Boxing Links (7-14-11)

Posted on | July 14, 2011 | No Comments

New Jersey Suspends Judges for Paul Williams vs. Erislandy Lara Scoring
Bloody Elbow
by Brent Brookhouse on Jul 14, 2011 12:30 PM EDT in Boxing This past Saturday night saw what had been a fantastic weekend for boxing come to a very disappointing end as Paul Williams was awarded a majority decision win in a bout that most felt he was …
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Kitschko brothers mourn their dead father, 64, who helped clear up Chernobyl …
Daily Mail
By Daily Mail Reporter Heavyweight boxing brothers Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko were mourning their father after the 64-year-old died from a long battle with cancer yesterday. The former Soviet Air Force colonel played a key role in the clean-up of …
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Daily Mail

Pacquiao wins ESPY Fighter of the Year award
GMANews.TV
Manny Pacquiao’s success is not only limited in the four corners of the boxing ring after the Filipinoboxing icon earned his second Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) Award. “I thank ESPN for recognizing the sacrifices I made in boxing. …
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Now or never for Viloria
Philippine Star
Manila, Philippines – For challenger Brian Viloria, losing to WBO flyweight champion Julio Cesar Miranda of Mexico will likely mean the end of his boxing career. That’s how his chief second and cutman Ruben Gomez reads the situation facing the Hawaiian …
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Man arrested on suspicion of murdering missing Wirral boxer Brett Flournoy
Wirral News
A MAN is suspected of murdering a Wirral boxer – even though his body has not been found. Welterweight and light middleweight fighter Brett Flournoy, 31, vanished last month after picking up a friend on the border of Devon and Cornwall. …
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Amateur boxing: Award honors Webster’s legacy
Green Bay Press Gazette
He also founded the Menominee Boxing Club, wrestled in the WCW as “Little Deer” and once took on a bear for a $1000 prize. Webster Sr. succumbed to cancer nearly a year ago, but asked to be honored at an annual amateur boxing event that features the …
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Boxing Champs Support Team Sparta 300 Opening
SecondsOut
Former world champions Tim Witherspoon and Richie Woodhall were among the boxing nobility in attendance at the official opening of Team Sparta 300 Gym, a new boxing and fitness centre at Chingford Golf Range on Waltham Way, London E4. …
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Manny Pacquiao: Why Fighting Floyd Mayweather Would Be a Horrible Idea
Bleacher Report
For those of you who have not yet watched my video with the legendary boxing expert Al Bernstein then watch it right now. We talk about everything pretty much going on in the sport of boxing. Of course we eventually discuss a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight …
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Bleacher Report

The Week’s Boxing Schedule, Featuring Juan Manuel Marquez, Pawel Wolak, Ricky …
The Queensberry Rules
It’s a really great series, one that fills a vital niche in boxing. There are no major major major fights this weekend, but there’s one potential Fight of the Year candidate, some regional scraps of some import and any number of significant fighters in …
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Tyson Fury Vs Dereck Chisora: THE BOXING UNDERCARD
ringsidereport.com
Mind you Jason Cook winning would not be a disaster for UK boxing. Cook lost in prizefighter to Gavin Rees, 35-1, 16 KO’s – current European and British lightweight holder- who went on and won the Prizefighter tournament. Cook is looking for a way back …
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Victor Ortiz: Victor Ortiz has a lot to fight for – Los Angeles Times
Welterweight boxer Victor Ortiz is barely beginning his run of fame and fortune and already there’s a book title just waiting for him: “From Living in …
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