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Mauro Ranallo Mauro Domenico Ranallo (born December 21, 1969) is a Canadian sports announcer and commentator. He is currently signed as a play-by-play announcer with MMA organization Bellator, professional wrestling promotion WWE (on their NXT brand) and also performs play-by-play duties for boxing broadcaster Showtime, most notably, the Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor bout. He began announcing when he was 16 years old and is notable for his dramatic style, which involves heavy use of metaphor, puns, and an advanced vocabulary. He has experience in Canadian football, ice hockey, professional wrestling, boxing, kickboxing, and mixed martial arts events.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor, also known as "The Money Fight" and "The Biggest Fight in Combat Sports History", was a professional boxing match between undefeated eleven-time five-division boxing world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and two-division mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion and at-the-time current UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor. The match took place at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, on August 26, 2017 at the light-middleweight weight class (154 lbs; 69.9 kgs). It was scheduled for twelve rounds.
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Angelo Dundee Angelo Dundee (born Angelo Mirena; August 30, 1921February 1, 2012) was an American boxing trainer and cornerman. Best known for his work with Muhammad Ali (1960–1981), he also worked with 15 other world boxing champions, including Sugar Ray Leonard, José Nápoles, George Foreman, George Scott, Jimmy Ellis, Carmen Basilio, Luis Manuel Rodríguez and Willie Pastrano.
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Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson, billed as "Lewis–Tyson: Is On", was a professional boxing match that took place on June 8, 2002 at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, between IBF, IBO and WBC heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and former IBF, WBA and WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. The fight was for Lewis' heavyweight championship titles. Lewis defeated Tyson by knockout in the eighth round.
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Oscar Albarado Oscar Albarado (born September 15, 1948 in Pecos, Texas) is a former American professional boxer who competed in the light middleweight (154 lb) division and held the world light middleweight championship.
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Enzo Maccarinelli Enzo Maccarinelli (born 20 August 1980) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2016. He held the WBO cruiserweight title from 2006 to 2008, and at regional level the European and British cruiserweight titles between 2010 and 2012. Nicknamed "Big Mac", Maccarinelli was known as a crowd favourite, and during his career accumulated an 80.4% knockout-to-win ratio.
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Livio Minelli Livio Minelli (February 11, 1926 – February 4, 2012) was an Italian professional boxer. Turning professional in 1943, he fought a total of 86 fights and was the European Boxing Union welterweight champion in 1949. He also fought five world champions in the United States. In later years he became a chef and restaurant owner in New York City. He died on February 4, 2012, at a nursing home in Goshen.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton, billed as Undefeated, was a boxing superfight that took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, between reigning WBC & "The Ring" welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning "The Ring" light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton.
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Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko II Chris Byrd vs. Wladimir Klitschko II, billed as "Revenge Is The Name Of The Game", was a professional boxing match contested on 22 April 2006 for the IBF and vacant IBO heavyweight championship.
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1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships The 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Milan, Italy from 5 to 9 May. It was the fifth edition of the competition, organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 85 fighters from 16 countries participating.
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Rocky Graziano Thomas Rocco Barbella (January 1, 1919 – May 22, 1990), better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer who held the World Middleweight title. Graziano is considered one of the greatest knockout artists in boxing history, often displaying the capacity to take his opponent out with a single punch. He was ranked 23rd on "The Ring" magazine list of the greatest punchers of all time. He fought many of the best middleweights of the era including Sugar Ray Robinson. His turbulent and violent life story was the basis of the 1956 Oscar-winning drama film, "Somebody Up There Likes Me", based on his 1955 autobiography of the same title.
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UFC 196 UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held on March 5, 2016, at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Don King (boxing promoter) Donald King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter known for his involvement in historic boxing matchups. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction (and later pardon), and civil cases against him.
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Juan Guzman (boxer) Juan Antonio Guzman Batista (Born August 21, 1951), better known as Juan Guzman, is a Dominican former professional boxer and WBA world Junior Flyweight champion. Due to his high percentage of wins by knockout (specially for his division, the 108 pounds limit division), he was nicknamed "El Pequeno Foreman" ("Little Foreman", after George Foreman). Guzman was born in Santiago de los Caballeros, during the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship era.
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Boxing from Jamaica Arena Boxing From Jamaica Arena was a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from September 1948 to 1949. The program aired boxing from Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. The program aired Tuesday nights at 9pm ET and was 90 to 120 minutes long. An earlier program of the same name had aired on June 30, 1941, as part of W2XBS's (now WNBC's) experimental program lineup.
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Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Joel Casamayor Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Joel Casamayor was a boxing lightweight superfight. In 2008 reigning lightweight Champion "El Cepillo" Casamayor met former two-division World Champion Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Márquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for a 12-round championship bout. Casamayor was the champion of boxing's lightweight division, recognized as the title holder by Ring Magazine, even though he didn't own any of the belts from boxing's four major sanctioning bodies.
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Lumpinee Boxing Stadium Lumpinee Boxing Stadium (Thai: สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี ) is a sporting arena located in Bangkok, Thailand. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern Stadium, the Lumpinee is run by Royal Thai Army on behalf of Thai Government. It has become the symbol of modern Muay Thai. Only Rajadamnern Stadium rivals the prestige of holding the title of "Muay Thai Champion of Lumpinee". The ranking system and championship titles are held from mini flyweight (105 lb) up to super welterweight (154 lb).
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CMLL World Lightweight Championship The CMLL World Lightweight Championship (Spanish: "Campeonato Mundial de Peso Ligero del CMLL" ) is a professional wrestling world championship promoted by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), a Mexican "Lucha Libre" wrestling promotion (franchise). Originally CMLL promoted the "Super Lightweight" division as part of their expansion into Japan in 1999 and 2000 and later reintroduced the division in 2003, at the same time they were running a CMLL World Super Lightweight Championship in Mexico. During Máscara Dorada's reign between 2009 and 2011, the name was changed to the CMLL Lightweight Championship, adjusting the weight limit.
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The Battle of the Champions (boxing) The Battle of the Champions, was a term used by promoter Bob Arum regarding the November 12, 1982 boxing match between Aaron Pryor and Alexis Argüello.
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Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito II was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) super welterweight title. The bout was held on December 3, 2011 at the Madison Square Garden, in New York City, United States. When Cotto and Margarito met in 2008, they waged their memorable welterweight title bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cotto defeated Antonio Margarito via TKO in the 10th round.
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Muhammad Ali vs. Larry Holmes Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as "The Last Hurrah", was a professional boxing match contested on October 2, 1980 in Las Vegas for the WBC and Lineal Heavyweight Championships.
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Óscar Larios Pacquiao vs. Larios, also billed as Mano-A-Mano and Thrilla in Manila 2, was a professional boxing super featherweight fight held on July 2, 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, in the Philippines and was a production of ABS-CBN Sports and promoted by Manny Pacquiao Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The judges were Humbert Furgoni from France, Daniel van de Wiele from Belgium, and Noppharat Srichharoen from Thailand with referee Bruce McTavish and ring announcer Michael Buffer. It was aired live in free-to-air television network ABS-CBN, worldwide through The Filipino Channel, and through pay per view on In Demand, HBO, DirecTV, and SkyCable. Pacquiao won the fight via unanimous decision, knocking down Larios two times. The three judges scored the fight 117–110, 118–108 and 120–106 all for Pacquiao.