Boxing Links (5-11-11)

Posted on | May 11, 2011 | No Comments

‘The Voice’ recap: Contestants duke it out in the boxing ring
Los Angeles Times
On Tuesday night, Christina, Blake, Adam and Cee Lo literally put their singers in a boxing ring, challenging them to a duet that only one of them will survive. And just in case you didn’t catch that metaphor, Christina’s team was more than happy to …
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There is something about mothers
BusinessWorld Online
The Mother’s Day celebration last Sunday coincided with the much-hyped fight of our nationalboxing hero, Manny Pacquiao, against Shane Mosley. It is no wonder that roads were devoid of traffic and the malls were quiet last Sunday, especially towards …
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Can Andre Ward Really Reach Manny Pacquiao Heights?
SB Nation
This video is courtesy of one of their Andre Ward Day posts as they did an excellent job conveying just how far this young man has come in his boxing career. On the heels of Manny Pacquiao’s defeat of Shane Mosley this past weekend, BLH wanted to get …
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Liev Schreiber To Be A Bleeder In New Boxing Drama
Inside Pulse
In 1975, obscure boxer Charles “Chuck” Wepner went 15 rounds with then heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. Now this moment in sports history is getting the big screen treatment in The Bleeder, taken from his nickname, the “Bayonne Bleeder. …
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Inside Pulse

Foreman likes Hopkins’s chance at boxing age mark
AFP
MONTREAL — Bernard Hopkins will try to eclipse George Foreman as the oldest fighter to win a major world title bout when he faces Jean Pascal next week for the World Boxing Council light heavyweight crown. Hopkins will be 126 days beyond his 46th …
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AFP

‘Real Steel’ trailer: Hugh Jackman and director Shawn Levy discuss the human …
Entertainment Weekly
Jackman and Shawn Levy (director of the Night at the Museum movies) aspired more toward yesteryear than the future, though their movie about a father and son caught up in a robo-boxingtournament takes place a few years ahead of present day. …
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Local boxer Kates to be inducted to Pa. Hall of Fame
Vineland Daily Journal
Bridgeton native Richie Kates, who now lives in Vineland, will be inducted into the PennsylvaniaBoxing Hall of Fame on Sunday. / Submitted photo Richie Kates’ boxing career took the Bridgeton native all around the world. Now, it’s taking him to the …
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Zanesville PAL boxers win at state junior Olympic tourney
Zanesville Times Recorder
COLUMBUS — The first round of the Ohio State Junior Olympics boxing tournament ended Sunday with nine area athletes competing. Saturday’s action had Chris Hasten winning the junior 101-pound championship, beating Columbus’ Dante Ettore. …
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Heavyweights: American Writers on Boxing
The L Magazine
Colum McCann’s introduction gets the inevitable boxers-writers comparison over with mercifully early. It is worth noting that fighters, for their part, very rarely compare themselves to authors—though Gene Tunney contributes herein an account of his …
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The L Magazine

Blogs

Real Steel May Be the Finest Robot Boxing Movie of Our Generation …
It might be the worst robot boxing movie of our generation, too. Actually, it could be both. I doubt there will be many more.
Topless Robot – http://www.toplessrobot.com/

Web

Pacquiao-Mosley: The X’s and O’s – boxing – ESPN
If Pacquiao, the Energizer Bunny of boxing, frustrates Mosley with his constant movement, and if Mosley is unable to keep up with his opponent’s pace, …
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