Boxing Links (5-30-11)

Posted on | May 30, 2011 | No Comments

Oteng gets top boxing award
Mmegi Online
Fly weight, Oteng ‘Terrible OT’ Oteng (51kg) was crowned Boxer of the Year at the second annual Debswana Boxing awards ceremony at Boipuso Hall in Gaborone on Saturday night. The 21-year-old from University of Botswana (UB) Boxing Club beat stiff …
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Mmegi Online

Local boxers in the news: Molina keeps busy with win over Rodriguez
Examiner.com
It’s always big news when you discover a local amateur boxer like Jesus Hernandez of La Jolla, CA has decided to turn professional. After you’ve watched them progress and work so hard, it’s only natural you want to see them succeed. …
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Falling in love with Carl Froch
15rounds.com
Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic is days from matching its finalists. It is a tournament that has fully altered the professional paths of its every participant, including the network that hatched it. Whatever pundits opine of its anfractuous …
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Nisar cruises into China Open Boxing quarterfinals
DAWN.com
KARACHI: Nisar Khan cruised into the quarterfinals of the China Open BoxingChampionship, underway in Guyang, after defeating Woo Sungjae of Korea in the opening round. Fighting in the 75-kg category, Nisar recorded a 9-6 win over the Koreanboxer to …
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DAWN.com

Jimmy Tibbs Talks Prizefighter; Dan Woodgate is Ready
BoxingScene.com
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro During his half a century in boxing Jimmy Tibbs has done it all, a highly decorated amateur and professional boxer, manager and promoter, but of all his pugilistic talents he is without doubt best know as the UK’s most …
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International Poster for Hugh Jackman’s Upcoming Robot Boxing Film REAL STEEL
The Daily BLAM
Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing together low-end bots from scrap metal to get from one underground boxing venue to the next. When Charlie hits rock bottom, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son …
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MMA More Popular than Boxing in Las Vegas Sports Betting
Larry Brown Sports
By Larry Brown May 29, 2011 – Posted in Boxing, MMA, Sports Betting UFC 130 may have been a lackluster card Saturday evening, but there is little doubt MMA is surpassing boxing in many regards. This week we wrote that boxing lost the magic it once had …
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Today in sports history
Hamilton Spectator
Tyson knocks out Thomas Mike Tyson, pictured, TKO’d Pinklon Thomas in six rounds for the heavyweight boxing title, 24 years ago today. Associated Press File Photo 1894: Bobby Lowe became the first player to hit four home runs in a baseball game. …
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Memorial Day Sunday Boxing Prospect Spotlight: Gennady Golovkin, Middleweight
Bad Left Hook
by Scott Christ on May 29, 2011 3:00 PM EDT in Boxing Prospects Since he already holds a major title (the WBA’s trinket), you could argue that Gennady Golovkin (20-0, 17 KO) is not a prospect anymore. And yes, I think he’s already a top contender at …
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Images from the final day of Junior Olympic boxing at the Saline Fairgrounds
AnnArbor.com
Ann Arbor-based boxing club A-Square Fight Club is hosting the 2011 Junior Olympic BoxingRegional Championships at the Saline Fairgrounds this weekend. Photographer Jeffrey Smith captured Saturday’s action for AnnArbor.com. Boxing will resume at 2 . …
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Boxing coach helps kids with life lessons | NOLA.com
By The Times-Picayune
“West Point has a really good boxing program. I wanted to get some training in before I went there, so I called him. In two weeks, I learned a lot, and then I had a fight two weeks after that. It all went really fast,” he said. …
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