Ruiz, Byrd retain belts in heavyweight fight card at MSQ
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - John Ruiz retained his World Boxing Association heavyweight title with a controversial but unanimous decision over Andrew Golota on the &quot;The Battle for Heavyweight Supremacy&quot; fight card at Madison Square Garden.
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Andrew Golota claims he will retire if he fails to clinch a version of the world heavyweight title in New York tomorrow night. The controversial Pole gets another chance when he meets John Ruiz for the WBA belt at Madison Square Garden.
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NEW YORK -- Irrepressible promoter Don King once again invades Madison Square Garden on Saturday night as IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd and WBA titleholder John Ruiz defend their belts in separate bouts.
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Marco Antonio Barrera has claimed the WBC super-featherweight title with a majority points win over old adversary Erik Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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LAS VEGAS - Though Lennox Lewis will concede Vitali Klitschko might be the front-runner to succeed him as the recognized heavyweight champion of the world, he isn&#39;t
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The New York State Athletic Commission will announce today that Randy Neumann will be the referee for Saturday night&#39;s John Ruiz-Andrew Golota fight at Madison Square Garden.
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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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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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At first glance, it appears the advantages lie with undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins in his title defense against Oscar De La Hoya tonight.
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Bernard Hopkins defeated Winky Wright by a unanimous points decision in Las Vegas on Saturday to remain the universally recognised light-heavyweight world champion.
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What amuses me is the fact that Williams beat the best America has to offer in the heavyweight division, namely Mike Tyson, I think Klitscho is gonna rule for a long time.
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Chris Byrd punches Jameel McCline in the fourth round of the IBF Heavyweight Championship fight at New York&#39;s Madison Square Garden Saturday, Nov. 13, 2004.
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Bernard Hopkins has been called the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is boxing&#39;s first undisputed middleweight champion since &quot;Marvelous&quot; Marvin Hagler in 1987 and has won an unprecedented 18 consecutive title defenses.
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Vitali Klitschko has knocked out Danny Williams in the eighth round to retain his WBC heavyweight crown and become the premier champion in the division.
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PALM HARBOR, Florida  - Jonathan Byrd shot his  second successive five-under-par 66 on Friday and joined Jeff  Sluman on top of the leader board after two rounds at the  Chrysler Championship.
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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.
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LAS VEGAS Vitali (VIH&#39;-tah-lee) Klitschko defended his WBC heavyweight title with a ninth-round TKO over Danny Williams last night in Las Vegas.