Boxing Links (9-8-11)

Posted on | September 8, 2011 | No Comments

Vitali Klitschko ready to meet title challenge from Adamek
USA Today
By Bob Velin, USA TODAY Few things in boxing are as certain these days as the Klitschko brothers being virtually unbeatable in the heavyweight division. Polish boxerTomasz Adamek and his trainer/coach Roger Bloodworth work out in Wroclaw, Poland,…
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Investigators, forensic experts say former boxer Arturo Gatti’s death was …
New York Daily News
A parade of forensic experts and investigators, with a boxing ring at the Global Boxing Gym in North Bergen, NJ as a backdrop, said during a press conference Wednesday that the death of boxerArturo Gatti at a Brazilian resort two years ago was a …
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Killer of boxing champion Vince Cervi jailed
Herald Sun
A FRIEND of heavyweight boxing champion Vince Cervi was jailed for 19 years yesterday for shooting him dead after a falling-out. A Supreme Court jury convicted former boxing trainer David Allan Curran, 47, of murdering the Australian champion, 41, …
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Pacquiao lays out boxing, political roadmaps
Yahoo! Sports
These revelations increase the heat on Mayweather to strike a deal over the fight that all boxing fans want to see. Negotiations have broken down several times with the main sticking point being Mayweather’s insistence on a type of drug testing beyond …
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Super Six World Boxing Classic – Road to the Final – Andre Ward vs. Carl Froch …
YouTube
Hi the road with SHOWTIME Sports for the Super Six World Boxing Classic press tour. Tournament finalist Andre Ward and Carl Froch give boxing fans a preview of the intensity both fighters plan to bring to the ring on October 29th.
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Is ‘Real Steel’ the ‘Rocky’ of Robot Movies?
WTAQ
One particularly amusing comment was, “why should I care about robot boxing?” – this was coming from a guy who flocked to see Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. “It looks like such a cliché” – a statement which is itself a cliché these days. …
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Floyd Mayweather Jr: 3 Ways Mayweather Is Screwing Up Andre Berto’s Career
Bleacher Report
Mayweather Snatches Berto’s Rematch Up from Under Him When Berto and Ortiz stepped in the ring to face each other on April 16, the world paused to watch a modernboxing classic. Though Berto lost for the first time in his career, the amount of respect…
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Surprise, Surprise…Jose Sulaiman Speaks With Forked Tongue
The Boxing Tribune
WBC President for Life, Jose Sulaiman, wants to make sure that he never loses the title of biggest douche bag in boxing…and he’s doing it, once again, in an effort to run interference for pet project, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Sulaiman told assembled …
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Arroyo out to dog Sanchez
Buffalo News
Arroyo (11-1, 7 KOs) faces Sanchez (19-1, 9 KOs), a native of Puerto Rico, in a 10-rounder that could be the fight in which Arroyo goes from being classified in boxingcircles as an opponent to the one that is considered a star attraction should he win …
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