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Day 2 of The International 2016s group stage saw expectations turned upside down. Though Group A generally matched Day 1s outcomes in its matches, Group B was a full of surprises and upsets. Almost every series was fascinating to watch, with underdogs toppling favorites and every team bringing its A-game to Group B.In Group A, Evil Geniuses maintained a top spot with two 2-0 victories over TNC and Escape Gaming. OG fell down to second due to Wings Gaming forcing an even series and rising up to third place. Though Wings had an uneven day one, its second day showing saw a 2-0 over Alliance, creating a solid buffer between itself and the teams below.Alliance and TNC stand tied for fourth at 5-5 overall, with Alliances 2-0 giving it the edge for winners bracket. TNCs 2-0 victory over LGD was one of the more significant upsets of the day, while LGD has plummeted to the bottom after losing all four games in the day. The Chinese squad joins NaVi in a tie for sixth, after NaVi swept LGD but fell 0-2 to Alliance in the El Clásico match-up. Escape brings up the rear, with only a single victory to its name after two days.EHOME continues its dominant streak in Group B with a 6-0 record for the day over three series, all but clinching a winners bracket berth. Digital Chaos comes in at second with strong showings over Secret and Newbee, sweeping both teams. Newbee stumbled against DC and EHOME, but a sweep of Fnatic helped the team keep a spot in the upper end of the group.Team Liquid also had difficulty in the early series, but bounced back with a 2-0 against Fnatic, leaving Liquid and Newbee tied at third. Despite a rough day one, Vici Gaming Reborn pulled off a surprising 2-0 over Team Liquid. MVP Phoenix stands tied with Vici Reborn at the five spot after a 2-4 record. 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Banks told TSN on Jan 2 that he had no interest in playing out the option year of his contract with the Lions in 2014, and he again made that clear in a conversation with Lions GM Wally Buono last week.Jason Sosa is heading overseas to make his first junior lightweight title defense. He will face Stephen Smith on Nov. 12 at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco.The fight represents a change of plans for Sosa (19-1-4, 15 KOs) of Camden, New Jersey. Initially, he was going to defend his secondary 130-pound title this fall against 21-year-old Baltimore product Gervonta Davis (16-0, 15 KOs), a Floyd Mayweather protégé. But Sosas co-promoter, Russell Peltz, told ESPN.com that when Davis and his team failed to finalize the fight, Sosas team moved on to make a deal with Smith and his promoter, Matchroom Boxings Eddie Hearn.We are fighting Stephen Smith Nov. 12 in Monte Carlo. Davis or his team priced themselves out, Peltz said.Sosa, 28, fought to a 10-round majority draw with former featherweight titlist Nicholas Walters in December 2015 in a fight that virtually all observers had Walters winning easily. But the draw put Sosa in position for a shot at secondary titleholder Javier Fortuna, and they fought on June 24 in Beijing.Down on all three scorecards, Sosa rallied for an 11th-round knockout in a major upset to win the belt.The title shot will be the second for Smith, 31, who is part of a Liverpool, England, fighting family. He is one of four brothers who box professionally. Liam Smith lost a junior middleweight world title by ninth-round knockout to Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 17; Callum Smith is a super middleweight contender; and Paul Smith has challenged twice for the super middleweight title.Stephen Smith challenged junior lightweight titlist Jose Pedraza on April 16 at the Foxwoods resort in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on a Showtime-televised card, but Smith lost a unanimous decision in a competitive fight. He rebounded with a seventh-round knockout of Daniel Eduardo Brizuela on May 29 and iss excited to get another chance at a world title.ddddddddddddIm delighted to have this fight, really grateful for the opportunity as I believe its a fight I will win, Smith told ESPN.com on Saturday. The fact that I got the chance so soon after Pedraza was even better. I was happy to fight again straight after that fight (against Brizuela), and it has proved beneficial now with this opportunity coming about.I think Sosa is a good, solid fighter without being spectacular in any area in particular. He has had a couple of decent results lately -- drawing with Walters, then beating Fortuna -- although, like many, I thought Walters won. [Sosas] confidence should be high, and I should be facing him at his best, which Im relishing.Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz, who represents Fortuna but also has options on Sosa, said the winner of Sosa-Smith will have to face Fortuna next. Fortuna (30-1-1, 22 KOs), of the Dominican Republic, has the contractual right to a rematch against Sosa or to a fight against an opponent who defeats him.Fortuna, 27, rebounded from the loss to Sosa with a second-round knockout of countryman Marlyn Cabrera on Sept. 23.One of the fights in the works for the card is a rematch between former super middleweight titleholder Arthur Abraham (45-5, 30 KOs) of Germany, and Englands Martin Murray (33-4-1, 16 KOs). Abraham, 36, claimed a split decision against Murray in a November 2015 title defense.Abraham lost the 168-pound belt in his next fight to Mexicos Gilberto Ramirez but rebounded with a win on July 16. Murray, 34, bounced back with a win after the loss to Abraham but then lost his next bout, a unanimous 12-round decision to countryman George Groves on June 25. ' ' '