Boxing Links (11-17-11)

Posted on | November 17, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing Capsules: Mexican party complains about boxer’s trunks logo
Brownsville Herald
AP Mexico’s largest leftist party filed a complaint with electoral authorities over Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez’s use of the logo of the former ruling party on his trunks during a bout with Filipino Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Nevada. …
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Ali among boxing greats paying respect to Frazier
SI.com
“He was Joe Frazier to the world, but he was our Uncle Billy,” said Dannette Frazier, one of about a dozen of Frazier’s nieces and nephews who still live near the 10-acre farm where the boxer was raised. The South Carolina service had none of the …
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Twelve Years…Twelve Fights: Ranking a Boxing Rivalry
BoxingScene.com
Boxing has been treated to a dozen individual tales as part of a grisly whole. Three years after the most recent piece of the story (Pacquiao-Marquez II in 2008), action resumed last Saturday. Suddenly, more chapters appear ready for the authoring. …
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Underdog Boxing: Myth of the champion’s advantage in Pacquiao-Marquez III
GMANews.TV
Extra-curricular activities happen in boxing as they do in other sports. Basketball players get away with little bumps and jersey grabs all the time. It’s a contact sport. Such things happen. It’s not like Marquez butted or elbowed Pacquiao repeatedly. …
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KBL new boxing championship sponsor
Mmegi Online
Kgalagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) will sponsor the annual National BoxingChampionships following a three-year agreement with Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA). galagadi Breweries Limited (KBL) will sponsor the annual National BoxingChampionships …
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Mmegi Online

Monroe boxer may have to wear skirt at Olympics
MyNorthwest.com
(97.3 KIRO FM/Bill Swartz) Monroe native Alex Love may have to wear a skirt in the ring if she makes it to the London Olympics to compete in boxing. Women’s boxing makes its debut as an Olympic sport at the 2012 London Games. …
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Mumbai Fighters brace up for Russian challenge in World Series Boxing
Times of India
PTI | Nov 17, 2011, 04.19PM IST The Mumbai Fighters will not only be fighting the Russian boxersbut also at a minimum of freezing -3 degrees celsius temperature. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: After putting up a strong fight against Italy’s Milano Thunder …
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Amir Khan: If I keep winning fans I can become as popular as Manny Pacquiao
Telegraph.co.uk
By Gareth A Davies, Boxing Correspondent Khan, who defends his two world title belts against Lamont Peterson on Dec 10 in Washington, said: “I train hard and I perform. What it really comes down to is winning. As long as I keep winning fights and…
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Telegraph.co.uk

Blogs

FDNY vs. NYPD in Charity Boxing Match for Wounded Veteran …
By Jocelyn Silver
This Saturday, the NYPD and FDNY are occupying (ha!) Madison Square Garden for a good cause. The NYPD Fighting Finest…
Runnin’ Scared

Boxing Room Launches Brunch — Grub Street San Francisco
By Jay Barmann
And speaking of Boxing Room (Gough and Grove), the restaurant announced today that this will be the inaugural weekend for their brunch, starting Saturday the…
Grub Street San Francisco

Talkin’ Boxing with Don King: “American boxing is at the most …
By Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski The renowned Hall of Fame promoter who has been a leading figure in the sport since the early 1970’s, discusses his overlooked and.
BoxingInsider.com

Web

Philadelphia and the Boxing World Pay Tribute to Frazier – NYTimes …
Eulogized as an ordinary man who achieved extraordinary greatness, Joe Frazier’s life was celebrated in a ceremony attended by his old rival, Muhammad Ali.
www.nytimes.com/…/philadelphia-and-the-boxing-world-pay-…