Boxing Links (5-13-11)

Posted on | May 13, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing’s Ten Most Polarizing Figures: Mayweather, Pacquiao, Hopkins and More
Bad Left Hook
Since controversy — or weakly alleged controversy — is such a hot topic the last few days, I thought we’d take a look at what I feel are boxing’s ten most polarizing figures. I’m limiting this only to active fighters (not retired, that is to say), …
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Boxing champion Andre Ward isn’t a knockout with fans
Los Angeles Times
(Kevork Djansezian / Bongarts / Getty Images / May 11, 2011) By Lance Pugmire Andre Ward is the last American gold medalist active in boxing, unbeaten as a professional and on Saturday he hopes to move one significant step closer to unifying the …
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Los Angeles Times

Beloved king of Aussie boxing returns to what was once his palace
The Australian
He should have known better, for no matter which estimate you take, more Australians turned out to hail the boxer than they did the Fab Four. On Monday Lionel returns to Festival Hall and will complete his journey. It was in this stadium almost a half …
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Idec: Holt out to recapture glory
NorthJersey.com
PASSAIC — Seven years ago, Kendall Holt introduced himself to boxing enthusiasts nationwide with a spectacular one-punch, first-round knockout of Gilberto Reyes in a fight on ESPN2. Kendall Holt, left, celebrates with pal Jose Peralta, who defeated …
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Mobile to host Olympic boxing trials
al.com
By Cassandra McAboy Anthony Bartkowski, executive director of USA Boxing, speaks to the media during a press conference at Mobile Government Plaza on Thursday, May 12, announcing the city will host the US Olympic Team trials forboxing beginning in …
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Puerto Rico Boxing Cards on June 10, June 11 in NYC
BoxingScene.com
NEW YORK, NY – Two of boxing’s top promoters have put together a tribute to the great Puerto Rican boxers of past and future in the only way they know how: by staging two spectacular boxingshows, back-to-back in the same venue, loaded with the best …
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Hayden Panettiere and boxer Wladimir Klitschko break up
Los Angeles Times (blog)
The “Scream 4” actress, 21, and Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxing champ who, at 35, is 14 years her senior, said that the long-distance thing just wasn’t working out. “We had a great time together, but it’s not that easy to manage a relationship between …
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Boxing Breakfast: Robert Garcia on a Possible Antonio Margarito Retirement
Bad Left Hook
Brent Brookhouse of BloodyElbow.com guested as he covered the Pacquiao vs Mosley fight for SBNation.com, and we talked about the fallout there, the reaction around both boxing and MMA communities to the fight, some of the pay scale differences between …
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Zaveck wants Berto next;; Murray-Rees on 6/4; USA Boxing News
EastsideBoxing.com
Wishes to fight for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title are coming from his team also, after he lost the World Champion in WBC,” said Dejan Zavec (31 win, 18 KO, 1 lost), the IBF World Champion, about potential opponents at his press …
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U.S. Olympic Committee, USA Boxing and Freddie Roach Training, Inc …
In an effort to ensure American boxers have access to the very best training and support in the world in advance of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, …
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Boxing: Manny Pacquiao’s last workout before fighting Shane Mosley …
David Livingston/Getty Images At Thursday’s running session, in Manny Pacquiao’s final workout before Saturday’s fight, the boxer’s entourage is typically …
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