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Friday | Boxing Scene

Malignaggi Says Photo Proves Broner Was Once a Fan

WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, and members of his team, have released several photos on the social networks, which they claim shows "proof" that WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner once supported the Brooklyn boxer several years ago.

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Tue May 14, 2013

The Sweet Science

Undercard Details For Saturday Golden Boy Show in AC

ATLANTIC CITY , May 15 - The explosive May 18 match-up between unbeaten contenders Shawn Porter and Phil Lo Greco at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey will air as part of the event's SHOWTIME EXTREMEA telecast live at 7 p.m. ET/PT . 2012 British Olympic Bronze Medalist Anthony Ogogo will also participate one of the featured undercard ... (more)

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Boxing, More Sports, Welterweight Boxing, Super Lightweight Boxing, Julio Diaz

Sat May 11, 2013

Boston Herald

Brandon Rios comes out a winner

Barely a month after losing for the first time as a professional, the former WBA lightweight champion was dancing around his living room in Oxnard, Calif., with his kids after his manager informed him he'd landed the biggest fight of his career.

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Boxing Socialist

Malignaggi-Broner Presser

I attended the Malignaggi-Broner press conference at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 4th a few hours before the Floyd Mayweather-Robert Guerrero fight and undercard bouts.

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The Guardian

Ricky Burns retains world title after Jose Gonzalez retires hurt

Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images Ricky Burns drew on all his considerable courage and resolve to overcome a fierce mid-fight beating and force the previously unbeaten knockout artist from Puerto Rico, JosA© GonzA lez, to quit after nine rounds, the Scot's WBO lightweight title safe for another day.

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Boxing Scene

John Murray Gets License Back, Ready To Thrill Again

Manchester's John Murray had cause for a double celebration this week. The 'Murray Machine' became a father and also learned that the BBBoC have cleared him to fight again, pending successful completion of a medical.

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Wed May 08, 2013

The Sun Online

Paulie Malignaggi vows to silence Adrien Broner

Malignaggi, 32, is not convinced by the hype surrounding unbeaten Broner, who is stepping up from lightweight to challenge the WBA welterweight champ.

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South China Morning Post

Pacquiao to make ring return in Macau

Filipino Manny Pacquiao at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles. Pacquiao will return to the ring in Macau in November.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Boxing Scene

Video: Broner Drops More Verbal Bombs on Malignaggi

Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC lightweight king Adrien Broner as he drops more verbal bombs on WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.

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Mon May 06, 2013

Boxing Scene

Koncz: Only Canelo, Pacquiao, Broner Can Beat Floyd Jr.

Michael Koncz, the adviser to eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, watched Floyd Mayweather's dominant performance over Robert Guerrero on Saturday night.

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BleacherReport

Manny Pacquiao Will Fight Brandon Rios in November

Nearly five months after being knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao has decided on his next opponent: former WBA lightweight champion Brandon Rios.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Boxing Scene

Video: Broner - Malignaggi is a Girl, He Wears a Skirt

Luis Sandoval catches up with WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner to discuss his upcoming fight with WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi.

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Boxing Scene

Koncz: Pacquiao is The Only One To Test Mayweather

Undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr didn't give Robert 'The Ghost' Guerrero a ghost of a chance as he gave the over-hyped, over-matched challenger a clinical boxing lesson to win a unanimous twelve round decision at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

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Related Topix: Sports, Boxing, More Sports, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Summer Olympic, Welterweight Boxing

Sat May 04, 2013

Boxing Scene

Photos: Broner, Malignaggi Face To Face at Heated Presser

WBC lightweight champion and WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi meet up again in Las Vegas inside of the MGM Grand in advance of their June 22nd clash at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

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BloodyElbow

Former boxing champ Ricardo Mayorga wins MMA debut in odd circumstances

Watch the bizarre ending of former boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga's MMA debut in Nicaragua at Omega MMA.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Ricardo Mayorga, Sports, Boxing, More Sports, Middleweight Boxing

Boxing Scene

Photo: Team Malignaggi Send a Message To Broner

Members of Team Malignaggi arrived to the official press conference in Las Vegas, wearing shirts that sent a direct message to WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner.

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Boxing Scene

Gamboa To Broner: Why So Much Noise? Let's Fight

BoxingScene.com recently caught up with WBA interim-super feather weight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa who faces Darley Perez on June 8th in Montreal as part of a HBO televised doubleheader that will be headlined by WBC light heavyweight champion Chad Dawson facing Adonis Stevenson.

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The Miami Herald

Fight Schedule

At Mannhein, Germany, Wladimir Klitschko vs. Francesco Pianeta, 12, for Klitschko's IBF-IBO-WBO-WBA Super World heavyweight titles.

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El Paso Times

Matthew Aguilar: Tough Robert Guerrero not in Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s league

It was April 20, 2002, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was challenging Jose Luis Castillo for the WBC lightweight title.

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Thu May 02, 2013

Examiner.com

Gonzalez back in the win column on ESPN

After being out of the ring nearly 15 months, it took a few rounds for Cleveland's Miguel "Silky Smooth" Gonzalez to get into proper rhythm.

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