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Saturday Jul 31
JMM DECISIONS DIAZ

Juan Manuel Marquez earned the rematch victory over Juan Diaz in a good action fight that saw JMM winning by comfortable margins on all three scorecards. Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KO's) was his usual machine-like self and his work could be seen on the puffy face of Diaz (35-4, 17 KO's). It was a good effort from Diaz as well and he tired to impose his will but Marquez came out the victor by scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 116-112.

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05/01/10
MAYWEATHER UD12 OVER MOSLEY

Floyd Mayweather Jr. survived one of the rockier moments of his career in the second round and went on to seize control of his fight with Shane Mosley, winning an easy unanimous decision after 12 rounds. The ease with which Mayweather won the last 10 rounds made the first two a distant memory by the time the judges returned scorecards of 119-109, 119-109 and 118-110.

With the win Floyd stayed perfect, improving to 41-0 with 25 KO's.

The battle was fought at welterweight, with Mosley (46-6, 39 KO's) being considered by many as the first legit 147-pounder that Floyd has faced in that division. The size and strength advantages turned out to be all Mayweather's....

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04/10/10
HOLYFIELD TKO8 OVER BOTHA

Holyfield looks to be in great shape. Holy 47, Botha 41. Botha soft in the middle, Holyfield cut.

One - Botha throws the overhand right. Good body shots by Botha. A lot of clinching after they throw power punches. Holyfield gets a head butt in with 40 seconds left. And another. Botha gets a warning for hitting behind the head after doing it several times in clinches. 10-9 Botha.

Two – Holyfield out on the attack. Botha lands a counter right to the side of the head. Holyfield more assertive this round. Right hand on the inside knocks Holyfield back to the corner. Good right by Holyfield. Botha working the body well. Solid overhand right by Holyfield. Another Botha round. 10-9 Botha, 20-18 Botha.

Three – Another warning for Botha. He does it when Holyfield butts him. Evander tries to bull his way in...

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01/23/10
JM LOPEZ TKO7 OVER LUEVANO

Juan Manuel Lopez stepped up to featherweight and dethroned WBO champion Steven Luevano with a seventh-round TKO on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Lopez (28-0, 25 KO's) won every round and hurt the now ex -champ at the start of the seventh with a right hand in the center of the ring. More power shots followed and Luevano went down.

Referee Benjy Esteves stopped the contest at the :44 mark of round seven.

Luevano threw a few more punches over the course of the fight but JuanMa had the upper hand in each round due to his power shots. Luevano got a lot of good work done against Lopez, who is also the WBO jr. featherweight champ. But the heavy hands of Lopez carried the day, both in the scoring of each round and in ending the fight suddenly .

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06/13/09
COTTO SD12 OVER CLOTTEY

ONE - Jabs for first 30 seconds. A quick combo to body by Cotto. Clottey tries overhand right. Clottey short with right. Nothing significant in first half of round. One-two by Clottey no damage. Clottey triples up on the left. Clottey down. Not very solid shot, caught coming in. Bell rings. 10-8 Cotto.

TWO - Clottey OK, comes out throwing a lot with the left, uppercuts and jabs. Cotto now firing with both hands...

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12/06/08
PACQUIO DOMINATES DE LA HOYA

Manny Pacquaio outshined the Golden Boy in a big way with huge advantages in hand speed, foot speed, punching power and accuracy. It was all Manny from the opening bell till the moment when Oscar's corner stopped it between the eighth and ninth rounds. Here's the round-by-round:

ONE – Cautious start. Nothing for first 30 seconds, now a clinch. Oscar misses with big left on the break. Big left by Pac. Oscar backs off. Good exchange in the center. Pac misses with a wide left. Good straight left by Pac. Oscar’s face is red. Oscar nails him on the ropes, Manny moves away. Good left by Manny. Combo by Oscar near the bell.

10-9, P

TWO – Good exchange to start the round. They trade big shots, war in the center of the ring. Good straight right by Oscar. Good double jab...

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07/27/10
LOPEZ-MARQUEZ PRESSER

Photo: Chris Farina\Top Rank

LOS ANGELES (July 27, 2010) – Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ and two-division world champion RAFAEL MARQUEZ, the pride of Puerto Rico and México, respectively, hosted a News Conference Luncheon announcing their highly anticipated world featherweight title fight on Tuesday in the Gold Ballroom at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.

The fighters were joined by their teams, including promoters Bob Arum, Ivan Rivera, Gary Shaw and Fernando Beltran.

