be added to the blockbuster SHOWTIME pay-per-view telecast that’s also featuring Bernard Hopkins against WBC light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. A win for Morales would pave the way for him to face his countryman Juan Manuel Marquez, the current WBA/WBO lightweight world champion, in a 2011 mega-fight.

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• James Kirkland Vs Delray Raines December 11 — Unbeaten southpaw junior middleweight (154 pounds) contender James Kirkland, released from Bastrop Federal Prison, in Bastrop, Tex., on Sept. 30, after having pled guilty to a charge of gun possession in April of 2009, will fight Delray Raines on the Dec. 11 under card of an HBO televised main event featuring WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) king Amir Khan and WBA interim titlist Marcos Rene Maidana at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, according his manager, Cameron Dunkin. -The 26-year-old Kirkland (25-0, 22 knockouts), who will spend the remaining months of his sentence in an Austin, Tex., halfway house, will be ending a 21-month ring absence by facing the 24-year-old Raines (18-8-1, 13 KOs) of Paris, Ark. - Promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, the bout between Khan (23-1, 17 knockouts) and Maidana (29-1, 27 KOs) will mark Kirkland’s first appearance in the ring since March, 2009 when he stopped Joel Julio in the sixth round. - Raines is coming off of September’s second-round stoppage of David Molton.

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• Deandre “BULL” Latimore - has regrouped and is lining up his targets as he heads into the new year with a new team and an improved attitude towards his career. — The junior middleweight contender, sporting a record of 21-3-0 with seventeen knockouts, is back with his training team that saw him at his most successful, along with a new manager. “Previously I was working with a company called Sweat/Pound 4 Pound here in St. Louis. I was working with their in-house trainer Jose Ponce, but things just weren’t clicking so I’ve decided to make some changes” said the 25 year old. “There are no hard feelings; it just wasn’t working so we’ve completely parted ways.” — “I’m heading back to Las Vegas tomorrow and will be training with Ray Franklin and Jacob Chavez going forward. They were with me at my best when I knocked out Sechew Powell in our first fight and I’m thrilled to be working with them again.” - Still promoted by Rumble Time Promotions of St. Louis and DiBella Entertainment, Latimore will now be managed by Nevada businessman Chris Watkins.

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• London9^th October — Tonight’s heavyweight Prizefighter provided a great night of boxing for fight fans. The eight man tournament consisted of seven three round fights. Michael Sprott came out on top this year after scoring three decision victories. He defeated Matt Skelton in the finals, which reversed two earlier career losses he suffered at the hands of his older foe.

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• Lemoore, CA (7 October 2024) - In the night’s main event, Bakersfield’s Michael Dallas Jr. improved to 16-0-1 with a second-round knockout of Lenin Arroyo of Miami (20-14-1) in a scheduled eight-round welterweight bout. The fight was halted via the three-knockdown rule at the 1:30 mark. In the co-main event, Shawn Estrada, was declared the winner of a scheduled four-round super middleweight fight against Nathan Bedwell., 28 seconds into the first round after Bedwell (4-5), whose right knee was heavily taped, crumpled near his own corner after being hit by a left-right combination from Estrada (9-0).

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• No title shot for Zegan — After allegedly having signed for a world title shot against WBO super featherweight champion Ricky Burns, WBO #3 lightweight Matt Zegan (42-5-2, 21 KOs) will not be challenging for the 130lb belt at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena on December 4. Burns will instead make the first defense of his title against WBO #6 featherweight Andreas Evensen (13-1, 5 KOs). Zegan’s stock plummeted after a draw with Boris Berg (3-0-1, 2 KOs) in a tune-up fight and he was rejected by SKY Sports, opening the door for the little known Evensen who will move up a weight class.

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• Gonzalez vacates WBA title — Undefeated Nicaraguan WBA minimumweight world champion Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez (26-0, 22 KOs) has decided to give up his crown after making three defenses. He will now fight October 24 in Japan against Mexican Francisco Rosas (21-7-2, 12 KOs) for the WBA interim light flyweight world crown. He was originally sated to face WBA regular light flyweight Juan Carlos Reveco on that date, but Reveco pulled out citing kidney stones.

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Unbeaten junior middleweight star James Kirkland was released from prison ahead of schedule yesterday and will finish the remainder of his sentence for a 2009 parole violation in a half-way house. Kirkland will be allowed to train, travel and continue his quest for a world title in the boxing ring.

