Boxing Links (5-8-11)

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Manny Pacquiao, the Best Fighter in the World, Wins Again
The Atlantic
But he has always been considered “a warrior,” boxing parlance for someone who will risk bodily harm to win and Pacquiao trained harder than for any previous fight with the expectation that Mosley would attack him with everything in his aresenal. …
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The Atlantic

Saddened Geale leads tributes to legend Rose
Sydney Morning Herald
An absolute boxing legend. You will be missed mate but never forgotten.” Geale’s victory gave him the honour of becoming only the fourth Australian to win a world title on foreign soil – a feat Rose achieved in 1968 when he beat Japan’s Fighting …
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Sports in Brief: Roach to help train U.S. boxers | Philadelphia Inquirer …
Philadelphia Inquirer
USA Boxing announced Saturday that celebrated trainer Freddie Roach will work with the top American amateur fighters in preparation for the London Olympics in 2012. “I think we can make it work together,” Roach said. “You have a good team behind you, …
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Sri Lanka boxer stripped of gold medal
AFP
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Disgraced Sri Lankan boxer Manju Wanniarachchi was stripped of his Commonwealth Games gold medal Sunday after he failed a second doping test for a banned steroid. Sean McGoldrick from Wales becomes the bantamweight Games champion …
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AFP

Poole: Donaire, Guerrero, Ward would be a must-see Bay Area boxing megacard
San Jose Mercury News
Nonito Donaire and Robert Guerrero and Andre Ward are three world-champion boxers who live in the Bay Area. Arguably the three best fighters among active Americans, they could be so much more. Clean-cut and photogenic, from three different ethnic …
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Our new world champ restores boxing’s credibility
The Daily Telegraph
Picture: AFP Source: AFP DANIEL Geale’s win brings credibility back to Australian boxing. It gives long-suffering Aussie fight fans a reason to believe in the fights again. Within moments of claiming the IBF middleweight belt curious minds in Australia …
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New FBI documents reveal threats to boxing great
Boston Globe
The letter, postmarked March 9, 1954, was the first of four that the late Brockton boxing legend received in a three-month span threatening to kill his wife and daughter if he won a June 17, 1954, bout with Charles, according to files recently released …
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Watch Evander Holyfield vs Brian Nielsen live boxing online now
Kansas City Star
In his 11 years of professional boxing, Nielsen has never been this light. You have to go back to his amateur career to find a weigh-in of 238. Talk about your dissimilarities, Holyfield has never been this heavy. After Nielsen (64-2-0, 43 KOs) worked …
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You have to fight to get into this boxing class
TheNewsTribune.com
Marcie Doyle of University Place is the picture of concentration and intensity during a heavy bag boxing fitness class taught by Kim Axtman at AllStar Fitness last week. Generally speaking, it’s good advice to avoid rooms tucked away in back corners of …
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Mum’s the word for usually chatty Bob Arum on HBO boxing shuffle rumors
Examiner.com
It’s been no state secret that Arum has long been at odds with how Greenburg has run the boxingbusiness for the prime cable network, publicily charging the TV executive with giving Top Rank archrival Golden Boy favored nation treatment including …
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Blogs

Aquino congratulates boxing icon Pacquiao on latest victory | Home …
President Benigno Aquino III today congratulated the country’s boxing icon, Rep. Manny Pacquiao for his latest victory in the ring, and described him as a “hero” whose discipline and determination to succeed, which he again demonstrated …
philstar.com – Breaking News – http://www.philstar.com/

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Freddie Roach will help coach USA Boxing team | The Fabulous Forum …
By Lance Pugmire
Freddie Roach, the five-time trainer of the year who has supervised Manny Pacquiao’s rise to superstardom, has agreed to take on a prominent role in coaching U.S. Olympic boxers. Roach announced Saturday he will open his Wild Card …
LA Times Sports Blog – http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/

Positive moves in train for amateur boxing : Kaieteur News
By KNews
Positive moves are afoot for local amateur boxing with key linkages with overseas partners that will benefit the sport here. President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, told Kaieteur Sport that recent discussions …
Kaieteur News – http://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/