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Golden age comes to end

Oscar De La Hoya said last week that people would be shocked by his announcement regarding his future. But his decision to retire Tuesday hardly could be described as shocking.

Retirement deals costly blow to boxing

You won’t find Oscar De La Hoya listed near the top of any account chronicling the best boxers over the last century. He doesn’t belong close to the legends of Robinson and Ali and Armstrong and Louis.

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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.

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.

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