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Results - Saturday 2 October 2024

Letterkenny Leisure Complex, Letterkenny, Ireland

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Unbeaten European light welterweight champion Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KOs) scored a seventh round KO over to retain his EBU belt against Barry Morrison (18-5, 8 KOs) on Saturday night at the Letterkenny Leisure Complex in Letterkenny, Ireland. McCloskey put Morrison on the deck in round five and finished him with a right left combination at 1:28 of round seven.

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Other Results:

Lightweight - Andy Murray defeated John Nolasco – PTS 10/10

Super bantamweight - Alexei Acosta defeated Cristian Faccio TKO 4/8

Supermiddleweight - Luis Garcia defeated Jorge Rodriguez Olivera TKO 6/8

Featherweight - Patrick Hyland defeated Yordan Vasilev PTS 6/6

Heavyweight - Coleman Barrett defeated Norbert Sallai PTS 6/6

Supermiddleweight - Brendan Fitzpatrick defeated Zahari Mutafchiev PTS 6/6

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Boxing - Lightweight Logan McGuinness defeated Buzz Grant through RTD 2 / 10 for the vacant NABA lightweight title on Saturday 25 September at Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

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Heavyweight Timo Hoffmann (39-7-1, 23 KOs) continues his comeback on October 23 against Alexander Petkovic (39-4-3, 20 KOs) at the Erdgas Arena in Riesa, Germany. The bout will be for the vacant WBO European heavyweight title, with Hoffmann’s objective being to achieve a top ranking in the WBO and a shot at current WBO champion Wladimir Klitschko.

At Monday’s press conference, the 6’7 ‘German Oak’ stated, “After Riesa, I want to challenge Wladimir Klitschko. I will throw down the gauntlet in the ring. After my last fight against Henry Duiven Jr., I know that my mission isn’t yet accomplished. I have a lot of plans and will now concentrate on the big fights.”

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Former world champion of Maltese decent Jeff Fenech is back in the news – alleging betrayal by his former trainer Johnny Lewis.

By Ray Wheatley

Australian ring legend Jeff Fenech has lashed out at his former trainer Johnny Lewis over what he calls a betrayal by Lewis in his authorized biography released last month. “It’s time I told the real story because some of the things he’s said about me in the book are hurtful,” Fenech told the Sunday Telegraph. “It’s made out as if Johnny’s some great guy and I’m an arsehole.”

The Hall of Famer is particularly upset about Lewis’ account of his 1992 loss to Azumah Nelson in front of 44,000 fans in Melbourne, for which he blames Lewis and his doctor for administering an incorrect dose of pain killer for a hand injury. “I’m not making excuses but there were a few reasons why I lost and Johnny knows them. I could hardly walk when I left the dressing room for the fight,” Fenech told the paper. “When I went through the book it really hurt me. I can’t just sit back and let him say stuff about me that’s totally untrue.” Source: World of Boxing

Fenech a former three time world champion,

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Promoter Frank Warren gave George Groves, 48 hours to accept a fight with James DeGale. Groves has repeatedly called out the Londoner in the media. And now he has the opportunity to get the fight he claims he wants, after Warren sent Hayemaker Promotions a written offer at 1pm on Tuesday offering Groves the fight on December 11. “I have written to Groves formally offering him a fight against DeGale,” said Warren, who is assembling a blockbuster show to celebrate his 30th year as a promoter. “He will not got better money elsewhere. “It’s the fight he keeps saying he wants; now we will find out whether he is man enough to back up his word.

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Sonoran, Hernan “Tyson” — An experienced fighter from Sinaloa, Valentin “Picoco” Leon will be the opponent for the sensational knockout artist from Sonoran, Hernan “Tyson” Marquez, in the main event of the card called “Battles of the Bicentennial” to be held at the Center for Multiple Use (CMU) on September 24. The fight between Marquez (27-2, 21 KOs) and Leon (23-20-3, 17 KOs) will be for ten rounds at flyweight and will be broadcast on Azteca America to the United States and the event is organized by Zanfer and Rama Promotions.

