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Ball batters Rios, defends WBA world featherweight title with R10 TKO win

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Nick Ball looks on after he knocks down Ronny Rios during the WBA Featherweight world title fight between Nick Ball and Ronny Rios at M&S Bank Arena...

WBA world featherweight champion Nick Ball scored knockdowns in round three and seven en route to a destructive tenth-round stoppage victory against savvy veteran challenger Ronny Rios on his Liverpool homecoming during the first of what he’ll hope proves to be multiple title defences at 126lbs, as the 27-year-old called for a rematch with WBC titleholder Rey Vargas afterwards. Continue reading “Ball batters Rios, defends WBA world featherweight title with R10 TKO win” →

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A week on: Inevitable Inoue breaks down Tapales, becomes undisputed champ again

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Naoya Inoue of Japan connects his left on Marlon Tapales of the Philippines in the 9th round during the IBF, WBO, WBA and WBC Super Bantamweight...

Perhaps the most telling part about Boxing Day’s brutal-but-brilliant outcome for Naoya Inoue was that many critics had already dismissed it as a foregone conclusion as soon as former unified titlist Marlon Tapales stepped into the ring to congratulate the Monster on dethroning Stephen Fulton five months prior.

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Naoya Inoue outboxes and stops Stephen Fulton, now a four-weight world champion

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Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue throws a punch at Stephen Fulton of the United States during the third round of their WBO and WBC super bantamweight title...

In a battle of two unbeaten world champions, you could see a shift from round one and the outcome wasn’t close. Naoya Inoue was dominant en route to a vicious eighth-round stoppage against now-former unified super-bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton, before shaking hands for a November undisputed matchup with newly-crowned WBA, IBF champion Marlon Tapales.
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