Boxing Links (7-8-11)

Posted on | July 8, 2011 | No Comments

Victor Ortiz Has Floyd Mayweather Jr. in His Sights
Fox News
By Victor Garcia In boxing, it’s easy to prove you’re the best… all you have do is win. For WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz, winning has come with hard work and knowing what losing really feels like. Born in Liberal and raised in Garden City, …
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Boxing writer Kimball goes the distance with cancer
New York Post (blog)
George Kimball III wrote about some of boxing’s greatest fighters ever during his award-winning career as a sports journalist. But in battling esophageal cancer for the last six years, he was as courageous as any of them. First diagnosed in 2005, …
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Rios ready for Antillon
fightnews.com
You have teenage and amateur fighters who look up to you at the Robert GarciaBoxing Academy in South Oxnard, where you train. Fight fans ask for an autograph or a picture in Southern California or abroad. However, you are not one to bite your tongue…
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Idec: Paul Williams has chip on his shoulder
NorthJersey.com
The former welterweight and junior middleweight champion fought twice apiece in 2009 and ’10, thus there’s nothing unusual about boxing for the first time in seven months. Still, there’s nothing ordinary about Williams’ 12-round, 154-pound fight …
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Q&A: Phoenix boxer Jesus Gonzales
AZ Central.com
7, 2011 09:35 PM The movement continues Friday when Phoenix’s Jesus Gonzales (26-1) fights Mexican boxer Francisco Sierra (24-3-1) for the vacant NABF super middleweight championship belt in the main event of a seven-bout card at US Airways Center. …
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The return of Cintron
fightnews.com
“My skills are getting a lot better, boxing, defense are getting better training with Ronnie. He is the type of trainer that will get you prepared for a fight skill wise.” His opponent Molina is not to be taken lightly as he has given his opponents all …
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B.C.’s Anthony “The Future” Willis to make pro boxing debut
Battle Creek Enquirer
Another prospect from Sugar Tony’s Boxing Academy in Battle Creek is set to make his professional debut today in Grand Rapids. Battle Creek Central graduate Anthony “The Future” Willis will fight Russia’s Walter Hile in the 147-pound weight division at …
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IOC names, shames countries without women athletes
USA Today
The federations for boxing, weightlifting, canoeing and kayaking, handball, archery, shooting, rugby, cycling and bobsled also lack women on their decision-making bodies. “It’s disturbing that we have fewer women than ever serving on executive boards …
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BOXING: Guerrero versus Maidana will be ‘a war’
Gilroy Dispatch
You get the classic boxer like me and a puncher like Marcos Maidana. “It’s being smart and being ready. You have to be well prepared especially with a puncher like Marcos Maidana. Everything has to be right. You have to be on your toes and on your ‘A’ …
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Gilroy Dispatch

Avenal’s Ramirez a rising star in boxing circuit
Fresno Bee
By Nick Giannandrea / The Fresno Bee It’s been a whirlwind two-plus weeks for Jose Ramirez, the amateur boxer from Avenal with designs on making the US Olympic team. First, he plowed through the field to win a second straight title at 132 pounds during …
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Blogs

David Whiting trains for his boxing match against fellow Orange …
By BY DAVID WHITING
David Whiting trains for his boxing match against fellow Orange County Register columnist Frank Mickadeit. Clash of the Columnists will be held July 20, 8 p.m., at South Coast Kickboxing in Costa Mesa. Proceeds go to the columnist’s or …
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Veteran boxing coach embellishes his love for the sport : Kaieteur …
By KNews
George Oprecht (right) strikes a pose with current heavyweight champion, Kurt Bess, one of theboxers he nurtured from scratch. Opines that ProAm cards are good for boxers. By Michael Benjamin Ever since the inauguration of the monthly …
Kaieteur News

Web

Boxing Live Blog: Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye – The Daily …
Complete analysis of Wladimir Klitschko’s unanimous decision over David Haye in their heavyweight title fight in Germany.
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