Kimbo Slice defeats Hackmann, looks terrible

By Dan Ambrose: Fighting for the third time as a professional boxer, former web brawler and MMA fighter 37-year-old Kevin “Kimbo” Slice (3-0, 2 KO’s) defeated Charles Hackmann (0-1) by a four round unanimous decision on Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The final judges’ scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 39-37.

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Burns still looking for an opponent for March 10th defense in Scotland

Image: Burns still looking for an opponent for March 10th defense in ScotlandBy Scott Gilfoid: WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns (33-2, 9 KO’s) is still looking for an opponent for his first fight defending his interim strap on March 10th at the Braehead Arena in Glascow, Scotland. Burns, 28, was supposed to be facing the unranked Anthony Crolla next instead of an actual top 15 contender but this little mismatch won’t be going through according to the latest boxing news.

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Chavez-Rubio: Julio to taste defeat for the first time

Image: Chavez-Rubio: Julio to taste defeat for the first timeBy Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) has been blessed with being the son of a boxing legend in father Julio Cesar Chavez. Instead of having to toil away in near obscurity and claw his way to the top like Sergio Martinez, Chavez Jr. has been helped along his path with huge crowds flocking to see him fight mostly B and C opposition and high ratings on HBO.

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Will Chisora give Klitschko problems?

Image: Will Chisora give Klitschko problems?By John F. McKenna (McJack): Dereck Chisora (15-2, 9 KO’s) is taking his title shot against World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (43-2, 40 KO’s) very seriously. Chisora will be fighter Vitali on February 18, 2012 in Munich, Germany in a fight which most boxing fans give him little chance at emerging victorious. But sometimes when a fighter is going after the biggest prize in sports he fights above himself.

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Roach says Arum gave him four names for Pacquiao’s next fight: Cotto, Bradley, Marquez and Peterson

Image: Roach says Arum gave him four names for Pacquiao's next fight: Cotto, Bradley, Marquez and PetersonBy Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is reportedly saying that promoter Bob Arum has given him four names – Timothy Bradley, Miguel Cotto, Lamont Peterson and Juan Manuel Marquez – as the fighters that are in the running to be selected from for Pacquiao’s next fight in early 2012. Of the four, two of them – Cotto and Bradley – are from Arum’s Top Rank stable.

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