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• Carlos “Tata” Baldomir — LOS ANGELES, September 20 - Fresh off of his spectacular sixth round knockout victory over former World Champion Carlos “Tata” Baldomir this past Saturday at Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center, Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez has re-signed with Golden Boy Promotions.

Due to a confidentiality clause, terms of the multi-year deal will not be disclosed.

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• DevonAlexander — According to Boxing Scene WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander has responded to certain comments that were made by WBO champion Tim Bradley during a recent video interview conducted by BoxingScene’s Luis Sandoval.

In the interview, Bradley said that Devon Alexander should already be training in the gym to get ready for their proposed January 29th showdown and that he is going to put a beating on Alexander. “Bradley should be signing contracts instead of doing interviews saying he is going to whoop me. Bradley is just using his promoter as an excuse to duck me again. Why do interviews talking junk when you won’t sign a contract to make the fight? I have done everything on my side possible to make this fight happen and he’s done nothing to make this fight happen except make excuses.” Devon said to Boxing Scene.

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• Former world champion Kassim “The Dream” Ouma (26-7-1, 16 KOs) now based in Southern California is determined for the opportunity to again become a world champion. His first chance towards that goal comes this Saturday in the 10 round main event against former “Contender” reality television show participant Joey Gilbert (20-2, 15 KOs) of Reno, Nevada. The site of the fight card will be the GrandSierra Resort in Reno, Nevada.

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• Sam Soliman returns — In a nationally televised IBF Pan Pacific middleweight championship bout, former world title challenger Sam Soliman (38-11, 16 KOs) will return to ring action on Thursday when he will clash with Pradeep Singh (15-2-1, 8 KOs) over twelve rounds in the Atrium Room at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. “I have been in training camp for several weeks and have had excellent sparring with top middleweights and also with world rated welterweight Samuel Colomban,” Soliman said. “My opponent Pradeep Singh has an excellent record and gave world rated Ryan Waters a tough fight recently, so I am expecting a hard night in the ring.” Soliman continued, “My trainer Dave Hedgecock has got me in great shape for Thursday against Singh. I would like to thank the promoter Brian Amatruda for giving me an opportunity to headline on his show which hopefully will lead to a world title shot in 2011.”

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• Krzysztof Włodarczyk Vs Jason Robinson — “We love Poland. You have great cigars, cognac and we have a great place to prepare ourselves in Warsaw. Unfortunately for Krzysztof, we are here to get the WBC belt. Jason is fighting the best cruiserweight in the world and he has to be great to beat him,” George Hernandez said during today’s press conference in Warsaw’s “Hilton.” Hernandez is the head coach of Jason Robinson (19-5, 11 KOs) who will challenge Krzysztof Włodarczyk (43-2, 32 KOs) for his WBC belt on Saturday.

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• Three-time world champion Antonio Margarito is running up the mountains in San Bernardino, Ca. in his first phase of training for the mega fight against Manny Pacquiao on November 13.

“Margarito goes straight up – no trails – he runs through brambles and bushes,” said chief trainer Robert Garcia today. Garcia said he drives Margarito to Mount Baldy, elevation 4,193 feet, in San Bernardino County.

“We need strong legs to beat Pacquio,” Garcia said. ”Antonio runs up the mountain for a hour, returns and then we’re off right away to the El Monte Gym which is nearby. There, Antonio goes into a hard workout – mitts, then heavy bag, jump rope, speed bag, It’s a long, hard workout. No sparring – at least, not yet.”

Garcia said Margarito will break camp at the El Monte Gym at the end of this week and then begin phase two of training in Oxnard, Calif.

“Margarito will spar for six weeks beginning next week,” said Garcia. “This is our game plan and we are right on schedule.”

Pacquiao vs. Margarito on November 13 is promoted by Top Rank in association with MP Promotions and Cowboys Stadium. Pacquiao vs. Margarito will be available on HBO Pay Per View.

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• Allan Tanada — Unbeaten 18-year-old Filipino Allan Tanada (10-0-2, 5 KOs), 130, surprisingly acquired the vacant OPBF super-feather belt as he quickly caught WBA#11 ranked prohibitive favorite Rikiya Fukuhara (24-4-1, 18 KOs), 129.75, Japan, with solid and accurate combinations en route to an upset KO victory at 1:47 of the third round beneath a world title twin-bill on Monday in Saitama, Japan. The OPBF elimination bout took place due to the retirement of Koji Kawamura because of a detached retina.

