Boxing’s many championships explained

By Mark Havey: The list of champions and various belts is an endless concoction of frustration and disarray. It puts new fans of and I am not surprised. I have met so many hardcore fans who find it difficult to comprehend. No wonder potential fight fans are looking at MMA before boxing.

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Provodnikov needs a lot of work to get to the next level

Image: Provodnikov needs a lot of work to get to the next levelBy Chris Williams: Freddie Roach trained light welterweight Ruslan Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) easily took care of Jose Reynoso (16-4-1, 3 KO’s) last night in a 2nd round knockout at the Omega Products International, in Corona, California. It was a fight that destined to be an easy knockout win for the Rusisan Provodnikov, because Reynoso wasn’t in his class even before the fight was made.

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Carson Jones to end the Kell Brook hype machine on July 7th

Image: Carson Jones to end the Kell Brook hype machine on July 7thBy Scott Gilfoid: All good things must end at some point in time, and I think that’s never more apparent with the hype machine surrounding unbeaten welterweight contender Kell Brook (27-0, 18 KO’s), who will be facing talented American Carson Jones (34-8-2, 24 KO’s) on July 7th at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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Top Rank signs Jesse Vargas

Image: Top Rank signs Jesse VargasBy Eric Thomas: Top Rank promotions has signed 23-year-old welterweight fringe contender Jesse Vargas (19-0, 9 KO’s) to a fight contract. It’s an interesting choice, because the 23-year-old Vargas previously fought for Mayweather Promotions and he’s not looked especially great in the past year.

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Bryan Jennings defeats Collins, looks mediocre

Image: Bryan Jennings defeats Collins, looks mediocreBy Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten heavyweight prospect Bryant Jennings (14-0, 6 KO’s) labored to an unimpressive 10 round unanimous decision over 28-year-old Steve Collins (25-2-1, 18 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The final judges’ scores were 100-89, 100-89 and 100-89.

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