Carlos Toro
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Wrestling
Ric Flair Reportedly Had Part Of His Bowel Removed, Complications May Keep Him Hospitalized For A Month
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair was hospitalized over the weekend, and a statement released by his management seemed to indicate that Flair’s hospitalization was only for "routine monitoring." That proved to not be the case. Fightful.com founder Jimmy Van was the first to report Monday…
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Wrestling
Eddie Hearn: Plan For Anthony Joshua Is To Fight Pulev, Ortiz, Then Deontay Wilder
Anthony Joshua’s scheduled just freed up and has a plethora of opponents to fight, and promoter Eddie Hearn has detailed a plan for Joshua to fight both of his mandatory challengers. Hearn talked with Sky Sports and said the plan…
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Wrestling
WBA Orders Flyweight World Title Match
The WBA's flyweight world champion, Kazuto Ioka, has been ordered to defend his title. The governing body has ordered Ioka to defend his title against mandatory challenger Artem Dalakian. The mandatory defense is due by September 30 and if the two boxers cannot reach…
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Wrestling
Exclusive: Alex Riley On Being A Commentator: For Months “I Was Pushing To Get Back In The Ring”
Alex Riley had been trying to get WWE to let him wrestle in his last few months with WWE while he was a commentator in NXT. Riley appeared on "The List & Ya Boy" podcast where he talked about whether…
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Wrestling
Fightful Boxing Newsletter (8/17): Mayweather-McGregor Card, Glove Rulings, Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo Preview
Now that the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor event has a full card, the attention now turns to analyzing the quality of the card, and there is plenty to talk about. However, that hasn’t happened as the latest chapter in…
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Wrestling
Brie Bella Says Daniel Bryan Is Using An Oxygen Hyperbaric Chamber As Treatment For His Brain
Brie Bella believes Daniel Bryan will one day wrestle again. The Bella Twins were on the "From The Top Rope" podcast to talk a variety of topics including the latest on the possibility of Brie's husband ever returning to the ring.…
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Wrestling
Boxing Retrospective: Hagler vs. Hearns
This piece originally ran in the August 10, 2017 edition of the Fightful Boxing Newsletter. For news, results, analysis, rankings, and retrospectives, check out the free Fightful Boxing Newsletter each Thursday morning. *** This week’s Fightful’s retrospective takes a look…
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Wrestling
Heavyweight’s Boxing Division Is A Mess
This piece originally ran in the August 10, 2017 edition of the Fightful Boxing Newsletter. For news, results, analysis, rankings, and retrospectives, check out the free Fightful Boxing Newsletter each Thursday morning. *** With Wladimir Klitschko retiring, Anthony Joshua is…
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Wrestling
Mayweather vs. McGregor To Be Contested Using 8-Ounce Gloves
After weeks of back and forth arguing, Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor will indeed fight using 8-ounce gloves after all. The Nevada State Athletic Commission ultimately ruled in a meeting 10 days before the fight that the two fighters are…
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Wrestling
Luis Nery Ends Shinsuke Yamanaka’s Reign As WBC Bantamweight Champion
Shinsuke Yamanaka's near record breaking reign as the bantamweight world champion has been shattered. Yamanaka stopped by Luis Nery in the fourth round in Tokyo to capture his first bantamweight world title in his career. After Yamanaka controlled the tempo early in the…
