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Keith Thurman Is Ready To Fight His Way Back To The Top – Free Press of Jacksonville

Not long ago, Keith “One Time” Thurman sat atop the boxing world in one of the sport’s hottest weight classes, the welterweight division. After consecutive wins over Robert Guerrero, Luis Collazo, Shawn Porter and Danny [...]

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Hero Boxer on Weigh-In Day Leaps to Perform CPR on Collapsed Fight Promoter – The Wilmington Journal

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Talana Hufanga Wins Walter Camp Award

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