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WBA champ Browne again says he’s innocent of doping (The Associated Press)

Posted: March 30, 2016 at 5:29 pm   /   Sports

WBA heavyweight boxing champion Lucas Browne again insisted that he’s innocent of doping, saying on Wednesday that a urine and blood test he took six days before his fight against Ruslan Chagaev was negative. The Australian boxer tested positive for the banned steroid clenbuterol, which boosts one’s metabolism and burns fat, after beating Chagaev in […]

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WBA heavyweight champ Browne contests positive doping test (The Associated Press)

Posted: March 22, 2016 at 5:36 pm   /   Sports

WBA heavyweight champion Lucas Browne says he will fight to clear his name after failing a drug test following his world title fight win over Ruslan Chagaev earlier this month. Browne became Australia’s first heavyweight world champion when he stopped Chagaev in the 10th round of their fight in Grozny, Russia, on March 5. Browne’s […]

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WBC middleweight champ Alvarez to fight Khan on May 7 (The Associated Press)

Posted: February 13, 2016 at 5:32 pm   /   Sports

LONDON (AP) — WBC middleweight champion Saul Alvarez will defend his title against British boxer Amir Khan, who is jumping two weight divisions for the fight in Las Vegas on May 7. Yahoo Sports – Boxing News

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Atlanta police charge 18-year-old in shooting death of former boxing champ (Reuters)

Posted: December 4, 2015 at 5:29 am   /   Sports

By David Beasley ATLANTA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Atlanta police on Thursday charged a young man with the fatal shooting last month of former cruiserweight boxing champion O’Neil “Supernova” Bell. Bell, 40, was killed during a robbery after leaving a bus, said police, who found him lying in the street on Nov. 25. Tycorion Davis, […]

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