Boxing

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  Garcia beats Salido for WBO featherweight title (The Associated Press)

  NEW YORK (AP) -- Mikey Garcia won a unanimous decision over Orlando Salido to take the WBO world featherweight title Saturday night.

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  50-year-old fighter stopped in 1st round (The Associated Press)

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Mark Weinman, the 50-year-old from New York who recently returned to the ring after a 21-year absence, was stopped in the first round by Jahaad Wingfield of...

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  Khan focusing on "boring" defense for Molina bout (Reuters)

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Britain's Amir Khan says undefeated Carlos Molina will be in for a surprise when they meet this week in a bout where the normally offensively-oriented fighter plans...

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  Nonito Donaire closing in on Fighter of the Year with no-nonsense, clean approach to boxing (Yahoo! Sports)

  The 'Filipino Flash' is everything you want in a boxer today, and he can only go up from here.

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  Ocampo pulls out of title fight vs Burns (The Associated Press)

  LONDON (AP) -- Ricky Burns will not defend his WBO lightweight title in London on Saturday after Filipino opponent Jose Ocampo pulled out of the fight citing ''contractual issues with TV.''

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  South Korean Yuh to be inducted into Hall of Fame (Reuters)

  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean Yuh Myung-woo, who defended his WBA light-flyweight title a record 17 consecutive times, will be inducted into boxing's Hall of Fame alongside Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti and...

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  The 2013 Boxing Hall of Fame class (The Associated Press)

  CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) -- A look at the 11 people to be inducted June 9, 2013, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum:

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  Arturo Gatti, Virgil Hill enter boxing hall (The Associated Press)

  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- Arturo ''Thunder'' Gatti didn't live to see his finest day.

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  John eyes bout with magical Mexican Marquez (Reuters)

  SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Unbeaten Indonesian featherweight Chris John already has one win over Juan Manuel Marquez and after seeing the Mexican knock out Manny Pacquiao on Saturday he is keen to...

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  Gamboa has winning debut for rapper 50 Cent (The Associated Press)

  LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former Cuban Olympic gold medalist Yuriorkis Gamboa won his fight Saturday night on the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez undercard, giving rapper 50 Cent a victory in his...