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Friday, July 06, 2007

Ornelas vs. McKart Aug. 10 in Philly



East Side Boxing - Rogers Mtagwa, of South Philadelphia, takes on Aldo Valtierra, of Mexico City, for the vacant NABF featherweight title there Friday evening, July 20. That card is promoted by Don Chargin in association with Peltz Boxing and Joe Hand. DeeLee
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

A Wake-up Call For Boxing But How Will The Sport Respond
Sweet Science - The bout preceding the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather clash last May drew a steady chorus of boos from the sparse crowd who unwittingly found themselves sitting through ten rounds of featherweight contender Rocky Juarez’ points win over Jose
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

The Debriefing: a Letter From Bud Selig's Doberman Pinscher
AOL - Under that JC Penney shirt and tie, the freakin' guy looks like one of those Latino featherweight boxers. Wiry. Mean. I don't know what that junk is that he puts in his body, but he started it a couple of years ago, and I've been miserable since. I
Source: sports.aol.com

Comeback kid
St. Petersburg Times - Campbell knocks out Renor Rojas Claure in the fifth round and improves to 25-0. Heading up: The win sets up Campbell with former super-featherweight champ Joel Casamayor, a stiff test for the quickly ascending contender. Casamayor pulls out a
Source: www.sptimes.com

Carl Johanneson Seeks Revenge
East Side Boxing - I have never been so up for a fight before,” Johanneson said of this European super featherweight clash. “I had a few problems earlier this year which have been sorted now and I feel great. “This fight will not be for the weak hearted. One of us
Source: www.eastsideboxing.com

Roach Talks PacMan, Barrera, Marquez, Guzman
Sweet Science - The most popular pick seemed to be JMM who scored a unanimous decision over the Baby Faced Assassin for his WBC Super Featherweight title back in March. JMM also battled PacMan to a draw in 2004 despite tasting the canvas three times in the first
Source: www.thesweetscience.com

7 Things You Need To Know About Nate Campbell
Tampa Bay Online - He has not won more than two consecutive fights in 13 bouts since 2003, and outside of beating Daniel Alicea for the NABA and NABF super featherweight titles in 2002, Campbell has been defeated in his past three title fights (twice by Robbie Peden
Source: sports.tbo.com

Morales - magnificent against Hernandez
Sporting Life - Erik Morales produced a masterful performance to beat Carlos Hernandez in Las Vegas and unify the super-featherweight titles. 'El Terrible', a modern great and three-weight world champion, showed his full repetoire of skills as he brawled and then
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Chi successfully retained his title.
Sporting Life - South Korea's Injin Chi knocked out Eiichi Sugama in the 10th round to retain his WBC featherweight crown. Chi, who won the title by stopping Michael Brodie in April in Manchester, made a successful first defence courtesy of a punishing combination
Source: www.sportinglife.com

Morales is counted out. (Getty Images)
Sporting Life - There was little to separate these two ring warriors for the first five rounds of their super-featherweight bout at the Thomas & Mack Arena. However, Pacquiao turned up the heat in the sixth and clearly hurt Morales, who suffered a broken nose during
Source: www.sportinglife.com


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