Boxing Links (10-28-11)

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Boxer Timothy Bradley: I’m ready to shine
The Desert Sun
Cathedral City boxer Timothy Bradley will have what he’s coveted — a chance to perform on a big stage with a large audience. With that opportunity comes a pressure to perform. The WBO champion, nicknamed The Desert Storm, will fight veteran Joel …
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Email phishing scam involving Manny Pacquiao fight tickets targets StubHub …
Chicago Sun-Times
In this photo made Oct. 20, 2011, boxer Manny Pacquiao trains at the Wild Card Boxing Club in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Pacquiao is insulted by Juan Manuel Marquez’s insistence that he won their first two fights. The pound-for-pound king is …
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Manny Pacquiao’s career ambitions are vast, the Floyd Mayweath fight is only …
Telegraph.co.uk
“The one thing Mayweather has had throughout his career is he knows boxing. He understands boxing and Mayweather can not compete with Manny. It’s the right hand of Manny that is preventing that fight from happening. If Manny agreed just to jab with the …
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Telegraph.co.uk

Rios-Gamboa fantasy fight near reality
ESPN
Lightweight titlist Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios has firmly established himself as one ofboxing’s most exciting fighters. He makes no bones about the fact that he is a seek-and-destroy fighter with contact on his mind. Featherweight star Yuriorkis Gamboa, …
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ESPN

Underdog Boxing: $100000 bounty on Donaire’s head
GMANews.TV
Great to be working on the same path as Top Rank Boxing,” he said. Another reason for him to be happy is that he’ll have the equal opportunity to get the money. The 100000 dollars will be a “win” bonus, meaning the winner will get the money on top of …
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Gonzales gets his shot at the spotlight
USA Today
After one training camp with Gonzales (14-0-1, 10 KOs), who didn’t even start boxinguntil he was 19, Hunter likes what he’s seen. “What you want from a guy with championship ambitions is you want him to ask questions,” Hunter says. …
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USA Today

Olympic boxer dead at 44
Glendale News Press
“It was a great loss in the boxing world,” said Kazandjian, who managed Lopez during the height of his pro career from 1990-98. “He was his own worst enemy. This kid had all the boxing skills in the world that anybody could dream. …
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Glendale News Press

The Evolution of Boxing and the American Response
8countnews.com
I work a part time job at night and last night I was talking to a co-worker in his mid twenties when it came up that I write for a blog on Boxing and MMA. After he told that he liked Manny Pacquaio and hated Floyd Mayweather I mentioned that Manny had …
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Q&A: Artemio Reyes
Fight News
I was 18 years old when I began boxing and 19 when I began my amateur career. I began boxing so that I can learn how to improve my fighting ability. I knew how to street fight but I wanted to improve in case I was jumped it was important to know how to …
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Fight News

Boxer Bozella’s greatest victory: gaining his freedom
Tbo.com
During his time in prison, Bozella sharpened his skills as a boxer and scholar. He earned his GED, undergraduate degree, master’s in theology as well as numerous certificates, but it was boxing that played the role of adhesive, keeping him from falling …
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Blogs

WOMEN’S BOXING: The AIBA wants female boxers to wear skirts in …
By Ariel Sandler
The proposal has been almost universally panned.
Business Insider

2010 ARMED FORCES BOXING – A Look Back – The Pentagon …
2010 ARMED FORCES BOXING – A Look Back – The Pentagon Channel 2010 ARMED FORCESBOXING – A Look Back – The Pentagon Channel A look back at the best …
DefenceTalk News and Videos

Erislandy Lara: Robbed in a boxing scandal, he’s coming back …
In the 12th round, the clock ticks below 90 seconds.Erislandy Lara squints through his left eye, just a purplish slit beneath the softball-size lump swelling his temple. His feet, though, dance like Astaire’s across the.
Miami New Times | Complete Issue

Like Teammate Frankie Edgar, Rolles Gracie Wants His Boxing to …
By Damon Martin
“I’ve been studying all the aspects of MMA, like boxing and Muay Thai, and every time I do a Muay Thai session it just makes me want to do it even more,” Gracie told MMAWeekly.com. “I’ve been getting really good coaching like my boxing …
MMAWeekly.com

Web

As Fight Nears, Boxing Big Topic of Diaz-Penn UFC 137 Matchup
LAS VEGAS — The many elements of the sport are what make it so unpredictable. When a fighter can chain together combinations like a punch into a takedown.
www.mmafighting.com/…/as-fight-nears-boxing-big-topic-of-…