When the great Julio Cesar Chavez lost his unbeaten record – 89-0-1!

When the great Julio Cesar Chavez lost his unbeaten record - 89-0-1!

Simply unbeatable in his prime years – 1984 to 1993 – Mexican icon and all-time great Julio Cesar Chavez tore through the super-featherweight, lightweight and super-lightweight divisions, capturing world titles in each weight class and retaining them for a substantial amount of time.

Chavez ducked no-one and he hadn’t even heard the term “cherry pick.” Among the fine fighters Chavez defeated: Mario Martinez, Ruben Castillo, Roger Mayweather, Rocky Lockridge, Edwin Rosario, Jose Luis Ramirez, Meldrick Taylor (twice) and Hector Camacho.

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Tagoe outclasses Saucedo to defend IBO Lightweight belt

Tagoe outclasses Saucedo to defend IBO Lightweight belt

Ghana’s Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe secured the 28th straight win of his career with a round 10 technical knockout victory over Fernando David Saucedo of Argentina on Saturday night in Accra.

Referee Roger Barnor waived the fight over when he was still counting for Saucedo who had just been knocked down for the umpteenth time in a rather boring fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena in the Ghanaian capital.

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Carl Frampton absolutely determined to fight third battle with Leo Santa Cruz

Carl Frampton absolutely determined to fight third battle with Leo Santa Cruz

Fights one and two produced some of the finest, most intense lower weight action of recent years, fight-one especially, and featherweight star Carl Frampton is determined to meet Leo Santa Cruz for a third time in a decider. As fans know, Frampton, the former super-bantam and featherweight king, won the first fight with Santa Cruz but lost the return, both fights going all 12 rounds and being close, close, close on the score-cards.

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Matthysse knocks Kiram out cold in 8th round!

Matthysse knocks Kiram out cold in 8th round!

In his third opportunity at a world title, Argentine knockout artist Lucas “La Maquina” Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) stopped previously undefeated Thai superstar Tewa Kiram (37-1, 27 KOs) in the eighth round of a scheduled 12-round fight to win the WBA Welterweight World Championship on HBO Boxing After Dark in front of a roaring crowd of 6,143 boxing fans at Los Angeles’ “Fabulous” Forum.

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Results: Linares defeats Gesta

Results: Linares defeats Gesta

WBA World lightweight champion Jorge Linares (44-3, 27 KOs) had a harder time than expected in defeating #15 WBA Mercito Gesta (31-2-2, 17 KOs) by a 12 round unanimous decision in a stay busy fight at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The scores were 118-110, 117-110 and 118-110.

(Photo Credit: Tom Hogan – Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions)

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Results: Usyk beats Briedis in close fight

Results: Usyk beats Briedis in close fight

WBO cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk won a close 12 round majority decision on Saturday night against WBC cruiserweight champion Mairis Briedis in thier semifinals fight in the World Boxing Super Series at the Riga Arena in Riga, Latvia. The scores were 115-113, 115-113 for Usyk, and 114-114.

Briedis seemed to fade after the 2nd round. Usyk came on to dominate until the later rounds. Briedis fought well in rounds 1, 6, 9 and 12.

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Results: Matthysse KOs Kiram, captures WBA 147lb title

Results: Matthysse KOs Kiram, captures WBA 147lb title

Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) chased the inexperienced little known #1 WBA Tewa Kiram (38-1, 28 Kos) around the ring for the first 7 rounds before finally catching up to him in the 8th round to knocking him out to capture the vacant WBA World welterweight title on Saturday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California.

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Deontay Wilder says he would have beaten the 1986 version of Mike Tyson!

Deontay Wilder says he would have beaten the 1986 version of Mike Tyson!

Deontay Wilder is a most exciting fighter, a very powerful and dangerous fighter and a very determined fighter. By his own admission, the 39-0(38) KO-King is also wild, but at the same time “very hard to prepare for.”

But Wilder has yet to convince fans he is the best heavyweight, puncher or otherwise, in the world today. In contrast, by the time of his very first world title fight, Mike Tyson was already being looked at by many as THE best heavyweight on the planet. And just recently – via a short interview with TMZ Sports – Wilder, upon being asked the question, how would he do against the ’86 version of “Iron Mike,” swiftly replied how he would have “Kicked his ass!”

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