Hopkins keeps title with 9th-round KO
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LAS VEGAS - The refrain was familiar. The chants have echoed throughout the years. But they were knocked out Saturday night. Hopkins (45-2-1, 32 KOs) dropped De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) in the ninth round with
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Nearly an hour after knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round Saturday night in the MGM Grand Garden Arena, undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins
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Bernard Hopkins invoked the spirit of Frank Sinatra before, during and after Saturday night&#39;s knockout of Oscar De La Hoya in a bout that did a decent job of living up to its billing as fight of the year.
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Vitali Klitschko stakes his claim to being the true heavyweight champion, beating Danny Williams in the eighth round.
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LAS VEGAS - Neither Oscar De La Hoya or Bernard Hopkins were overly aggressive early in their middleweight title fight on Saturday in Las Vegas.
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They call Bernard Hopkins paranoid, but you can&#39;t be paranoid when you&#39;re right. Bernard Hopkins has always been right about what&#39;s wrong with boxing, and his career has suffered for it.
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Glen Johnson knocked out Roy Jones Jr. in the ninth round Saturday to hold on to the IBF light heavyweight title and cast more doubt on the future of one of boxing&#39;s most outstanding performers.
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LAS VEGAS (Ticker) - Bernard Hopkins won the war of words. That doesn&#39;t seem to matter to Oscar De La Hoya, who relishes his role of underdog for Saturday&#39;s middleweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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World Boxing Association heavyweight champion John Ruiz of Puerto Rico and International Boxing Federation champion Chris Byrd of the United States defend their titles Saturday night in New York City.
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Chris John beat Renan Acosta of Panama   on Saturday to retain his WBA featherweight crown on a   unanimous points decision after the Indonesian had to go the   full 12 rounds.
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Bernard Hopkins crushed Oscar De La Hoya with a paralyzing left hook to his liver, sending him to the mat with 1 minute 38 seconds left in the ninth round.
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John Ruiz and Chris Byrd defend their heavyweight boxing crowns here on Saturday while former champions Evander Holyfield and Hasim Rahman seek triumphs that might give them a chance to reclaim the throne.
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LAS VEGAS: Ronald âWinkyâ Wright used an effective right jab to retain his WBA and WBC junior middleweight titles, posting a majority decision over former champion Shane Mosley on Saturday.
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com. Roy Jones jr., once dubbed as the &#39;pound for pound&#39; best fighter in the sport of boxing, was knocked out for a second consecutive time during a title match on September 25th in Memphis, Tennessee.
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The Australian boxing champion has retained his IBF junior welterweight title after smashing American Sharmba Mitchell yesterday in a devastating combination of killer punches and ring smarts.
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&quot;I wanted him to stay outside,&quot; US boxing coach Basheer Abdullah would say later, &quot;and use his speed.&quot;. But when it mattered most Friday night - in the closing seconds of the Olympic light-heavyweight
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Ukraine's Vitali Klitschko stopped  Britain's Danny Williams in the eighth round to retain his  World Boxing Council heavyweight crown on Saturday.