Boxing Links (8-10-11)

Posted on | August 10, 2011 | No Comments

Manager: Gatti didn’t take own life
Boston Globe
A private probe into the 2009 death of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti will disprove the official conclusion that it was a suicide, Gatti’s former manager Pat Lynch said yesterday. Gatti, a popular junior welterweight champion who retired in 2007 …
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Manny Pacquiao may be the greatest boxer-singer ever
USA Today (blog)
Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao continues to fly up the music charts. Among those who could see Pacquiao in their rear-view mirrors: Adele, Train, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and OneRepublic. “Manny leaping from No. 11 to No. 7 on the Adult Contemporary …
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USA Today (blog)

Hopkins calls out ‘laid-back’ Dawson
ESPN
Most boxing purists didn’t hold that opinion, but an overwhelming majority of casual fans did. Hopkins has always been motivated to prove his detractors wrong, so he’s back fighting and winning championships. But at 46 years old, …
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AIBA to integrate amateur, pro boxing
Philippine Star
By Joey Villar (The Philippine Star) Updated August 11, 2011 12:00 AM 0 CHINESE TAIPEI – The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is set to ratify and implement a “revolutionary” rule that would integrate amateur and professional boxing in the 2016 …
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Boxing News: WBA & IBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov Ready …
ringsidereport.com
Unification remains the goal for World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International BoxingAssociation (“IBA”) light heavyweight king, Beibut Shumenov. If, however, none of the other 175-pound world champions – Bernard Hopkins, Tavoris Cloud and Nathan …
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HAYE AND SOLIS SEEK TITLE REDEMPTION
Sportinglife.com
By Mark Staniforth, Press Association Sport Boxing fans have become accustomed to heavyweight disappointments, but the failures of both David Haye and Odlanier Solis to remotely trouble the Klitschko brothers makes this year more dismal than most. …
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Sportinglife.com

Antonio Diaz often wonders about his boxing career path
The Desert Sun
Wade Byars The Desert Sun INDIO — What might be considered the pinnacle of his boxing career, Antonio Diaz now thinks his fight against Shane Mosley was a mistake. Diaz, who will wrap up his career Friday against Ernesto Zepada at Fantasy Springs …
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Late start hasn’t slowed down promising boxer
Dayton Daily News
By Tom Archdeacon, Staff Writer Updated 12:49 AM Wednesday, August 10, 2011 When Jeff Camp first walked through the door at Kenny Miliner’s Dayton Metro boxing gym on Salem Avenue four years ago, he already was 18 years old. …
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Evander Holyfield: Pay-Per-View is Killing Boxing
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
by Charles Jay As a native of Alabama, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield had the opportunity to speak to those in attendance at a dinner to mark the closing of the Olympic Boxing Trials in Mobile, and he may have turned a few heads when he …
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BoxingInsider.com (blog)

Agbeko-Mares Clash, live on Metro TV
Modern Ghana
8/10/2011 1:06:25 PM – International Boxing Federation (IBF) Bantamweight Champion Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko and undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver 118-pound Champion Abner Mares will come face to face this Saturday, August 13 in the …
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Blogs

WBC Champ Bernard Hopkins Wants To Be First Boxing Star To Fight …
By ccolton
Bernard Hopkins is moving as fast as ever. The 46-year-old light heavyweight champ won a big bout in late May, will defend his title in October, and wants to fight again in January. He also would like to be the first boxing star to …
CBS New York

In Flex We Trust » (Video) NFL/Boxing: Michael Irvin Says Floyd …
By Sabrina
(Video) NFL/Boxing: Michael Irvin Says Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Making Brothers Look Bad by Ducking Pacquiao. 08.09.11 | 4 Comments. Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl. Football Great Michael Irvin Says Floyd Mayweather Jr. Is Making …
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Web

Tastes of Louisiana inspire Boxing Room in S.F. | Full Page
I was excited when I heard that Bill Russell-Shapiro of Absinthe was taking over the nearby space that once housed Citizen Cake, but a bit let down that he …
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