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By Richard Maynard

Hot Scottish prospect John Thain is vowing to become another champion off the Celtic production line. - The former top amateur has had just two professional fights (he has won them both) but has already impressed his promoter Frank Warren.

He features again on December 4 at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow, as part of the undercard to Ricky Burns’ WBO World Super-Featherweight title defence against Andreas Evensen, live on Sky Sports 1HD - And the Edinburgh ace has vowed to continue Scotland’s recent resurgence.

After Scott Harrison and Alex Arthur lost their world titles, Ricky Burns has led the charge by capturing the WBO crown. But with Arthur not done yet, and Paul Appleby chasing glory at the highest level as well, Scottish boxing is on a high again.

“It’s a good time to be boxing in Scotland, that’s for sure,” said Thain.

“It’s been a wee while since we’ve had big arena shows at the Brahead.

“But Ricky has put us back on the map, and it is fantastic that we’re back fighting in front of crowds of five or six thousand.

“I grew up watching the likes of Scott Harrison and Alex Arthur making waves, and to be part of a similar scene is a dream come true.”

Thain, 23, last boxed in September, beating Paddy Pollock over four at the Braehead Arena. - “It’s just a question of getting some rounds under my belt as a pro at the moment,” he said. - “Hopefully in 18 months time I can start challenging for titles.”

Promoter Frank Warren added: “Boxing is doing well all over the country, but I’m particularly pleased that we’ve got so many talented guys coming through in Scotland.

“There is a great affection for the sport in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and with the likes of Ricky Burns, Paul Appleby, John ,Alex Arthur, and young Michael Roberts, there is so much potential for big cards next year.”

Tickets for Monarch of the Glen, priced at £50, £75 and £100, are available from: Braehead Arena 0844 499 1700 www.braehead-arena.co.uk

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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 - Wednesday 27 October For: Jose Sulaiman, Eromosele Albert, Friday Night Fights, Adam Booth, David Haye, Audley Harrison, Brian Minto, Pierre Karam, Paul Smith, Ricky Burns, Jeff Lacy, Dhafir Smith, Zab “Super” Judah, Mariusz Wach, Jeff Lacy, Dhafir Smith, Manny Pacquiao,Antonio Margarito, FIGHT CAMP 360°, Kelly Pavlik

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Jose Sulaiman Honored - Archbishop George Younes Abi Saad awarded the Medal of St. Gregory the Great Knight to WBC President Jose Sulaiman on Tuesday at the Lebanese Center of Mexico. Dr. Sulaiman was honored for “his human qualities, merits, his labor and deliver, and honest decent work for the church, Mexico and the international sport of boxing.” (Photo: Alma Montie l/ WBC)

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• Eromosele Albert - Friday Night Fights — An opponent has been named for middleweight Eromosele Albert (22-4-1, 10 KOs), who headlines the initial “Badia Spices Friday Night Fights” on November 19th at the Magic City Casino in Miami — site of the old Flagler Dog Track. Eromosele’s opponent will be Joaquin Zamora (18-2 with 12 KOs), a slugger from New Mexico who has logged thirteen straight wins. “This will be a war,” predicts promoter Ramiro Ortiz, “Albert is a very good boxer who throws a lot of combinations and is not afraid to swap punches and Zamora is a tough, hungry slugger who attacks constantly and also throws a lot of punches….the styles mesh well for a very good, very even match.”

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• Adam Booth, manager and trainer of WBA heavyweight champion David Haye, has refuted allegations from the Audley Harrison camp who is claiming that Haye has deliberately interfered with his training camp by requesting him back to London three weeks ahead of their fight. Harrison was training at high altitude in Big Bear, California. Harrison claims that Haye’s company, Hayemaker Promotions, never gave him a reason as to why he had to return to London on Tuesday. Their fight takes place on November 13 in Manchester. Booth says he has no idea what Harrison is talking about. - “We don’t need any advantage in this fight, we already have the advantage and that is David Haye,” Booth told Sky Sports News. “Audley signed the contract before he decided where he chose to train. Training at altitude was up to him.”

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• Brian Minto vs. Pierre Karam Friday on NESportsTV.com -Butler, PA -NESportsTV.com in association with Mintofight.com is proud to present an online PPV broadcast featuring the return of recent cruiserweight title challenger Brian Minto as he takes on Australian Brawler Pierre Karam in a 10 round cruiserweight fight this Friday, October 29th. Karam replaces Minto’s original opponent Cory Phelps. -“With Pierre Karam being an Australian cruiserweight, I’d like to knock him off before I do the same to their other cruiser Danny Green.” Minto said, referencing his desire to fight current Australian cruiserweight superstar Danny Green.

