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Geale, Golovkin Move Up in Middleweight Division, Rodriguez Upsets Joyi, More…

September 3, 2012 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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Some significant changes in this week’s rankings:

In the middleweight division, Daniel Geale adds the WBA title to his IBF strap with his split decision victory over Felix Sturm on Saturday. With the win, he moves up from #4 to #3 while Sturm falls to #4 from #3.

Also at middleweight, Gennady Golovkin moves up to #6 from #8 after his TKO 5 win over Grzegorz Proksa.

In a major upset, Mario Rodriguez takes the IBF strawweight title from Nkosinathi Joyi via TKO 7. With the win, Rodriguez moves up to #2 from #10 and Joyi falls to #3 from #2.

At flyweight, IBF champ, Moruti Mthalane moves up to #2 from #4 after a TKO 8 title defense over previously #8 ranked Ricardo Nuñez, who falls to #10.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Daniel Geale, Felix Sturm, Gennady Golovkin, Mario Rodriguez, Moruti Mthalane, Nkosinathi Joyi, Ricardo Nuñez

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