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DECEMBER 11

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IN a topsy-turvy, three-week span that saw virtually every top lightweight in the world step into the ring, it may have been the veteran who put on the most convincing performance.

Former world lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko inched closer to reclaiming his former perch in the division after he roughhoused the durable Richard Commey over 12 rounds in front of a reported crowd of 8,555 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

After being on the cusp of a stoppage in the middle rounds, Lomachenko had to settle for a

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