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Boxing Links (8-12-11)

Posted on | August 12, 2011 | No Comments

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Ex-world heavyweight boxing contender LeDoux dies
Sacramento Bee
Former world heavyweight boxing contender Scott LeDoux (lah-DOO’) has died at age 62 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. His longtime friend and attorney Bob Dolan told The Associated Press Friday that LeDoux died Thursday at his Coon Rapids home 
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Namibia hosts boxing tourney
New Era
WINDHOEK – Namibia will host the Tri-Nations Boxing Championship for amateurs – also featuring Zambia and Botswana. The two-day tourney will… WINDHOEK – Shakes Mashaba, coach of the South African Olympic football team, Amaglug-glug, was gracious in 
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Underdog Boxing: Top Rank to stage Pacquiao-Marquez 3 World Press Tour in Manila
GMANews.TV
By CARLO L. PAMINTUAN Manny Pacquiao versus Juan Manuel Marquez is without a doubt one of the best boxing rivalries in this generation. The two have given us a couple of intense fights and the results of which still inspire debates among boxing fans. 
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Toughened Mares aims for Agbeko, bantamweight tournament title
USA Today
“I’m happy for him that he was able to return to something he likes to do, which isboxing. I try not to think of (his injury) because that will weaken me mentally. I try to think that he’s a normal athlete, he trained hard and I know he’s ready for 
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USA Today
Kimbo Slice is a JOKE – BOXING’S NEW BLACK EYE
ringsidereport.com
By Kevin Nelson Tomorrow in Miami, Oklahoma former street fighter turned mix martial artist turned boxer Kimbo Slice makes his boxing debut. Let me state that there is nothing wrong with Kimbo entering boxing, but the problem I have is that Allan Green 
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Eminem’s Boxing Movie Dropped by DreamWorks
Bad Left Hook
“He’ll play a world champion boxer who really hits a hard bottom, and has to fight to win back his life for his young daughter. At its core, this is a retelling of his struggles over the last five years of his life, using the boxing analogy. 
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Jacksonville Beach Woman Boxer Sets Sights on Olympics
First Coast News
JACKSONVILLE BEACH – A Jacksonville Beach female boxer has her eyes set on the Summer Olympic Games next year in London, England. “I should be competing for the United States. That’s the plan. USA team number one!” says 32 year old Ishika “Isis” Lay. 
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First Coast News
Diaz fight a homecoming
The Desert Sun
Boxers Antonio Diaz (left) and Ernesto Zepeda pose for photos at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino for their Friday fight. / Richard Lui The Indio Sun Read more about the Diaz family and see photos at mydesert.com/boxing. When Antonio Diaz makes his 
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Eminem-Antoine Fuqua Boxing Drama ‘Southpaw’ Dropped By DreamWorks 
By MIKE FLEMING
EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks has thrown in the towel on Southpaw, the boxing drama that has Eminem returning to the screen for the first time since 2002’s 8 Mile, and Antoine Fuqua directing a script by Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter. 
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Atom The Boxing Robot From Real Steel Is Lurking At Big Screen 
By Rich Johnston
I may or may not have seen Real Steel. I may or may not have a preview piece for you next week. This morning, I bumped into Atom the boxing robot and the third-billed star of the movie – behind Hugh Jackman and the little kid. 
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Philly’s Hart comes home golden from boxing trials – Philly.com
BY THIS STAGE of his 22-year-old life, it should come as no surprise to those who know him that Jesse Hart’s favorite color is gold.
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How race elevates boxing outside the ring
OPINION – While the sweet science no longer occupies the lofty perch it once held on the world platform — the drama generated outside of the ring still 
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