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• Jose Pedraza vs Mikkel LesPierre Rescheduled For July 2nd

  24-06-2020 23:30 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Hans Themistode
  The super lightweight contest between former two division world champion Jose Pedraza and contender Mikkel LesPierre has officially found a new date. 
  July 2nd, has officially been circled for both fighters to meet in the ring. The two were originally supposed to meet on June 18th, as the headliner of Top Rank’s fourth Summer series show. Unfortunately for both men though, their contest was scrapped when LesPierre’s manager, Josie Taveras, contracted the
  
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• Jamel Herring vs Jonathan Oquendo Postponed Due to Positive COVID-19 Test For Herring

  24-06-2020 22:46 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Hans Themistode
  Before Jamel Herring takes on Jonathan Oquendo inside of the ring, he’ll have to take on COVID-19 outside of it. 
  The WBO Super Featherweight champion was scheduled to put his title on the line as the headliner on a July 2nd, Top Rank card but was forced to pull out due to the deadly virus. 
  For Top Rank, they have grown accustomed to COVID-19 attacking their fighters. On the very first show back after a near four month forced hiatus, Featherweight prospect Mi
  
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• Oscar De La Hoya Eyes Comeback After a Dozen Years Away From The Ring

  24-06-2020 18:59 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Hans Themistode
  First Mike Tyson, then Evander Holyfield and now Oscar De La Hoya. 
  The former six division world champion has watched from the sidelines for the past 12 years, but he is beginning to get the itch fight once again.
   Tyson was the first to grab his attention. At the age of 53, he’s dropped multiple training videos of himself looking anything but the number on his birth certificate. After one of his most recent clips was aired, he capped it off with two words.&n
  
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• Modern Classics: Leonard-Lalonde

  24-06-2020 15:07 via boxinginsider.com
  
  By: Sean CroseAlthough the win was controversial, Ray Leonard’s 1987 victory over Marvelous Marvin Hagler established the former Olympian as a fighter for the ages. With names like Benitez, Hearns, Duran, and now middleweight king Hagler on his resume, there was no doubt that Leonard had made the leap from boxing star to boxing legend. Where was the man to go from there, though? Leonard was still a relatively young man when he bested Hagler, just 30 years old. After a year long retirement,
  
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• 54-0 champion makes retirement U-turn?

  24-06-2020 10:07 via skysports.com
  
  Wanheng Menayothin has reversed his decision to retire after 54 straight victories, according to the WBC.
  
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• Eubank Jr: I see Canelo's weaknesses

  24-06-2020 07:00 via skysports.com
  
  Chris Eubank Jr insists he is the best option "on the planet" to be Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez's next opponent.
  
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• ESPN Boxing Results: Joshua Franco Takes Andrew Moloney’s WBA Super Flyweight World Title

  24-06-2020 05:27 via boxinginsider.com
  
  Andrew Moloney vs Joshua Franco
  We have new world champion on our hands as Joshua Franco (17-1, 8 KOs).The main event of this card over at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, was centered around Andrew Moloney (21-1, 14 KO). He was undefeated, strong and the WBA Super Flyweight world champion. Franco on the other hand, was supposed to be nothing more than a speed bump, but he proved to be much more than that.Early on the two went back and forth with heavy blows, but it was the
  
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• Andrew Moloney vs. Joshua Franco – Live Boxing results

  24-06-2020 04:57 via boxingnews24.com
  By Mark Eisner: Tonight WBA secondary super flyweight champion Andrew Moloney will be battling the always though Joshua Franco in the headline attraction at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight is televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) puts his unbeaten record and WBA ‘regular’ 115-pound title on the […]
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• ESPN Boxing Results: Christopher Diaz Makes it Two Wins in a Row Against Jason Sanchez

  24-06-2020 04:17 via boxinginsider.com
  
  Christopher Diaz (26-2, 16 KOs) boxed circles around Jason Sanchez (15-2, 8 KOs) at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Both men split their last two ring appearances and had something to prove.
  Sanchez tried to bully his way to a win, but it was Diaz who used his footwork and ring IQ to make his man look silly. Everything that Diaz threw seemed to land in a big way.After nine mostly one sided rounds, Diaz turned up the pressure in the tenth and final round and really had his m
  
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• ESPN Boxing Results: Miguel Contreras Cruises to Unanimous Decision Victory Over Rolando Vargas

  24-06-2020 03:24 via boxinginsider.com
  
  Both Miguel Contreras (11-0, 6 KOs) and Rolando Vargas (5-1, 5 KOs) came into their super lightweight contest tonight as undefeated prospects. Yet, it was Contreras who left the ring with the 0 still in his loss column.
  Vargas was simply one step slow all night long as Contreras continually beat his man to the punch. As the rounds ticked by Vargas became more and more desperate and began to throw big shots. None landed however. And Contreras cruised to a unanimous decision victory. Each judge sc
  
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• ESPN Boxing Results: Helaman Olguin Hands Adam Stewart His First Defeat

  24-06-2020 02:40 via boxinginsider.com
  
  Helaman Olguin (8-3, 3 KOs) upset the applecart with a unanimous decision victory over the previously undefeated Adam Stewart (8-1-1, 5 KOs)Things started off a bit sketchy for Stewart as a clash of heads opened up a cut under his right eye. His corner was able to get the gash under control but he never looked quite comfortable during the contest. He was tentative and refused to let his hands go. In the end, his reluctant style cost him his undefeated record as Olguin won a close majority decisi
  
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• Jamel Herring tests positive for COVID-19, Jonathan Oquendo fight postponed

  24-06-2020 01:35 via boxingnews24.com
  By Chris Williams: Jamel Herring revealed today that he’s tested positive for COVID-19, and his scheduled July 2 title defense of his WBO super featherweight belt against Jonathan Oquendo is now postponed. The 34-year-old Herring (21-2, 10 KOs) vs. Oquendo fight will be rescheduled soon. If Herring recovers soon, Top Rank will be rescheduling his […]
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• De La Hoya considering coming out of retirement: Who should he fight?

  24-06-2020 00:05 via boxingnews24.com
  By Jim Maltzman: Moments ago, Oscar De La Hoya dropped a bombshell in revealing that he’s contemplating ending his 12-year retirement to face a “TOP” 147-pound fighter. De La Hoya, 147, says he’s not kidding around in thinking about returning to the ring. The highly successful “Golden Boy” wants a big fight, and he believes […]
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