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Former undisputed WBA/WBC/Ring/lineal heavyweight champion Leon Spinks is seriously ill with an undisclosed condition, and may be on his death bed.

He is the brother of former lineal heavyweight and undisputed light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks, and father of former undisputed welterweight and super welterweight champion Cory Spinks.
 
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Neon Leon. Not the greatest work ethic when it came to training. He was a colorful character back in the day though. He has had health issues for many years now. Still, sad to hear that things are looking bleak for him now.
 
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Wladimir Klitschko is on Twitter talking about a fight with Wilder or rematches with Fury and Joshua.

Considering how Wlad looked in his last three fights, this is an exceedingly bad idea. He's 43 and he hasn't been himself since 2014.

He's already been knocked the fuck out four times in his career. I'd hate to see him stumbling around punch drunk in his later years like Evander Holyfield
 
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Update on Spinks via his family:
Leon is currently in intensive care at a Las Vegas hospital receiving attentive medical care to suppress prostate cancer which he was diagnosed with earlier this year and has since spread to his bladder.

The last few months have been an agonizing roller coaster for Leon and his wife, Brenda, with continuous hospital stays. Leon is showing small signs of improvement and progress.

A miraculous fighter his entire life, we are optimistic and hopeful that he will move out of ICU soon. The power of prayer is real, and his family is beyond grateful for all of the tremendous love and support.
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Get well champ.
 
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Crawford fighting Kavaliauskas tonight. Crawford should win easily, but they're both top 10 guys.

Two 50/50 fights on the undercard, though. One for the IBF lightweight title, and a shot at Lomachenko.
 
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Did madman KO you and I missed it or something?
 
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My aunt is in an inpatient injury rehab facility on the far west side of town and my grandma is in an inpatient injury rehab facility on the far east side of town. I've been spending a lot of time going back and forth, bringing food and movies and clothes and stuff.
 
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Holy shit Teofimo Lopez. Savage KO of Commey to win the IBF lightweight title.

Unification with Lomachenko up next
 
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Crawford got buzzed in that third round, came in not showing enough respect for Kavaliauskus' power. But he shook it off and eventually got the KO. Really entertaining fight.
 
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Tyson Fury has fired the trainer who guided him through his comeback, and will hire a new one soon.

Puzzling considering how good Fury looked against Wilder the first time around.
 
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Provided there are no major injuries in the February rematch, Wilder and Fury have already agreed to a third fight regardless of who wins.

This would be a voluntary defense of the WBC belt, and the winner would then have a mandatory defense against Dillian Whyte in the first half of 2021.

Personally, I don't know if Fury will take the third fight if he gets knocked out in the rematch.

But for Wilder, it makes sense. Win or lose, there is nobody else that will be available in the second half of 2020 better than Fury for Wilder to fight. Joshua will be busy all of 2020 trying to keep all his belts and won't be available for a unification until late 2021 and he's already KO'd Ortiz twice, so he might as well double up on Fury fights.
 
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Confirmed for February 8 on Showtime:

WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr (30-1-0, 18 KO) vs IBO Featherweight Champion Tugstogt Nyambayar (11-0-0, 9 KO).

Russell's only loss was a majority decision against Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014.

This is a great fight. Two belt holders, both in their primes. This is easily Nyambayar's biggest challenge, and it's Russell's biggest since he won the belt in 2014.

Russell has incredible handspeed and technique, Nyambayar has power and timing.
 
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Confirmed for February 8 on Showtime:

WBC Featherweight Champion Gary Russell Jr (30-1-0, 18 KO) vs IBO Featherweight Champion Tugstogt Nyambayar (11-0-0, 9 KO).

Russell's only loss was a majority decision against Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014.

This is a great fight. Two belt holders, both in their primes. This is easily Nyambayar's biggest challenge, and it's Russell's biggest since he won the belt in 2014.

Russell has incredible handspeed and technique, Nyambayar has power and timing.
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I'm glad the fight will be on Showtime. It should be a great fight, hopefully the undercard is good.
 
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, what a joke.

Failed a drug test, tied the result up in court, had the whole fight moved to a different state so it could continue, missed weight by 5 pounds but Jacobs agreed to fight him anyway. Then Jacobs started dominating and Chavez makes up an injury, quits on his stool.

Chavez fans throwing garbage in the ring, Michael Buffer just straight up left. Commentators getting pelted by garbage.
 
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At this point Chavez Jr is a traveling circus. His fathers reaction (at the 3:23 min mark in the vid) says it all.


 
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GGG will make a mandatory defense of his IBF/IBO middleweight titles against Kamil Szeremeta (21-0) sometime in March.

Szeremeta's rankings:
TBRB: #8
Ring: #7
BoxRec: #12
IBF: #3
WBC: #4
IBO: #8
WBO: unranked
WBA: unranked

So he's a legit contender.
 
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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, what a joke.

Failed a drug test, tied the result up in court, had the whole fight moved to a different state so it could continue, missed weight by 5 pounds but Jacobs agreed to fight him anyway. Then Jacobs started dominating and Chavez makes up an injury, quits on his stool.

Chavez fans throwing garbage in the ring, Michael Buffer just straight up left. Commentators getting pelted by garbage.
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Big shame as he is very talented. What gives
 
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Two days ago I read an article where Chavez Jr. Said was ready to fight. He claimed he finally was taking boxing seriously as he had slacked before previous fights. The next day the fucker comes in 5 pounds overweight. The following night he quits like a damn bitch.

Hopefully Mexican fans now realize he is never going to be El Gran Campeon Mexicano.
 
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They should get behind someone who deserves it like Juan Francisco Estrada.

Anyway, Harrison vs Charlo II for the WBC Super Welterweight World Championship is starting now on Fox. Should be great, like the first fight was.
 
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Great fight! Charlo by 11th round stoppage.

I had Harrison leading 96-93 before the last round.
 
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