Nate Campbell beats Ali Funeka after failing to make weight

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The Canadian Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — A day after losing his three title belts for failing to make weight, Nate Campbell won a split decision against Ali Funeka in a lightweight fight Saturday night.

Campbell, whose was 2 1/2 pounds over the lightweight limit of 135 on Friday, dropped Funeka with a sweeping right hand at the end of the second round. The South African got up to survive the round and rallied to make it a competitive fight. read more

Filed under: Ali Funeka, Galaxxy Warrior, HBO Boxing After Dark, Kermit Cintron, Nate Campbell, Sergio Martinez

Campbell Loses To Scale, Beats Funeka

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By Michael Woods

The scale hated Nate Campbell’s guts on Friday, but the judges smiled at him at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on Saturday evening. They awarded Campbell a majority decision win over solid South African Ali Funeka, who hit the deck in the second and 11th, but still managed to make it a squeaker, in a card that headlined HBO’s Boxing After Dark. read more

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Bad luck marks Campbell’s fascinating career

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By Doug Fischer

The feel-good story of Nate Campbell’s unlikely rise to the top of the lightweight division ended on the scales Friday afternoon.

Campbell, a former street tough who used boxing to bring order to his wayward life, became the sport’s latest Cinderella story when he upset highly favored Juan Diaz last March to win three world lightweight titles.

However, the 36-year-old veteran never defended those belts, vacating one of them prior to Saturday’s mandatory defense against Ali Funeka and then losing the other two at the weigh-in when he failed to make the 135-pound lightweight limit. read more

Filed under: Almazbek Raiymkulov, Galaxxy Warrior, HBO, Joan Guzman, juan diaz, Kid Diamond, Nate Campbell, Oscar de la Hoya, Robbie Peden