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HBO Preview: Stevenson vs. Cloud, Chavez Jr. vs. Vera

By: William Holmes Saturday was originally going to be a split-site triple header for HBO, but a gash over the left eye of David Hayes’s eye resulted in a disappointing postponement of his scheduled heavyweight bout with Tyson Fury. That bout has been rescheduled to February 8th, but it is …

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Jackie Kallen: Good Bye “Mede” Ken Norton

The first time I remember seeing Ken Norton was in the 1975 blaxploitation film “Mandingo.” He played a slave named Mede, whose owner trained him to be a fighter. He also appeared on TV’s “The A team” with Mr. T and on “Knight Rider” with David Hasselhoff. He was a …

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Media Interview with Miguel Cotto and Freddie Roach

Former three-division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto (37-4, 30 KOs), of Caguas, Puerto Rico, is in his final weeks of training with Hall of Famer Freddie Roach at Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif. Cotto is preparing for his 12-round super welterweight battle with …

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Media Interview with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr

Former World Boxing Council (WBC) middleweight champion and Son of the Legend JULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR., (46-1-1, 32 KOs), of Culiacán, México, makes his 2013 debut in his first fight in the Los Angeles area in over two years. He will go mano a mano against No. 1 contender BRYAN …

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