Boxing Links (8-6-11)

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Staten Island’s Marcus Browne wins, earns berth on US Olympic boxing team
New York Daily News
The top 10 boxers in each weight class at the worlds will qualify for the Olympics. Browne is the only one of four New York City boxers at the trials to make it through undefeated and secure a spot on the team. In one of the more controversial policies …
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New York Daily News

Rising stars
Brisbane Times
Gloves off: boxing great Robbie Peden and activist and community worker Glenda Thorpe. Photo: Craig Sillitoe AT FIRST glance, Fitzroy Stars in Gertrude Street seems no different to any other boxing gym; the same configuration of ring, punching bags and …
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Brisbane Times

Manila kicks off Pacquiao, Marquez ‘tour’
Inquirer.net
By Beth Celis The trilogy between eight-division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and two-time opponent Juan Manuel Marquez, who last fought in Las Vegas three years ago, is four months away. Early September, JuanMa and his entourage are expected …
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BOXING: Pavlik withdrawal may KO his career
Los Angeles Daily News
By Robert Morales, Staff Columnist Bob Arum is like most boxing promoters in that he rarely has a bad thing to say about anyone in his stable. But he may have finally had it with Kelly Pavlik. The former middleweight world champion from Youngstown, …
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Camp Lejeune Marine wins 141-pound boxing title at Olympic trials
Jacksonville Daily News
The 25-year-old Marine Corps corporal stationed at Camp Lejeune defeated multiple national champion Pedro Sosa of Bronx, NY, 15-10 in the 141-pound finals of the US Olympic Boxing Trials in Mobile, Ala. The victory was Herring’s second over Sosa in …
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Slow inside the ring, but boxing biz is busy
ESPN (blog)
It’s a slow week in the dead of summer, with a weekend ahead virtually devoid of boxing, but there’s still a lot going on outside the ring. I’ve been keeping my ear to the ground. Here’s the lowdown on some stuff I’ve heard in recent days: Javiel …
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America’s Boxing Best: Who Can Follow Mayweather and Hopkins?
Bad Left Hook
One of the consistent “complaints” I hear is that there is a dearth of top American fighters in today’sboxing game, and when I really thought about it for more than a couple of seconds that I mostly dismiss, I think there’s some validity to this. …
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One night for Paris
Santa Maria Times
“I’ve seen him fight, he does not have the skills; he does not have the boxing IQ that I have. “ He’s not stronger than me, he’s not faster than me. Like I said, there’s nothing in his boxing career that says that he could beat me. …
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Mike Tyson, of Zeeland, describes champion boxer with same name as ‘family man …
The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com
But that’s how another Mike Tyson — the one from Zeeland — described the boxer. As part of the CBS reality-television how “Same Name,” Mike Tyson of Zeeland switched lives for a few days with the champ while cameras caught it all on tape. …
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The Grand Rapids Press – MLive.com

Hall Call: Forecasting Tomorrow’s Inductions Today
Los Angeles Times
In other words, when it comes to me and the International Boxing Hall of Fame, bad things happen. Most of the dissension over the past few years has resulted from my insistent — and many would say misguided — viewpoint that the unbeaten resume …
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Blogs

KC-area boxer Thompson wins at U.S. Olympic boxing trials …
Kansas City-area boxer Lenroy “Cam” Thompson moved one step closer to the 2012 London Olympics, beating Laron Mitchell on Friday at the U.S. Olympic boxing trials in Mobile, Ala. Mitchell, from San Francisco, kept the bout interesting, …
Kansas City Star: Sports

Revamping boxing in Nigeria
By alexsamade
The poor performance of Nigerian born former heavyweight boxing champion, Samuel Peter, and the near extinction of quality pugilists in Nigeria have necessitated the need to beam a searchlight on the pathetic state of boxing in Nigeria …
Vanguard News

Burke’s Antoine Douglas Competes In Olympic Boxing Team Trials …
Burke boxing phenom, Antoine Douglas, continued his march toward the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. Douglas, 18, competed in the 165 lb. weight class of the U.S. Olympic men’s boxing team trials in Mobile, Ala, which began Sunday, July 31. …
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