Boxing Links (8-19-11)

Posted on | August 19, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing gets direct challenge from MMA
ESPN
By Dan Rafael AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta Will another round of Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao help keep boxing fans from turning to another combat sport? “Let the games begin,” Top Rank promoter Bob Arum chortled into the phone on Thursday. …
See all stories on this topic »

ESPN

Boxing on the canvas
Herald.ie
With five top boxers unable to compete, the Association created an even bigger problem. Late on Wednesday evening, after a worrying delay, the IABA finally announced its squad set to fly to Italy today for intensive training camp sessions ahead of next …
See all stories on this topic »

A Friday Night Fight, and His Name on the Line
New York Times
Accessible by a narrow wooden staircase, the busy room bears the unmistakable scent of men at work and is more functional than fancy, even by the humble standards of a boxing gym. But it suits David Diaz just fine. He never sought the trappings of …
See all stories on this topic »

New York Times

Boxing in the Blood and Bones
New York Times
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS Merging immigrant hunger and Olympic dreams, “Born and Bred” offers a vérité portrait of three young Mexican-American boxers in East Los Angeles. The boxing twins Javier and Oscar Molina in the documentary “Born and Bred. …
See all stories on this topic »

New Orleans cookin’ comes alive at Boxing Room
San Francisco Examiner
Crunchy delight: Boxing Room’s Southern fried chicken, with its exceptional spice-infused crust, stays hot and juicy. (Brian Molyneaux/Special to The Examiner) The ebullient Boxing Room gives San Francisco a New Orleans-style restaurant it can love. …
See all stories on this topic »

San Francisco Examiner

Is Vitali Klitschko The Death Of The Heavyweight Division?
SaddoBoxing.com
By Jose Espinoza August 19th, 2011 All Boxing Articles He is the reigning WBC heavyweight champion, he has the highest knockout percentage in heavyweight boxing history and he has a huge fight lined up on September 10 against Tomasz Adamek; …
See all stories on this topic »

El Paso/Albuquerque Boxer Joshua Gomez Heads To Colorado
Examiner.com
Tonight, Joshua Gomez (3-0, 2KOs) of El Paso, Texas will take on Denver boxing veteran Corey Alarcon (14-18, 4KOs) in a Super-lightweight match in Sheridan, Colorado. The 26 year old Gomez, is a former two time United States Air Force Champion and is …
See all stories on this topic »

Fist of Gold boxing card tonight features two local women in the ring
Contra Costa Times
By Monica Rodriguez Staff Writer POMONA – Friday night boxing will come to downtown’s Thomas Plaza tonight with a bout between two local women making up the evening’s featured event. Dianna Gutierrez of Pomona and Karina Hernandez of Claremont will be …
See all stories on this topic »

Boxing as a business — in High Springs
North Florida Herald
Drianna Law-Davis, 27, trains with Famon “Fame” Dunbar, 21, inside the ring at BrickHouse Boxingon Monday. Dunbar, a junior middle weight fighter, is using his six years of fighting experience to teach anyone interested in learning to fight. …
See all stories on this topic »

Blogs

Badr Hari Speaks on Boxing, Questions Top Heavyweights Adamek and …
By Brent Ducharme
Kickboxing superstar Badr Hari continues to flirt with the idea of transitioning to boxing and names some top heavyweight boxers in his sight.
Head Kick Legend

Kickboxer Badr Hari Says He’s Coming to Boxing, Slams Adamek and …
By Scott Christ
Badr Hari is considering a move to boxing, and has already started talking big. Bad Left Hook has more.
Bad Left Hook

Web

Abner Mares beats Joseph Agbeko for world title – Los Angeles Times
Abner Mares’ hard road to a world championship reached its destination Saturday, with a huge 11th-round push to the finish line by referee Russell Mora.
articles.latimes.com/…/la-sp-boxing-mares-abeko-20110814

Former UFC Fighter Kimbo Slice Wins Pro Boxing Debut in 10 Seconds …
Kimbo Slice Former UFC and EliteXC heavyweight Kimbo Slice (whose given name is Kevin Ferguson) made a successful debut into the world of boxing, …
sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmaweekly…