Boxing Links (9-24-11)
Boxing chiefs to probe ‘cash-for-medals’ claim Yahoo! Sports International amateur boxing chiefs have launched an investigation into allegations that millions of dollars were splashed out to guarantee Azerbaijan gold medals at the 2012 Olympics. BBC programme Newsnight alleged that the money was paid by an Azeri … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (9-23-11)
Rogge: Boxing Corruption Charges Taken Seriously ABC News By CHI-CHI ZHANG AP IOC President Jacques Rogge on Friday welcomed an investigation by amateur boxing’s governing body into allegations that millions of dollars have been paid to guarantee Azerbaijan two gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics. … See all stories on this topic » […]
ANDRE WARD’S TRAINING CAMP INJURY FORCES POSTPONEMENT OF SUPER SIX WORLD BOXING CLASSIC FINAL VS. CARL FROCH
Originally Scheduled For Oct. 29, Organizers Actively Pursuing New Date NEW YORK (Sept. 23, 2011) – Andre Ward, the WBA Super Middleweight World Champion and Super Six finalist, sustained a cut above his right eye during a sparring session on Thursday, Sept. 22. As a result, the Super Six World Boxing Classic Tournament Final and […]
Cody Bollinger and Chuck O’Neil on Tonight’s FNU Combat Sports Show
Featherweight prospect Cody Bollinger (left) will be the 8:30 PM EST guest on tonight’s Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show. Bollinger coaches UFC Veteran Joe “Big Daddy” Stevenson, and he comes from a great fighting pedigree. His father is former King of the Cage 145-pound Champion Frankie Bollinger. Bollinger’s record at the moment is 11-2, […]
Newer, Meaner O’Connor Destroys Del Cid
World-renowned trainer Ronnie Shields said his newest pupil, Super lightweight prospect Danny O’Connor (15-1, 4 KOs) was learning to sit down on his punches more. He didn’t lie. The new-and-improved O’Connor scored a devastating first-round knockout (1:20) over Jamal Del Cid of Mexico last night at the 10th annual Fight to Educate charity show at the Verizon Wireless […]
Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillin Gains from Olympian Experience
NEW YORK (September 22, 2011) – Unbeaten middleweight contender Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin recently gained invaluable experience during his three weeks in Colorado Sprongs training with members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. Quillin (25-0, 19 KOs), presently rated No. 7 by the World Boxing Association (“WBA”)and No. 10 by the International Boxing Federation (“IBF”), is a bi-coastal […]
Boxing Links (9-22-11)
Top athletes making far more today than in ’91 Yahoo! Sports Mayweather, along with Manny Pacquiao, are the last bankable stars in boxing. They are the only fighters that command incomes on par with today’s top athletes. Pacquiao was the one fighter to crack our look at the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes this … See all stories […]
BELIEVE IT OR NOT! BERNARD HOPKINS TELLS IT HOW HE SEES IT ON MAYWEATHER VS. ORTIZ OUTCOME
Click HERE To Download And Listen To The Not-To-Be-Missed Jim Rome Show Interview Philadelphia, PA (September 22)…WBC and Ring Magazine Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins called into the nationally syndicated Jim Rome Show on Wednesday to give his opinion about what happened during the Mayweather vs. Ortiz welterweight championship fight last Saturday night. Hopkins, who is preparing […]
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