Promoted by Top Rank, in association with PR Best Boxing, Zanfer Promotions, Gary Shaw Productions and SHOWTIME, the Lopez-Marquez world championship fight will take place Saturday, Sept. 18 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be televised live on SHOWTIME Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).

Lopez (29-0, 26 KOs), of Caguas, Puerto Rico, will be making his second defense...

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07/19/10
MAC FOSTER DIES AT 68

By Steve Cummings

Fresno, CA - Former heavyweight Mac Foster, who fought Muhammad Ali in Japan in 1972, passed away today at the age of 68. Foster had a 10-year career from 1966 to 1976, fighting most of his early bouts in his hometown of Fresno before his non-title fight against Ali in April of 1972. His final ring record was 30-6 with all of his wins by knockout.

Foster built up a record of 28-1 between 1966 and 1971, including two wins over Cleveland Williams and one over Zora Folley, while only losing to Jerry Quarry . On April 1, 1972, Foster met Ali in a 15-round contest that saw the then-former champ Ali win a unanimous decision.

There would be six more fights for Foster with only two wins among them. His last fight was a 10-round decision loss to Stan Ward in 1976.

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07/16/10
JUDAH STOPS SANTA CRUZ

Zab Judah fought on ESPN2's Friday Night Fights as a junior welterweight and blew out the normally rugged Jose Armando Santa Cruz in three rounds in Newark, NJ. Judah (39-6, 27 KO's) floored Santa Cruz (28-5, 17 KO's) with an uppercut in the third. Santa Cruz got up but Judah was all over him and the fight was waved off shortly thereafter. Official time of the stoppage was 2:33.

It was the third straight win for Judah since a disastrous stretch that saw him lose four of seven (with one NC) from 2006 to 2008. Formerly a world champion at 140 and 147, the 32-year old Judah says he is ready to dig in and do the work necessary to get back to elite status.

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07/16/10
GERRERO UD10 OVER SMITH

By Steve Cummings

Unbeaten middleweight Fernando Guerrero moved to 19-0 (15 KO's) via unanimous decision in a tough 10-rounder with veteran Ishe Smith. It was a back-and-forth battle with Guerrero landing the heavier shots but Smith was very determined and worked the body diligently throughout. Guerrero was down in the eighth round, but won by scores of 96-93, 95-93 and an unrealistic 97-91.

The fight took place in Southaven, MS and was the main event of Showtime's Shobox telecast.

Guerrero forced a quick pace but Smith (21-5, 9 KO's) was able to stand his ground and fire back. Over the early rounds it looked as if the younger Guerrero was going to wear down the veteran but Smith began to rally in the second half of the fight. The body work of Smith was beginning to pay off when the referee took a point away in the sixth round for a punch that clearly landed on the belt line. Smith had been warned previously but the punch that got him penalized wasn't much.

Smith got that point back in the eighth round with a straight right hand that put Guerrero down. He rose quickly, unhurt, finishing the round but another close round in the ninth followed and the stage was set for a three-minute war in the final round. The best two-way action of the fight went on until the final bell.

It was a close fight that could have gone to either man without cries of robbery. InTheCorner.Net had it 95-93 for Smith. Anything within a few points either way would have been reasonable with all the close rounds. But 97-91 must have reminded Smith of his last fight when he got Golden-Boyed against Daniel Jacobs.

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07/10/10
JUANMA OUTSLUGS CONCEPCION

By Steve Cummings

Juan Manuel Lopez stayed unbeaten and retained his WBO featherweight title with a thrilling second-round stoppage of Bernabe Concepcion in Puerto Rico Saturday night. Juanma (29-0, 26 KO's) had to get up off the canvas from a knockdown late in the first round to beat down the challenge of the determined Concepcion (28-4-1, 15 KO's).

Lopez scored the first knockdown with over a minute left in the first round and was going in for the kill when Concepcion silenced the partisan crowd with a counter left hook that dropped the champion just before the bell. Lopez got up but was hurt and Concepcion leaped in just before the bell but ran out of time.

Juanma turned it around just 20 seconds into the second round as he had the challenger on the canvas again. Concepcion rose and tried some desperate shots but Lopez put him down again and the referee stopped the contest at the 2:37 mark.

Juan Manuel Lopez is now in line for a showdown with Rafael Marquez.

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ON SHOWTIME
08/06/10 at 11:00PM
CHRIS AVALOS vs. CHRISTOPHER MARTIN

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ON HBO
08/07/10 at 10:00PM
DEVON ALEXANDER vs. ANDRIY KOTELNIK

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ON HBO
08/14/10 at 10:30PM
JEAN PASCAL vs. CHAD DAWSON

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