Boxing Links (8-31-11)

Posted on | August 31, 2011 | No Comments

Oscar De La Hoya tells of drug use, cheating, thinking of suicide
Los Angeles Times
“Rock bottom was recently,” the boxing great said in an interview with Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, according to an English-language transcript it provided. “Within a couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. …
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Concern laudable but to ban kids from boxing is ridiculous
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Aging boxers who have suffered brain injuries endure difficult lives. They are sad examples of once great and brave athletes who stayed in a dangerous sport too long and eventually paid for their mistake for their entire post-boxing lives. …
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De La Hoya, Ortiz, talk about their rough times tonight
USA Today (blog)
By Tom Weir, USA TODAY Boxing champions Oscar De La Hoya and Victor Ortiz will be guests on Piers Morgan Tonight this evening, and the conversations figure to be sad ones. Ortiz, who fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Sept. 17, will take about being …
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USA Today (blog)

Boxing Rankings: The Top Ten Super Middleweights in the World
Bleacher Report
With the culmination of Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic—a super middleweight boxing tournament—set for October 29, the super middleweight rankings could see a shift at the top of the rankings if Carl Froch can defeat Andre Ward. …
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Bleacher Report

Wheeling’s student boxing club fights hard for charities
Chicago Daily Herald
By Jayna Johns, Special to the Daily Herald For the members in Wheeling High School’s boxingclub, the character-building moments don’t all happen inside the ring. The club, the only program of its kind in Illinois, brings together all types of …
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Berto, Now Working With Victor Conte, Raring To Go
The Sweet Science
The show, entitled, Battle in Biloxi: is presented by DiBella Entertainment in association with SESBoxing and will be aired live on HBO’s Boxing After Dark®, beginning at 10:45 PM ET/PT. While the fight will feature a number of firsts for Zaveck, …
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Japan’s Shimizu becomes new WBA super fly champ
AFP
TOKYO — Japan’s Tomonobu Shimizu pounded out a split decision over Hugo Cazares of Mexico to become the new World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion on Wednesday. Two judges scored it 115-113, 115-113 for the Japanese challenger, …
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AFP

Gauthier-Molitor on November 5th
EastsideBoxing.com
Glen « Road Warrior » Johnson (51-15-2, 35 KO) Main-Event bout where Bute will be defending his International Boxing Federation (IBF) World title defense for a 9th consecutive time. Sebastien Gauthier won his last four bouts, and is very happy to have …
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Report: HBO Orders Tyson Boxing Drama Pilot
Critics Choice
A pilot for a drama about the early days of Mike Tyson’s boxing career has reportedly been ordered by HBO. According to Deadline.com, the pay cable network is teaming with the former heavyweight champ as well as “Entourage” creator Doug Ellin on the …
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Mailbag: Mayweather attracts attention
Yahoo! Sports
No one is going to confuse International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Jan Zaveck, who faces Andre Berto on Saturday in the main event of an HBO card, with either Mayweather or Pacquiao. But Zaveck is not nearly as bad as he’s made out to be …
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Blogs

HBO Pick Ups Boxing Drama ‘Da Brick’ To Pilot; Doug Ellin, Spike …
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
I hear the pay cable network has handed out a pilot order to the drama project about a young boxerfrom Entourage creator Doug Ellin, filmmaker Spike Lee, former boxing champion Mike Tyson and writer John Ridley. Ridley wrote the script …
Deadline.com

Oscar De La Hoya Interview: Retired Boxing Champ Reveals …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya said thought about suicide and has been going to rehab because he has become dependent on drugs and alcohol in an interview with Spanish-language network Univision. “Rock bottom was …
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