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taking muhammad ali home
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Taking Muhammad Ali home

This story appears in ESPN The Magazine’s June 12 World Fame Issue. Subscribe today! A week before her husband dies, Lonnie Ali changes...

selby all i want now is the big fights
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Selby: ‘All I want now is the big fights’

IBF world featherweight champion Lee Selby is looking for a career-defining fight.  5:37 AM ET Isaac Robinson IBF world featherweight champion Lee Selby...

alvarez pascal both need victories but for different reasons
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Alvarez, Pascal both need victories, but for different reasons

Eleider Alvarez is looking for a title opportunity. A victory over Jean Pascal on Saturday will pave the way.  5:10 PM ET Eleider...

scorecard spence vs brook lives up to the hype
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Scorecard: Spence vs. Brook lives up to the hype

With a welterweight title on the line, Errol Spence Jr. and Kell Brook put on a show in Sheffield, England.  May 29, 2017...

rankings spence makes top 3 at welterweight
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Rankings: Spence makes top 3 at welterweight

1:35 PM ET Check out my rankings within each division by clicking on the links below. If there is a lineal champion in...

whats next for welterweight titlist errol spence jr
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What’s next for welterweight titlist Errol Spence Jr.?

May 27, 2017 Errol Spence Jr. was tabbed by virtually everyone to win a world title and become an elite fighter since his...

spence claims first world title by knocking out brook
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Spence claims first world title by knocking out Brook

May 27, 2017 Nick Parkinson Close •Reports on boxing for ESPN.co.uk, as well as several national newspapers•Has been reporting on British boxing for...

groves finally crowned a world champion
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Groves finally crowned a world champion

George Grove became a world champion at the fourth event after he stopped Fedor Chudinov in Sheffield.  6:43 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close...

brook loses world title to spence in sheffield
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Brook loses world title to Spence in Sheffield

Errol Spence defeated Kell Brook in the 11th round to claim the IBF world welterweight title.  6:31 PM ET Nick Parkinson Close •Reports...

watch live brook spence weigh in 8 a m et
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Watch live: Brook-Spence weigh-in, 8 a.m. ET

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bunce gives brook the edge over spence
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Bunce gives Brook the edge over Spence

7:00 AM ET Kell Brook is still slightly amused that he is expected to lose his latest world title defence on Saturday night...

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Collins: There’s no nobility in a sucker punch

9:28 AM ET Although many are reluctant to admit it, boxing fans, by and large, are a bloodthirsty lot. How could it be...

cotto facing kamegai aug 26 for world title
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Cotto facing Kamegai Aug. 26 for world title

12:22 PM ET Miguel Cotto is back in business. Cotto will go for his sixth world title belt when he faces Yoshihiro Kamegai...

davis keeps doing damage in junior lightweight division
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Davis keeps doing damage in junior lightweight division

Junior lightweight titleholder Gervonta Davis, left, defended his belt with a KO victory over Liam Walsh in England.  9:39 AM ET Check out...

divisional rankings uzcategui loses fight but moves up at 168 pounds
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Divisional rankings: Uzcategui loses fight but moves up at 168 pounds

12:44 PM ET Check out my rankings within each division by clicking on the links below. If there is a lineal champion in...