Boxing Links (11-27-11)

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Denver’s Ron Lyle, heavyweight boxer, dies at age 70
Denver Post
By Nick Groke Denver’s Ron Lyle, the son of a preacher father and missionary mother who brawled with the best during a golden age of boxing heavyweights, died Saturday morning. He was 70. With Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and others, …
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Broner a knockout in front of Cincy fans
ESPN
By Igor Guryashkin CINCINNATI — In a town adorned with famed and storied boxing figures, Cincinnati may have given birth to another fighting son on Saturday. Junior lightweight Adrien Broner (22-0 18 KO) repaid the thousands-strong legion that turned …
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Is boxing a dying sport?
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
By Dominic Sauboorah Throughout the 20th century boxing was considered to be one of the biggest attractions in the history of sport. Not just the fact that thousands of people from around the globe had the opportunity to witness two warriors clobbering …
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Scots boxing ace Willie Limond’s career on the ropes after loss
Scottish Daily Record
Gilmour added: “He has been boxing since the age of six and is entitled to feel pride about what he has achieved over the last 12 years.” Paisley light-middleweight Kris Carslaw lost a British title eliminator against Matthew Hall on the same bill.
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Boxing dreams begin on a weekend
Inquirer.net
It’s a long road from Las Vegas to Rosario, Cavite, but here I am on a Saturday night with the In This Corner brigade as we continue our television search for new Filipino boxing champions. Fight fans in this fishing town as well as our regular band of …
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Weekend Boxing Results: Canelo, Arce, Soto Win in Mexico, Broner and Russell …
Bad Left Hook
Results: Canelo Alvarez TKO-5 Kermit Cintron … Leo Santa Cruz TKO-3 Jorge Romero … Nobuhiro Ishida TKO-1 Edson Espinoza … Salvador Sanchez II SD-12 Alexander Monterrosa … Gilberto Ramirez Sanchez TKO-4 Samuel Miller. Analysis: Alvarez (39-0-1, …
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Is Miguel Cotto setting himself up for disaster?
The Boxing Tribune
One of the most intriguing story lines in boxing is a prizefight becoming more than just sport. When a boxing match turns into something more raw, more emotional, more resembling a real life confrontation, it becomes an amazing spectacle. …
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Match was stopped Cole
Boston Herald
By Ron Borges / Boxing Notes Good stoppages, like many things in boxing, are subjective decisions. The rightness or wrongness of the action is often in the eye of the beholder — or the victim — which is why consistency from a referee is important and …
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Opinion Shapers: Boxing up the past and moving on is never easy
Mansfield News Journal
DeDe and I are moving back to Lexington after a decade in Apple Valley. In my opinion, moving is for the birds. Moving, as in relocating from one dwelling to another when they are not more than 20 miles apart. Especially when we are talking about …
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Ron Lyle Dead: Heavyweight Boxing Contender Dies At Age 70
By The Huffington Post News Editors
DENVER — Former heavyweight contender Ron Lyle, who fought Muhammad Ali for the title in 1975 and later battled George Foreman, has died in Denver at age 70. Lyle died Saturday from complications from a sudden stomach ailment, said …
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Poll: Manny or Floyd? Who’s P4P Number One? – Boxing
Partially because of the ease with which Mayweather pitched a near shutout against Marquez, while Pacquiao has now fought 36 rounds against Marquez to a virtual draw. The boxing adage that styles make fights is overused but accurate …
About.com Boxing

Live boxing show suspended as ProAm boxing extravaganza …
By KNews
Ever since the inauguration of the Friday Nights Boxing extravaganza on February 24, 2010, boxingbuffs, unable to attend the live shows, have witnessed 101 professional bouts and a further 77 amateur contests to date, compliments of the …
Kaieteur News