Eric Armit
566 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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The Past Week in Action 26 April 2017 — Part I
-Successful world title defences for Oscar Valdez, Jesse Magdaleno, Gilberto Ramirez, Jermell Charlo and Kazuto Ioka -Marlon Tapales fails to make for WBO title defence in Japan -Zolani Tete wins vacant WBO…
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The Past Week in Action 18 April 2017
Julius Indigo totally dominant against Ricky Burns. Highlights -Julius Indongo unifies the IBF and WBA titles as he outclasses Ricky Burns -Dmitry Bivol retains WBA interim light heavy title as he blasts…
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The Past Week in Action 12 April 2017 — Part II
April 8 ? Oxon Hill, MD, USA: Super Feather: Vasyl Lomachenko (8-1) W RTD 9 Jason Sosa (20-2-4). Cruiser: Olek Usyk (12-0) W PTS 12 Michael Hunter (12-1). Light Heavy: Olek Gvozdyk…
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The Past Week in Action 12 April 2017 — Part I
Highlights -Another brilliant exhibition of supreme boxing skills from Vasyl Lomachenko -Blood ruined clash between Liam Smith and Liam Williams just when it was poised for a dramatic last three rounds -Olyk…
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Snips and Snipes 6 April 2017
With the Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev and Srisaket vs. Roman Gonzalez fights producing disputed verdicts (by me anyway) it is good to see that we will get a rerun of both…
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The Past Week in Action 5 April 2017
Gesta vs Gonzalez is fight of the week. Highlights: -Mairis Breidis clearly beats Marco Huck to win the vacant WBC cruiser title and become Latvia?s first world champion -Wanheng wins to move…
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Snips and Snipes 23 March 2017
Someone asked me to explain how Roman Gonzalez did not get the decision against Srisaket. I had to admit that I had no logical explanation for it. The CompuBox statistics showed that…
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The Past Week in Action 22 March 2017
Highlights: Gennady Golovkin gets close unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs Srisaket gets highly controversial shock points win over Roman Gonzalez Dave Brophy wins Commonwealth title with stoppage of Zac Dunn Robert Stieglitz…
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The Past Week In Action 15 March 2017, Part II: Lemieux Back on Track with Devastating KO Over Stevens
March 11 ? Verona, NY, USA: Middle: David Lemieux (37-3) W KO 3 Curtis Stevens (29-6). Light: Yuriorkis Gamboa (26-1) W PTS 10 Rene Alvarado (24-8). Super Light: Yves Ulysse Jr (13-0)…
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The Past Week In Action 15 March 2017, Part I: Duno Scores Sensational Upset Over Gonzalez
March 10 ? Belfast, Northern Ireland: Super Fly: Jamie Conlan (19-0) W PTS 12 Yader Cardoza (22-11-1). Super Feather: James Tennyson (18-2) W TKO 6 Declan Geraghty (14-2). Heavy: Sean Turner (10-0.1ND)…
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Snips and Snipes 9 March 2017: Brook-Spence Better Than Thurman-Garcia
British boxing again showed its financial strength over the weekend. David Haye and Tony Bellew shared just over $8.5 million (?7 million) for their fight with Haye taking down just over $5…
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The Past Week In Action 8 March 2017
March 1 ? Chonburi, Thailand: Knockout CP Freshmart (15-0) W KO 5 Go Odaira (13-6-3). Fly: Noknoi (62-4) W TKO 6 Kaenpetch (8-5). Fly: Yodmongkol (45-3) W TKO 2 Xusanbov Abdullayev (-0-2).Super…
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The Past Week In Action 28 February 2017: ?Jarrett Hurd, Eleider Alvarez and Rey Vargas shine
Jarrett Hurd (right) is fighter of the week after he became a 154-pound world champion Saturday when he scored a sudden ninth-round TKO of Tony Harrison at Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama.…
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Snips and Snipes 23 February 2017: Pacquiao vs Khan superfight likely
It looks as though we will get the Manny Pacquiao vs. Amir Khan fight but whether it will happen in the UAE remains to be seen. Talk is of $38 million to…
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The Past Week In Action 20 February 2017
15 February Hamburg, Germany: Heavy: Alex Dimitrenko (38-3) W TKO 2 Milos Dovedan (2-28). Dimitrenko wins a farcical excuse for a fight as he floors Serb Dovedan seven times before the referee…
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The Past Week In Action 13 February 2017
Zhanat Zhakiyanov (R) is fighter of the week after upset the favored Rau?shee Warren (L). February 9 Tokyo, Japan: Feather: Ryo Takenaka (16-3-1) W KO 4 Ryuto Araya (11-5-1). Super Light: Koichi…
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The Past Week In Action 7 February 2017
The Moloney brothers win again in Australia. February 2 Tunica, MS, USA: Welter: Luis Collazo (37-7) W KO 6 Sammy Vasquez (21-2). Welter: Yordenis Ugas (18-3) W PTS 10 Levan Ghvamichava (17-2-1).…
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Snips and Snipes 2 February 2017: Good Shows, Bad Shows
It was a case of the good, the bad and the ugly for boxing over the past couple of weeks. The good was very good. The two major shows at the weekend…
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The Past Week In Action 31 January 2017
January 25 Phitsanulok, Thailand: Minimumweight: Wanheng (45-0) W PTS 12 Melvin Jerusalem (11-1). Super Bantam: Oleydong (63-1-1) W TKO 5 Kobilbek Tulabaev (0-2). Wanheng vs. Jerusalem Wanheng retains WBC title but…
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The Past Week In Action 23 January 2017
Danny Roman (R) and Adam Lopez (L). Photo by Tom Casino / Showtime. January 20 Hinckley, MN, USA: Middle: Rob Brant (22-0) W TKO 1 Alexis Hloros (18-6-2). A poor match sees…
