BOXING LINKS (3-24-11)

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Young boxers say sport is about learning discipline, gaining confidence
Winnipeg Free Press
HALIFAX – About a half dozen kids wearing shorts and T-shirts gather around Tyson Cave at a Halifax boxing club. Some look sheepish, others confused. The 29-year-old accomplished boxer isn’t about to go easy on his young students, who’ve come after …
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Ringside Boxing: Prizefighter Super-Middleweights II
SaddoBoxing.com
By Jane Warburton March 24th, 2011 All Ringside Boxing Barry Hearn / Matchroom Sport gave us another great Prizefighter tournament last night – this time it was the Super-Middleweights II at Liverpools’ Characterful Olympia. …
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First boxing card at Cosmo to feature undefeated Cuban fighter
Las Vegas Sun
He has that something special about him,” said Leon Margules, president of Warriors Boxing and Promotions, which is promoting Friday’s fight. The 27-year-old Lara, who defected from Cuba in 2008, was the welterweight world champ in 2005. …
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Las Vegas Sun

Ravens’ Tommy Zbikowski is boxer at heart
NorthJersey.com
BY KEITH IDEC At heart, the Ravens safety definitely considers himself more a boxer than a football player. “I love doing it,” said Zbikowski (2-0, two KOs), who’ll fight Caleb Grummet (0-0-1) in a non-televised, four-round bout Saturday night in …
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Veteran will test Gamboa
SuperSport.com
The undefeated Gamboa and Solis, the WBA interim junior lightweight champion, meet at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in a fight that should provide high-class boxing. Gamboa, from Cuba, holds the WBA super-featherweight and IBF featherweight titles. …
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Robert Cuccioli Cast In ‘Cutman: The Boxing Musical’ At Goodspeed
Hartford Courant
Tony Award-nominated actor Robert Cuccioli (“Jekyll & Hyde,” “Les Misèrables “) will be featured in the workshop of “Cutman: A Boxing Musical” that will kick off the three-show season at Goodspeed Musicals’ Norma Terris Theatre, 33 North Main St., …
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Hartford Courant

Boxing Betting: Arum is very happy with Pacquiao’s right hook
Bookmakersinc.co.uk
Boxing betting fans would have probably blinked as well. The highly respected promoter then smiled, as he felt satisfied with what he saw on Monday during a practice session. Even though Pacquiao has only been into the seventh day of his preparations …
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Bookmakersinc.co.uk

Nine more lives: Boxing with Blackhawks/Panthers
Blackhawk Up
“With Sharp gone, I can get used to being the most handsome guy on the ice.” (Chicago Tribune) It wasn’t exactly the entertainment I was accustomed to during my five nights in Las Vegas, but I’m not going to complain about two much-needed points.…
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Blackhawk Up

Showtime Boxing: Ward vs. Abraham May 14 In California
SaddoBoxing.com
By Boxing Press March 23rd, 2011 All Press Releases The Super Six World Boxing Classic Semifinals are set to begin. Andre Ward, Arthur Abraham, Carl Froch and Glen Johnson are all one victory from the tournament final en route to 168-pound supremacy. …
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David Russell The Fighter
ReelzChannel.com
Mark Wahlberg mentioned a possible sequel to boxing biopic The Fighter prior to the Academy Award ceremony that won Christian Bale and Melissa Leo Oscars for their performances. A couple weeks later, Wahlberg again spoke of the sequel, …
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Blogs

Tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali opens on Friday – LA Daily News
By Photos by Hans Gutnecht/L.A. Daily News
A photographic vision of Muhammad Ali will be put on display Friday at Nokia Plaza L.A. Live. The tribute to the boxing great was conceptualized by Michael Kalish. | Click here for photo gallery.
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