BOXING\Fortune to fight at Marriott.Byline: Daily News Justin Fortune faces Cesar Rendon in a 12-round heavyweight bout tonight at the Warner Center Marriott. In a second 12-round bout, unbeaten featherweight Jose Luis Noyola takes on Antonio Ramirez. Fortune (12-3-1, with eight knockouts) is coming off a fourth-round knockout of journeyman George O'Mara in October at the Marriott. In his biggest fight, Fortune, from Australia, gave a credible performance against Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. before he was KOed in the fourth round in July. At 5-foot-9, Fortune was too small for Lewis. Tonight's fight, for the vacant and lightly regarded Penta World Boxing Board title, has a 210-pound weight limit, which suits Fortune. Rendon (8-4-1, 7 KOs), a competent fighter, took tonight's fight on one day's notice after Salvador Maciel pulled out. Noyola (15-0-1, 8 KOs) and Ramirez (15-13-1, 11 KOs) will fight for the NABO NABO North American Boxing Organization NABO National Association of Boat Owners NABO North Atlantic Biocultural Organization NABO North American Basque Organizations, Inc title, which guarantees the winner a WBO WBO World Boxing Organization WBO Western Buddhist Order WBO Wehrbeschwerdeordnung WBO World Bamboo Organization (formerly International Bamboo Association) WBO Won by One (Malibu, California; a cappella group) ranking. Ramirez also took the bout on short notice. The first fight is at 7:30 p.m. Duran wins decision: Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. one last major fight before retiring, 44-year-old Roberto Duran enhanced his chances Tuesday night by pounding out a unanimous decision A Unanimous Decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all 3 judges agree on which fighter won the match. over Ray Domenge in Miami. The victory improves Duran's record to 97-11. Domenge, 30, is 19-7. A four-time world champion, Duran now is setting his sights on a showdown with Hector "Macho" Camacho later this year. |
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