Boxing Links (9-24-11)

Posted on | September 24, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing chiefs to probe ‘cash-for-medals’ claim
Yahoo! Sports
International amateur boxing chiefs have launched an investigation into allegations that millions of dollars were splashed out to guarantee Azerbaijan gold medals at the 2012 Olympics. BBC programme Newsnight alleged that the money was paid by an Azeri …
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BOXING: Mayweather-Ortiz serves as a set-up
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Yep, Saturday was a debacle of sorts, but this was not a black eye for boxing. It was like finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. For example, it really was funny to read this week how Arum has been telling reporters how much he disliked …
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Boxing: Ricky Hatton warning for Gary Buckland
WalesOnline
by Phil Blanche, South Wales Echo RICKY HATTON has warned Gary Buckland to forget about his stunning Prizefighter victory over Gary Sykes when the two men meet again for the British super-featherweight title tonight. Cardiff power merchant Buckland …
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Local sports digest: Andre Ward bout to be postponed after boxer suffers cut …
San Jose Mercury News
Virgil Hunter, the trainer for Oakland-based boxer Andre Ward, said a new date for the Super SixBoxing Classic title bout with England’s Carl Froch won’t be determined until late next week. That’s when Ward will have seven stitches removed from a cut …
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Fighter who died after Tulsa church boxing match looked ‘very panicked …
Tulsa World
By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer A fighter who participated in an unsanctioned boxing match at a local church Wednesday said he feels bad now for dismissing a “panicked” look on a fellow fighter’s face after the main event bout. …
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Police say former IBF champion Paul Spadafora stopped for DUI near Pittsburgh
Washington Post
By AP, PITTSBURGH — Paul Spadafora, the former International Boxing Federation lightweight champion, has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near Pittsburgh. Jefferson Hills police say in a press release Friday that the 36-year-old boxer …
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Boxing Notebook: The Super Six Flop and Bob Arum at war again with Golden Boy
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
This latest and perhaps cold war of words, with the two promoters comes over the greed and power of boxing networks and how much that means to exposure and revenue. Arum reportedly is livid that Golden Boy scheduled a December 3rd bantamweight title …
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Cherry-Aiken: no decision
fightnews.com
By Phil Doherty at ringside For a sport so worried about its future, boxing may find the brightest hope hidden in its storied past. Long ago, boxing promoters promoted fights. Matchmakers made matchups. Managers managed fighters and fighters, well, …
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HBO’s Larry Merchant the star of the fight
Kansas City Star (blog)
By BARRY HORN Boxing analyst Larry Merchant was a 158-pound running back from New York when he journeyed west of the Hudson River to play football for Bud Wilkinson at the University of Oklahoma in the late 1940s. By all accounts, Merchant was as tough …
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Blogs

Boxing Results for Friday, Sept. 23: Maidana Wins Easy, Escobedo …
By Scott Christ
Marcos Maidana’s fight in Argentina was an easy night for the junior welterweight star. Bad Left Hook rounds up that and more results from Friday night in boxing.
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Web

Dana White Talks UFC 135, Boxing Controversy and Spike Airing …
DENVER — MMA Fighting spoke to Dana White following Wednesday’s UFC 135 press conference about a whole host of topics: Jon Jones popularity, whether …
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