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Boxing News & Updates for: Kassim Ouma, Joey Gilbert, James Kirkland, “The Future” Hatley, Emanuel Augustus, Antonio Gomez, Calvin Pitts, Manny Pacquiao, Ward, Dirrell, Teon “TheTechnician” Kennedy, Alex “El Diablo” Becerra, Miguel Cotto, Oscar de la Hoya

• James Kirkland - November? According to Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, unbeaten junior middleweight contender James Kirkland still has a chance of returning to action in the month of November. Kirkland, imprisoned since April 2009 after pleading guilty to a charge of gun possession by a convicted felon, could be released from prison as early as this week, put in into a halfway house and potentially placed on a Golden Boy co-promoted card on November 6 in Newark, New Jersey.

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• “The Future” Hatley (Result 25 Sept) — Welterweight Charles “The Future” Hatley (14-0 11KO) escaped with a hard fought eight round unanimous decision at Quik Trip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas over the veteran Emanuel Augustus (38-33 6KO), which saw both fighters hit the canvas in this action packed affair. Hatley, a former U.S. Amateur and 2008 Olympic Trials Finalist, has been fighting in relative anonymity against inferior opponents to date but with a victory over Augustus, who has been in the ring with the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Mickey Ward, could be his coming out party. (Source: Fightnews.com)

Antonio Gomez (5-3-1 1KO) beat former Texas kick boxing champion Calvin Pitts (5-13-1 1KO) in a hard fought majority decision by a score of 58-57, 57-57 and 58-56.

Light heavyweight Greg Hatley (2-1), the brother of the more glorified Charles Hatley, made quick work of the outmatched and previously undefeated Jermaine Rankin (2-1).

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• Manny Pacquiao update — Alex Ariza, the strength and conditioning coach for Manny Pacquiao, plans on having Pacquiao add swimming to his training regimen, according to Ronnie Nathanielsz at www.inquirer.net. Ariza says “I believe there is no better conditioning plan than to hit the pool.” Well, I hope they have a good lifeguard on the scene at all times, because Pacquiao looked like he was floundering in the water like a little sinking ship in his swimming scenes from the HBO Pacquiao-Cotto 24/7 series.

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• Ward Vs Dirrell — Americans Andre Ward (22-0, 13 KO’s) and Andre Dirrell (19-1, 13 KO’s) will be fighting for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title that previously belonged to Mikkel Kessler on November 27th in their stage 3 Super Six tournament bout at a still to be determined venue. The WBC title was recently won by Kessler in his 12 round unanimous decision win over Carl Froch (26-1, 20 KO’s) in April.

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• Kennedy stops Becerra in 10 (Result 25 Sept) Teon “The Technician” Kennedy (16-0-1, 7 KOs), of Philadelphia, PA added the vacant NABA super bantamweight belt to his growing collection after he forced Alex “El Diablo” Becerra (20-9, 9 KOs), of El Paso, TX to remain on his stool after ten one-sided rounds last night at Ballys Atlantic City. In the co-feature, Dennis “The Assassin” Hasson (11-0, 3 KOs) took an eight round unanimous decision over fellow Philadelphian Tommie “Big Poppa” Speller (5-5, 3 KOs) in an all-Philadelphia super middleweight rumble. Peltz Boxing Promotions promoted the card.

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• Kassim stops Gilbert (Result 25 Sept) — Kassim Ouma (27-7, 17 KOs) stopped Joey Gilbert (20-3, 15 KOs) in the sixth round of their scheduled ten-round bout for the NABA middleweight title. It was a back and forth brawl that saw Ouma’s glove touch the canvas in the fifth round after a straight right hand from Gilbert caught him off balance. Ouma however fought back and in the sixth round, a flurry of punches, punctuated by a right uppercut put Gilbert down. Gilbert got to his feet but did not want to continue and the fight was waved off.

• Miguel Cotto, the welterweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA) will be one of the main guests who will attend the KO Drugs Festival that is organized by the WBA, along with their partners, on Saturday October 2 at the arena Roberto Duran of Panama City, Panama.

The announcement was made by Venezuelan Gilberto Mendoza Jr., Executive Vice President of the WBA, during a Sunday visit to Managua, Nicaragua, to finalize details of the 89th Annual Convent.

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• BROOKLYN, NY – Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, will lead a boxing clinic for local amateur teenage boxers from USA Boxing Metro at the famed Gleason’s Gym at 77 Front Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday, September 28 at 4:00 p.m.

The clinic will be presented by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the sales and marketing arm of the Barclays Center, and Golden Boy Promotions, the world’s leading boxing promoter, which announced in July that they were teaming to bring the best of major professional boxing back to Brooklyn at the Barclays Center.

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