Boxing Links (11-26-11)

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ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: We’re thankful for wishful thinking
Los Angeles Daily News
By Robert Morales, boxing columnist It’s that time of year when we like to give thanks for whatboxing has given us this year and to wish for what we would like the sweet science to provide in the upcoming year. The performance by Juan Manuel Marquez …
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Boxing: From dancer to boxer
New Zealand Herald
Fernandes (29) brings both those elements to her new passion where she has quickly emerged as a candidate for flyweight selection when women’s boxing debuts at London’s Olympics next year. “Most Goans are very westernised and don’t really embrace …
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Boxing: Training has Carlos in hot form
New Zealand Herald
His style on the rugby field was probably more dancer than fighter, so the kid from Levin is hoping to rediscover some inner mongrel when he steps into the boxing ring for next week’s Woodstock Reserve Fight for Life. “Back in my school days, …
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Here’s Saul Alvarez, the next Golden Boy of boxing
Mirror.co.uk
In boxing terms that is a pretty potent cocktail. And that is why Saul Alvarez is one of the hottest properties coming through the ranks. Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy operation does not roll out the red carpet unless they can see a return on …
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Holiday Treat, Broner Brings Big Time Boxing Back to Cincy
BoxingScene.com
By Jake Donovan It’s been a decade since the last time Cincinnati boxing fans were blessed with a title fight in their beloved hometown. Tim Austin – aptly named “The Cincinnati Kid” – was in the heart of his prime and still a few years away from …
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Jon “Bones” Jones Spars with Holly Holm: Video
Pro Boxing Fans
Mixed-martial-arts superstar Jon “Bones” Jones has been helping his friend, nine-time world boxingchampion Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (30-1-3, 9 KOs), prepare for her December 2nd “World Dominance” showdown against French knockout artist …
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Vic Darchinyan vs. Anselmo Moreno Fight Preview and Prediction
Pro Boxing Fans
The term “crossroads fight” is perhaps overused, but this fight will be critical in determining the career trajectories of these two boxers. By the Numbers Darchinyan: The “Raging Bull” is now 35, in a pro career that began in 2000, after Darchinyan …
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Boxer portrayed in “The Fighter” comes to Maine as guest of honor at boxing …
The Republic
AP PORTLAND, Maine — A Massachusetts boxer who turned a career on the skids into a world championship and was made famous in the Academy Award-winning film “The Fighter” is coming to Maine. Micky Ward will be at the Stevens Avenue Armory in Portland …
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November 26 in Sports History
Yahoo! Sports
This was the day that Howard Cosell called his final boxing match. It was also the day where a new touchdown pass record was set in the NFL. Here is a look at some of the memorable moments in sports to happen on November 26. On this day in 1946, …
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Blogs

An advocate of boxing, one Nashville coach fights through sexism …
Christy Halbert transformed herself into one of the best female coaches in the world, and brought women into the Olympic boxing ring More.
Sports | nashvillecitypaper.com

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Boxing: Chavez Jnr stops Manfredo to stay unbeaten – Times Of India
HOUSTON (Texas): Unbeaten Mexican star Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr kept his World Boxing Council middleweight crown on Saturday by stopping US challenger …
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