Results – Monday 20 September 2024

Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

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Super featherweight - Takashi Uchiyama defeated Roy Mukhlis by TKO 5 / 12

WBA World super featherweight title (supervisor: Yang-Sub Shim)

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Lightweight - Ryuji Migaki defeated Akinori Kanai by TKO 6 / 12

OPBF lightweight title

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Super flyweight - Tomas Roja defeated Kohei Kono by UD 12 / 12

Vacant WBC super flyweight title (supervisor: Frank Quill)

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Super featherweight - Allan Tanada defeated Rikiya Fukuhara by KO 3 / 12

Vacant OPBF super featherweight title

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Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell — There’s only a couple of weeks to go before the September 25th scheduled fight between Super Six tourney talents Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell, and yet we still don’t know whether the fight will be taking place on this date or not. A venue has still not been announced and obviously without a venue, this fight can’t take place.

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According to FightNews the October 2nd Super-Six battle between “King” Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch will have to be rescheduled. According to German newspaper BILD, Froch suffered a back injury in training and won’t be able to prepare for the fight with Abraham scheduled to take place in Monaco.

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Juan Carlos Salgado replaced — Promoter Roy Englebrecht confirmed Sunday that top contender Juan Carlos Salgado injured his hand on Friday and will not fight Tyrone Harris for the IBO Super Featherweight World Title, Wednesday, September 15th at the Las Vegas Hilton. But not to lose a fight on his Viva Mexico At Las Vegas Televisa and PPV show, Englebrecht was able to get the IBO to approve an Eliminator bout between Harris and 30-7 Miguel Roman, with the winner facing Salgado for the World Title.

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Yuki Nonaka defeats Dmitro Nikulin — Ex-OPBF 154-pound champ Yuki Nonaka (20-8-2, 7 KOs), 153.5, earned a close but unanimous decision (96-95, 98-95 and 98-93) over previously unbeaten WBO#8 Dmitro Nikulin (21-1, 8 KOs), 153.5, over ten rounds on Sunday in Osaka, Japan.

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IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) will be making a quick return to the ring in December against either 38-year-old former cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck or 37-year-old David Tua, according to Bild.

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Vitali Klitschko’s (40-2, 38 KO’s) next opponent will be former WBO heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs (51-5-1, 45 KO’s), the clash will be happening on October 16th at the O2 World Arena, in Hamburg, Germany.

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Zab Judah Vs Lucas Matthysse — According to Fanhouse – There will be an HBO televised junior welterweight (140 pounds) main event featuring southpaw former three-time titlist Zab Judah of New York and unbeaten knockout artist Lucas Matthysse of Argentina for Nov. 6 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, according to a release from Judah’s promotional company, Main Events.

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Former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is reportedly going to be entering a rehab clinic for cocaine addition this week, according to boxing news from the Mirror.co.uk. Hatton, 31, was caught snorting seven lines of what appeared to be cocaine in a video given to the site News of the World. The incident took place two weeks ago in a Hotel in Manchester, England. Hatton was observed chopping up the white power with his credit card and then snorting seven lines in front of a video camera. Hatton also seems to have a sever drinking and weight problem he is now easily weighing a good 200lbs – that’s a lot of weight for someone whose height is 5ft 6.

Promoter Frank Warren in an interview with British Tabloid the Sun – said “It’s very sad that this has happened, but I can’t say I’m surprised. There have been rumors’ going round the sport for ages and from what we’ve seen this weekend it appears that they were true. If you watch the video of him snorting the drugs, it doesn’t exactly look as though he is doing it for the first time. Ricky clearly has problems. He has an addictive personality and needs to get treatment,” Warren told The Sun.

“The Board of Control need to show their mettle and ban him until he sorts himself out. Ricky obviously needs help and I hope for his sake he gets it. He has brought the sport into disrepute and must not be allowed to fight or promote again until he can show he is clean,” Warren concluded.

