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Boxing Links (9-29-11)

Posted on | September 29, 2011 | No Comments

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Pac, May must settle No. 1 in ring, of course
ESPN (blog)
Given the way Showtime’s Super Six World Boxing Classic has gone, with numerous delays, injuries and fighters dropping out, was anyone really that surprised when Andre Ward suffered a cut and had to postpone the final against Carl Froch for seven weeks …
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Boxer Tipon makes it 3-0
Manila Bulletin
BAKU, Azerbaijan — Comebacking Joan Tipon of Bacolod used veteran smarts to repel a hard-hitting, counter-punching Alberto Melian of Argentina, 13-12, and complete a hat trick for the PLDT-ABAP National Boxing team in the AIBA World Boxing …
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Martinez vs. Barker on HBO
BlackAthlete.net
Martinez-Barker is the featured attraction of a special HBO World ChampionshipBoxing telecast beginning at 10 PM/ET. The co-featured bout is a highly anticipated rematch between middleweights Andy Lee vs. Brian Vera. What makes this HBO telecast …
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BlackAthlete.net
Robots in the ring: Shawn Levy and Anthony Mackie bet on ‘Real Steel’
Film Journal
In the sci-fi family film Real Steel, based in part on the much grittier short story author Richard Matheson self-adapted for a 1963 episode of “The Twilight Zone,” Hugh Jackman plays the down-and-out owner of a boxing robot in 2020, a world just eight …
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Film Journal
Why Boxing Needs to Bring Back 15-Round Title Fights
Bleacher Report
Boxing has a lot of well-documented problems that ail the sport, but most people see changing championship fights from 12 rounds to 15 rounds as a positive thing. Boxerswho fight at the highest level will take less damage with 12 rounds, …
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Bleacher Report
Rampage declares: ‘I’m gonna go to boxing‘
ESPN.co.uk
Rampage Jackson has revealed he is planning a switch to boxing at the end of his UFC contract, following his humbling loss to Jon Jones at UFC 135. Jackson, the former light-heavyweight champion, is nearing the end of his MMA career at 33 years of age. …
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Boxing: Buying or Selling the Top Ten Middleweights as Future Champs.
Bleacher Report
Ever since his highlight reel, second-round, one-punch knock out of Paul Williams, the popular consensus among boxing people has been that Martinez stands alone at the top of the mountain at 160, with not a single other soul in sight. …
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Bleacher Report
BOXING: Daily Media Weigh In
ROUND1
Martinez Has Goals In Sight » “Maravilla,” the nickname of middleweight boxer Sergio Martinez (47-2-2, 26 KOs), is perhaps the most appropriate in all of boxing. The Spanish word for “wonder,” it fits Martinez perfectly… ALLEN TRIEU,msn.foxsports.com …
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ROUND1
Dawson vows to dethrone age-defying Hopkins
AFP
LOS ANGELES — Chad Dawson plans to dethrone Bernard Hopkins, the oldest world champion in boxing history, and reclaim his World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title when the US fighters meet next month. “There’s no way Bernard Hopkins will beat me. …
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AFP
Report: Hari to become pro boxer
FOXSports.com
With Alistair Overeem leaving K-1 for a full time stint in the UFC, and Kimbo Slice leaving MMA to pursue a career in boxing gloves, kickboxing great Badr Hari is changing sports in similar fashion. Hari has announced his retirement from that sport to …
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Blogs
WSB in force at the AIBA World Boxing Championships
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Baku, Azerbaijan, 29 September 2011 – A little more than a month before the beginning of the 2011-2012 WSB season, some of the best World Series of Boxing.
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