[ad_1] “As each fighter says, I’m in an excellent place,” Leigh Wooden smiles, trotting out the obligatory combat week sentiments. However then he stops to specify why he’s feeling assured forward of this weekend’s shot at Can Xu, The Ring’s No. 3 featherweight. “Clearly I’ve had extra time with [new trainer] Ben Davison than I […]
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Jun
Jun
[ad_1] Montiel (left) battles Hugo Centeno to a split-draw in 2019. Picture by Jhay Oh Otamias Juan Montiel by no means imagined that asking for a world title combat would possibly really work. However it did, and now he has the prospect to tug off a monumental upset over WBC middleweight titleholder Jermall Charlo. The […]
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May
May
[ad_1] Following his UFC light-weight title coronation on Saturday night time in opposition to Michael Chandler, Charles ‘Do Bronx’ Oliveira has opened as an underdog in opposition to upcoming headliners, each Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor — with the Brazilian anticipated to satisfy his first title defence opponent in opposition to a type of former […]
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May
May
[ad_1] The countdown is on, and WBC/WBO junior welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez is 12 days away from a legacy-defining undisputed showdown in opposition to Josh Taylor, Scotland’s IBF/WBA kingpin. It’s enterprise as ordinary for Ramirez, the 2012 U.S. Olympian from California’s Central Valley who hopes to change into the primary four-belt undisputed champion of […]