Byrd, Ruiz retain titles and others lose ground
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NEW YORK Â· On heavyweight night, Chris Byrd and John Ruiz are still champions. Not unusually, they kept their titles in contrasting ways.
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In the waning rounds of his March 2001 second fight against Evander Holyfield, John Ruiz took matters into his own hands. Having been victimized by several unpunished low blows
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Uh, about that &quot;Once and For All&quot; that Erik Morales-Marco Antonio Barrera III was titled. Forget it. Finality is set aside in boxing when to do so means good business, and these
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Gone from the 2004 East Division winning Braves are Jaret Wright, Paul Byrd, and Russ Ortiz. The voids have been filled with a couple of former 20-game winners.
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Andrew Golota has been in his fair share of wars in the ring, and whether he has it in him to endure another remains to be seen. Not that I expect his bout with John Ruiz to be one.
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TRADING victories like heavyweight boxers swapping mighty punches, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United are locked in a championship race in which every lost point will be seized upon as a sign of frailty.
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NEW YORK - Chris Byrd felt the power and found the canvas. Then Jameel McCline found out what made Byrd a champion. Giving away 56 pounds and several inches, Byrd survived a second round knockdown and a bigger
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When John Ruiz gets in the ring, things usually get ugly. Put Andrew Golota in there with him, and things could get a lot uglier. That&#39;s the possibility Saturday night when Ruiz defends his WBA heavyweight
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If Vitali Klitschko made one thing clear last night about the heavyweight division, it&#39;s how finished Mike Tyson really is. Anyone who thought otherwise
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Score tied. One round to go. A shot at an Olympic boxing gold medal at stake. Apparently only US coach Basheer Abdullah didn&#39;t know his 178-pound fighter, Andre Ward, was even with
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PALM HARBOR - Jonathan Byrd was taken aside by his coach and his caddie at the 84 Lumber Classic in September, and told he needed to work on his demeanor.
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LAS VEGAS -- If Vitali Klitschko made one thing clear last night about the heavyweight division, it's how finished Mike Tyson really is.
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Andrew Golota was on his absolute best behavior when he challenged Chris Byrd seven months ago at Madison Square Garden. His &quot;Foul Pole&quot; persona was a no-show.
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The scene was the living room of Chris Byrd&#39;s Las Vegas home, and the subject was the state of the heavyweight division. On one couch was Byrd, the IBF heavyweight champion.
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MANNHEIM, Germany -- Wladimir Klitschko successfully defended his International Boxing Federation heavyweight title last night, dropping Ray Austin with a flurry of left hooks and stopping the American challenger in the second round.
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Ron Siler had just taken a beating, and now it seemed like the whole US boxing team was down for the count. Fighters weren&#39;t following directions, medal hopes were slipping
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When two boxers are in the ring, with only gloves, shorts, and fury between them, it&#39;s sometimes hard to remember that these are men with families, lives, and interests that are completely separate from what happens between the ropes.