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Kevin Iole
Combat columnist
Kevin Iole has covered combat sports since the 1970s and is the 2007 winner of the Nat Fleischer Award for career excellence in boxing journalism. Follow him on Twitter (@KevinI) and Instagram (keviniole).
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Naoya Inoue crushes Michael Dasmarinas with vicious body shots in Round 3
Inoue retained the IBF and WBA titles with the one-sided win, which made him 21-0 with 18 knockouts.
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Jermall Charlo batters a game Juan Macias Montiel, retains middleweight title
Montiel showed a great chin and a strong fighting spirit, but as a -3300 favorite, Charlo struggled to close the show.
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Chan Sung Jung awarded his BJJ black belt after unanimous decision win vs. Dan Ige
It wasn’t the all-time classic that their aggressive approaches suggested it might become, but it was a fun fight that Jung pulled out by a narrow margin.
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Chan Sung Jung won't change his bullish approach despite recent setbacks
On Saturday (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN+) at Apex, he’ll get a chance to turn things around when he faces Dan Ige in the main event of UFC Vegas 29.
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In the shadow of boxing's biggest stars, Jermall Charlo waits for a defining opponent
“There are bigger fights ahead of me, though. No matter what happens, those bigger fights are coming.”
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Dan Ige out for statement win against his childhood idol Korean Zombie
Though Ige himself has become an MMA star, he still geeks out a bit about getting to fight Jung, aka “The Korean Zombie,” in Saturday’s UFC main event at Apex (7 p.m. ET, ESPN2).
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'Puncher's mentality' has Naoya Inoue on path to boxing stardom
Inoue has that soul-crushing power to the body and he commits to it.
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Marathon staredown with Tyson Fury says all that needs to be said about Deontay Wilder
It was strange but entirely predictable.
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Boxing betting preview: How to bet on massive favorites Charlo, Inoue and Mayer
With Teofimo Lopez’s bout in Miami on Saturday against George Kambosos postponed because Lopez has COVID-19, all of the bouts that are on the betting menu at BetMGM feature massive favorites.

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