Boxing Links (9-30-11)

Posted on | September 30, 2011 | No Comments

A frustrated ‘Rampage’ talks about transitioning to boxing
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
Now the 33-year-old is talking about a boxing career. Will he go through with it? Jackson is annoyed with the direction of MMA. While he’s become a one-dimensional fighter, who’s always looking to land the right hand, he’s seeing the young guns at 205…
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Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Watch live: World Amateur Boxing Championships
Telegraph.co.uk
All the bouts will be streamed live from the quarter-finals onwards at the World Amatuer BoxingChampionships 2011 in Baku, Azerbaijan here, as British boxers look to book their places at the London 2012 Olympics. By Gareth A Davies, …
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Middleweight Sergio Martinez dominates inside the ring, but struggling for …
New York Daily News
If there is such a thing as a witness protection program in boxing, Sergio Martinez’s career is in it. After a meteoric rise to the top of the middleweight division in 2010, in which he beat up Kelly Pavlik to win a decision and KO’ed Paul Williams, …
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New York Daily News

Boxer Thomas closer to another Olympic shot
Chicago Tribune
Now the 18-year-old Chicago boxer likely gets a second chance at the 2012 Olympics after squandering his first in a fit of pique at the US trials in August. When Olympic trials light welterweight winner Jamel Herring lost his opening bout Friday at the …
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Chicago Tribune

Boxing champion Iglesias suffers early exit
AFP
BAKU — Reigning world light welterweight champion and top seed Roniel Iglesias was eliminated in the first round by Ukraine’s Denys Berinchyk at the boxing world championships here Friday. The 30-year-old Pan-American championship gold medalist, …
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AFP

Boxing: Vera victory is vital for Lee to move on
Herald.ie
There’s a busy few days ahead for Ireland’s boxers in the World Championships in Baku. Darren O’Neill and David Oliver Joyce box tomorrow. Michael Conlon goes again on Sunday. Joe Ward and Con Sheehan are also boxing that day. …
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Jackman puts up his dukes for ‘Steel,’ warms his pipes for ‘Les Mis’
Orlando Sentinel
His boxing picture (“Real Steel”) — another classic measure of every leading man’s mettle — opens Friday. “I had the good sense to do MY boxing picture without repeatedly getting hit in the head!” he jokes. “Real Steel” is about a future in which …
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Orlando Sentinel

Following long injustice, Dewey Bozella will get his fight
USA Today
Boxing became Bozella’s salvation in the big house. He rose to undefeated light-heavyweight champ of Sing Sing before they shut down the gym in 1992. His boxing life was gone, but the dream remained. He earned a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in …
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USA Today

Carl Froch: “Ward might be a little bit reluctant to use his head so the cut …
EastsideBoxing.com
by Geoffrey Ciani (Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani) – This week’s 144th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with reigning WBC super middleweight champion Carl “The …
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EastsideBoxing.com

Blogs

Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson Considering a Move to Boxing – Bloody …
By Tim Burke
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is considering a move toboxing after his UFC contract runs out.
Bloody Elbow

Badr Hari Will Fail In Pro Boxing – Head Kick Legend
By Tim Burke
Badr Hari is retiring from kickboxing to enter the world of professional boxing. Will he be successful at it? I’m voting no.
Head Kick Legend

Oh Boy: Rampage Jackson Says He’s Boxing Bound | Cagepotato
By DangadaDang
Given Jackson’s penchant for only using his boxing background in his MMA career, the move doesn’t honestly seem like that bad a move. Let’s be honest, “Rampage” had nothing to offer current champ Jon Jones in their fight, and probably …
Cagepotato