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Thursday May 24 | Boxing Scene

Yesica Bopp Retains, Dominates Anabel Ortiz To Win

Bopp scored a knockdown in the fourth round with a shot to the body. The scores were Jorge Tripodi Falco 97-92, Marcial Paez 100-90, and Romio Luis 99-90. Bopp increased her record to 20 wins , while Ortiz dropped to 10 wins and 3 defeats.

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Sun May 20, 2012

Boxing Scene

Sulaiman Shocked With Cuello's Quick Knockout of Lopez

1 ranked Ganigan Lopez of Mexico in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico on Saturday. Cuello, a stablemate of WBC flyweight champion Sonny Boy Jaro is determined to follow in his footsteps and win another world title for the Philippines and he showed he had the ability to do that with his devastating knockout of Lopez.

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Sat May 19, 2012

Boxing Scene

Yesica Bopp Defends WBA Belt Against Ortiz on May 24

TyC Sports will promote the show. On the same evening, undefeated Robert "Incho" Sosa , the WBA Fedelatin champion and ranked at number two under the WBA, will face an opponent to be determined very shortly.

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Fri May 18, 2012

The Sweet Science

Female Flyweight Division Opens Up With McMorrow's Win Over Kentikian

Northern California's Melissa McMorrow shocked Susi Kentikian with a majority decision win to capture various flyweight world titles in Germany on Wednesday.

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Women'S Boxing: McMorrow Upsets Kentikian For Unified Flyweight Title

MCMORROW UPSETS KENTIKIAN FOR UNIFIED FLYWEIGHT TITLE By Ryan Maquieana BoxingScene.com http://www.boxingscene.com/mcmorrows-win-kentikian-womens-upset-year--52956 May 17 2012 Melissa "Mighty" McMorrow pulled off women's boxing's upset of the year Wednesday with a majority decision win over previously unbeaten WBA/WBO/WIBF flyweight champion Susi ... (more)

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PanArmenian Network

David Nalbandian to participate in Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr

PanARMENIAN.Net - After suffering a defeat by Andy Murray at Rome Masters 2012 , Argentina-based David Nalbandian is currently training for Masters Guinot-Mary Cohr to be held on May 23-23 in Paris.

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Thu May 17, 2012

PanArmenian Network

Susi Kentikian suffers first professional defeat

PanARMENIAN.Net - Last night at the Brandenburg Halle, in Frankfurt Brandenburg, Germany, Armenian-born Susi "Killer Queen" Kentikian , 112, suffered her first professional loss in the ring by U.S. boxer, Melissa "Ponderosa" McMorrow, 111¼. The bout was for three world title belts, the WBO, WIBF, and WBA flyweight titles.

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Boxing Scene

McMorrow's Win of Kentikian: Women's Upset of The Year

Judges Ingo Barrabas and Lahcen Oumghar turned in 96-94 tallies in favor of McMorrow , while Frank Michael Maass saw it 95-95. 'Mighty went into a foreign country in February, beat up the champion, and got robbed,' said McMorrow's trainer Eddie Croft, himself a former three-time world title challenger at 122 and 126 pounds.

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Tue May 15, 2012

ABS-CBN News

Lim hails Viloria; Romero trilogy over

Azkals - - CJ Corona impeachment - - Gloria Arroyo - - Jessica Sanchez - - Pacquiao Punch - - Ask PNoy - - Divorce Bill - - Reproductive Health bill - - Jose Rizal@150 - - PNoy: Ang Unang Taon - - Ex-Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez - - Maguindanao Massacre - MANILA, Philippines - As far as World Boxing Organization flyweight king Brian Viloria is ... (more)

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Mon May 14, 2012

Boxing Socialist

Can Brian Viloria Keep up with Nonito Donaire?

Brian Viloria is on a great streak right now. He finally got his revenge on Omar Nino Romero by stopping him in the 9th round.

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Sat May 12, 2012

Examiner.com

Mayol determined to bounce back against Miranda after fallout from Marquez fight

Pasig City, Philippines - Since losing his WBC light flyweight belt to Sunday's Viloria-Nino 3 card headliner Omar Nino Romero in Mexico back in June 19, 2010, Rodel Mayol has slowly been working his way back to the top.A His journey the past 2 years has been a mixed bag of success, frustrations, missed opportunities, and controversy.

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Boxing Scene

Brian Viloria vs. Omar Nino III: The Pre-Fight Report Card

Unfinished business can be resolved a class higher than where it all began. This Saturday, at 112 lbs., 2000 U.S. Olympian attempts to settle his unfinished business with grizzled Mexican veteran Omar Nino just shy of six years after Hurricane Nino took his '0.' It was a decent-sized upset in August 2006 when Nino outhustled Viloria to win the WBC ... (more)

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Fri May 11, 2012

Boxing Socialist

Brian Viloria (No. 2) vs Omar Nino LIVE stream Boxing WBO Flyweight Championship

The WBO Flyweight Championship match between Brian the "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria and Omar Nino Romero 3 was set on May 12, 2012 at 9 p.m. ET at Ynares Sports Arena in Manila, Philippines.

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RTE.ie

Taylor receives bye in Qinhuangdao

Ceire Smith and Sinead Kavanagh will get Ireland's campaign at the 7th AIBA World Women's Championships underway with last-64 bouts.

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Thu May 10, 2012

The Sweet Science

Viloria Ahead of Nino Clash: "This Is Personal"

The final press conference for Saturday night's "Island Assault 4: The Battle" pay-per-view-event, featuring Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria vs.

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The Sweet Science

Chasing Mexico's Jackie Nava & Other Fight Chatter

There was a television show in the late 1950s and early 1960s called "Have Gun Will Travel." It was about a cowboy for hire named Paladin who lived in San Francisco and roamed the Wild West as a sort of sleuth/soldier of war.

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Scotsman.com

Boxing: City boxers given chance of GB funding

A TRIO of Capital boxers have the chance to be crowned the best in Britain at the GB Championships this month.

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Boxing Scene

Daiki Kameda Faces Jovanny Soto on June 25 in Tokyo

Kameda takes part in his second fight of the year. He came back in April and knocked out Pompetch Sor Sompong in two rounds.

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Wed May 09, 2012

ABS-CBN News

Viloria physically, mentally ready for Romero

Azkals - - CJ Corona impeachment - - Gloria Arroyo - - Jessica Sanchez - - Pacquiao Punch - - Ask PNoy - - Divorce Bill - - Reproductive Health bill - - Jose Rizal@150 - - PNoy: Ang Unang Taon - - Ex-Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez - - Maguindanao Massacre - MANILA, Philippines World Boxing Organization flyweight champion Brian Viloria of the ... (more)

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Tue May 08, 2012

Boxing Scene

Brian Viloria is Ready For Anything That Omar Nino Brings

Viloria, a three-time, two division world champion has been working out 'almost every day' at the Gerry Penalosa Gym in Eastwood since he arrived in Manila last week .

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