Boxing Links (9-26-11)

Posted on | September 26, 2011 | No Comments

Azerbaijan furious over boxing bribery claims
AFP
BAKU — The world boxing championships began in Baku on Monday amid official fury at claims that multi-million dollar bribes were paid to ensure gold medals for Azerbaijani fighters at the 2012 Olympics. The ex-Soviet state’s powerful emergency …
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Champion Khan seeks showdown with elusive Mayweather
CNN International
But the fight many boxing fans want to see is Mayweather against eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao — the Filipino rated by Ring Magazine as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. “Floyd Mayweather pound for pound is probably one of the best …
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Indian boxing is on the rise
Economic Times
The third session held after lunch comprised of Jay Kowli, secretary, AIBA, Dingko Singh, former Indian boxer, Udit Sheth, MD & CEO, TransStadia, Bhupinder Singh Kaswan, VP, Indian AmateurBoxing Federation & Brigadier PK Murlidharan Raja who discussed …
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Boxing unlikely factor in Lomu’s hospitalisation
Stuff.co.nz
He was training for a charity boxing match when he was admitted to hospital but his family say they are making no comment until they know what is behind his relapse. Last month Lomu announced he would fight Warriors wing Manu Vatuvei in the boxingring …
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Stuff.co.nz

San Jose boxer Eros Correa takes surprise shot at qualifying for Olympics
San Jose Mercury News
By Elliott Almond MOBILE, AL – AUGUST 05: Eros Correa (red) lands a punch on Santos Vasquez (blue) during the 2012 US Men’s Boxing Olympic Team Trials at the Mobile Civic Center on August 5, 2011 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) …
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Boxing foundation is fighting Parkinson’s
Indianapolis Star
The fifth annual Rock Steady Boxing BBQ raised more than $25000 for the nation’s only full-time nonprofit boxing facility dedicated to those living with Parkinson’s. About 400 people attended. “It’s our chance every year to celebrate and take stock of …
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Watch: 7 Clips From ‘Real Steel’ Take You Into The World Of Robot Boxing
Indie Wire (blog)
The story centers on a father-son team (Jackman/Goyo) training an unusual robot to win a boxing championship after Jackman’s fall from glory as an actual human boxer. The studio has been feeling very confident about the film, already putting a sequel …
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Indie Wire (blog)

Bridgeton hospital screens fighters for boxing and mixed martial arts bouts …
Press of Atlantic City
Dr. Robert Smick, left, of Woodstown, examines welterweight boxer Shamone Alvarez, of Galloway Township, at South Jersey Healthcare’s Bridgeton Health Center. Mixed martial arts fighter Brylan VanArtsdalen, left, of South Philadelphia, talks to nurse …
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Clottey returns to boxing 1 year after Pacquiao fight
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines – Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey is making a comeback after his dismal performance against fighting congressman Manny Pacquiao in March 2010. Clottey, widely criticized for his performance against Pacquiao during their welterweight …
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Blogs

Boxing Official Accused of Attempting to Fix 2012 Olympics – Bad …
By Scott Christ
An Olympic official has been accused of accepting a bribe to fix boxing at the 2012 games. Bad Left Hook has more.
Bad Left Hook

Allegations to fix 2012 Olympic boxing medals denied – Home …
“Any suggestion that the loan was made in return for promises of gold medals at the 2012 Olympics is preposterous and utterly untrue,” Azerbaijan press quoted AIBA president Wu Ching Kuo as saying on Sunday.
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