Boxing

2:01 AM ET Welterweight contenders Jessie Vargas and Thomas Dulorme waged a bloody, fast-paced and highly entertaining fight that featured clean punching and two knockdowns — and ended in a draw before 6,235 on Saturday night at the Wintrust Arena in Chicago. Dulorme, knocked down the 10th round, pulled out the majority draw when he
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2:08 PM ET Associated Press NONTHABURI, Thailand — Srisaket Sor Rungvisai successfully defended his WBC super flyweight belt by beating Iran Diaz of Mexico on a unanimous decision in front of 12,000 home fans in Nonthaburi on Saturday. Srisaket received 119-109, 120-108 and 119-109 scores from the judges to win his first home title fight
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12:44 AM ET The fight between light heavyweights Sullivan Barrera and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan was rescheduled on Friday. Shakur Stevenson, one of the top prospects in boxing, will face Viorel Simion on Oct. 13 instead of Duarn Vue, who withdrew with a detached retina. Canelo Alvarez, fresh from his huge majority decision victory over Gennady
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12:21 AM ET Featherweight prospect Shakur Stevenson found out on Friday who his new opponent will be: battle-tested Viorel Simion. Stevenson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and one of the top prospects in boxing, was due to fight Duarn Vue in his first scheduled 10-round bout in the co-feature of the Top Rank Boxing
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5:48 PM ET Canelo Alvarez, fresh from his huge majority decision victory over Gennady Golovkin to win the unified middleweight world title in their Sept. 15 rematch, will be back in the ring before the end of the year and in a new weight division trying to win another belt. The Mexican superstar said on
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1:01 PM ET Former bantamweight world titleholder Luis Nery of Mexico faces Philippines’ Jason Canoy in a fight that will air live on ESPN+ in the United States at 11 p.m. ET on Saturday from the Gasmart Stadium in Tijuana, Mexico. Nery won a bantamweight title against Shinsuke Yamanaka in 2016, but lost it in
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7:00 AM ET Welcome to the craziness. Welcome to the latest heavyweight circus featuring two modern boxing giants, their entourages, a travelling troupe of jesters, hacks and three stages in three great fighting cities. Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury had exchanged promises, hugs, handshakes and more importantly signatures before they had to be separated in
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2:17 AM ET A sizzling 10-round bantamweight bout between Oscar “El Jaguar” Negrete (18-1-1, 7 KOs) and Joshua “El Profesor” Franco (14-1-1, 7 KOs) was ruled a split draw. The scores were 96-94 for Franco, 96-94 for Negrete, and 95-95. Each boxer threw more than a thousand punches: 1,146 for Negrete, and 1,111 for Franco.
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Oct 2, 2018 Like many up-and-coming boxers, Oscar “El Jaguar” Negrete and Joshua “El Profesor” Franco were given relatively easy assignments following their first professional defeats. But now that they’re back on the winning track, it’s time for a far more competitive match — against each other. Their scheduled 10-round bantamweight bout highlights a Golden
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