Boxing Links (6-16-11)

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Boxing: The ring brings punters feast or famine
Financial Times
By Huw Richards Suitably for a sport that often deals in extremes of emotion and experience,boxing’s contribution to spreadbetting markets is a matter of feast or famine. There is no regular programme of fixtures in the manner of football or cricket. …
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Underdog Boxing: Marvelous Marvin Hagler has Pacquiao’s back
GMANews.TV
By CARLO L. PAMINTUAN Marvelous Marvin Hagler was at the 2011 International Boxing Hall of Fame ceremonies at Canastota, New York when ESPN caught up with him for an interview and, of course, the whole Floyd Mayweather versus Manny Pacquiao issue was …
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Boxing-Pakistani Olympic boxer shot dead in hometown
Reuters
KARACHI, June 16 (Reuters) – Pakistan i three-times Olympic boxer Abrar Hussain was shot dead in his hometown of Quetta on Thursday, police said. “The assailants shot him in the head while he was coming out of his office today,” police official, …
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Super Six Final: Ward vs Froch Tentatively Set for October 29
Bad Left Hook
The Super Six World Boxing Classic final bout has a working date, according to The Sun, as the fight between Andre Ward and Carl Froch is being targeted for October 29 in either Las Vegas or New York. Froch (28-1, 20 KO) is pushing for the fight to be …
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Boxing pioneer receives honor
The Augusta Chronicle
By David Lee A local boxing pioneer was recently recognized for reaching new levels for women in the sport on a national and international level. Jo-Anne Newman, who runs the North Augusta Boxing Club with her husband, became only the second woman to …
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Local boxing hall of fame formed
San Antonio Express
By John Whisler Crystal Quiroga says her father, former world champion Robert Quiroga, would be “very proud” to be among the first inducted into the city’s boxing shrine. Her sister, 8-year-old Catheryne Quiroga, and inductee “Jesse” James Leija listen …
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New Haven Six Showcase Saturday In Hartford
SaddoBoxing.com
By Boxing Press June 16th, 2011 All Press Releases Undefeated, highly-regarded junior featherweight Luis Rosa, Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs) lead the New Haven Six into the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford this Saturday night, launching “The New Generation …
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ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- June 16, 2011
Doghouse Boxing
By Martin Mulcahey, MaxBoxing (June 16, 2011) Special to Doghouse Boxing Last Friday Joe Tessitore and Teddy Atlas hosted a fight card in their backyard at New York City’s elegant Roseland Ballroom. This week they trek across the country to the gritty…
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Doghouse Boxing

He’s been a champion, now he’ll be a graduate
Allentown Morning Call
Larry Holmes has been recognized lavishly during his lifetime, by the Jaycees and the International Boxing Hall of Fame, with various mayoral citations and keys and honorary degrees. His office, on a street bearing his name, is replete with awards, …
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Allentown Morning Call

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Cinnamon: The next best thing in boxing | Being Latino Online Magazine
By beinglatino
The last two decades of boxing have given us some great Mexican boxing champions: Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, and Oscar de la Hoya (he’s Mexican-American but we’ll claim him). You’re probably reading this …
Being Latino Online Magazine

adidas is all in: Boxing by Romain Gavras | Hypebeast
By Edward Chiu
Romain Gavras gives us a director’s cut of the unused footage from his spot for adidas’s adidas is all in campaign. The piece builds around the iconic.
Hypebeast

HBO’s Lederman to Call First Boxing Match – SportsNewser
By Cam Martin
Harold Lederman, a pharmacist by trade and an unofficial ringside boxing scorer for HBO for more than two decades, will call his first fight Saturday night. HBO announcer Max Kellerman’s wife is expecting a baby, so Lederman will fill …
SportsNewser

Everlast Boxing Equipment: Boxing Heart – I Believe in Advertising
By Filippo
Everlast Boxing Equipment: Boxing Heart. June 16, 2011 at 11:01 · Filed under Print/Poster. Advertising Agency: Euro RSCG, Duesseldorf, Germany Chief Creative Officer: Felix Glauner Creative Director: Martin Venn …
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