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LAS VEGAS – Escaping with a narrow victory was one thing. Losing a belt was something else entirely for Mexico’s Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz. Something about his style – exposed in those bouts, including the lost title to Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela in August – prompted…

For Josh Taylor, it was Viktol Postol. For Carl Frampton, it was Kiko Martinez, and for Adam Azim, it may well be Sergey Lipinets. Proven, ambitious opponents a promising, young fighter was matched with to test whether they were truly capable of realising their…

Talks between IBF and WBO champion Janibek Alimkhanuly and Englishman Shakiel Thompson have hit a stalemate. The money on offer for the 13-0 (9 KOs) Thompson, who is No. 9 with the WBO, was not enough and a source close to the Sheffield southpaw…

Adam Azim and Sergey Lipinets eventually made weight for tomorrow's junior welterweight contest, though both required a second trip to the scales to do so.  Slough, England's Azim, the favorite, was five ounces (0.31lbs) over the 140lbs divisional limit while the Kazakhstan-biorn Lipinets was a…