Boxing Links (7-15-11)

Posted on | July 15, 2011 | No Comments

ShoBox: Home of boxing’s future champions
Yahoo! Sports
Sports Jul 14, 3:54 pm EDT There are many things that other sports do which boxingneglects. Failing to scout and develop young prospects properly is only one in a laundry list of issues plaguing the sweet science. Nothing, though, is more critical to …
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Sammy Davis, Sugar Ray and the golden years of Harlem: the making of Jimmy …
Sydney Morning Herald
In Sydney to prepare Antonio Tarver for his fight against Danny Green, this veteranboxing trainer has seen it all, writes Daniel Lane. BOXING trainer Jimmy Williams danced around the streets of Harlem in the 1950s, when jazz music filled the air, …
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Sydney Morning Herald

Underdog Boxing: Breaking down Pacquiao’s 2nd ESPY Fighter of the Year Award
GMANews.TV
This year Pacquiao was up against two other boxers and two MMA fighters. Pacquiao didn’t have the best year of his career. He had a tremendous performance against Antonio Margarito but had a lackluster win over Shane Mosley, though the lackluster part …
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Championship boxing bouts coming to Atlantic City in September, October
Press of Atlantic City
Boxer Sergio Martinez, right, and referee Earl Morton pose for photographers after Martinez knocked out Paul Williams in the second round of their middleweight fight at Boardwalk Hall last November. Martinez will be back in Atlantic City to fight …
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John Murray ready to fill Ricky Hatton’s boots by becoming Manchester’s next …
Telegraph.co.uk
By Gareth A Davies, Boxing Correspondent Murray faces Londoner Kevin Mitchell on an intriguing card at the Liverpool Echo Arena on Saturday, which includes former amateur star Frankie Gavin, a Birmingham City supporter, in a welterweight contest with …
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Telegraph.co.uk

Roxbury grad Pawel Wolak stepping into the ring on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
Dailyrecord.com
A boxer from Morris County via Debica, Poland, Wolak will fight a 10-round junior middleweight bout – the main event of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights. Wolak showed few signs of strain as he sparred against opponent after opponent at Global Boxing in North …
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The show must go on
ESPN
Now, before Floyd Nation has a collective conniption and accuses me of painting their man in broad, caricatured strokes, just listen: Most level-headed boxing aficionados realize Mayweather is more than a cash-grabbing, smack-talking showman who won’t …
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Kimbo Slice to Make Pro-Boxing Debut Against James Wade
Bloody Elbow
by Anton Tabuena on Jul 15, 2011 12:47 AM EDT in Boxing “James Wade is an American fighter out of Missouri, and he’s 0-1, but he doesn’t want to go 0-2. For Kimbo Slice it’s a great fight for his pro debut, it will give us time to assess where Kimbo is …
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The Dream Begins at Hard Rock
fightnews.com
Dream Team Boxing hit the jackpot at The Seminole Hard Rock casino this afternoon by inking a multi-fight deal starting with a 9-bout card on Friday, August 12th. Recent changes to the Seminole Tribal Council paved the way for a new era of boxing at …
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Blogs

Kimbo Slice Faces James Wade in Pro Boxing Debut in August …
While some have pointed at Kimbo’s move into boxing as his search for a new payday or some kind of freak show fight, his promoter says just watch and see. Shaw has followed Kimbo’s training camp and believes that everyone will be …
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