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• UKBoxing: Paul Smith; Ricky Burns; Matty Tew — British Super-Middleweight champion Paul Smith has promised challenger James DeGale a war on December 11 - and then a Sunday roast the next day. The British rivals clash at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, in a mouth-watering showdown on Frank Warren’s big 30th Anniversary show. The pair have long been friends, after DeGale boxed with Smith’s younger brother Stephen at amateur level. And DeGale is no stranger to Smith family hospitality, often staying with them in Liverpool. Yet friendship will be put to one side when they clash for Smith’s British super-middleweight title.

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• Jeff Lacy vs. Dhafir Smith on December 11th — Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy (25-3, 17 KO’s) will be making his first appearance in over a year on December 11th when he faces journeyman Dhafir Smith (23-19-7, 4 KO’s) in a 12 round bout for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization super middleweight title at the Jannus Landing, in Saint Petersburg, Florida. Lacy, 33, has lost two out of his last three fights and hasn’t looked good since before injuring his left rotator cuff in his fight with Vitaly Tsypko four years ago in December 2006. Lacy, who once had one of the best left hooks in all of boxing, can no longer throw his left hook with nearly the same power after having his shoulder operated on for the injury.

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• Wach vs. Burnett on Judah-Matthysse card on November 6^th — Polish boxing fans have become accustomed to watching fellow countrymen battle it out at Prudential Center in Newark NJ. On the November 6th, Zab “Super” Judah vs. Lucas Matthysse card, the enthusiastic Poles will once again have something to cheer about. Undefeated heavyweight Mariusz Wach, 22-0, 10 KO’s, of Krakow Poland, will take on Augusta, Georgia’s, Kevin Burnett, 13-4-1, 8 KO’s, in an 8 round bout sure to please all boxing fans.

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• Pavlik back on the map — Kelly Pavlik is excited to get back into the ring as the co-main event underneath the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito bout to be held on November 13, 2010, in Dallas, Texas. Pavlik squares off against rugged Brian Vera, an alumnus of The Contender. “He’s a tough kid,” Pavlik said of his opponent. “He comes to fight and we know he’s not backing down. … But, I’ve got to be impressive, because I’m on the road back.” - Last April, Pavlik lost for only the second time in his career, dropping a unanimous decision to Sergio Martinez. He lost his middleweight titles in the process. Pavlik wants to regain the middleweight championship that he held for several years or a world title at 168. This bout with Vera will be held at the catch weight of 164 lb. (David Hudson – Fightnews).

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• FIGHT CAMP 360° Episode 8 — The latest installment of the acclaimed documentary series from SHOWTIME Sports® — FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic — returns to SHOWTIME® with Episode 8 premiering Saturday, Oct. 30, at 10:45 p.m. ET/PT.

Episode 8 features an exclusive sit-down interview with American Andre Dirrell and his team in Flint, Mich., discussing the fighter’s exit from the tournament.

Also in this episode, FIGHT CAMP 360° documents Glen Johnson’s entry into the tournament and, as Group Stage 3 approaches, the fight camps of Johnson and Allan Green in preparation for their must-win fight on Saturday, Nov. 6. Finally, things are heating up in Helsinki as Arthur Abraham and Carl Froch engage in a war of words at the kickoff press conference.

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Andreas Evensen insists fighting Ricky Burns will be easy - compared to growing up in Colombia.

The South American challenges Burns for the WBO super-featherweight title on December 4 in Glasgow.
And he claims it will be no problem after spending his early years dodging gun fire in Colombia.

“Colombia was a tough place to live,” he told the Scottish Daily Record.

“It was hard in the ring but 10 times tougher when I stepped outside of it.

“I remember having to run for cover when bullets started flying between the drug gangs.

“Burns will have never seen anything like that.

“In Colombia you have to go through gangs shooting at each other just to get into the gym. Then you have to get home.

“So I learned to box the hard way and this is my chance to make a name for myself by winning the world title.”

“Ricky did what he had to do against Roman Martinez, keeping him busy by throwing punches all the time.

“People raved about how well Burns boxed but I don’t think he is all that special. I’m ready to step up and won’t allow Burns to dictate.”

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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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Ricky Burns will make the first defence of his WBO super-featherweight title against Norwegian-based Colombian Andreas Evensen at Glasgow’s Braehead Arena on 4 December.

The Coatbridge boxer, who won the title in September, said: “I’m very excited. I’ve got my first defence quickly.

Burns recovered from a first-round knockdown to take Roman Martinez’s title on points at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow last month.

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Ricky Burns received a hero’s welcome on Tuesday night

When he appeared in front of football fans at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

The Coatbridge star lifted the WBO super-featherweight title against Roman Martinez on Saturday night at Kelvin Hall.

