Boxing Links (3-30-11)

Posted on | March 30, 2011 | No Comments

Jose Canseco says fight promoter knew about Ozzie switch
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
By ‘Duk The Internet had another good chuckle at Jose Canseco’s expense earlier this week when it was reported that he tried to unsuccessfully send his twin brother Ozzie to participate in a celebrityboxing match down in south Florida. …
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Bernard Hopkins after boxing drug accusation from Jean Pascal: ‘Don’t be …
New York Daily News
Pascal gave Hopkins the respect due a 46-year-old boxing legend, and Hopkins playfully teased the 28-year-old champion about his youthful inexperience. Then Hopkins traveled to Quebec and schooled Pascal on the finer points of fighting a legend, …
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New York Daily News

Boxing: Brinkley looks for return to top level
Reno Gazette-Journal
Miguel Lopez (2-1, 1 KOs) four rounds junior middleweight His last fight still eats at him, but Jesse Brinkley has no intention of giving up boxing. He wants another chance to fight for a world title, just not against Lucian Bute. …
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Video: Mike Tyson talks Charlie Sheen, boxing, tango, STDs and great books
Tucson Citizen
In this radio interview with ESPN Las Vegas, he talks about Charlie Sheen “acting a little strange” learning the tango, boxing with an STD, “being a damn fool’ and how channeling Edmond Dantes from The Count of Monte Cristo got him through prison.
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Southeast Texas boxing still has some fight
Beaumont Enterprise
Richard is the co-owner of the boxing club that was formerly located on 4th Street in Beaumont. Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise Photo: Guiseppe Barranco / Beaumont Jesse Davila talks with Chad Broussard, left, and Jeremy Devila, right, …
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Gamboa Destroys Solis
BlackAthlete.net
Gamboa-Solis was the featured main event of a HBO “World Championship Boxing” broadcast. Gamboa, a growing fixture on HBO, is inching closer toward a possible showdown with WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez. Both are undefeated world …
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BlackAthlete.net

Marcos Maidana Talks Morales, Mayweather, Khan, More
BoxingScene.com
Speaking from the Pound 4 Pound Boxing gym on the West side of Las Vegas last week after another hard day of training, Maidana gave his thoughts on some fellow pugilists near his weight class, some of whom he has faced or will be facing soon and others …
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Cosmopolitan brings swagger, swank as boxing host
Las Vegas Sun
Except that this scene is alongside a boxing ring. Welcome to the newest venue for VIP seating on the Strip: the Chelsea Ballroom at the Cosmopolitan, where the other night some of the resort’s best customers watched a fight 10 feet from the ropes, …
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Las Vegas Sun

Ringside: Salinas boxer steps into spotlight after big win
Monterey County Herald
He’s one of the game’s shadow boxers — a talented young fighter who almost never gets to fight outside the gym. So Alejandro Perez goes to the gym every day, day after day, working his butt off to stay in top shape, within dehydration range of his …
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Ward-Abraham fight no easy sell
ESPN (blog)
At last, the semifinals of Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic are upon us, meaning we are in the home stretch of the long — too long, frankly — six-man super middleweight tournament, which has been going on since late 2009. …
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Blogs

A boxing fight physician experience
By Kevin
State law and the Boxing Authority require a physician to be at ring side and perform the pre and post fight exams.
KevinMD.com – http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/