Junior welterweight

It appears Zab Judah has got what he wanted after Devon Alexander’s handlers announced they are looking at the possibility of a bout with former welterweight king in July. Judah stormed the ring calling out Alexander following Alexander’s spectacular 8th round knock out of Juan Urango on Saturday but Alexander brushed him off claiming he [...]

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Contrary to reports yesterday, Ricky Hatton has announced that he will not be retiring and has been training hard in order to be as close to his best as possible when he does finally return to the ring. It had been reported that Hatton told friends on a stag do last week that he had [...]

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This weekend Devon Alexander knocked out Juan Urango to become the unified WBC/IBF junior welterweight champion and it seems the boxing world has gone Alexander mad. Yes he is undefeated and yes he was the first man to stop the ‘Iron Twin’ but I think people are getting ahead of themselves anointing him ‘the one’, [...]

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Devon Alexander (20-0, 13 KO’s) put on a brilliant boxing exhibition before stopping Juan Urango (22-3-1, 17 KO’s) in the eighth round. Alexander, who won a vacant WBC junior welterweight title by previously defeating Junior Witter, added the IBF junior welterweight title to his collection with the victory. Until last night, no fighter has ever [...]

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Top Rank are planning to match undefeated kayo specialist Edwin Valero with Lamont Peterson in June or July according to reports. Valero has been building a massive following, having stopped all 27 of his opponents whilst Peterson is coming off defeat, putting on a spirited performance against WBO light welterweight champion Timothy Bradley. Valero, the [...]

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