Boxing Links (8-29-11)

Posted on | August 29, 2011 | No Comments

Keep kids out of the boxing ring, doctors urge
CTV.ca
Shyraya Sullivan, 12, works out at Palooka’s Boxing Club in Halifax on Monday, March 21, 2011. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS) With increased focus on the dangers of brain injuries in kids, Canadian and American pediatricians are banding together …
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Are Mayweathers the New Kardasians?
8countnews.com
Leave it to HBO to treat boxing like it was their own personal version of the Kardasians or Jerseylicious, guess the fight hype was just to stale for the broadcasting giant, that they had to treat viewers to the implosion on global TV of the Mayweather …
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Boxing: Ward vs Froch, Bute vs Johnson, Kessler vs Stieglitz, Super Six 2?
Bleacher Report
Three championship fights within a week of one another with six world class boxingtalents? Hmm, sounds like a Super Six reboot to me. The winners of these three championship matches will likely be offered an attractive mult-million dollar package for…
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Manny Pacquiao supports Negros Occidental’s boxing program
GMANews.TV
As Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao pledged support for theboxing program in Negros Occidental province, he said he hopes to discover another “Manny” there. “I hope we discover another Manny Pacquiao here . …
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Boxing: Young tips put Kevin on course
Edinburgh Evening News
By BRIAN DONALD EDINBURGH boxer Gary Young insists he wasn’t surprised as Kevin McInytre bounced back to beat Edinburgh welterweight Gary McMillan at Meadowbank on Saturday night. However, former British champion McIntyre stormed back to outpoint his …
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Boxing fans are in a bit of a funk!
EastsideBoxing.com
By Paul Strauss: It’s almost as if a potent salve of tranquility and quiet has been generously applied to professional boxing fans, resulting in a vexing risk of torpidity. There’s no emotion. There’s no energy. There’s no vim! Fans have gone dormant. …
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Boxing: Holyfield lines up title fight at the age of 48
The Independent
By Steve Bunce, Boxing Correspondent It was established long ago that all rumours in boxing are true and on Saturday night, as Alexander Povetkin added the World Boxing Association “regular” heavyweight title to his 2004 Olympic gold medal, …
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Boxing News: Dusty Harrison Off Jimmy Lange Card at the Patriot Center …
ringsidereport.com
After further discussion and consideration between Jimmy Lange Boxing officials and Dusty Harrison’s team, it has been decided that the promising DC welterweight prospect will not fight on the September 10 show at the Patriot Center, as previously …
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Rosado Credits Hopkins As He Preps For Sept. 9 PA Title Fight
BoxingNews24.com
9 at the Asylum Arena in South Philadelphia, also has helped Hopkins, who became, at age 46, the oldest man to win a major boxing title, prepare for some of his fights. “I’ve been a sparring partner for Bernard for four of his fights, including his …
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Blogs

Beth Spotswood: Friend, Movie, Dinner: The Trip and The Boxing …
By Beth Spotswood
The hilarious Tara and I decided to go see The Trip at the Opera Plaza theater. As far as San Francisco movie theaters go, this is not one of our favorites. But they show artsy-fartsy movies and it’s very close to a good bookstore.
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Pediatricians Seek to KO Youth Boxing – Health News – Health.com
By rayhainer
The nation’s leading organization of pediatricians is recommending that doctors “vigorously oppose” youth boxing because of the risk of head injuries like concussions, but trainers and boxingsupporters say the benefits young people derive …
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