Méndez, Salgado & Gamboa in the Jr. Lightweight Mix

By Reynaldo Sanchez: The rule 5.B in the paragraph #2 section (b) of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) establishes that any fighter who obtains a title in an optional fight in every weight class, he inherits the obligations of the previous champion as for the compulsory defense without impairment of the time that was staying for the moment in which the previous champion lost his title.

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What is a true boxing fan?

By John Woolford: Over the last 100 years much has changed in the way fight fans observe the sport of boxing. Back in the early 1900’s before terrestrial TV or even radio was the norm people relied upon the local newspaper for up to date boxing news from across the Atlantic.

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Adonis Stevenson vs. Don George on October 13th in Montreal

Image: Adonis Stevenson vs. Don George on October 13th in MontrealBy Dan Ambrose: #2 IBF Adonis Stevenson (18-1, 15 KO’s) and #11 IBF Don George (23-2-1, 20 KO’s) were supposed to have fought last Friday night at the Buffalo Run Casino, in Miami, Oklahoma. But with the 34-year-old Stevenson injuring his left hand in training the week of the fight, he had to pull out and was replaced by Dionisio Miranda. George fought well enough to take Miranda out in the 6th round in a back and forth fight.

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Bailey needs to KO Alexander to win

By Dan Ambrose: IBF welterweight champion Randall Bailey (43-7, 37 KO’s) is making his first and possibly his only title defense of his International Boxing Federation title on September 8th against Devon Alexander (23-1, 13 KO’s) at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, The Joint, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Chavez Jr’s lack of speed will work against him in Martinez fight

By Dan Ambrose: There’s only so far you can go by counting on being the heavier fighter in bouts time after time. WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr (46-0-1, 32 KO’s) has one asset going for him in his fights at middleweight and that’s by being able to come into his fight as basically a light heavyweight/cruiserweight and use that size advantage over natural middleweights to rough them up.

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Time to make the fights

By Steven Ocallaghan: Can you imagine Deontay Wilder v Tyson Fury or David Price. It might not sell out like a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight but it would sell. America needs a new star. Eddie Chambers, good but not a star, Seth Mitchell has potential but hasn’t grabbed the imagination.

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