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• Spence-Crawford title showdown 'a legacy fight'

  14-06-2023 22:08 via espn.com
  
  Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr., No. 1 and No. 4 respectively in ESPN's pound-for-pound rankings, see July's title showdown as a "legacy fight."
  
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• ‘This is home to me’: Regis Prograis readies for New Orleans title defense

  14-06-2023 10:00
  
  The junior welterweight belt-holder continues looks to consolidate titles in a suddenly red-hot division while making New Orleans a destination for big-time boxing Regis Prograis would never look past an opponent. But few in the world of men’s professional boxing would blame him for making plans beyond his junior welterweight title defense Saturday in his hometown of New Orleans.In Prograis’s first fight since he knocked out Jose Zepeda in Los Angeles in November to win the World Box
  
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• At 91, Don King still longs for the spotlight. But it is shining elsewhere

  14-06-2023 09:30
  
  The contrasting fortunes of the flamboyant promoter and his fellow boxing dealmaker, Bob Arum, were on full display over the weekendLarry Merchant, the venerable sportswriter and TV commentator recently observed, at the age of 92, that “it’s easy getting into your 80s but hard to get out of them.”That wisdom applies to two men who dominated boxing for a half-century and shaped the business as we know it today. Don King will turn 92 on 20 August. Bob Arum will be 92 on 8 Decembe
  
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