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Boxing News: Lopez defeats Santos

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Lopez defeats Santos
Feb 3rd 2013, 07:38

Juan Manuel Lopez won by TKO at 1:04 of the ninth round when after send Aldimar Silva Santos to the canvas, the referee stopped the fight. Silva Santos was down by Lopez in the fifth and seventh round. *** Jose Gonzalez won by TKO at :01 seconds of the seventh round after a bloody Alejandro [...]

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ESPN.com - Boxing: Lopez stops Santos in first post-suspension bout

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Lopez stops Santos in first post-suspension bout
Feb 3rd 2013, 05:50

Juan Manuel Lopez stopped Aldimar Silva Santos in the ninth round Saturday night in his first fight following a suspension for accusing a referee of having a gambling problem.

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Boxing News: Arum: Bradley to face winner of Pacquiao-Marquez 5 in 2014

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Arum: Bradley to face winner of Pacquiao-Marquez 5 in 2014
Feb 3rd 2013, 05:29

By Chris Williams: If you're wondering why WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (29-0, 12 KO's) is taking a soft first defense of his WBO welterweight title against light welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO's) on March 16th at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, it's because Bradley's promoter Bob Arum at Top Rank plans [...]

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Boxing News: Dirrell defeats Gbenga

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Dirrell defeats Gbenga
Feb 3rd 2013, 04:23

Andre Dirrell UD 10 Michael Gbenga

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Bleacher Report - Boxing: Nietes vs. Fuentes: What Victory Would Mean for Each Fighter

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Nietes vs. Fuentes: What Victory Would Mean for Each Fighter
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:48

Donnie Nietes (31-1, 17 KOs) will defend his WBO light flyweight title against Moises Fuentes (16-1, 8 KOs) in a March 2 bout that will take place in the Philippines.

Fuentes comes into this match having won his last four fights and will be moving up in weight to challenge the champion. Fuentes currently holds the WBO minimumweight crown, which is a title he has successfully defended twice.

Nietes is the veteran of the two and has been a dominant presence in the sport for the better part of the last decade. Ahas (Nietes' nickname) has also seen glory as a member of the minimumweight division after holding the title himself, but he has now moved up to light flyweight and been successful thus far.

Now that you have some background on each of these fighters, let's take a look at what a victory would mean for their respective careers.

 

What It Means For Nietes

The most obvious plus for Nietes winning this fight would be that he gets to keep his belt after yet another successful title defense.

At 30 years old, there is no disputing that Nietes is the best fighter in his division in the sport, but a loss to Fuentes would certainly change that notion. Losses have become so rare for Nietes, people may also begin to question if Ahas is starting to lose his edge.

Fuentes is the very best competition Nietes could be facing at the moment, so a decisive win will only help to elevate Ahas' place in boxing. He is already elite, but Ahas could move to a legendary status as he continues to pummel some of the best in the world.

In his last two fights, Nietes hasn't exactly wowed anyone with his performances. 

His first title defense against Felipe Salguero saw Nietes win a 12-round bout that was rather boring to say the least. After that, Ahas scored a fifth-round knockout against Danai Meendaeng, which really did nothing to get people talking.

It's been awhile since Nietes has given people a reason to talk, but a win over Fuentes would do just that.

 

 

What It Means For Fuentes

A win for Fuentes will put him on the same path that Nietes is on as the 27-year-old would have held both the minimum and light flyweight crowns.

After a victory over Ivan Calderon, which effectively ended the veteran's career, Fuentes has started developing the mantra of "legend killer." Nietes is no doubt as close to legend status as you can get, so Fuentes beating him with an impressive victory would no doubt help cement that status.

Furthermore, Fuentes is moving up a weight class for this fight. Minimumweight isn't exactly a well-known class in boxing, so a victory and title belt from the light flyweight class would be the first step to making Fuentes a more well-known fighter.

This bout gives Fuentes a chance to be the next great thing in the light flyweight division, and he has a golden opportunity to become the face of this division if he can knock off the champ.

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Boxing News: Will Mayweather announcement his next opponent on Super Bowl Sunday?

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Will Mayweather announcement his next opponent on Super Bowl Sunday?
Feb 3rd 2013, 03:48

By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been rumored to be making an announcement on Super Bowl Sunday about his next opponent for May 4th. It's been said that Mayweather will be doing this in order to take advantage of the huge attention between the NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore [...]

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Bleacher Report - Boxing: The 10 Toughest Boxers in History to KO

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The 10 Toughest Boxers in History to KO
Feb 3rd 2013, 01:48

“If you screw things up in tennis, it’s 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it’s your ass.”

Although as a boxer Randall “Tex” Cobb was a great actor, with the above analogy he brought clarity to the severity of the sport, more specifically to the “being-on-your-ass” part.

A knockout in boxing is what both fighters enter the ring hoping to achieve and the moment thousands of spectators anticipate witnessing. A knockout can have a momentous redemptive quality (see Juan Manuel Marquez) and a visual resonance (see the iconic photo of Muhammad Ali hovering above Sonny Liston).

The fact that a man’s fight and night can end so instantaneously makes it that much more impressive that certain fighters never leave the ring, throughout an entire career, as a result of being knocked out.

The men on this list fought in over 1800 combined fights, including, in some cases, those that ended in a  “newspaper decision,” that is, a fight which ended with no official decision, no knockout and both fighters still standing, prompting a decision rendered by the newspaper for the purpose of closure.

For the purposes of clarity, this list is comprised of the fighters from ten to one who fought the entirety of their career without being defeated via knockout—it does not mean they were not knocked down. The fighters in this top ten fought in an era in which a calendar year with only ten fights would be considered a light load, making the list that much more impressive when given the number of fights per fighter.

As such, here are the fighters who were toughest to KO in the history of the sport.

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ESPN.com - Boxing: Bradley to return against Provodnikov in March

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Bradley to return against Provodnikov in March
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:39

Welterweight titleholder Timothy Bradley Jr., whose last ring appearance resulted in a highly controversial split decision win against Manny Pacquiao in June, is returning to the ring.

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Boxing News: Hearn: A Froch victory over Kessler will make him all-time great

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Hearn: A Froch victory over Kessler will make him all-time great
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:32

By Scott Gilfoid: Matchroom Sport promoter Eddie Hearn believes a victory for his fighter IBF super middleweight champion Carl Froch (30-2, 22 KO's) over WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2, 35 KO's) on May 25th will greatly enhance Froch's legacy among British boxers. Hearn also sees the 35-year-old Froch as an all-time great. Hearn [...]

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Boxing News: Canelo should fight Carlos Molina if he doesn’t want Trout

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Canelo should fight Carlos Molina if he doesn't want Trout
Feb 3rd 2013, 02:10

By Dan Ambrose: If WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez and his promoters at Golden Boy Promotions are negative to the idea of him fighting unbeaten WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout next on May 4th, then Golden Boy needs to use their ace in the hole Carlos Molia (21-5-2, 6 KO's) to step [...]

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