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Boxing Links (4-21-11)

Posted on | April 21, 2011 | No Comments

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Fighter pay: The downside of MMA
Yahoo! Sports
A week ago, MMA bad boy Nick Diaz, announced his plans to compete as a professional boxer in 2011. Diaz cited money as one of the reasons he was contemplating giving boxing another shot. Most MMA fans understand Diaz’s point, as full contact fighters 
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Yahoo! Sports
Showtime boxing tournaments snakebitten
Examiner.com
This Saturday night was to be the finals of Showtime’s (American premium cable network, and producer of world-class boxing events) bantamweight tournament featuring Abner Mares vs. Joseph Agbeko at the Nokia Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. 
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16 boxers head for Youth & Junior Women’s World Championship
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Sixteen Indians boxers flew off to Antalya, Turkey eyeing medals in the inaugural Women’s Youth and Junior World Championships starting April 24. The event will feature 264 boxersfrom 45 nations. Of these, 113 athletes from 28 countries 
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National pride is a big motivator for Manny Pacquiao
Los Angeles Times
The boxing superstar, who is a congressman in the Philippines, doesn’t want to let his countrymen down when he meets Shane Mosley in Las Vegas on May 7. Manny Pacquiao trains during a media workout at Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles on Wednesday 
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Why Is Strikeforce Champion Nick Diaz Talking About Going Into Boxing?
Inside Fights
The rationale for the change in sport put forward by Gracie is that Diaz is burned out by MMA and needs a change of pace, plus Diaz’s frequently expressed frustration at the amount he is paid to fight on Showtime when compared to the networks’ boxers
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Inside Fights
From the Pressbox
Campus Times
Thirty-five years ago, boxing fans sat on the edge of their living room sofas to see the once indestructible “Big” George Foreman make his grand return against Ron Lyle, 15 months after falling prey to Muhammad Ali’s Rope-a-Dope tactics in Zaire. 
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Boxing Champ Promotes Upcoming Fight Night
WBOY-TV
By Kelly Rippin Former world heavyweight boxing champion James “Buster” Douglas met with fans and signed pictures and autographs. Douglas is best known for upsetting Mike Tyson back in 1990. He’s in town to promote an upcoming fight night and says 
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Breidis Prescott vs Bayan Jargal Live Boxing Highlights
PR-USA.net (press release)
Bayan Jargal vs Breidis Prescott Live Boxing Highlights: In their boxing match between Breidis Prescott and Bayan Jargal scheduled to play on Friday 22 April 2011. Watch Boxing Live matches at Sports Community. Earlier Amir Khan Conqueror Breidis 
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Boxing: ESPN brings ‘Friday Night Fights’ series to Reno
Reno Gazette-Journal
Josesito Lopez (29-3, 17 KOs) will make the first championship defense of his NABF light welterweight title against Steve Upsher Chambers (23-1-1, 6 KOs) in a scheduled 10-round bout on May 27 at the Reno Events Center. In January, Lopez, 26, 
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Andrade Ready for Bell
fightnews.com
He’s received great exposure on the national level, and I am also pleased that we have been able to showcase him right at home here for his fans on the east coast,” stated Joe DeGuardia, CEO of Star Boxing. “Demetrius is moving along well and has a 
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Boxing Breakfast: Barros-Caballero Signed, Juan Manuel Marquez 
By Scott Christ
Good morning. Today is the first day of Boxing Breakfast, which will be a(n almost) daily early morning roundup of boxing news tidbits and views on said tidbits, plus a few links around the web to get your day off to a fine start with 
Bad Left Hook – http://www.badlefthook.com/

 

Web
Boxing: Khan retains title despite dispute over stoppage – Others 
It was the unkindest cut of all for Northern Ireland’s Paul McCloskey. The 31- year-old, who runs a supermarket in home town Dungiven, believed he was 
www.independent.co.uk/…/boxing-khan-retains-title-despite-d…


LA Boxing Rockville
LA Boxing has changed my journey and totally for the better. I have been on the weight loss journey for a while now but I hadn’t really made the 
laboxing.com/rockville/default.asp
 

Automatic Qualification for USA Boxing Olympic Trials | News | USA 
ATTENTION: ALL USA BOXING MEMBER ATHLETES AND COACHES. As you are aware, USA Boxing’s Athlete Selection Procedures for the 2012 Olympic Games provide that: 
usaboxing.org/news/2011/04/15/automatic…for…/41874

 

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