Boxing Links (9-14-11)

Posted on | September 14, 2011 | No Comments

Victor Ortiz leans on youth, courage
ESPN
In the life of every elite professional boxer, there comes a time, at least once, for a stellar bout assessed by pundits and the boxer himself to be the fight of his life. That is precisely how boxingexperts classify Mexican-American boxer “Vicious” …
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Rodrigues not normal: boxer Gatti’s mother
Montreal Gazette
By Sue Montgomery, GAZETTE justice reporter September 14, 2011 10:31 AM Former junior welterweight boxing champion Arturo Gatti and his widow, Amanda Rodrigues. The boxer was murdered two years ago in Brazil, a panel of forensic evidence experts …
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Crystina talks with Manny Pacquiao – Top Rank Boxing
YouTube
Crystina Poncher talks to Manny Pacquiao at the Beverly Hills press conference in LA. See what the pound for pound champ had to say.
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Mike Lee brings pro boxing to Notre Dame for the first time
USA Today
He hopes to improve to 7-0 on Friday as he headlines the first pro boxing event at Notre Dame, his alma mater. Mike Lee, right, scored a first round TKO over Pablo Gomez in February. He hopes to improve to 7-0 on Friday as he headlines the first pro…
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USA Today

Mexico’s newest rising star
ESPN
As Saul “Canelo” Alvarez removed his gold boxing gloves after a recent sparring session in Big Bear, Calif., he rubbed his red hair, wiped the sweat from his freckled face and smiled when asked about his nickname, which is Spanish for cinnamon. …
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ESPN

Vegas boxer Vargas eager to seize the moment
Las Vegas Sun
Undefeated light welterweight boxer Jessie Vargas of Las Vegas hits a speed bag during a workout in the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, Nevada September 6, 2011. Vargas faces Josesito Lopez of Riverside, Calif. on the Mayweather Jr.-Ortiz …
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Las Vegas Sun

Stieglitz-Kessler on Showtime, Froch Draws Prizefighter
BoxingScene.com
SHOWTIME® will televise yet another important super middleweight world championship bout when former world titlist Mikkel Kessler of Denmark returns to the ring to challenge World BoxingOrganization (WBO) kingpin Robert Stieglitz of Germany on …
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Danbury’s Rodriguez, New Haven’s Williams honored by boxing Hall
Greenwich Time
UNCASVILLE — Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame officials have announced its annual award winners for professional and amateur fighters of the year, respectively, Delvin Rodriguez of Danbury and Tremaine Williams of New Haven. Also, Don Trella was named …
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Boxing back at the Robert Treat Hotel
Fight News
That Lennox-Dawekjok matchup is part of a huge night of boxing. In the main event, Michael Torres (13-2,7 KOs) of Jersey City, NJ taking on Mark Alexander (10-5, 1 KO) of London, England in a ten round Jr. welterweight bout. …
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Blogs

Pacquiao, Mayweather and boxing’s age-old issue
By mgerrish
LOS ANGELES — Manny Pacquiao smiled at the question, as many boxers before him have, flexed his right biceps and grinned in delight.

Quick Pic: What’s On Your Boxing Cart?
By Beth Doyle
Quick Pic: What’s On Your Boxing Cart? by Beth Doyle on September 14, 2011 · No Comments. Erin is working through some of the items from the History of Medicine Collection that moved over to the Rubenstein Library this summer. …
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