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Goodman Suffers Cut In Sparring, Fight With Inoue Could Be Postponed To January 24

[ad_1] NAOYA INOUE might not fight on Christmas Eve after all. Sam Goodman, the Australian contender who was scheduled to challenge Inoue for the Japanese superstar’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO 122-pound titles December 24 in Tokyo, suffered a cut during a sparring session Friday that forced him to withdraw from their 12-round title fight that night. Goodman was cut just above his left eyelid during what was slated to
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Robeisy Ramirez’s ‘no Mas’ Moment Leads To Rafael Espinoza’s 6th-round TKO

[ad_1] Robeisy Ramirez seemed as if he would be effective enough to perhaps avenge another loss Saturday night. Then he channeled his inner Roberto Duran. After absorbing a flush right hand to his damaged right eye, Ramirez turned his back on Rafael Espinoza, waved his glove and delivered a “no mas” moment in the sixth round of their featherweight championship rematch. As Ramirez walked away from Espinoza (26-0, 22 KOs),
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Navarrete Knocks Out Valdez With Body Shot In 6th Round Of Rematch

[ad_1] Emanuel Navarrete overwhelmed Oscar Valdez during their rematch Saturday night. An accurate, aggressive Navarrete impressed in his return to the 130-pound division by battering Valdez to this head and body in the main event of a 10-fight card at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Navarrete dropped Valdez during the first, fourth and sixth rounds and became the first opponent to stop the former two-division champion inside the distance. Navarette’s left
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Hitchins Out-classes Paro, Wins IBF Junior Welterweight Crown By Split Decision

[ad_1] Richardson Hitchins hushed his skeptics Saturday night in the most significant fight of his life. The Brooklyn-based junior welterweight out-classed Australian southpaw Liam Paro, won a split decision and took the IBF 140-pound championship from him in a 12-round main event DAZN streamed from Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) topped Paro (25-1, 15 KOs) by the same score, 116-112, on the cards
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American Matchroom Prospects Marc Castro, Jalil Hackett Upset In Puerto Rico

[ad_1] Two of Matchroom Boxing’s top American prospects were upset Saturday night on the Liam Paro-Richardson Hitchins undercard in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Marc Castro, a lightweight from Fresno, California, and Jalil Hackett, a welterweight from Washington, D.C., lost 10-round split decisions to unheralded opponents they were heavily favored to beat. Both bouts were competitive, but Castro and Hackett lost on two scorecards apiece and were defeated for the first
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