BOXING LINKS (3-25-11)

Posted on | March 25, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing: Weighing his options
Journal Inquirer
By Sherman Cain ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — No one has ever won a Super Bowl and a world heavyweight boxing title. Having just finished his second season with the Baltimore Ravens, Tom Zbikowski plans to do both. Don’t think he’s serious? …
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Pacquiao’s angles to put Mosley in trouble
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Boxing trainer Freddie Roach said one of the strategies of Manny Pacquiao against the power-punching American “Sugar” Shane Mosley is the use of angles. “Manny knows all the combinations already,” the venerable coach told The Ring …
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Man with a plan: Gamboa looking to get his medal back
USA Today
By Bob Velin, USA TODAY One night in December 2006, three Cuban national boxersslipped away from their hotel in Venezuela, where they were training for the Pan American Games, crossed the border into Colombia and eventually signed with a German boxing …
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USA Today

It’s ‘Lights Out’ for Boxing Drama on FX
New York Times (blog)
The FX network hit the cancellation button on its boxing drama “Lights Out” Thursday, a move that surprised few in the television business. The show, which tracked the comeback attempt of a fictional heavyweight fighter, won some favorable reviews for …
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New York Times (blog)

ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- Mar. 25, 2011
Maxboxing
By Marty Mulcahey No boxing series has chronicled the rise of Cuban boxers as well as ESPN2’s “Friday Night Fights,” a trend that continues tonight with co-main events highlighting two more aspiring Cuban expatriates. Erislandy Lara and Yudel Jhonson, …
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From gangland to high society: He was a champion boxer, East End gangster …
Daily Mail
Former boxer George Walker, who has died of a heart attack aged 82 in the South of France, certainly left his mark on the British scene. He will be forever remembered as the man who invented the shopping centre — he gave birth to the pioneering but …
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Daily Mail

Remillard-Garcia a fight worth having
Journal Inquirer
“I never encouraged Mikey to get into boxing. He grew up around boxing, just like my own kids, but my kids aren’t fighters. It’s a tough game. But Mikey wanted to try it when he was 14. He knew how to fight. And he was a natural at it. …
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Smith: Kirkland gets third shot at fight plan
New York Daily News
Maybe the author of “The Great Gatsby” didn’t know many boxers, because the sport is full of men living out second, third and sometimes fourth acts in life. Just ask James Kirkland, who was living out his second life in boxing, a step or two away from …
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New York Daily News

Atwater boxing club gives youths a fighting chance
Merced Sun-Star
By KEITH A. JONES ATWATER — Andrew Rhinehart weighed 350 pounds when he met boxing coach Ralph Parga six months ago. A former high school athlete, his weight had spiraled out of control after he graduated and went off to Fresno City College. …
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Merced Sun-Star

Boxing tourney set for NLR
Polaskinews.net
By Times Staff The Mid-South Golden Gloves Boxing Association and the North Little Rock Parks and Recreation Center will host the Mid-South Golden Gloves Championship Tournament on Thursday through Saturday at the North Little Rock Community Center. …
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Blogs

FX cancels boxing drama ‘Lights Out’ – From Inside the Box – Zap2it
By Tierney Bricker
FX will not be moving forward with a second season of the critically acclaimed drama series ‘Lights Out,’” a rep for the network says in a statement.
From Inside the Box – http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/

Tom Zbikowski Trained for Next Boxing Game | Cheap NFL Jeresys …
By nflcustom
The NFL lockout has allowed Tom Zbikowski to pursue his passion for boxing. He already has won one fight this year and now he has being trained by a Hall of Famer for his next bout. Tom Zbikowski, standing, defeated Richard Bryant in …
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Web

Peeved boxing hero Pacquiao deletes Twitter account – Yahoo! News
Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has thrown in the towel on Twitter after coming off worse for wear in a bruising scrap with online critics.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/…/peopleinternettwitterboxphipacquiao

Hayden Panettiere: Boxing Babe | GossipCenter – Entertainment News …
Hayden Panettiere at the Klitschko fight (March 19).
gossipcenter.com/…/hayden-panettiere-boxing-babe-489482