Ron Jackson
31 articles · SuperBoxing
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Naoya Inoue and Nonito Donaire meet in rematch
By Ron Jackson
Naoya Inoue, who holds the WBA and IBF bantamweight belts, faces the 39-year-old Nonito Donaire, the WBC bantamweight champion in a unification matchup on Tuesday at the Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan.…
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A must-win fight for Tete against Casimero
By Ron Jackson
South Africa's Zolani 'Last Born' Tete is facing a must-win fight when he defends his WBO bantamweight belt against interim WBO bantamweight champion John Riel Casimero from the Philippines at the Arena…
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Two world title belts at stake in Arizona
By Ron Jackson
In two fascinating rematches, Miguel Berchalt defends his WBC junior-lightweight belt against fellow Mexican Francisco Vargas, and Mexico?s Emmanuel Navarrete defends his WBO junior-featherweight belt against Isaac Dogboe of Accra Ghana in…
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Khonco beats Landero, retains IBO minimumweight belt
By Ron Jackson
After 13 months out of action, South Africa?s Simphiwe Khonco knocked off the ring rust to out-think and outbox Filipino Toto Landero when he scored a unanimous 12 round points decision to…
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Farewell fight for Cotto
By Ron Jackson
Miguel Cotto from Puerto Rico has said it will be his last fight when he defends the WBO junior-middleweight belt against Sadam Ali from Brooklyn, New York at the Madison Square Garden…
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Buthelezi retains IBO junior-bantam belt
By Ron Jackson
South Africa?s Gideon Buthelezi retained his IBO junior-bantamweight belt for the third time on a wide unanimous 12 rounds points decision over Filipino Ryan Rey Ponteras at the International Convention Centre in…
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Buthelezi favourite to retain IBO belt
By Ron Jackson
South Africa?s Gideon Buthelezi is an overwhelming favourite to retain his IBO junior-bantamweight belt when he meets Ryan Rey Ponteras from the Philippines on Friday night at the International Convention Centre in…
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Tete wins WBO interim belt
By Ron Jackson
South Africa?s Zolani Tete won the WBO interim bantamweight belt with a masterful exhibition of boxing when he outclassed Filipino Arthur Villaneuva over 12 rounds at the Leicester Arena in England on…
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Tete, Villanueva in WBO eliminator
By Ron Jackson
South Africa?s Zolani Tete could face a tough one when he meets Filipino Arthur Villaneuva in a 12-round final eliminator for the WBO bantamweight belt at the Leicester Arena in England on…
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Lomachenko the odds on favourite
By Ron Jackson
WBO junior lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko of the Ukraine is the odds on favourite when he defends his belt against Jason Sosa from Camden, New Jersey at the MGM in Oxon Hill,…
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Magwaca-Canoy clash for vacant WBF belt
By Ron Jackson
Mzuvukile Magwaca from South Africa faces Filipino Jason Canoy in a clash for the vacant WBF bantamweight belt in Khayelitsha near Cape Town on Friday night. Magwaca (17-0-2, 10 KOs) who has…
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Golovkin in a real fight
By Ron Jackson
When Genady Golovkin defends his WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight titles against Daniel Jacobs, the WBA regular champion, at the Madison Square in New York on Saturday night, he will possibly…
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Ruenroeng and Casimero in rematch
By Ron Jackson
IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng from Thailand and Filipino John Riel Casimero meet in a rematch on Wednesday at the Diamond Court in Beijing, China, after their foul-filled wrestling match in June…
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One record Money can?t buy
By Ron Jackson
Floyd Mayweather may retire as one of the most successful boxers in history but he?ll never come close to one world record. The 38-year-old American hopes to retain his WBC and WBA…
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Greybeards dominate boxing
By Ron Jackson
A bunch of senior citizens between 30 and 50 years dominated professional boxing in 2014. Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, 38, one-dimensional and regarded as a boring champion, still reigned in a division…
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Liebenberg chases fifth belt
By Ron Jackson
Ryno Liebenberg can add a fifth belt to his collection if he passes the stiffest test of his boxing career this weekend. The 30-year-old South African, who has won four belts in…
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Vetyeka fight: credibility gone in just a second
By Ron Jackson
FEW people in boxing would have earned an easier R180 000 than Simpiwe Vetyeka's manager did on Saturday. The Eastern Cape boxer lost his WBA featherweight crown to Filipino star Nonito Donaire…
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Long leap to fame for Vetyeka
By Ron Jackson
Simpiwe Vetyeka faces the toughest challenge of his career when he fights Nonito Donaire in Macao on Saturday night. The South African is set to make the first defence of his WBA…
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Judges can?t please everyone
By Ron Jackson
It does not happen often but high-profile fights are sometimes spoiled by dubious decisions. When Timothy Bradley was handed a split-decision win over Manny Pacquiao in June 2012, the resulting controversy brought…
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Rios to answer the big question
By Ron Jackson
Brandon Rios will show whether Manny Pacquiao still has a future in boxing when they meet in Macau on Sunday. Pacquiao, a former champion in eight divisions, has to win the fight…