BOXING LINKS (3-18-11)

Posted on | March 18, 2011 | No Comments

Bute-Magee is a side note to Super Six
ESPN
Super middleweight titlist Lucian Bute was not invited to be part of Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic, the six-man tournament that is down to the semifinals, but he has followed it closely. “I have followed the Super Six from the beginning,” …
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ESPN

All-Time Heaviest Boxing Champions
SI.com
Solis (right) weighed in at 247 pounds for his March 19 fight with Vitali Klitschko for the WBC heavyweight championship in Cologne, Germany (6 pm ET, Epix). If he wins, the 30-year-old Cuban — who’s weighed as much as 282¼ for a 2008 fight — would …
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DVD Review: ‘The Fighter’
ParentDish
Violence: Lots of boxing violence, including punching, hitting, pummeling, and some spattering blood. The heroes get into a fight with the cops, and the cops smash the hero’s hand with a billy club. The hero’s girlfriend gets into a knock-down, …
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Britain’s boxers were superb in Beijing. They could do even better in London
The Guardian (blog)
They have started 2011 in a similar vein and have already won 10 medals at elite tournaments, featuring many of the world’s amateur boxing superpowers such as Cuba and Russia. The programme is very much on track and as long as the athletes continue to …
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The Guardian (blog)

Epix joins HBO, Showtime in boxing game
USA Today
By Dave Skretta, AP Sports Writer The year-old network will air Vitali Klitschko’s heavyweight title fight against Odlanier Solis from Cologne, Germany, on Saturday, giving boxing fans in the United States an opportunity to see a fight that might …
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Tulare County boxers bring home the Silver at nationals
Visalia Times-Delta
Richard Torrez Jr. made his first appearance at the Silver Gloves boxing national championships as a 10 year old in 2010. It turned out to be a learning experience for the Tulare amateur boxer. Things went a lot differently as an 11-year-old for Torrez …
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Keith Walton of Sakwamdo Boxing Club fighting at Golden Gloves tourney tonight
HollandSentinel.com
Walton, fighting out of the Sakwamdo Boxing Club with his stepfather, Sakwam Heath, owns a 4-3 record. Walton won his most recent fight when he defeted Brett Yeasea of the Michigan Golden Gloves Association club out of Grand Rapids. …
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Zbikowski’s boxing and football careers could be on rise
Pro Football Weekly
By Mike Wilkening As his profile as a pro boxer grows, Ravens S Tom Zbikowski’s pro football career could be on the upswing, too, particularly if the Ravens do not re-sign starting SS Dawan Landry, whose contract is up. Ravens head coach John Harbaugh …
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Cantrell, Sill make Carolina’s Boxing Hall of Fame
Spartanburg Herald Journal
By Eric Boynton CHARLOTTE, NC — Bruce Cantrell never thought taking a friend’s suggestion thatboxing training would help relieve his asthma would inspire a pugilistic career that took him around the country to some of the biggest arenas before ending …
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Blogs

Manny Pacquiao Is Not A Middleweight « Now Boxing
By Charlie Knoxville
Anyone that knows boxing , should know that Manny is waaay out of his weight as of now. That is partly why he is p4p king. I lose respect for Martinez calling him out. If Martinez was so confident he should fight Jean Pascal or Bernard …
Now Boxing – http://www.nowboxing.com/

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Max Boxing – News – An Epix Commitment to Boxing?
By Steve Kim: It wasn’t clear how Stateside fans were going to view this Saturday’s bout at Lanxess-Arena in Koln (Cologne), Germany between WBC heavyweight …
www.maxboxing.com/news/…/an-epix-commitment-to-boxing