Boxing Links (10-7-11)

Posted on | October 7, 2011 | No Comments

Movie Review: ‘Real Steel’
Los Angeles Times
The robot boxing tale starring Hugh Jackman is built from previously used parts, but it fights well. By Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times Film Critic “Real Steel” is “Rocky” with robots that look like “Transformers,” managed by a “Raging Bull” washout …
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Los Angeles Times

Amir Khan backtracks on Mayweather talk
ESPN (blog)
By Kieran Mulvaney Fred Duval/Getty Images Today for 140-pound titlist Amir Khan, futuristic boxing robots. Tomorrow, Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Will Amir Khan fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2012? It’s possible. Khan has made it clear he wants the fight. …
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ESPN (blog)

Olympic boxing hopefuls impress Billy Joe Saunders
Times 24
By John Hutchinson, Sports Reporter Friday, October 7, 2011 BILLY Joe Saunders has backed Britain’s boxers at the World Amateur Championships to seize the life-changing opportunity. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email …
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Times 24

Biggest boxing event hits La Salle tomorrow
Visayan Daily Star
Nietes will have the homecrowd cheering for him, and local officials and elite boxing crowd will be at the ringside to support him as he challenges Garcia for the WBO lightfly title. He asked those who will be watching at the USLS to wear black or …
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Can-do athlete from First Coast ‘needs everyone’s prayers’
Florida Times-Union
Ishika Lay chats with a visitor after a workout at HG Boxing in Jacksonville Beach. By Garry Smits A Jacksonville boxer is fighting for her life in a Toledo, Ohio, hospital after collapsing during a women’s match earlier this week in the National …
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Boxing milieu shake-up
Citizen
For Botha, the boxing flame has been reignited following his victory over Flo Simba in June and the 42-year-old has now set his sights on winning championship belts. He faces a tricky customer in Grant who boasts a record of 47 wins – 35 of those …
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The ShoBox TV Cheat Sheet- Oct. 7, 2011
Maxboxing
By Marty Mulcahey As often as possible, I endeavor to make the point that “ShoBox” is the most undervalued franchise in all boxing and tonight is another prime example of that mission. In the main event, two undefeated prospects clash to see which one …
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Karmazin fighting Friday night at Club
Chicago Tribune
Former International Boxing Federation light middleweight champion Roman Karmazin visits the Club in Burbank, Friday night to fight Osumanu Odama, a Ghanaian who now fights out of Chicago. The 38-year-old Karmazin (40-4-2), of Russia, is looking for …
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Cotto needed Steward’s confidence
ESPN
By Igor Guryashkin Bernard Hopkins once claimed that there are plenty of trainers inboxing, but few real teachers. Anyone, he said, is capable of reciting “jab, jab, cross” from a DVD. Few, though, know the nuances of the sport, those which take …
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ESPN

Blogs

Boxing robots in 3D would have looked too futuristic: Shawn Levy …
By Phil Lelyveld
[Times of India] … With an action genre, why didn’t you attempt to make the film in 3D format, especially when every second Hollywood film is being made in 3D …
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