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Former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) is reportedly going to be entering a rehab clinic for cocaine addiction this week, according to boxing news from the Mirror.co.uk. Hatton, 31, was caught snorting seven lines of what appeared to be cocaine in a video given to the site News of the World. The incident took place two weeks ago in a Hotel in Manchester, England. Hatton was observed chopping up the white power with his credit card and then snorting seven lines in front of a video camera. Hatton also seems to have a sever drinking and weight problem he is now easily weighing a good 200lbs – that’s a lot of weight for someone whose height is 5ft 6.

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Promoter Frank Warren in an interview with British Tabloid the Sun – said “It’s very sad that this has happened, but I can’t say I’m surprised. There have been rumors’ going round the sport for ages and from what we’ve seen this weekend it appears that they were true. If you watch the video of him snorting the drugs, it doesn’t exactly look as though he is doing it for the first time. Ricky clearly has problems. He has an addictive personality and needs to get treatment,” Warren told The Sun.

“The Board of Control need to show their mettle and ban him until he sorts himself out. Ricky obviously needs help and I hope for his sake he gets it. He has brought the sport into disrepute and must not be allowed to fight or promote again until he can show he is clean,” Warren concluded.

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Officials of the new “World Series of Boxing” (WSB) which will be launched in November have just finished another weeks training and preparation for the new boxing league which according to the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will revolutionize boxing.

The World Series of Boxing is a professional boxing league in which boxers who are members of the AIBA may participate get paid and yet will retain their Olympic eligibility. This super boxing league will not be using head guard or vests and bout scoring will be based on the 10 point system.

Meeting some resistance at first the idea eventually caught on and the new league will have no less than 12 franchises from the five continents taking part - according to the WSB - The regular season starts on the weekend of November 19, 2023 and continues until the weekend of March 18, 2011. During the regular season, each team will play each of the other teams twice (once home and once away). The top team from each conference, plus the best second-placed team, will then enter the play-offs during April 2011. - The team and individual championships will then take place during May 2011.

The latest WSB report below

It was a busy week for the World Series of Boxing’s Sports department last week as the prospective Referees and Judges (R&Js) for the first two regular seasons converged on the city of Istanbul, home to one of the 12 franchise teams, for a comprehensive preparatory workshop.

Led by the experienced AIBA instructors Dr. Humbert Furgoni, President of the European Boxing Confederation and Member of the WSB Board of Directors, Osvaldo Bisbal and Luiz Boselli, both members of the AIBA R&J Commission, a total of 39 future officials were instructed and evaluated on refereeing WSB bouts.

As part of the workshop, judges also received instruction on the electronic scoring system that the WSB will use to indicate the score at the end of each round using the 10-point “must” system.

The scoring system is, however, just one element in a new competition format that is set to revolutionize boxing. More importantly for the referees is the adjustment to a new style of refereeing that aims to improve the flow of the bouts and minimize interruptions. This includes allowing referees more power to intervene in the bout and communicate more with the boxers during the bout, either by making signs to the boxers to indicate infringements of the rules or talking to them directly, without actually stopping the bout. For English referee Mik Basi, this was crucial: “[The] Biggest difference for us as referees is to be able to touch and speak to the boxers during the bout,” he said.

All R&Js attending the workshop were evaluated based on theoretical and practical tests to assess their ability to adapt to the new competition style. Commenting on the workshop, Tony Germain, an R&J from Canada said he believed that “WSB as whole and the scoring system in particular will save the image of boxing”. His comments were among many by the participants stressing the importance of WSB in the future development of boxing, as echoed by Ireland’s R&J Seamus Kelly, Ireland R&J, “WSB is the future of our sport and boxing needs this project in order to revive the sport of boxing.”

The top 30 WSB R&Js will be selected based on their performance during the practical examinations, the written examination as well as the continuous evaluation during the workshop held in Istanbul. The future WSB R&Js will be informed about their selection within the next two weeks and will sign a service agreement with WSB.

In Istanbul WSB organised the first part of the WSB Supervisors workshop from 31st August to 1st September with 6 participants and will now have a further WSB Supervisors workshop in Barbados on 16th September with 9 other participants. After both workshops the WSB Supervisors will be selected according to their performance during the workshop.

