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    • RayEdwards

      Ravens safety Tom Zbikowski is off to a solid start in the squared circle, so Ray Edwards thought he'd give it go. The Vikings defensive end made his boxing debut last night a successful one by rolling to a unanimous decision victory, 40-34, 39-35 and 40-34, over T.J. Gibson at Grand Casino in Hinckley, Minn.

      Edwards knocked Gibson down twice in the fight. Once in the first and again in the fourth.

      The 6-foot-5, 255-pound Edwards found out boxing is no easy craft even against a 5-9, 210-pound opponent.

      "I definitely stayed behind my jab and just keep working. He got a couple of good shots off and [it was] a little rougher than I expected but I rush 300-pound guys all day so I'm used to it. Guys trying to be rough," Edwards told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

      Earlier in the week, the 26-year-old Edwards was challenged by promoter Jared Shaw, who represents former street fighter and MMA practitioner Kimbo Slice.

      Slice, 37, last fought for the UFC in May of 2010 and wants to try his

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    • Manny Pacquiao is looking for another big knockout on televisions around the country tonight. Pacman taped a prefight spot with Comedy Central's Daniel Tosh. The champ took a shot at Tosh.

      We're guessing it's hilarious. Boxing writer Steve Carp was there and thought it fell flat.

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      Judge for yourself tonight on Tosh.O at 10 p.m. ET.

    • With his back against the wall, Chris Arreola changed his diet and view on fitness. It paid immediate dividends on Saturday night. The heavyweight prospect, who let himself get woefully out of shape in 2009 and 2010, got back down to his optimum weight. Back down at 234, he destroyed Nagy Aguilera inside of three rounds on the undercard of the Andre Ward victory over Arthur Abraham.

      The Mexican-American fighting out of Riverside, Ca., weighed 250.5 and 251 in losses to Tomasz Adamek and Vitali Klitschko. Arreola said losing weight didn't mean losing power.

      "There's more zip to your punches," said Arreola (31-2, 27 KOs). "It's like a wet towel, if you snap it right, that [expletive] is gonna hurt."

      He also said, there's is no time off. He's headed right back to the gym.

      "I'm hungry. I'm hungry and this time it ain't for burritos and pizza and [expletive]. I'm hungry for that title and it's time to get it back," Arreola said.

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    • WardWINS1

      Young Andre Ward is one of boxing's ultimate technicians. Will that be enough to win over fight fans? It did last night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca. While turning in a near flawless performance against one of the toughest veteran fighters in the world, the crowd, filled with Armenian fans, rooting on Arthur Abraham, starting chanting for Ward by the middle of the fight.

      Ward mentally broke and fatigued Abraham to roll to a unanimous decision victory, 118-111, 118-110 and 120-108, in the semifinals of Showtime's Super Six World Boxing Classic.

      Abraham, a loser of three-of-four, guaranteed that he'd win the fight and Ward would wilt under his power. He never landed that fight changing blow. His best shots came in the third and at the end of the tenth round. Beyond that, Abraham (32-3, 26 KOs) was either covering up or whiffing with wild left hooks. Ward's defense- through-offense stymied, confused, frustrated and wore down the 31-year-old Armenian.

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      Ward (24-0, 13 KOs) is

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    • ArreolaWEIGHTChris Arreola simply hasn't treated his boxing career as a profession in recent years. The heavy-handed heavyweight has failed to monitor his diet and too often entered big fights carrying way too much extra weight.

      The 30-year-old's career is far from over, but his spot as a solid draw is in jeopardy with a loss this weekend against Nagy Aguilera Arreola faces Aguilera on the undercard of the Andre Ward-Arthur Abraham fight this weekend at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca.

      As an athlete, Arreola (30-2, 26 KOs) is far from a regular guy , but he does carry the fast food gene most of us average Joes battle on a daily basis.

      "I'm not eating out as much as I used to. I make my own meals at home. At the most, I eat out once a week where I used to eat out every day. Eating out is horrible," Arreola told FightNews.com. "I would watch food commercials on T.V. and I would go and eat. I would even eat at midnight, one, or two in the morning. It makes a huge difference."

      In era of

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