Boxing Links (12-11-11)

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Lamont Peterson upsets Amir Khan
ESPN
By Dan Rafael WASHINGTON — Lamont Peterson has beaten the odds his whole life, and he has defied them again in the boxing ring. Peterson, with his hometown cheering him on, won a split decision against Amir Khan to lift a pair of junior welterweight …
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Hughes may be Boxing on
Sydney Morning Herald
Despite a strong start to the hosts’ run chase on an increasingly friendly Bellerive wicket, the likely make-up of Australia’s top order for Boxing Day remains as clear as the grey skies that have wreaked havoc with batting in this Test. …
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Sydney Morning Herald

Roach’s reward
Boston Herald
By Ron Borges / Boxing Notes The two were once one and the same, the former being the alias Roach briefly used during his time as a telemarketer before he returned to his first love — boxing. That nearly 25-year-old decision launched the Dedham native …
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Seth Mitchell KOs Timur Ibragimov in DC
USA Today
In front of 8647 boxing fans at the Washington Convention Center, Mitchell’s knocked out Uzbekistan’s Timur Ibragimov late in the second round with a hard overhand right. “We knew we had to stop his right hand,” Mitchell said. …
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USA Today

Huthwaite Amateur Boxing Club end the year on a high
Mansfield Chad
A good crowd turned out to see Huthwaite Boxing Club’s final amateur boxing show of the year. And the fans at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club in Mansfield Woodhouse got to enjoy six high quality bouts. Three of the bouts featured boxers from Huthwaite and it …
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Benefit Held for Legendary Boxing Coach
WQAD
For 43 years, the Davenport Boxing Club has opened their doors to inner-city children and now a benefit is being held for the owner of the club, Alvino Pena. Pena is now suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and has had to retire from coaching but his …
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Carl Froch close to Super Six triumph
Mirror.co.uk
Froch fights unbeaten American idol Andre Ward next Saturday in Atlantic City knowing that boxing’s most prestigious title is on the line for the winner. “The Super Six is hard and we are all suffering, and that is why boxers have pulled out since it …
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Mirror.co.uk

Roy Jones Jr: A slave to his passion
FightSaga
On March 1st, 2003, a 34 year old fighter by the name of Roy Levesta Jones Jr. laced up his gloves for the 50th time in his professional career, hoping to make boxing history. At the infamous Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, the boxer most …
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Top 10 Trash-Talkers in Boxing
By JFrater
Top 10 Lists: Trash talking is something which is very much a part of the modern sports culture, with the other team or player trying to attain any kind of psychological edge in order to ensure a victory. Some times it is very blatant, while at other …
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