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David Lemieux-Marco Antonio Rubio Set for April 8 at Bell Centre

Unbeaten Armenian-born star middleweight (160 pounds) prospect, David Lemieux, of Canada, will pursue his 26th victory without a loss, his 24th knockout, and his fifth straight stoppage win against Marco Antonio Rubio, of Mexico, in an April 8, WBC eliminator bout at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, according to...

Steve Molitor-Takalani Ndlovu Headed For South Africa

Cameron Dunkin, the manager of Canadian southpaw IBF super bantamweight (122 pounds) king Steve Molitor, told FanHouse that his bout against challenger Takalani Ndlovu of Johannesburg, South Africa, is likely headed for South Africa, in accordance with the winning of Tuesday's purse bid by Ndlovu's promoter, Branco Sports...

Video: Beibut Shumenov Stops William Joppy

WBA light heavyweight (175 pounds) king and former Olympian, Beibut Shumenov, scored a fifth-round knockdown on the way to Saturday's sixth-round stoppage over 40-year-old three-time former middleweight (160 pounds) titlist William Joppy of Washington, D.C., in the second defense of Shumenov's crown before his partisan...

Beibut Shumenov, William Joppy Weigh In

WBA light heavyweight king and former Olympian, Beibut Shumenov, weighed in at the division limit of 175 pounds on Friday, one pound more than challenger and 40-year-old three-time former middleweight (160 pounds) titlist William Joppy of Washington, D.C., for Saturday night's clash to be held before Shumenov's partisan...

William Joppy Replaces Juergen Braehmer Against Beibut Shumenov

Goosen Tutor Promotions has announced that 40-year-old three-time former middleweight (160 pounds) champion William Joppy of Washington, D.C., will replace southpaw WBO light heavyweight (175 pounds) titlist Juergen Braehmer of Germany in Saturday night's clash with WBA king and former Olympian, Beibut Shumenov, this,...

Lucian Bute News From the Web

05/29/12 Boxing hit by pair of tragedies Source: CBC.ca Being a boxing follower means being ready to be hit with, at any time year in and year out, the kind of awful news hockey fans dealt with in the hopefully anomalous summer of 2011.
05/29/12 Obreja wants Bute vs Froch rematch in Bucharest Source: Nine O Clock Rudel Obreja, President of the Romanian Boxing Federation (FRB), stated for 'Evenimentul Zilei' that he will try to organize the Bute vs. Froch rematch in Romania, after the Romanian boxer lost his world title in Nottingham on Saturday.
05/28/12 Froch stops Bute in fifth Source: SuperSport Carl Froch stopped Lucian Bute in the fifth round in Nottingham on Saturday night to claim the IBF super-middleweight title.
05/27/12 Froch defeats Bute to take IBF super-middleweight crown Source: Bangkok Post Britain's Carl Froch stopped defending champion Lucian Bute of Romania in the fifth round to take the IBF super-middleweight title in Nottingham early Sunday.
05/25/12 Bute and Froch meet the weight limit ahead of their... Source: CHBC Television Nottingham, England, may well be Carl Froch's hometown, but Canadian world boxing champion Lucian Bute had more than his fair share of support today at the weigh-in for their title bout.