John Thompson (born March 5, 1989) is an American

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2015 Boxcino tournament

Thompson won the 2015 Boxcino tournament - a tournament featured exclusively on

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. At the finals of this tournament, he also won the interim

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and WBO Inter-Continental junior middleweight titles.

WBO world title fight

The Boxcino win increased Thompson's ranking in the WBO. When the WBO title was stripped from

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, Liam Smith was to fight

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for the vacant title. Soro pulled out of the fight for the vacant title so Thompson was awarded the title shot by being the next highest available fighter. The fight took place on October 10, 2015, on the undercard of the

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title fight, with Thompson losing by knockout.

References

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