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L.A. Times August MMA Rankings
The Fabulous ForumHeavyweight 1. Brock Lesnar 2. Cain Velasquez 3. Junior Dos Santos 4. Fabricio Werdum 5. Fedor Emelianenko 6. Alistair Overeem 7. Shane Carwin 8. Frank Mir 9. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 10. Antonio Silva Junior Dos Santos' victory over Roy Nelson...... -
Comin' at ya! Book reviews on an iconic boxer, freakonomics, Frankenstein [updated]
Jacket CopyIn our pages this week, Tim Rutten reviewed "Sweet Thunder" by Will Heygood, a biography of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. Robinson is "now universally acknowledged as the greatest prizefighter who ever lived," Rutten writes: Anyone who ever saw him in...... -
Yuri Foreman to appear on Thursday's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
The Fabulous ForumUnbeaten junior-middleweight boxing champion and aspiring rabbi Yuri Foreman will take his story to the late-night crowd Thursday when he appears on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Foreman (28-0, 8 knockouts) is preparing for his first title defense June 5 at.... -
More on the Tito Ortiz, Jenna Jameson situation
The Fabulous ForumUFC has issued a statement in response to Monday's arrest of Tito Ortiz by Huntington Beach police for alleged domestic violence against Jenna Jameson. "We're all aware of it, and any comment would be best handled by the authorities," UFC...... -
Sports figures
Sports figures Jim Dooley, 77; succeeded George Halas as coach of the Chicago Bears (Jan. 8) Christopher Bowman, 40; two-time U.S. figure skating champion (Jan. 10) Johnny Podres, 75; left-hander pitched Dodgers to first World Series title in...Tags: Bodybuilding, Chicago Bears, Orville Moody, Bobby Murcer, University of Notre Dame
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Jose Torres dies at 72; former light heavyweight world champion
Jose Torres, a former light heavyweight world champion and Olympic silver medalist, died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Ponce, Puerto Rico, said his wife, Ramonita. He was 72. Torres won the light heavyweight title in 1965 by stopping Willie...Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Radio Industry, Heavyweight
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Liddell's UFC comeback bout to be in Anaheim
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnaheim's Honda Center will be the place where former Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell fights for the first time since losing his belt in a surprising first-round knockout loss to Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, UFC...Tags: Sports, Light Heavyweight Boxing, Entertainment, Heavyweight, Television
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This City Was Full of Fight
Times Staff WriterFOR America's big-league sports, L.A. was a distant outpost for the first half of the 20th century, impressive for an off-season vacation, impractical as a home base. Before jet travel, any team moving to the West Coast would have presented a scheduling...Tags: Movies, Lennox Lewis, Henry Armstrong, Boxing, Mae West
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Story of the years
1890s 1899 L.A.'s Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzimmons to win the heavyweight title. -- 1900s 1902 In the first football game for the Tournament of Roses, Michigan defeats Stanford, 49-0, at Tournament Park. The game was replaced by a chariot race...Tags: Chicago Bears, Magic Johnson, History, Ben Hogan, Boxing
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Burgos expected to get rematch with Martinez
The Orange County RegisterThe sting from the controversial split-decision draw to Rocky Martinez still burns for boxer Juan Carlos Burgos. In January, in his second title attempt, Burgos came up short on the scorecards (114-114, 117-111 for Burgos, 116-112 for Martinez), which...Tags: Featherweight Boxing, International Boxing Federation, Light Heavyweight Boxing, Heavyweight, Barclays Center
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Matthysse keeps vow, gets TKO of Peterson in third round of Boardwalk Hall fight
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.Lucas Matthysse vowed to deliver an impressive performance against Lamont Peterson Saturday night. He lived up to his promise with a spectacular victory. Matthysse used his trademark power to register a third-round TKO over Peterson in a duel of...Tags: Bantamweight, Featherweight Boxing, Light Heavyweight Boxing, Heavyweight, Brownsville
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Jean TKOs Pendarvis in Showtime boxing event
The Joplin Globe, Mo.Dierry "Dougy Style" Jean made the most of his first appearance on Showtime boxing. Jean overcame a cut above his eye from a head butt to beat Cleotis "Mookie" Pendarvis by technical knockout in the fourth round of an IBF junior welterweight...Tags: International Boxing Federation, Heavyweight, Welterweight, Boxing, Randallstown
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