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Day 12 of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the gold medal match at men’s featherweight, where Team USA’s Duke Ragan will look to win the first gold medal for the men’s American team since Andre Ward in 2004, facing the ROC’s Albert Batyrgaziev in the final bout. We’ll also see semifinal action in
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Former super middleweight titleholder Jose Uzcategui was on hand for yesterday’s opening virtual press conference, formally announcing his August 28th fight against David Benavidez, airing live on Showtime. And looking ahead to the bout, Uzcategui tells the world that he’s preparing himself for the best performance he’s ever had, expecting Benavidez to bring out the
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10) Jason Moloney vs Joshua Greer Jr, Aug. 14 (ESPN) Why to Watch: Moloney (21-2, 18 KO) and Greer (22-2-2, 12 KO) are relatively well-matched. Moloney is a back-end top 10 bantamweight, and the Aussie returns to America on his twin brother’s undercard again. He’s a good fighter, usually good to watch, obviously was no
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If Eddie Hearn wants to stage a light flyweight unification match between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Elwin Soto, he’ll have to work fast. Alongside yesterday’s quickly mooted order for Jamel Herring and Shakur Stevenson, Paco Valcarcel gave Soto a seven-day deadline to negotiate with mandatory challenger Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez before going to an $80,000-minimum purse bid.
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We’ve got our first boxing gold medalist at Tokyo 2020, and it’s a hometown fighter. 20-year-old Sena Irie of Japan, a Tokyo native, won a very close decision over Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines to claim the women’s featherweight gold medal — the first-ever women’s featherweight gold medalist in Olympics history, in fact, as the
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NBCOlympics.com, 10:00 pm ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal, women’s lightweight quarterfinals, and women’s featherweight final. Bad Left Hook will have live coverage NBCOlympics.com, 4:00 am ET, Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Women’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s flyweight quarterfinals, men’s featherweight semifinal, men’s lightweight quarterfinals, men’s heavyweight semifinal,
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Women’s flyweight (Quarterfinals) Buse Naz Cakiroglu (Turkey) def. Jutamas Jitpong (Thailand), 5:0: Top seed Cakiroglu looked vulnerable in her first outing in Tokyo, but here, she looked very much like a top seed. Jitpong had been formidable, but Cakiroglu just outclassed her here, and now the Turkish fighter is in the semifinal and guaranteed at
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Premier Boxing Champions is back on FOX tonight at 8 pm ET, with a heavyweight main event between unbeaten Michael Coffie and late replacement opponent Jonathan Rice. We won’t lie to you and say this is the most star-studded FOX show — which is a low bar for FOX shows these days — but Coffie
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Day seven of boxing at the 2020 Olympics will see the men’s flyweights and men’s lightweights in preliminary rounds action, plus women’s middleweight quarterfinals, and both semifinal bouts in the women’s featherweight division, with the losers getting bronze and the winners going on to fight for gold. You can stream live on NBCOlympics.com if you’re
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Luke Campbell, who won a gold medal for Great Britain at the London Olympics in 2012 and fought for a world lightweight title as a pro, has decided to retire from the sport at age 33, releasing a statement this morning via social media. “After a lot of thought and reflection, I have decided that
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Timothy Bradley caught up with Fight Hub TV to share some of his quick thoughts on the upcoming third fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder. Looking ahead to the fight Bradley says he thinks Fury has the advantages leading into the bout and is unsure how much of a positive impact Malik Scott will
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