Article source : WSB

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“200: Celebrate and Dominate” Mosley vs. Mora

Kaliesha West will return home to fight in Southern California on Saturday, September 18 to face South Carolina’s Angel Gladney for the vacant WBO Bantamweight World Title on the off-television portion of the “200: Celebrate and Dominate” Mosley vs. Mora undercard at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles.

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Ricky Hatton – no comeback.

Former world champion Ricky Hatton has told BBC Radio Manchester that he will probably never fight again. “You can never say never, but if I was to put my last pound on it I would say ‘no, I think that’s me done,’” he said. “…I’ve been retired, if that’s what you can call it, for 16 months. I announced I was going to make a comeback and I came back off holiday and went into a training camp for three or four weeks, but it just wasn’t the same.” He added that he’s renewed his boxing license just in case he changes his mind.

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Boxing Results Australia.

Former world heavyweight challenger Kali “Checkmate” Meehan (36-4, 29 KOs) outpointed Evans “The Sandman” Quinn (18-5-1, 16 KOs) over twelve rounds to capture the IBF Pan Pacific title on Thursday at the La Montage Reception Center, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Australian featherweight champion “Aussie” Joel Brunker (16-0, 10 KOs) was impressive in stopping Indonesian Carlos Lopez (20-7, 7 KOs) in two rounds to capture the vacant WBO Youth title.

IBF #4 featherweight Billy Dib (28-1, 16 KOs) scored a stoppage over courageous import Ceferino Lambarda (19-2, 7 KOs) when the towel came into the ring at the start of the sixth round from Lambarda’s corner.

Former 2004 Athens Olympian Adam Forsyth (9-0, 8 KOs) forced a fourth round stoppage over American Chris “Cold Steel” Thomas (17-13-2, 14 KOs) in a scheduled eight round bout.

Former world water skiing champion and model Lauryn Eagle (1-0, 1 KO) made a successful professional debut at welterweight and stopped prison guard Kay Hodgson (0-2) in round one. .

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Dmitriy Salita defeats Franklin Gonzalez.

Former world title challenger Dmitriy Salita (31-1-1, 16 KOs) pounded out an eight round unanimous decision over Franklin Gonzalez (13-6, 9 KOs) on Wednesday night at the Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, New York. Salita showed no effects from his blowout loss to Amir Khan in December.

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Andre Berto Vs Selcuk Aydin in the works.

A welterweight showdown between unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) and unbeaten welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) could take place on the undercard of the lightweight championship match-up between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis on November 27th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, the fight is in the works. Also, WBA bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero could also be on the card against a still to be determined opponent.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. - official challenger.

The World Boxing Council is announcing that in its next ratings it will grant #1 rated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. the status of official challenger of WBC middleweight world champion Sergio Martinez. The bout will take place after the next voluntary defense of Martinez, a fight that has already been scheduled.

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TV Channel “Russia 2″ will be broadcasting live the Klitschko Vs Peter fight.

Public TV channel “Russia 2″ (former “Sports”) will broadcast live the boxing match between world heavyweight champion Ukrainian Vladimir Klitschko and former champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria, which will be held on September 11 in Frankfurt, Germany. On September 11 - 22.40, Moscow time.

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Nikolai Valuev – Turned Actor.

Former world boxing champion heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev has agreed to a major role in the film “Strange Wilderness.” According to the radio station “Mayak”, shooting will begin this week in St. Petersburg.

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Bob Arum’s still missing.

Bob Arum’s 49 year old lawyer son John Arum is still missing – John a well known environmentalist and experienced mountain climber was reported missing on Monday by family members.

His 78 year old father abandoned the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquia media tour after the first stop in Beverly Hills on Tueday. Arum and his wife Lovee, who is Arum’s third wife and not John’s mother, jetted off to Seattle to meet up with air and ground search teams in North Cascades National Park.

Now, on Wednesday, searchers have located and identified a day or “fanny” pack belonging to Arum. Four helicopters, two with infrared capabilities for detecting body heat, have been added to the search.

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