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Boxing Links (5-9-11)

Posted on | May 9, 2011 | No Comments

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Rose’s champion style went way beyond the boxing ring
Sydney Morning Herald
THE life and boxing career of former world champion Lionel Rose, who died this week, has dual significance. There had been prominent Aboriginal people before him who had impacted upon the consciousness of the larger community. 
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Manny Pacquaio
ESPN
Pacquiao, the face of boxing and an international phenomenon, did drop Mosley in the third round with a cracking left hand and looked like he might score a rousing early knockout. His trainer, Freddie Roach, made no secret of the fact that he wanted 
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The Real Deal
ABC Online
By Corbin Middlemas Daniel Geale became the first Australian boxer to win a world title (IBF middleweight) on German soil. (AFP : Robert Schlesinger) Daniel Geale wrote his name in Australian boxing history in the early hours of Sunday morning, 
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ABC Online
Up next for Pacquiao: Do we care?
OCRegister
By MARK WHICKER LAS VEGAS – It was a promising day and night for boxing, until the fight started. On Saturday morning , top trainer Freddie Roach and USA boxing announced a partnership. Roach will have a major say in the selection and development of 
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Diaz is to Lacy as Froch is to Liddel
The Faster Times
This is reminiscent of the last MMA-boxing crossover with the tubby, old, and washed-up, James Toney. Sure they’re fun, but MMA-boxing crossovers don’t make much sense. You’re saying that someone who is accustomed to fighting a maximum of twenty 
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After Pacquaio vs. Mosley, UFC president White and boxing’s duBoef discuss future
MMAjunkie.com
by John Morgan on May 09, 2011 at 8:00 am ET LAS VEGAS – Contrary to a popular opinion in the MMA community, boxing most certainly is not dead. The 16412 fans that packed Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena – nearly 1600 more enthusiasts than the UFC has 
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MMAjunkie.com
Bad Left Hook Weekly Boxing Rankings for May 9: Jorge Arce and Shane Mosley Go 
Bad Left Hook
by Scott Christ on May 9, 2011 7:30 AM EDT in Boxing Rankings It’s Monday, so that means it’s time to update the Bad Left Hook weekly boxing rankings. Let’s just jump into it, because there’s a lot to discuss. We’ll just go into the divisions with 
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Greenwich-area Filipinos revel in Pacquiao boxing victory
Greenwich Time
Photo: Frank MacEachern / Greenwich Time | Buy This Photo Sporting a Manny Pacquiao T-shirt Jerry Tamsi of Greenwich, plays darts during a FALConn (Filipino Amateur League in Connecticut)-sponsored fight night celebration in honor of Filipino boxer
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Former Boxing Champ Credits Mother With Saving His Life
WLWT Cincinnati
About 26 years ago, Tubbs was the heavyweight boxing champion. But that was a long time ago, and a lot has happened since then. If he could go back in time, Tubbs said he would have a mission for himself: “I would change his whole life around. 
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Dear Paris Hilton: An Apology, from a Boxing Fan
Bad Left Hook
There’s only so much shameless, nauseating, and frankly embarrassing attempts at elbow-rubbing from the boxing community I can handle. It’s one thing to show me that Liev Schreiber is there. It’s another to tell me a month ahead of time that Paris 
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Jackie Kallen On Boxing: Should Mosley Retire? | BoxingInsider.com
By Staff
By Jackie Kallen At what point does a boxer know that it’s time to hang ’em up and walk away from the game? Does he ever know or do most boxers fight.
BoxingInsider.com – http://www.boxinginsider.com/


Strikeforce’s Nick Diaz Agrees To Boxing Fight With Jeff Lacy 
By Luke Thomas
Nick Diaz has agreed to face Jeff Lacy in a boxing match later this year, but is still holding out hope for a fight with UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre.
SBNation.com – All Posts – http://www.sbnation.com/

 

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