
Eric Armit
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The Past Week in Action 23 April 2014
By Eric Armit
Highlights: Terrence Crawford retains the WBO welterweight title as he gets unsatisfactory win as Amir Khan declines to continue after low punch from Crawford -Danny Garcia sends out danger signal to the…
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Snips and Snipes 18 April 2019: Anthony Joshua’s US debut hits a snag
By Eric Armit
The news that Jarrell Miller failed a routine tests administered by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Agency on March 20 is a blow for all concerned. Miller is adamant that he is clean and…
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The Past Week in Action 16 April 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Vasyl Lomachenko retains the WBA and WBO lightweight titles with kayo of Anthony Crolla -Jamie Munguia holds on to the WBO super welterweight title with controversial majority verdict over Dennis Hogan…
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The Past Week in Action 8 April 2019
By Eric Armit
Leo dominates Tabanao in Las Vegas. Highlights: - In a clash of former world champions Francisco Rodriguez decisions Oswaldo Novoa in a war in Cancun and on the same show Omar Chavez…
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Snips and Snipes 4 April 2019: The Mirage Division
By Eric Armit
I have decided to rename the heavyweight division the Mirage Division. It is now thirty-years since we had a universal heavyweight champion and that was Mike Tyson who held the IBF, WBA…
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The Past Week in Action 2 April 2019
By Eric Armit
Gvozdyk pressures Ngumbu. Highlights: -Oleg Gvozdyk makes first defence of WBC light heavyweight title but disappointing end sees challenger Doudou Ngumbu forced out of the fight with a calf injury -Angel Acosta…
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The Past Week in Action 5 March 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Brian Castano retains the secondary WBA super welter title with split draw against Erislandy Lara -Luis Ortiz keeps his hopes of another title shot alive with a win in an entertaining…
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Snipes and Snipes 28 February 2019: The Proliferation of World and Regional Titles in Boxing
By Eric Armit
I felt instinctively that the four major sanctioning bodies were very successful companies when it came to growth. They are ?companies?. Income and expenditure has to be controlled, employees have to be…
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The Past Week in Action 26 February 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Chris Eubank Jr outpoints James DeGale in IBO super middle title fight -Anthony Dirrell gets technical verdict over Avni Yildirim for the vacant WBC super middle title -Humberto Soto gets upset…
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The Past Week in Action 19 February 2019
By Eric Armit
Brant (R) throws a right at Baysangurov. Highlights: -Rob Brant retains secondary WBA middleweight title with late stoppage of Khasan Baysangurov -South African DeeJay Kriel halts Carlos Licona in the last round…
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The Past Week in Action 12 February 2019
By Eric Armit
Davis (L) throws a left a Ruiz. Highlights: -Gervonta Davis destroys Hugo Ruiz inside a round in WBA super feather title defence -Andrew Cancio pulls of huge shock win as he stops…
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Snips and Snipes 7 February 2019: Joshua Likely to Face Miller in NYC on June 1
By Eric Armit
Joshua-Miller faceoff. It looks as though Anthony Joshua?s first fight in the USA will be against Jarrell Miller in New York on 1 June and confirmation of that is imminent. Reportedly Joshua?s…
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The Past Week in Action 5 February 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: - Sergey Kovalev outboxes Eleider Alvarez to regain the WBO light heavyweight title -Richard Commey crushes Isa Chaniev in two rounds for the vacant IBF lightweight title -Oscar Valdez returns to…
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The Past Week in Action 29 January 2019
By Eric Armit
Thurman jabs at Lopez. Highlights: -Keith Thurman retains the WBA welterweight title with victory over Josesito Lopez -China?s Can Xu wins the secondary WBA featherweight title with upset victory over Jesus Rojas…
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Snips and Snipes 24 January 2019: Pacquiao Proves Drawing Power Against Broner
By Eric Armit
Manny Pacquiao once again illustrated his drawing power with his fight against Adrien Broner reportedly drawing 400,000 + PPV hits. Not the sort of figures he was drawing at his peak but…
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The Past Week in Action 22 January 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Manny Pacquiao outclasses Adrien Broner to retain the secondary WBA title -Demetrius Andrade stops Artur Akavov in last round of a one-sided defence of WBO middleweight title -JT Doheny halts Ryohei…
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The Past Week in Action 15 January 2019
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Caleb Plant scores upset win over Jose Uzcategui to win the IBF super middle title -Devin Haney marches on with win over previously unbeaten Xolisani Ndongeni -Guillermo Rigondeaux returns with a…
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A LIFE LESS ORDINARY: YOUNG STRIBLING
By Eric Armit
As usual over the Christmas period there was a plethora of films for our entertainment. All the old favourites were dusted off to keep us awake after we had overindulged in festive…
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The Past Week in Action 18 December 2018
By Eric Armit
Highlights: -Saul Alvarez destroys Rocky Fielding in three rounds to win the secondary WBA super middle title -Gilberto Ramirez retains the WBO super middle title with points win over Jesse Hart -Tevin…
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Snips and Snipes 13 December 2018
By Eric Armit
Sometimes a draw can be a fair reflection of a fight but it rarely satisfies either boxer and rarely settles anything. That is certainly the case for the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson…