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Your morning roundup for Sept. 3, the day that Dragon Con's Comic Book Babes Costume Contest becomes an Elvira-hosted reality in Atlanta. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors. More »
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Welterweights Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto put it down on Saturday night for the WBC title. It was the kind of fight where you catch yourself yelling at the TV, then step back and marvel that you're yelling at the TV while watching boxing, which gives you flashbacks to when you used to do that sort of thing regularly. More than any other, the sixth round made Ortiz a champion. More »
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Chad Ochocinco has spent a few months of his off-season time training in boxing gyms, and now he's talking about launching a pro career. He's gone so far as to call out WBC Welterweight champion Andre Berto. More »
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With under a minute remaining in 12th round Sugar Shane Mosley floored the rugged Ricardo Mayorga for the first time in the fight. El Matador probably should have just stayed down and enjoyed a smoke. Instead he rose to his feet only to eat a crushing left hook about half of a second after referee David Mendoza signaled the fighters to continue. Mayorga hit the canvas hard, and Mendoza waved off the fight just as the final bell began ringing. More »
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Tonight's HBO Boxing card might be headlined by Sugar Shane Mosley against the aged Matador, Ricardo Mayorga, but the real show will be the co-feature starring my very own man-crush, Andre Berto. The former ESPN prospect of the year is a prospect no more, now he's a dynamic welterweight with a belt and true star power. Tonight he'll need to get past former champ Steve Forbes, an intelligent veteran who will make the young star earn a victory. If Berto is to become the next young American superstar, a la Kelly Pavlik, he'll need to be convincing tonight. Of course nobody knows this better than the fighter himself, especially with a potential date with Miguel Cotto looking more and more likely. More »
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I've made no secret of my affection for Andre Berto, perhaps now you know why. The 24 year-old welterweight put the boxing world on notice, announcing his presence in the upper tier of the sport's best division. Berto earned the vacant WBC belt with a dazzling knockout performance against an admittedly mediocre Miki Rodriguez. More »
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The last time Edison Miranda fought Arthur Abraham the result was a classic, albeit marred by some poor officiating. That night an undefeated Miranda traveled to Germany to face the similarly undefeated champion of Europe. Miranda broke Abraham's jaw in the fifth round, and the blood flowed from there. However Abraham somehow managed to continue on, ultimately winning a decision thanks to some questionable point deductions on Miranda. Tonight the two finally get back in the ring, and this time they'll fight it out in Florida, friendlier confines for Miranda without question. That fight will headline Showtime's spectacular card, and they're also showing the '06 fight right now (turn it on!). Continue after the jump for a breakdown of the other tremendous matchups on busy Saturday, including HBO's card headlined by my man-crush, Andre Berto. More »
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