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There is little doubt that over the last decade and a half few fighters have had the type of success as Deontay Wilder. An Olympic Bronze medalist in the 2008 Summer Olympics, Wilder took that accomplishment and made it part of his identity “The Bronze Bomber." An appropriate moniker given his reputation as a true " Knockout Artist” and having a five year reign atop the Heavyweight division as the WBC’s World Heavyweight champion from 2015-2020 where he successfully defended his crown ten times. The end of that run of dominance in being stopped in his second encounter with Tyson Fury in February 2020, however, began a slow, but consistent decline for Wilder including being on the receiving end of a second stoppage at the hands of Fury in their thrilling third enclosure in October 2021. Since that fight, Wilder has only won one of his last three fights.  In his last outing in June of last year, Wilder was the victim of a one sided fifth round knockout at the hands of top conte...

  Former two-division world champion Emanuel Navarrete can call himself a three-division world champion after scoring a thrilling come from behind ninth round knockout of Liam Wilson on Friday night at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, AZ to win the vacant WBO Jr. Lightweight world championship. A very competitive fight from the outset, Navarrete as is his custom tried to overwhelm Wilson with high volume punching. What appeared to be setting up to be a close tactical fight suddenly changed in the fourth round when Wilson connected with a flush left hook to the jaw that sent Navarrete down hard in a corner of the ring for the first time in his career. The fighter, who had held world titles in the Jr. Featherweight and Featherweight divisions prior to this fight, appeared to drop his mouthpiece following the knockdown, which bought him crucial extra seconds to try and compose himself. Despite this, Navarrete was clearly hurt and appeared to be out on his feet at this stage of th...

  In a compelling bout between former Jr. Welterweight world champions, former WBC/WBO Jr. Welterweight world champion Jose Ramirez scored a workmanlike twelve round unanimous decision over former two-division world champion Jose Pedraza on Friday night at the Save Mart Arena in Fresno, CA. An extremely tactical fight from the outset, Ramirez consistently pressed the action throughout, though at times, did have trouble with the defensively elusive Pedraza, who had success landing counter punches as Ramirez came forward. Ultimately, Ramirez’ effective aggression, consistent offense, and ability to control the rhythm of the fight were enough to earn a convincing unanimous decision victory. Official scores were: 116-112 (On all three scorecards) for Jose Ramirez. Jose Ramirez advances to 27-1, with 17 Knockouts. Jose Pedraza falls to 29-4, with 14 Knockouts.   Also on this card:   2020 United States Heavyweight Olympic Silver Medalist Richard Torrez successfully made his pro...