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BOXING: WILLIAMS DOMINATES WRIGHT

Paul Williams, left, easily defeated Winky Wright tonight at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, winning a unanimous decision in a middleweight fight. There was no title on the line.



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Itching for a good fight

Winky Wright has complained for years about fighters ducking him.

Heavyweight Arreola sees path to top

With boxing’s heavyweight division lacking star power, Chris Arreola sees an opportunity to gain a title shot from either Wladimir or Vitali Klitschko, the brothers who between them hold four of the five belts.

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Local boxer ‘a natural’

Jesus Magdaleno has dreamed of being a world champion ever since his father put a pair of boxing gloves on his hands when he was 6 years old.

Dawson-Tarver II benefits from delay

Losing several weeks of training to a hand injury isn’t a good thing, but ultimately it might have been a blessing for Chad Dawson in his light heavyweight rematch against Antonio Tarver on May 9.

Jets add bite to defense

It was a few minutes past midnight Friday when Bart Scott‘s phone rang and his two dogs started barking.

McCullough isn’t ready to walk away

Wayne McCullough’s return from retirement didn’t go the way he had planned. But that doesn’t mean the former world bantamweight champion is giving up.

Boxing-MMA event’s fighters ‘hungry’

As pleased as Roy Englebrecht was with the turnout for his boxing card last month at Primm Valley Resorts, he believes Saturday’s boxing-mixed martial arts tournament at the Star of the Desert Arena will trump the 4,000 who turned out to watch Yuriorkis Gamboa fight.

UFC tries to duck punch

WASHINGTON — The Ultimate Fighting Championship has come to Washington to engage in the city’s ultimate sport: lobbying.

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