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A roundup of the past weeks notable boxing results from around the world:Saturday at Puerto Penasco, MexicoJuan Francisco Estrada W10 Raymond Tabugon Junior bantamweight Scores: 100-90 (three times) Records: Estrada (34-2, 24 KOs); Tabugon (18-6-1, 8 KOs)Rafaels remarks: For a guy who had not boxed in a year and was coming off a serious right-hand injury, former unified flyweight world titleholder Estrada, 26, of Mexico, looked sharp from about the third round on in a shutout decision against Tabugon, a 25-year-old journeyman from the Philippines. Although the talent gulf between the two was enormous, this was a reasonable fight for Estrada to take coming off the layoff and moving up to a new weight class. Estrada had held a pair of flyweight titles for 3? years and made five defenses before deciding to vacate the belts and move up to throw his name into the talent-rich junior bantamweight division, where he hopes to face top names such as titleholders Naoya Inoue, Luis Nica Concepcion and former titleholder Carlos Cuadras. But the big fight for him, which could happen next year, is a rematch with titleholder Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez, who outpointed him in an outstanding 2012 junior flyweight world title fight before he moved up to win a flyweight title and then a junior bantamweight title from Cuadras last month.Against Tabugon, Estrada seemed to have no problems with his right hand, which he landed often. Estrada took a few rounds to find his groove and dominated as he pressured Tabugon. Estrada took his foot off the gas a little in the second half of the fight but kept up a steady pace and boxed nicely from the outside en route to the victory.Also on the card, junior featherweight Emanuel Navarrete (16-1, 13 KOs), 21, of Mexico, cruised to a one-sided decision against countryman Martin Casillas (15-9-1, 9 KOs), 28. Navarrete won by scores of 100-90, 100-90 and 99-91 as Casillas dropped to 0-5-1 in his last six fights.Saturday at Harrow, EnglandLiam Walsh W12 Andrey Klimov Junior lightweight - Title eliminator Scores: 120-107 (twice), 119-108 Records: Walsh (21-0, 14 KOs); Klimov (19-3, 9 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Walsh, a 30-year-old southpaw from England, scored the biggest win of his career in a one-sided decision against Klimov, 34, of Russia, to earn a mandatory world title shot. He is now the mandatory challenger for 130-pound world titleholder Jose Pedraza (22-0, 12 KOs), of Puerto Rico, although Pedraza is considering a move up to the lightweight division, which would leave Walsh to fight for a vacant belt.Regardless of who Walsh fights for the belt, the former Commonwealth champion looked good in the fight to earn the shot. He took control against Klimov, who was fighting for the first time in 16 months, early on and used a good jab and his better speed to befuddle him. A right hand from Walsh produced a knockdown at the end of the fifth round. Walsh said after the fight he was ready to face Pedraza, be it in Puerto Rico, the United States or England. He said he would go anywhere in the world for the opportunity.Klimovs two previous defeats came the two times he stepped up in competition, a very poor performance in a shutout decision to Terence Crawford in 2013 and a near-shutout decision to Pedraza challenging him for a vacant world title in his previous fight, which was in June 2015.Friday at Glasgow, ScotlandRicky Burns W12 Kiryl Relikh Retains a junior welterweight title Scores: 118-110, 116-112 (twice) Records: Burns (41-5-1, 14 KOs); Relikh (21-1, 19 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Three-division world titleholder Burns, 33, thrilled the hometown fans with another win in the first defense of the vacant 140-pound belt he won in May, a month after Adrien Broner was stripped for failing to make weight. He squared off with the 26-year-old Relikh, of Belarus, who is trained by British legend Ricky Hatton but fighting a top opponent for the first time.Relikh, who had won 12 fights in a row (all by knockout) coming into the bout (and needed three attempts to make weight), gave a great effort and applied a ton of pressure, especially in the first three rounds and final three rounds. But Burns was the quicker, more skilled boxer and survived a few rough moments to win the well-deserved decision, although the 118-110 scorecard appeared a bit generous. The win is expected to set up a fight with four-division titleholder Broner (32-2, 24 KOs) in his first bout since being stripped of the belt Burns now holds.Dillian Whyte TKO10 Ian Lewison Wins vacant British heavyweight title Records: Whyte (19-1, 15 KOs); Lewison (12-3-1, 8 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Whyte, 28, of England, made his name last December when he went seven hard rounds with Anthony Joshua in a much-hyped fight. Although Whyte got knocked out and took heavy punishment, he also badly hurt Joshua and nearly stopped him in a tremendous fight. He has now won three fights in a row since and aims eventually for a rematch with Joshua, who went on to claim a world title in his next bout. Whyte continued to make the case that he deserves one as he beat up the game Lewison throughout the one-sided fight. By the end of the 10th round, Lewison, dealing with a nose injury, had taken a lot of punishment and his corner stopped the fight as he returned to the stool after the round. Lewison, 35, of England, saw a five-fight winning streak come to an end.Friday at Los AngelesDiego Magdaleno W10 Art Hovhannisyan Junior welterweight Scores: 99-91 (three times) Records: Magdaleno (29-2, 12 KOs); Hovhannisyan (17-3-3, 9 KOs)Rafaels remarks: Twice Magdaleno, a 29-year-old southpaw from Las Vegas, has fought