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Top Rank’s boxing ‘bubble’ not bursting any time soon
It’s common in boxing for a fighter to have a delayed reaction after taking a precise hook to the body. That’s usually followed by another delay from the crowd as they attempt to process what just took...
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Mikaela Mayer puts virus setbacks aside to headline Tuesday’s ESPN Top Rank card
A then-teenage Mikaela Mayer used to barge into her classroom on Monday mornings eager to share her results from the weekend’s amateur boxing tournament. “I started boxing,” Mayer told her teachers and...
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Oscar De La Hoya planning boxing matches for Canelo, Ryan Garcia – and himself
Oscar De La Hoya is accustomed to staging weekly boxing events, but the leader of Golden Boy Promotions hasn’t had much to promote since the sport took a hiatus because of the coronavirus outbreak. “It...
View ArticleUFC: Deiveson Figueiredo chokes out Joseph Benavidez, claims flyweight title
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Deiveson Figueiredo won the vacant UFC flyweight championship Sunday, finishing a dominant performance against Joseph Benavidez with a rear naked choke with 12...
View ArticleEdmen Shahbazyan vs. Derek Brunson now the UFC on ESPN+ 31 main event
One of the youngest fighters in the UFC has suddenly hit the big time. Edmen Shahbazyan’s middleweight fight against Derek Brunson has elevated to the main event Aug. 1 at UFC on ESPN+ 31 at the UFC...
View ArticleAaron Pico returns at Bellator 242 ‘a better fighter’
Minutes after rendering a man unconscious with a thunderous left hook that was more wrist than first, Aaron Pico found himself briefly alone. In the bowels of The Forum, upstairs in a room that was...
View ArticleEdmen Shahbazyan says UFC main event is just another fight
Good things come to those who wait, or so it goes. Edmen Shahbazyan was supposed to fight Derek Brunson twice already before an injury to his opponent postponed the first bout and a worldwide pandemic...
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UFC 252: Stipe Miocic, Daniel Cormier pursue greatness in heavyweight trilogy
The hype for the third heavyweight fight in the Stipe Miocic-Daniel Cormier trilogy comes with a bit of a bombastic claim – the winner is not only the champion, but can stake his reputation as the...
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UFC 252: Stipe Miocic retains heavyweight crown with decision over Daniel...
Stipe Miocic punches Daniel Cormier in their UFC heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 252 event at UFC APEX on August 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Daniel...
View ArticleWhicker: Shawn Porter plans to box like nobody’s watching
You call it a bubble. Shawn Porter calls it Friday. “Simple, man,” Porter said the other day. “We’re all in a bubble anyway.” A boxer doesn’t need to run from the madding crowd. No one is there when he...
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