Boxing Links (9-17-11)

Posted on | September 17, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing devolves with Mayweather family fight on HBO’s ’24/7′
Los Angeles Times
(Al Bello / Getty Images) By Bill Dwyre The rude and crude world of professionalboxing reached a new low recently. It is boxing. Nothing quite defines it. Certainly not good taste. Right there in your living room, had you been watching the “24/7” …
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Los Angeles Times

Boxing fans drawn to fights under lights
Marin Independent-Journal
By Dave Allen Fight fans watch the first bout, between Jesus Partida and Denis Madriz, during a night of boxing at Albert Park in San Rafael, Calif. on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. (IJ photo/Alan Dep) Alan Dep All it took was a boxing ring and the …
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Big Brother Paddy Doherty @ Tyson Fury & Nicolai Firtha weigh-in
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Big Brother Paddy Doherty @ Tyson Fury & Nicolai Firtha weigh-in Boxing-Ireland.com.
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Former boxing champ Tommy Morrison jailed on drug charge
Tulsa World
Former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison is in a Kansas jail on drug charges, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Morrison, 42, made an initial court appearance Thursday on two charges – possession of marijuana after a previous …
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Burglary try on Pacman mansion foiled
Philippine Star
There was no one inside the mansion, which the boxing superstar reportedly bought for $2 million a couple of years ago, when the burglars got in. Unknown to them, they were already under surveillance, and according to Pacquiao’s lawyer, Franklin Gacal, …
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Phoenix boxing phenom Jose Benavidez Jr. looks to go 13-0 in Parker
AZ Central.com
“Yeah, it feels good to get a chance to work with Shane Mosley and other guys I never thought I would be able to work with and spar with,” said Benavidez Jr., a junior welterweight who signed a lucrative contract with boxing promotion Top Rank last …
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Floyd Mayweather Jr: Is Mayweather Afraid of Manny Pacquiao?
Bleacher Report
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are the two biggest boxing icons of this generation and they fight in the same weight class. Naturally, the general public wants to see these boxing stars collide, but Mayweather’s willingness to fight Manny Pacquiao …
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Bleacher Report

Irish alum Lee puts on a show; wins in Notre Dame’s first pro boxing event
WNDU-TV
Mike Lee certainly put on a show in the first professional boxing event ever at Notre Dame. The 2009 Irish alum beat Jacob Stiers by unanimous decision in a 4-round fight at Purcell Pavilion. Lee knocked down his opponent three times to improve to 7-0 …
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Canelo ready for next step
Fight News
Almost six years later and remaining undefeated after 38 fights, Alvarez has slowly moved from a special attraction to legitimate boxer. Alvarez would agree with the many people involved in the sport of boxing that he has a long way to go before he …
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Fight News

Former Michigan State football player Seth Mitchell scores 21st consecutive …
MLive.com
“I know the cliché is that it’s the most important punch in boxing but it truly is,” he said. Despite the short night, the fight actually was Mitchell’s second-longest in his last seven bouts, and for someone with less than five years of boxing …
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Floyd Mayweather-Victor Ortiz Boxing Match Inspires NESN Nation …
By Dan Duquette, Jr.
Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz square off in the latest, greatest boxing match of modern times on Saturday night, and it’s got NESN Nation in a fighting mood. Meanwhile, for the Red Sox, the playoff race is heating up and tempers have …
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