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Boxing Links (11-18-11)

Posted on | November 18, 2011 | No Comments

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Margarito-Cotto would be held on Dec. 3
ESPN (blog)
The fight is scheduled to occur at Madison Square Garden, but the New York State Athletic Commission is reviewing Margarito’s request for a boxing license because he suffered a eye injury in his loss to Manny Pacquiao last Nov. 
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Is boxing moral?
Inquirer.net
By Manolo R. Iñigo The late Fr. Vini, rector of the San Jose seminary who recommended the now popular running priest Robert Reyes for ordination to the priesthood in 1982, is best remembered for his advocacy against boxing, a violent and cruel sport 
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Big fights boxing fans want to see (besides Pacquiao-Mayweather)
OCRegister
By MARK WHICKER / THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Slide show: Manny Pacquiao’s controversial, stirring decision over Juan Manuel Marquez Saturday night was one of the most talked-about fights in years. It also opened up alternatives for fans who thought 
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Hudsonville boxer Jordan Shimmell Olympic boxing quest takes him to Russia 
MLive.com
And the Hudsonville boxer continues to work at earning that spot. Shimmell will take a big step toward that goal next week, when he leaves Monday for Russia and the Ukraine for two weeks of exhibition bouts. “The final box-off for my weight class is in 
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Veteran boxer Whittaker set to face Barthelemy
MiamiHerald.com
By Santos A. Perez Boxing absorbs most of Charles Whittaker’s time and not just in the preparation for his bouts. Eighteen years after his professional debut, Whittaker continues to land fight dates, like his main-event appearance Friday night at the 
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MiamiHerald.com 

 

Aging Peter Manfredo goes after Julio Chavez Jr.’s belt
Boston Herald
Manfredo, like Khan-Clary, was once a promising amateur, but that was a dozen years ago, back before his face had taken enough shots to rearrange it and long before he understood why they callboxing the hurt business. Now he’s on the other end of it, 
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On the passing of Joe Frazier and attaining perfection in boxing
Bowdoin Orient
Whenever I see a boxing match on TV, I make sure to watch it because the entire notion behind the sport seems absurd. Two people enter a ring, each with the foreknowledge that the other is trying to knock him out within five, 10 or 15 rounds. 
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BOXING: Jono and Ryan are packing a punch
This Is Wiltshire
The 18-year-old pair, who box at the Trowbridge Academy of Boxing, will take to the ring in Harlow next Thursday, Staverton’s Price taking on Leicestershire’s Louis Norman in the 51kg weight category while Wheeler, who lives in Frome, 
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Rossendale boxing club’s cash plea launched
Lancashire Telegraph
By Peter Magill » Chief reporter A BOXING club has launched an appeal to give youngsters in the Rossendale Valley a better fighting chance. Young fighters like Jake Leary, 20, the newly-crowned North West Amateur Regional Novice champion owe their 
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Botha out to confound critics, again!
Independent Online
The ongoing boxing career of 43-year-old Francois Botha, left, has been a perennial saga of challenging, and often confounding, the experts. The ongoing boxing career of 43-year-old Francois Botha, which has extended for more than two decades, 
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Blogs
Amateur Boxing: Taking a Look at the World’s Best, Part 1 – Bad Left 
By Bad Left Hook
Bad Left Hook profiles some of the world’s top amateur boxers, including Rau’shee Warren, Vasyl Lomachenko, and Zou Shiming.
Bad Left Hook                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
PETA Seeks to Stop Kangaroo Boxing at Costa Mesa Circus 
By Matt Coker
​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) today lodged an “urgent” complaint with the California Department of Fish and Game in a bid to stop kangaroo boxing in Costa Mesa this weekend, the animal rights group announced. 
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Thomas Keller on CBS, Boxing Room Brunch, Baconlube – Listage 
By Carolyn Alburger
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500 Pounds Of Cocaine Discovered In Former Boxing – Deadspin
By Emma Carmichael
U.S. federal agents seized 500 pounds of cocaine worth $4 million in a home owned by former WBO champ Ivan Calderon in Humacao, Puerto Rico earlier this week. Calderon, who recently said he would return to fight in minimumweight at 
Deadspin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
5 Reasons Why The UFC Surpassed Boxing : COED Magazine
By Mike D
Saturday was a great night for sports fans. I was most excited about Pacquiao-Marquez; after seeing the way these two fighters matched up in their first two fights, you knew it would be worth the $55 on PPV. But what surprised me was that 
COED Magazine

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