Boxing Links (5-14-11)

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Mosley: Pacman hardest hitting boxer I’ve faced
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – “Sugar” Shane Mosley has acknowledged the strength of Manny Pacquiao’s power punches, saying the Filipino boxing champion is the hardest hitting boxer he has faced in his 18-year career. “That PAC man hit me harder than anybody in …
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Tournament inches closer to Super finale
New York Post
It might seem like decades ago when the World Boxing Classic was announced, matching six top super middleweights in a unique round-robin tournament that eventually would decide a winner. But it actually has taken 19 months since the opening round to …
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Kostya Tszyu’s boys keen to emulate their dad, the boxing champion
Herald Sun
In a week when boxing sadly farewelled former world champion Lionel Rose, 13-year-old Nikita Tszyu – the youngest son of former world champion Kostya – is proof that the future of the fight game is in safe, albeit small, hands. …
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Lionel Rose in black and white
Sydney Morning Herald
On The Age website last week many tributes to Rose from readers recalled where they were when they heard this commentary, one Geelong boxing fan saying: ”I listened to you beat Harada on a car radio outside the Grand Central Hotel Geelong, …
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Sydney Morning Herald

Round-by-Round Boxing Analysis: Kendall Holt vs. Julio Diaz

Opposing Views
This is boxing though, so never say never. After a lengthy video package detailing the rough life and sometimes rocky career to Holt, we’re ready to go. Holt is 26-4 with 14 KOs, but he’s also been stopped three times. NFL running back Brandon Jacobs …
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Opposing Views

Seth Mitchell & Sharif Bogere: SHOWTIME SHOBOX BOXING RESULTS
ringsidereport.com
Another example he’s also setting is for any young boxers is not to fight d… I hope more people would gamble like him. I live in Vegas and that would gr… Very good and honest article. Everything is pretty spot on. Can’t hate the… why are you …
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Boxing: Aguilera faces top heavyweight Arreola tonight
Houston Chronicle
He is trained by Bobby Benton at the Main Boxing Gym. Aguilera, 24, burst onto the forefront of the heavyweight scene in 2009 by knocking out former World Boxing Council titleholder Oleg Maskaev in the first round. Aguilera, however, lost three of his …
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Mendy: Lucian Bute’s Title is Coming Back With Me!
BoxingScene.com
Bute-Mendy is promoted by EuroPlus Computers SRL, and Interbox in association with Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing. “I am pleased that Jean-Paul Mendy finally has his world title shot, especially against such a great Champion in Lucian Bute” stated Mendy’s …
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Andre Ward, Nonito Donaire’s path to greatness
San Francisco Chronicle
Joe Olivarez opened US Karate and Boxing in Hayward in 1989. He has helped develop two worldboxing champions. Andre Ward first got into the ring to spar when he was 10, and he remembers getting beat something fierce by a 15-year-old kid named Glenn at …
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Classic Boxing Coach’s Competitive Boxing Program Expands to Huntington Beach
PR.com (press release)
Classic Boxing Coach will now be training boxers at The Fitness Compound. The additional location will enable Classic Boxing Coach to better accommodate boxers in Orange County. Huntington Beach, CA, May 14, 2011 –(PR.com)– Classic Boxing Coach …
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Blogs

Boxing Breakfast: Great Fight Friday Leads Into Return of Super …
By Scott Christ
Showtime’s Pacquiao vs Mosley replay is tonight, paired with Andre Ward vs Arthur Abraham live from California.
Bad Left Hook – http://www.badlefthook.com/