Boxing Links (6-17-11)

Posted on | June 17, 2011 | No Comments

Here is boxing writer Keith Idec’s inside look at the sport:
NorthJersey.com
An entertaining style and a large, rabid fan base have made Mexico’s Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs)boxing’s fastest-rising star. Alvarez, 20, will headline an HBO “Boxing After Dark” broadcast Saturday and defend his WBC 154-pound crown in Guadalajara, …
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Boxing: David Haye and Wladimir Klitschko exchange verbals in HBO interview
Click Liverpool
He said he could not allow the Klitschko’s to effectively unify the heavyweight division, claiming he was doing it for “the good of the boxing… for the good of the world”. Whereas WBO, IBF and IBO champion Wladimir called his opponent a “wannabe”, …
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Click Liverpool

Larry Holmes to get high school sheepskin
USA Today
By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes will get an honorary high school diploma decades after dropping out of junior high school to help make money for his family. The Easton (Pa.) school district will honor the …
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USA Today

Carl Froch’s Ambition Sets The Standard For Fighters
BoxingScene.com
By David Cosgrove Whether or not he is victorious against America’s unbeaten Andre Ward, 24-0 (13 KOs) in the final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, which is due to take place before the end of the year, Nottingham’s 33-year-old WBC …
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The Good, The Bad and The Pretty
EastsideBoxing.com
Olympic Style Drug testing which Ortiz has reportedly agreed to, to help clean up boxing. Alleged conditions of this bout have Mayweather guaranteed a $40M purse up front. Also, the venue hasn’t been decided upon, and for all it’s worth Cowboys Stadium …
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Abrar’s murder shocks boxing fraternity
The News International
KARACHI: Pakistan’s sports community received a major shock on Thursday when one of the country’s most celebrated boxers — Syed Abrar Hussain Shah — was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Quetta. Abrar was sprayed with bullets by gunmen on …
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Boxing returns to West Sac
Sacramento Bee
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Mid-Ring Crisis: Older Boxers to Battle
Patch.com
Two amateur pugilists with a combined age of 100 are scheduled to fight at a boxing match at M&T Bank Stadium on Saturday. By Lem Satterfield | Email the author | 9:00am Patrick Cornelius is a 48-year-old Federal Hill resident who is boxing on Saturday …
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Undefeated Boxer is Beating the Odds
Patch.com
A former high school wrestler, Bouloubassis has overcome asthma to become an unbeaten professional boxer who also holds a world record for the 168-pound class with a 15-second knockout. On Friday night at Du Burns Arena, Bouloubassis will pursue his …
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Boxing legend helps Arden Shore dedicate new Waukgan offices
Chicago Sun-Times
By Judy Masterson jmasterson@stmedianetwork.com June 16, 2011 8:56PM Kevin Lopez, 9, of Highwood wins a raffle for an autographed boxing glove from Boxing Hall of Fame referee Joe Cortez during the grand opening of Arden Shore Child and Family Services …
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Blogs

A lot on the line for boxing nationals in Springs – Colorado …
By BRIAN GOMEZ
A lot on the line for boxing nationals in Springs.
Colorado Springs Gazette – News…

BoxingInsider’s Boxing Blogger Richard Pierson To Box On July 16 …
By Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski BoxingInsider.com’s resident blogger and pro fighter Richard Pierson makes his return to the ring next month. Pierson (9-2, with 6 KO’s)
BoxingInsider.com

Boxing making a comeback in Baltimore
By Rachel Bernstein
Boxing making a comeback in Baltimore (access required). Posted: 7:34 pm Thu, June 16, 2011. By Rachel Bernstein. Robert “Bobby” Magruder was one of the toughest boxers in the Washington area. In the spring of 1971, he fought the first …
Maryland Daily Record

Reminder: Boxing Room Opens Tonight — Grub Street San Francisco
By Jay Barmann
Boxing Room (399 Grove Street), the New Orleans restaurant from chef Justin Simoneaux in the old Citizen Cake spot debuts to the public tonight at…
Grub Street San Francisco