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A roundup of the past weeks notable boxing results from around the world:Saturday at Oakland, Calif.Andre Ward W12 Alexander Brand - Fight RecapLight heavyweight Scores: 120-108 (three times) Records: Ward (30-0, 15 KO); Brand (25-2, 19 KOs)Rafaels remarks: This was a downright horrible fight and an utter waste of HBOs money and the time of anyone who sat through the abomination. But at least the result, a completely dominant Ward win, set the stage for the big one on Nov. 19, a much-anticipated HBO PPV showdown between former super middleweight world champion Ward and unified light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev, who was at ringside. When the glorified sparring session was over Kovalev (30-0-1, 26 KOs), climbed into the ring for a joint interview with Ward in which they formally announced a fight that has been on the books for months -- but only as long as they each won their interim fights, which they did.Ward, 32, of Oakland, in his second fight since moving up to 175 pounds in search of another world title, put on a clinic against Brand, who has a good chin and was simply determined to go the distance. Brand, 39, never tried to win and spent virtually the entire fight holding, grabbing and backing up while missing most of the punches he threw from awkward angles. But enough about this egregious mismatch. Bring on the real fight, Kovalev-Ward, the winner of which will probably be viewed by many as the No. 1 fighter in the world pound for pound.Saturday at Tucson, Ariz.Juan Diaz TKO8 Cesar VazquezLightweight Records: Diaz (42-4, 21 KOs); Vazquez (27-4, 16 KOs)Rafaels remarks: The Baby Bull Diaz, 32, of Houston, unified three lightweight world titles during his 2004 to 2008 reign but retired in 2010 before launching a comeback in 2013 and winning five fights in a row to set him up for another world title fight. But Diaz suffered a torn left rotator cuff in training and his title fight was canceled. He wound up out of the ring for 18 months before returning for a knockout win in March and dominated Vazquez, 30, of Mexico, in the main event of Top Ranks Solo Boxeo Tecate card on UniMas.As usual, Diaz was extremely energetic and aggressive as he stalked Vazquez the entire fight and laid a beating on him with his non-stop punch output. Time and again Diaz rocked him with left hooks to the head before referee Tony Zaino stepped in at 2 minutes, 9 seconds of the eighth round. Top Rank said Diazs next outing will be a major step up, perhaps a title eliminator and possibly even a title shot.In a stunning result on the undercard, light heavyweight prospect Egor Mekhontsev (12-0-1, 8 KOs), a 2012 Olympic gold medalist from Russia, was held to an eight-round draw by fellow southpaw Alexander Johnson (16-4-1, 7 KOs), 34, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, who entered the fight having lost three of his previous four bouts. One judge scored the fight 78-74 for Mekhontsev but the other two each had it 76-76.Saturday at MiamiYunieski Gonzalez TKO1 Jackson JuniorLight heavyweight Records: Gonzalez (17-2, 13 KOs); Junior (21-7, 19 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Gonzalez made a big splash 13 months ago when he got a shot on HBO to face former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal and most thought he won their terrific fight. But Pascal got the dubious decision. Then Gonzalez lost again, dropping a majority decision to contender Vyacheslav Shabranskyy in December. Making his return, Gonzalez, 31, a Cuban defector fighting out of Miami, decimated Junior, 30, of Brazil, who dropped to 3-4 in his last seven bouts. Gonzalez, working with new trainer Pedro Diaz for the first time, dropped Junior three times before the carnage was waved off.Friday at Temecula, Calif.Rob Bravo Brant TKO3 Chris FitzpatrickMiddleweight Records: Brant (21-0, 14 KOs); Fitzpatrick (15-5, 6 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Brant, 25, of Saint Paul, Minnesota, continued his ascent in the middleweight division. The former amateur standout is a fun fighter to watch and entertained as he took apart Fitzpatrick, who is trained by his wife Cynthia, the way he was expected to in the main event of the promoter Greg Cohens CBS Sports Net-televised card.Brant took it to Fitzpatrick, 29, of Columbia, South Carolina, from the opening bell but he was patient in doing so. His jab was outstanding and then he dropped Fitzpatrick, who lost his third fight in a row. He hurt him with a right uppercut and then hammered him with a right hand that nearly knocked him out of the ring in the second round. In the third round, Brant landed a perfect left hook to the chin and Fitzpatrick went down again. He barely beat the count but referee Edward Hernandez Sr. did not think he was in any condition to go on and waved off the fight at 1 minute, 18 seconds. Brant appears to have a bright future and called out for a shot at secondary titleholder Daniel Jacobs.Friday at PhiladelphiaDavid Benavidez TKO10 Denis DouglinSuper middleweight Records: Benavidez (16-0, 15 KOs); Douglin (20-5, 13 KOs)Rafaels remarks: In his first scheduled 10-round fight and first main event, Benavidez, an exciting 19-year-old puncher from Phoenix, headlined the Premier Boxing Champions card on ESPN and did what was expected in a solid step up in competition as he took out Douglin, 28, of Marlboro, New Jersey. Douglin, who is trained by his mother Saphya (which earned him the nickname Mommas Boy), was aggressive to start and won the first round on all three scorecards and also looked good in the second round. But then Benavidez, the younger brother of welterweight contender Jose Benavidez Jr., began to assert himself.By the sixth round he was hurting Douglin to the head and body and late in the ninth round he landed several uppercuts before a left one flush on the chin deposited him on the canvas. In the 10th round, Benavidez was all over a still-shaky Douglin. He unleashed a flurry of punches and had him sinking into the ropes when referee Gary Rosato stepped in to stop the fight 35 seconds into the final round. This was a very good performance from a young prospect many think will eventually win a world title.Alejandro Luna W10 Naim NelsonWelterweight Scores: 99-91, 98-92, 97-93 Records: Luna (21-0, 15 KOs); Nelson (13-2, 1 KO)Rafaels remarks: Luna, 24, of Bellflower, California, was supposed to fight Stephen Ormond (21-2, 11 KOs), 33, of Ireland, in the PBC on ESPN co-feature. But Ormond came to the weigh-in at 139.7 pounds for a fight contracted at 135. He was given two hours to drop at least some of the weight but returned to the scale a whopping 146.4! He was tossed from the card and Nelson, 26, of Philadelphia, who was scheduled to fight on the untelevised undercard, moved into the slot on 24 hours notice. They agreed to fight at a catch weight of 144 pounds, putting the naturally smaller Luna at a disadvantage but Luna, a solid prospect, pounded out the clear decision under very trying circumstances. Lunas left eye was swollen by the end of the third round, but he opened a cut on Nelsons forehead in the seventh round and maintained control of the bout. Cheap Sneakers Online Australia .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. 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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Lorenzo Long ran for 111 yards on 18 carries with a touchdown and Wofford closed its regular season with a four-game win streak and a 17-0 win over VMI on Saturday.Wofford is still on contention for an at-large berth in the FCS playoff which begins Nov. 26.Blake Morgan finished with 58 yards rushing and quarterback Brandon Goodson added 54 more to go along with 46 yards passing and a touchdown for the Terriers (8-3, 6-2 Southern Conference). Overall, thee Terriers carried 49 times for 325 yards.ddddddddddddAl Cobb threw for 184 yards and Aaron Sanders finished with 84 yards receiving to lead VMI (3-8, 1-7).A David Marvin 30-yard field goal for Wofford were the only points until late in the fourth quarter, when Long finally broke through on a 6-yard score which made it 10-0 and effectively iced it. ' ' '