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Boxing Links (11-5-11)

Posted on | November 5, 2011 | No Comments

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Legendary boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier is in the final fight of his life.
FOXSports.com
Frazier, who gave the boxing world the “Thrilla in Manila,” and many other classic memories, is deathly ill with advanced liver cancer. “He’s in serious shape, we’re looking for a miracle,” a source close to the former heavyweight champ told The New 
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High School Coach Dies In Church Boxing Match
ABC News
21 during an unsanctioned boxing match at Guts Church in Tulsa, Okla. (Courtesy of the Clinkscale family) The family of a former University of Tulsa football player is suing the church where 24-year-old George Clinkscale III died during an unsanctioned 
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Olympic boxing authority to discuss female fighters wearing skirts at 2012 
Washington Post
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Boxing gloves, check. Headguard, check. Mouthguard, check. Miniskirt? After winning a long fight to get into the Olympics, female boxers are at the center of a dress code debate ahead of the 2012 London Games, including whether 
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Column: A night everybody is guaranteed to lose
BusinessWeek
By JIM LITKE There have been only a few simultaneous knockouts in the history of boxing. Fortunately, there’s still time to pray for another one Saturday night when Jose Canseco steps back into the celebrity ring against Lenny Dykstra in Hollywood. 
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ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: Pacquiao-Marquez buildup gets performance…
Los Angeles Daily News
AP Exclusive: CIA tracks revolt by Tweet, Facebook By Robert Morales, boxing columnist The promotion for next Saturday’s third fight between welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez took an interesting twist this week when word came 
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Boxing: A family affair as Craig plots Quillin’s demise
Edinburgh Evening News
PERHAPS nothing proves Edinburgh middleweight Craig McEwan’s determination to win his crunch fight in Cancun tonight against Peter Quillin more than his decision to break one of boxing’s most sacred traditions – by having his family join him in his 
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Lucian Bute vs. Glen Johnson (01:15 GMT)
Crunchsports.com
It will be the ninth title defence for Bute, originally from Romania but now the no.1 name in Canadianboxing. He is expecting a tough battle against Johnson, the 42-year-old former IBF light heavyweight champion who has mixed with the very best during 
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Rumble in the Jungle: Don King wants to enter MMA
USA Today (blog)
By Michael McCarthy, USA TODAY Boxing promoter Don King made a swing through New York this week to tout tonight’s “Viva Don King” telecast of WBA cruiserweight champion Guillermo “El Felino” Jones against Mike Marrone and other bouts on Wealth TV (8 pm 
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Boxing After Dark featuring James Kirkland vs Alfredo Angulo
Doghouse Boxing
You haven’t heard these things happening at boxing events because those are in-fights within the different drug cartels and obviously, I’m not trying to minimize it. But at the same time, sometimes things get a bit overdramatized. 
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In this corner, Harbaugh and the lost art of boxing
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
“I think football is that sport that combines athleticism, that struggle, that boxing mentality, if you will. “When I was a kid boxing was just a lot more popular. So, sometimes you get boxinganalogies from me. So, I think that’s going to be a 
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London Olympics Skirting The Issue On Women’s Boxing – From Our 
By Sean Keeley
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Olympic boxing body considering skirts for women — Maine Sports 
By The Associated Press
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Boxing gloves, check. Headguard, check. Mouthguard, check. Miniskirt? After winning a long fight to get into the Olympics, female boxers are at the center of a dress code debate ahead of the 2012 London Games, 
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Heavy Hitting Boxing: 11/2 – ESPN
Kieran Mulvaney looks forward to an exciting night of fights in 
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