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Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym edged out the previously unbeaten Satoshi Hosono via 12 round majority decision to retain his WBA super-bantamweight title in Tokyo, Japan on Monday.

By Paul Upham at ringside: Garth Wood showed what a truck load of determination and making the most of an unforseen opportunity can do for a stalled boxing career. The former NRL rugby league player defeated Kenyan Kariz Kariuki on points over seven rounds on Monday night to become the first The Contender Australia champion.

By Paul Upham: Almost two years after their first fight, light heavyweights Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson battled for a second time with the same result. Once again, Dawson won a unanimous twelve round points decision at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday night, televised in the USA on HBO World Championship Boxing. The twelve round match was for the WBC Interim / IBO light heavyweight world titles.

Former amateur star George Groves continued his education in the professional ranks Saturday night when he scored an eight round shutout victory over journeyman Konstantin Makhankov on the Haye vs. Valuev undercard in Nuremberg, Germany.