Boxing Links (10-18-11)

Posted on | October 18, 2011 | No Comments

Dawson takes wrong tack after tackle
ESPN (blog)
By Igor Guryashkin The boxing blogosphere is awash with angry diatribes regarding last Saturday’s pay-per-view fiasco in which Chad Dawson scored a controversial TKO against Bernard Hopkins. While boxing insiders have been obsessing over whether the …
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Hopkins-Dawson: Another zany boxing ending
Philadelphia Inquirer
Surely no bearded lady, sword-swallower or guy with the world’s longest mustache could be any weirder than what transpired in the boxing ring at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Saturday night. Who could ever have expected that Dawson would body-slam …
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Donaire: All set to move up to featherweight
Philippine Star
On Saturday, Oct. 22 (Oct. 23 in the Philippines),Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 KOs) defends his WorldBoxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight titles at the 4500-seat Madison Square Garden’s WaMu Theater in New York against the …
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Boxer Arturo Gatti’s estate trial winding down
CTV.ca
Amanda Rodrigues, widow of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti arrives at the Montreal courthouse in Montreal, Wednesday, Sept., 21, 2011, where the trial to settle Gatti’s estate continues. (Graham Hughes / THE CANADIAN PRESS) MONTREAL — The bitter …
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Woman launches own boxing stable
New Era
OSHAKATI – Kaaren Shikongo, a crèche owner who also doubles up as a student at the University of Namibia (Unam), has realized her girlhood dream of owning her own boxing stable. She launched Northern Boxing Promotions in Oshakati, making her the second …
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Bozella celebrated UD win, sweet freedom
ESPN (blog)
He got his GED, and became Sing Sing’s light heavyweight boxing champion. And he kept fighting to convince the world he was no killer. In a re-trial, he was re-convicted of murder, in 1990. But he kept plugging away. And kept refusing to cop a plea; …
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Longtime Newport News boxing coach Bilal Abdullah Muhammad dies
Daily Press
Bilal Abdullah Muhammad, longtime boxing coach at Moton Community House in Newport News, died Sunday. Executive director of Moton Community House, Linwood DeBrew, said Muhammad was at Moton on Sunday, working in the ring, when he stepped out and put …
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Another No. 1 Boxer in Youngstown
My Valley Sports
Now, another Youngstown boxer can lay claim to that prestigious belt. Alejandro Salinas, better known as Popo, from the Southside boxing club won that national tournament last week. That means Salinas will be the Number One ranked amateur in the …
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Kimbo Slice’s Second Match: Working His Way Up to Tomato Can Status
The Faster Times
You can potentially make a lot more money with a farce of a boxing career than a farce of an MMA career. Just look at David Haye. That is not to say David Haye is not a legit fighter. He was a great cruiserweight champ, but he got pummeled when he got …
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Blogs

Kimbo Slice’s Second Boxing Match Was Not Competitive | The Big …
By Stephen Douglas (CRM!)
Kimbo Slice is officially the Mike Tyson of former porno shoot-security guards-turned-street fighters-turned-UFC fighters-turned-professional boxers. Totally. Through two fights, Kimbo has knocked out both opponents in the first round. …
The Big Lead

Boxing Day | Futility Closet
By Greg Ross
An idler’s miscellany of compendious amusements.
Futility Closet

Kimbo Slice wins second career boxing match with one punch
By Brandon
Watch as Kimbo’s opponent, Tay Bledsoe, is rendered incapacitated by the idea that a boxing glove may hit him at some point during a boxing match.
With Leather

Web

Monday morning(ish) KO: Kimbo Slice’s boxing win – Cagewriter …
Though most of the boxing world was focused on Bernard Hopkins this weekend, former UFC heavyweight Kimbo Slice had his second boxing match this …
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In boxing, the farce is always with us – Collections
Another night of boxing, another farce. No, there were no sucker punches from Floyd Mayweather Jr., nor kisses from Victor Ortiz. Just more foolish baloney.
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