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Boxing Links (8-24-11)

Posted on | August 24, 2011 | No Comments

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Chagaev, Povetkin prepare for boxing bout
AFP
This is a curious bout between two boxers who have struggled with injuries in recent years. Chagaev, 32, won the WBA heavyweight title in Stuttgart in April 2007 when he beat Russian giant Nikolai Valuev with a majority decision. 
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Sun readers come through for boxer
Toronto Sun
Last week, Brampton boxer Luis Valdivia was trying to figure out how to raise $850 so he could represent Canada at the Commonwealth Youth Games, Sept.7-12, on the Isle of Man, off the west coast of England. Because of budget shortfalls, Boxing Canada 
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MMA and Boxing: 3 Exciting Things One Sport Has That the Other Doesn’t
Bleacher Report
Boxing and MMA are both combat sports. That is about the only thing they have in common, other than their athletes both use fists to hit each other. Right now MMA is taking over, and it looks like boxing is going to let this happen. 
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Underdog Boxing: Top Rank’s Bob Arum vs. UFC’s Dana White
GMANews.TV
By CARLO L. PAMINTUAN Boxing and mixed martial arts are the two biggest fight sports in the world. They have different markets but there are portions of the market that enjoy and follow both sports. Friction between these two entities is therefore 
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‘Real Steel’ Robots Were Trained By Sugar Ray Leonard
MTV.com (blog)
“Real Steel” is likely to be the coolest robot boxing movie that’s been released (since, well, name another robot boxing movie), and the newest featurette for the film wants to tell you all about why it’s going to be a fun adventure to watch. 
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Robert Guerrero-Marcos Maidana Fallout A Buzzkill, But..
BoxingScene.com
The bout was to serve as the main event for HBO’s latest edition of Boxing After Dark, the type of fight reminiscent of what the series what represented when created 15 years ago. Instead, it became the latest installment of an industry that continues 
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ICE arrests NY man for illegally streaming boxing, UFC events
The Hill (blog)
By Gautham Nagesh – 08/24/11 11:42 AM ET Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a New York man accused of running a website that illegally streamed Pay Per View boxing and mixed martial arts events over the Web on Tuesday. 
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Senator Barbara Boxer, a champion for after-school programs, visits Matt 
TheReporter.com
Barbara Boxer gives a pep talk Tuesday to a large group of students who take advantage of all the after-school programs at the Matt Garcia Youth Center in Fairfield. (Joel Rosenbaum / The Reporter) Speaking at the Matt Garcia Youth Center in Fairfield, 
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Green admits Tarver destroyed him, want’s US remat…
WBN – World Boxing News
Former IBO cruiserweight champion Danny Green will not step away from boxing after his crushing defeat to former undisputed light-heavyweight title holder Antonio Tarver on home soil in July. The 38 year-old was put on the canvas in the second round on 
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Arturo “Thunder” Gatti Death Ruled a Homicide
Opposing Views
By Boxing Watchers on Aug 24, 2011 By Nick Tylwalk The official announcement is still a week away, but investigators are saying the 2009 death of Arturo Gatti was a homicide, not a suicide. That’s according to Lem Satterfield of RingTV.com, 
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UFCs Dana White brands boxing’s Bob Arum a complete douche 
By Kevin Haggerty
UFC President Dana White has fighting words for Bob Arum.
MMAmania.com                                                                                                                                           
Steel Continues to Get Real as Robot Boxing Movie Looms – IEEE 
Reel Steel is coming to theaters on October 7th. Are you ready? I said, ARE YOU READY? Yeah, don’t worry, you probably are.
IEEE Spectrum                                                                                                                                      
Tony Thompson to fight Eddie Chambers – Boxing News
By admin
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Close friends Tony Thompson (36-2, 24 KO’s) and Eddie Chambers (36-2, 18 KO’s) have signed contracts to fight each other at.
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TV and Internet Boxing Schedule – Weekend of August 26 – Bad Left Hook
By Scott Christ
Bad Left Hook rounds up the action available on TV and internet this weekend in boxing. Featured: Povetkin vs Chagaev, Solis vs Oliva, and more.
Bad Left Hook                                                                                                                                       
Book Review: The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow | The Book 
By Thea
So when Max Schmeling, champion boxer and German national hero, makes a deal with Karl’s father to give Karl boxing lessons, Karl sees it as the perfect chance to reinvent himself. A skilled cartoonist, Karl has never had an interest in 
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