Ruiz agrees to fight Chagaev Nov. 18
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Former heavyweight champion John Ruiz will fight Ruslan Chagaev Nov. 18 in a World Boxing Association elimination bout at Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Gary Russell Jr. won his bout in the 119-pound division and Raynell Williams won at 125 pounds yesterday to earn the final berths on the United States Olympic boxing team in Houston.The winners in the other nine Olympic weight classes were decided Saturday night: Luis Yanez (106 pounds), Rauâshee Warren (112), Sadam Ali (132), Javier Molina (141), Demetrius Andrade (152), Shawn Estrada (165), Christopher Downs (178), Deontay Wilder (201) and Michael Hunter (201-plus).The world championships will be Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Chicago. The top eight finishers in each division will qualify for Beijing.
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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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Danny Williams will take on WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in December.
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Chris Byrd and John Ruiz still are champions. Not surprisingly, they retained their heavyweight titles in contrasting ways. Byrd smoothly rallied with precise if underpowered flurries to beat Jameel McCline on a split decision Saturday night to keep his IBF title. McCline scored the only knockdown of the bout and was sharp for the first four rounds before faltering.
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NEW YORK -- For a time Saturday night, John Ruiz was ready to give up.
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Viktar Zuyev of Belarus was awardeda final spot in the Olympic boxing heavyweight event here on Friday as his semifinal opponent Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt withdrewdue to an undeclared injury.
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NEW YORK: Lennox Lewis was the main topic here when it was announced that Vitali Klitschko, the World Boxing Council No. 1 heavyweight contender, will fight Kirk Johnson over 12 rounds at Madison Square Garden on December 6.
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David vs. Goliath scenarios have always attracted an audience, particularly when the showdown is inside a boxing ring. When Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins square off Saturday
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Bernard Hopkins defended his  undisputed world middleweight championship for the 19th time on  Saturday, knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round of  their scheduled 12-round bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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10.25.04 - WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will make his first title defense against the man who most recently knocked out Mike Tyson, Danny Williams, on Saturday, December 11, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Resort &amp; Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
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John Ruiz took winning ugly to new depths last night at Madison Square Garden. In a match so inelegant it inspired more than a half-dozen fights in
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Vitali Klitschko will defend his WBC heavyweight title tonight against Danny Williams in Las Vegas. Klitschko is 34-and-2 with 33 knockouts heading into his first title defense.
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World Boxing Organisation (WBO) heavyweight champion Sultan Ibragimov will take on World Boxing Association (WBA) title holder Ruslan Chagaev in a unification bout in Moscow in October, fight promoters said on Tuesday.
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Americans Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins both say they have a reason to win as they prepare to battle Saturday in Las Vegas with boxing&#39;s world middleweight championship on the line.
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Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins held their final press conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand to promote their historic Saturday showdown that will ultimately net the winner all four-world titles in the middleweight division.
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Bernard Hopkins hopes British world super-middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is serious about wanting to fight him and said on Wednesday he was eager for a showdown.