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December 5th, 2017 Boxing News

• Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux: Super Man vs. Superman

  It would take a superman to walk into an unlevel playing field like this against a true elite like Lomachenko and walk away with the win…
  
  

• Anthony Joshua SLAMMED over Joseph Parker negotiations: ‘We are losing patience’

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• Coach: Francis Ngannou could fight boxing heavyweights Anthony Joshua or Deontay Wilder

  Cooper said if the 31-year-old Cameroon native wanted to compete in boxing, he would quickly move into the ranks of contenders. ?He has punching power,? Cooper said. ?Anyone that has that equalizer will fare well. If he spends more time and takes it
  
  

• Two-time Olympic champion Claressa Shields rates UFC champ Cris Cyborg’s boxing a solid 7

  DETROIT ? Two-time Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields only got to spar with UFC champ Cris Cyborg once. But she was impressed by what she saw. Cyborg and Shields first became acquainted via social media. The two knew of each other thanks to their
  
  

• Morales, Klitschko, Wright Make Boxing HOF, But There Was One Interesting Omission

  The 2018 class of the Boxing Hall of Fame was set Tuesday, as the institution announced Erik Morales, Vitali Klitschko and Winky Wright were elected on the modern fighters ballot. Morales and Klitschko were seen as shoe-ins, but the election of Wright
  
  

• Jose Napoles vs. John Stracey

  On December 6, 1975 at Monumental Plaza de Toros in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico, WBC welterweight champion Jose Napoles, from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, fought former WBC welterweight champion John Stracey, from Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom. Napoles was 81-6 coming in. Stracey was…
  
  

• Vitali Klitschko vs. Kirk Johnson

  On December 6th, 2003 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Vitali Klitschko from Kiev, Ukraine, fresh off his loss to Lennox Lewis in LA,. took on the tough Canadian heavyweight Kirk Johnson in a WBC title eliminator. Klitschko was 32-2 at the time, Johnson was 34-1-1, and the fight was scheduled…
  
  

• CES Boxing at Twin River

  Canelo Alvarez, left, and Gennady Golovkin celebrate following a middleweight title fight Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Las Vegas. The fight was called a draw. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken). CES Boxing comes to Twin River Casino this Thursday. Doors open at 6
  
  

• Luis Ortiz to return after WBC lift suspension

  Luis Ortiz will return to the ring this week, after he was cleared by the WBC following a failed drug test. Unbeaten Cuban heavyweight Ortiz will meet Daniel Martz (16-5-1) in a 10-rounder in Florida on Friday. He remains banned for a year from all WBA