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Browne vs Chagaev
The undercards start at 6am Eastern time Australia,Main event estimated 7.30.
Not sure if Sky is showing the event (I doubt it), but will see if there is anything online.
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03-05-2016, 11:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-05-2016, 11:02 AM by diehard.)
Weights from Grozny, Russia
Ruslan Chagaev 248.5 vs. Lucas Browne 249.3
(WBA heavyweight title)
Venue: Colosseum Sport Hall, Grozny, Russia
Promoter: Timur Dugazaev
TV: AWE
Saturday’s HBO World Championship Boxing doubleheader telecast begins at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT). Opening up the telecast from the DC Armory in Washington D.C. is a 12-round welterweight title matchup between Sadam Ali and Jessie Vargas. The main event of the evening, a 12-round heavyweight attraction, features Luis Ortiz taking on Tony Thompson in his back yard.
Luis Ortiz 242.6 vs. Tony Thompson 263.8
Sadam Ali 147 vs. Jessie Vargas 146.2
(WBO welterweight title)
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Ortiz Stops TT in Round 6. Complete mismatch . Ortiz is Scary
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Ortiz KOs Thompson in six; Vargas KOs Ali for WBO welterweight title; Escandon takes WBC interim title
By Gary “Digital” Williams at Ringside
WBA Interim Heavyweight Champion Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) scored a sixth round KO over local hero Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs) in a non-title clash on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. Ortiz dropped Thompson in rounds one and three, then put him down for the count in round six. Time was 2:29.
Welterweight Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) scored an impressive ninth round TKO over previously unbreaten Sadam Ali (22-1, 13 KOs) to win the vacant WBO welterweight world championship. Vargas broke open an entertaining and close fight with an overhand right that dropped Ali at the end of round eight. Ali was still reeling in round nine and Vargas battered him to the deck again. The bout was finally waved off during Vargas follow-up barrage. Time was 2:09.
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Ortiz is a great fighter. TT is waybover the hill now. Looked like a sparing match.
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It’s official: Wilder-Povetkin headed to Russia
No surprise. The fight between the WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder and mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin will be held in Russia. This was officially announced by promoter Andrey Ryabinsky, head of World of Boxing. Ryabinsky, who won a purse bid to host the match, had 14 days to decide on the date and venue. At the end of the allotted period, it was determined that the fight will take place in Russia with the exact date and city to be announced in the near future.