for a world title and twice he has lost. He gave a good account of himself in a questionable split decision loss to Roman Rocky Martinez for a junior lightweight belt in 2013 in Macau, China. But in his last fight, a year ago, Magdaleno got blown out in a second-round knockout loss to lightweight titleholder Terry Flanagan in England. In his first fight since that bad loss, and his first since being released by promoter Top Rank, Magdaleno looked sharp in a one-sided decision against Hovhannisyan in the main event of Golden Boys LA Fight Club series. Magdaleno suffered a cut over his right eye in the fourth round but otherwise had few issues as he easily outboxed Hovhannisyan, 34, an Armenia native fighting out of Glendale, California, who suffered a cut over his left eye in the fifth round.Friday at Tampa, FloridaOrlando Cruz TKO7 Gabino Cota Junior lightweight Records: Cruz (25-4-1, 13 KOs); Cota (19-7-1, 17 KOs)Rafaels remarks: In the main event of promoter Tutico Zabalas Boxeo Telemundo card, Cruz, a 35-year-old southpaw from Puerto Rico, took apart late substitute opponent Cota, 23, of Mexico. The fight was a rematch of Cruzs more competitive 10-round decision victory last October. In the rematch, Cruz dropped Cota twice, in the second round with a left hand to the head and in the seventh round with another left hand, as he dominated the fight. After the seventh-round knockdown, Cota beat the count but he was in rough shape, which caused referee Andrew Glenn waved off the fight at 2 minutes, 38 seconds. 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Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore.MONTPELLIER, France -- Over the space of five days, Chris Froomes reputation has evolved from the most calculating of riders to a master tactician on the bike.First came his daring solo downhill attack and stage victory in Stage 8 in the Pyrenees.Then the British rider used the wind to his advantage and slipped into a four-man breakaway Wednesday to gain more time on his direct rivals as he attempts to secure a third Tour de France title in four years.This is bike racing at its best, Froome said. Im just enjoying my racing, attacking every opportunity I can.World champion Peter Sagan won the windy 11th stage by easily edging Froome in a sprint finish.For sure it was not a boring stage, Sagan said. It was always dangerous wind.With crosswinds of 40 kph (25 mph) sweeping across the road, cyclists rode with their heads crouched down all day to reduce resistance.With 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) remaining in the mostly flat 162.5-kilometer (101-mile) leg from the medieval city of Carcassonne to Montpellier near the Mediterranean coast, Froome and Geraint Thomas, one of his top support riders on Team Sky, joined the Tinkoff duo of Peter Sagan and Maciej Bodnar in the lead.Again it was just another one of those spur of the moment kind of things, Froome said. When Sagan went I thought, `Well, why not? Let me go after him and see what happens. The four of us worked well together. It was in all of our best interests to work together.Peter wanted the stage and we wanted to gain time on the GC (general classification, or overall) guys, Froome added.It was Sagans second victory in this Tour and his sixth career win in cyclings biggest race.Bodnar crossed third.It was a surprise also for me, Sagan said. We dont plan that. We are like artists. ... It just happens. With this wind it was dangerous every moment in the stage.Getting a six-second bonus for his second-place finish, Froome gained 12 seconds on all of his main opponents who finished in the peloton six seconds behind.While winning the 2013 and 2015 Tours, Froome relied mostly on uphill attacks and his time trialing skills, and was often criticized for a laack of creativity.dddddddddddd Perhaps realizing that he cant pull away from his rivals in the mountains anymore, he has become more unpredictable.We really are looking for every opportunity, Froome said. Its our mentality this year to try our luck every time its possible, even on the flats.The bigger gaps also made Froome more comfortable in the yellow jersey ahead of Thursdays mountain finish at Mont Ventoux on Bastille Day.Froome moved 28 seconds ahead of fellow British rider Adam Yates.Dan Martin of Ireland is third overall, 31 seconds behind, and two-time runner-up Nairo Quintana of Colombia is fourth, 35 seconds back.I was wondering if it was worth spending that energy but I was thinking, `Im going to try and get anything I can, knowing that Nairo is really strong in the third week, said Froome, who lost some time to Quintana during the final week en route to last years title. If I can take any seconds, I will.Quintana lamented that narrow roads played a role in the stage. Caught far behind in the peloton when Froome made his move, the Colombian made no effort to bridge the gap.It was a difficult day for me, Quintana said. There was a lot of wind and it was all flat. ... Organizers are thinking about the show but we take chances with our lives every day and especially in stages like this.On paper, the stage had appeared to set up well for sprinters. But the wind made it into a more tactical finish.At times, the wind split the peloton into several small groups -- known as echelons -- that swept across the road in fan-like formations.Even midway through the stage, Froome rode hard at the front of the peloton, perhaps sensing that some of his rivals were having trouble keeping up.Everyone knew the wind would be a factor and everyone rode at the front all day, Froome said. But just at the end, thats where the legs were a little bit (tired) and we got away.---AP Sports Writer Samuel Petrequin contributed to this report.---Andrew Dampf on Twitter: www.twitter.com/asdampf ' ' '