Boxing Links (9-3-11)

Posted on | September 3, 2011 | No Comments

Pacquiao-Marquez title bout to erase all doubts
Philippine Star
By Abac Cordero (The Philippine Star) Updated September 04, 2011 12:00 AM 0 Filipino boxingicon and congressman Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao and Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez kick off their World Press Tour at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila yesterday …
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Berto vs. Zavec: Head to Head Analysis
EastsideBoxing.com
But, even in loss, Andre Berto put forth a valiant effort worthy of recognition from the boxing public, and definitely worthy of another shot at the title. He faces an unheralded fighter in the US, but not an unworthy opponent for HBO Championship …
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A Mayweather loss is the best that could ever happen to boxing
EastsideBoxing.com
By Nick Cole: Whether you’re a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fan or hater, one thing that most fight fans can agree upon: The sport of boxing could use a few more exciting fights. The only way for that to happen, however, is to get boxing’s biggest draws in the …
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ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: Ortiz a winner inside, outside ring
Long Beach Press-Telegram
By Robert Morales, boxing columnist VENTURA – It was Tuesday at Knuckleheadz Gym. Welterweight world champion Victor Ortiz was playing host to a media workout while also celebrating being named a national spokesman for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of …
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Doctors want youth boxing KO’d
Allentown Morning Call
Luis Melendez looked on approvingly earlier this week as a roomful of kids and teenagers went through the classic paces of boxers in training; shadowboxing, skipping rope, working a speed bag and bobbing in the ring with a trainer wearing punch mitts. …
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Allentown Morning Call

KNOCKOUT NIGHT: Perez, Puga Jr., Morales floor opponents in Salinas
Monterey County Herald
By DENNIS TAYLOR Salinas boxer Rudy Puga Jr., left, connects with a body blow to Raul Talamontes of Stockton en route to his fourth-round knockout victory. World-ranked super featherweight boxer Eloy “The Prince” Perez electrified a standing-room-only …
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Doctors urge parents to keep kids out of the boxing ring
Deseret News
By Brooke Walker Jannon has been boxing for two years now. But the American Academy of Pediatrics says boxing is not an appropriate sport for kids and teens. In a seven-page statement released this week, it said boxing is bad news for young kids and …
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Boxing champ Angel Manfredy visits Campagna Academy
nwitimes.com
Melvin Peeples, head of security at Campagna Academy, left, shakes hands Friday with Angel Manfredy, former super featherweight boxing world champ, at Campagna Academy on Friday. The Crown Point resident spoke to students at Campagna about his troubled …
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Attack The Block’s John Boyega To Star In Spike Lee Boxing Drama
Comic Book Resources
by Kevin Melrose HBO has ordered a pilot for a boxing drama from Spike Lee and Entourage creator Doug Ellin loosely based on the early career of former heavyweightboxing champion Mike Tyson, The Live Feed reports. Called Da Brick — it’s set in Newark …
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Boxing: Eromesele loses world title bid to Geale
By alexsamade
Nigerian-born Sydney 2000 Games Olympian, Albert Eremosele, fell short of target in his professional bid to earn a world boxing title as he was beaten by champion, Australia’s Daniel Gaele by a unanimous points decision of the judges in …
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Boxing dangerous for children, teens, pediatricians say – Los …
Youth boxing is getting pummeled by pediatricians in a new policy statement opposing such pugilism as too dangerous of an athletic activity for children.
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