His against-the-odds achievement made the front and back pages of the newspapers, and made Burns an overnight sensation and he got a standing ovation when introduced to the crowd during Scotland’s European Championship qualifying game against Lichenstein.

“It was a great feeling, and the response I got has made all the more determined to reign as a world champion for a very long time,” said Burns.

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Ricky Burns — It looks like World Boxing Organization super featherweight champion Ricky Burns (29-2, 7 KO’s) won’t be able to count on fighting the struggling lightweight Alex Arthur (28-3, 20 KO’s) in his 1st title defense of his WBO belt, because Arthur is saying that he can’t go down to the super featherweight division to make the fight. It’s too bad, because Arthur had lost two out of his last four fights and would have likely been an easy fight for Burns.

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• Sturm defeats Lorenzo - at the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Giovanni Lorenzo (29-3, 21 KOs) Scores 117-111, 117-111, 118-111. all for Strum.

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• Burns defeats Martinez - at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Scottish hero Ricky Burns (29-2, 7 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten and heavily favored WBO super featherweight champion Roman Martinez (24-1-1, 15 KOs).

Scores were 115-112, 115-112, 115-113.

In the co-feature, featherweight Stephen Smith (11-0, 6 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over John Simpson (21-7, 9 KOs) in a clash for the Commonwealth 126lb title. Scores were 116-112, 116-114 for Smith, 116-114 for Simpson.

Super featherweight - Paul Appleby defeated Yordan Vasilev by TKO

Lightweight - Alex Arthur defeated Peter McDonagh on PTS

Super featherweight - Stephen Ormond defeated Johnny Greaves on PTS

Welterweight Liam Smith had a draw result with Terry Carruthers .

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• Jan Zaveck defeats Rafal Jackiewicz – at the Sportpark Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (30-1, 17 KOs) defended his title with a twelve round majority decision over Rafal Jackiewicz (36-9-1, 18 KOs).

Scores were 117-111, 117-111, 114-114.

Light heavyweight Denis Simcic (23-1, 14 KOs) brutally KO’d journeyman Istvan Varga (17-12, 5 KOs) in round nine. Varga was taken from the ring on a stetcher.

Light heavyweight Predrag Radosevic (20-0, 8 KOs) padded his record against professional loser Thomas Hengstberger (14-29-3, 3 KOs) with a fourth round TKO.

Unbeaten heavyweight Goran Delic (17-0, 3 KOs) outpointed Attila Makula (3-6, 1 KO) over six.

Middleweight - Christina Hammer defeated Mihaela Dragan by TKO

Flyweight - Tjasa Kolar defeated Anika Kurzer on PTS

Light heavyweight - Predrag Radosevic defeated Thomas Hengstberger by TKO

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• Amin Asikainen defeats Jaudiel Zepeda by TKO – at the Toolon Kisahalli in Helsinki, Finland.

Former Euro middleweight beltholder Amin Asikainen (28-3, 19 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Jaudiel Zepeda (12-4-1, 9 KOs).

In the co-feature, unbeaten light welterweight Denis Shafikov (25-0, 14 KOs) outpointed Peter Semo (19-6, 14 KOs) over eight by scores of 79-73, 79-73 and 80-72.

Lightweight Edis Tatli (12-0, 2 KOs) defeated Rudy Encarnacion (21-18-2, 11 KOs) by eight round unanimous decision. Scores were 79-74, 77-75, 77-75. Encarnacion had a point deducted for a low blow.

Super middleweight Niko Jokinen (11-0, 4 KOs) dropped Ivan Maslov (6-5-1, 0 KOs) in round four and landed good punches in every round en route to a six round 60-54, 60-53, 59-54 win.

Welterweight Jussi Koivula (6-0, 3 KOs) outpointed Vatche Wartanian (9-3-3, 2 KOs) over six by scores of 60-54, 60-56, 60-53.

Female super featherweight Eva Wahlstrom (3-0, 2 KOs) stopped debuting Nadezhda Manakova in round five.

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• Charlie “Ota” Bellamy defeats Tadashi Yuba at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

WBA#13 OPBF and Japanese super-welter champ Charlie “Ota” Bellamy (15-1-1, 10 KOs), 153.5, impressively scored a successful defense as he pounded out a close but unanimous decision (116-113 twice and 115-114) over highly touted southpaw Tadashi Yuba (37-6-2, 28 KOs).

WBA#9 Japanese national lightweight champ Nihito Arakawa, halted Mitsuya Omura, at 0:54 of the fifth round.

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• Bursak decisions Vera – at the Sportpalace Meteor in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion Max “Tiger” Bursak (21-0-1, 8 KOs) defeated American journeyman Bryan Vera (17-4, 11 KOs) by unanimous decision.

Score: 118-111 (twice) and 119-110.

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