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Boxing Links (4-4-11)

Posted on | April 4, 2011 | No Comments

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Bowler Shane gears up to topple boxing kingpin
Philippine Star
Aside from boxing, we do other stuff. If it’s bowling for him, it’s basketball for me. We have our own style,” said Pacquiao. Mosley trains at the Big Bear Camp in California, and is hoping that everything he does will serve him well against the 
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Ravens’ Zbikowski set for fourth pro boxing bout
Chicago Tribune
The Baltimore Sun reports: Baltimore Ravens safety and former Notre Dame and Buffalo Grove star Tom Zbikowski is keeping busy boxing during the NFL lockout, with his fourth professional bout set for April 23. Zbikowski, who is 3-0 with two knockouts, 
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Floyd “Pretty Boy” “Money” Mayweather Jr. “The Master of the Ring”
EastsideBoxing.com
By Eugene Martinez: Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. is the most paradoxical and enigmatic personality in the professional sport of boxing. There is something about him that is inexplicable. He can be described as rare, remarkable, phenomenal, 
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Boxer Shot by Her Stepfather, Police Say
New York Times
By AP The boxer Rola El-Halabi was shot in her dressing room in Berlin by her stepfather before a title fight, leaving her with injuries to her hand, knee and feet, the police said. El-Halabi, 25, was awaiting her bout with Irma Balijagic Adler of 
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Wheelchair Boxing Added To Saturday Card In Connecticut
The Sweet Science
HARTFORD (April 4, 2011) – A special wheelchair boxing exhibition match has been added to Saturday night’s pro card, “The Willie Pep Boxing Classic,” presented by Hard Hittin’ Promotions (“HHP”), at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. 
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Klitschko doesn’t love boxing – Haye
ESPN.co.uk
David Haye has continued the needle ahead of his eagerly-anticipated heavyweight showdown with Wladimir Klitschko, insisting his Ukrainian opponent ‘doesn’t loveboxing‘. Haye is currently training for the June 25 or July 2 clash in Miami, 
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ESPN.co.uk
Lakers forward Lamar Odom isn’t happy with his boxing skills
Los Angeles Times
Denver’s Kenyon Martin slips in for a tip-in with 11 seconds left, the second such late play Odom has allowed this year, and his frustration with himself shows. Lakers forward Lamar Odom reacts after he was called for a foul in the fourth quarter 
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Los Angeles Times
Boxing: Nigeria’s Samuel Peter loses again
Afrique en Ligue
Lagos, Nigeria – Former World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Samuel Peter of Nigeria recorded the fifth loss of his career when he was knocked out in the ninth round of his fight with unbeaten heavyweight Robert Helenius in Germany Saturday 
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Vazquez, Bonilla Advise Calderon To Drop Back To 105
BoxingScene.com
By Jhonny Gonzalez According to trainers Wilfredo Vazquez Sr. and Jose Bonilla, former champion Ivan Calderon should move back down to 105-pounds if he plans to continue boxing. Calderon was knocked out for the second consecutive time on Saturday night 
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A Tribute to a Legend: Gil Clancy 1922 – 2011
ringsidereport.com
By Mike Plunkett My initial recollections of Gil Clancy are from the period when he was a respected regular fight broadcaster for CBS, back in the day when boxing was regularly featured on network television. But there was so much more to Clancy than 
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Women’s boxing champ shot by stepfather – The Local
World champion German boxer Rola El-Halabi is unlikely ever to fight again after she was shot repeatedly by her stepfather in her dressing room before a bout on Friday night.
The Local – Germany’s news in English – http://www.thelocal.de/


Scoop Malinowski: Why American Boxing Is Struggling 
By Scoop Malinowski
What’s the problem with the state of American boxing? Is it that the best athletes are in the NFL? A shortage of top quality boxing coaches as astute as Eddie.
BoxingInsider.com – http://www.boxinginsider.com/

 

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