Boxing Links (12-17-11)

Posted on | December 17, 2011 | No Comments

Judge rules in favor of late boxer Gatti’s widow
USA Today
MONTREAL (AP) – A Canadian judge has ruled in favor of Arturo Gatti’s widow in a legal dispute over the late boxer’s estate. Graham Hughes, AP Amanda Rodrigues, widow of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, leave the courthouse in Montreal during the …
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USA Today

Andre Ward fights Carl Froch in Super Six finale
San Francisco Chronicle
Atlantic City, NJ — Two years have passed since Showtime began its “Super Six Boxing WorldBoxing Classic” in an attempt to find the top super-middleweight boxer. There were some obstacles. Some contenders, such as IBF champion Lucian Bute, …
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Ricky Ponting still up for Test
Herald Sun
RICKY Ponting has declared his preparation for the Boxing Day Test will be ideal, despite admitting his current focus was solely on Twenty20 cricket just a week out from the showdown with India. Ahead of his 15th and potentially final Boxing Day …
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Boxing comes to Woodland for ‘Friday Night Fight’
Daily Democrat
The card is believed to be the first professional boxing event to be held in Woodland. In both fights, the local fighter was victorious. First, Fairfield’s Alan Sanchez (9-2-1) went the distance against Albert Herrera (3-11-2) of Riverside in an …
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APF lifts boxing title
Republica
KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Armed Police Force (APF) dominated the Third NationwideBoxing Tournament winning 10 gold and two silver medals from the total 15 categories to lift team championship trophy. On Saturday, the closing day of the five-day tournament, …
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Republica

Boxing: Kell Brook will be a world champ, say Sheffield greats
The Star
Sheffield’s two best-loved boxers have backed Kell Brook to win his debut fight in America tonight – and then go on and conquer the world. Former world champion Clinton Woods and European title contender Ryan Rhodes both believe Brook is the man to …
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The Star

Rubio stops Vanda
EastsideBoxing.com
Fighting in front of a more-than-sold out crowd filled with boxing royalty,World BoxingCouncil(WBC) #1 and WBO #3-rated middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KOs) pounded out a workmanlike TKO 5 over always-tough Matt “The Predator” Vanda …
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IBF ranks Danbury boxer Rodriguez seventh in the world among junior middleweights
Danbury News Times
(Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) Photo: Getty, Al Bello / 2011 Getty Images Danbury boxer Delvin Rodriguez’s stock is rising in the wake of his victory by unanimous decision over Pawel Wolak on Dec. 3 in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square …
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Love of life, work helps top boxing coach fight Parkinson’s
CNN
Roach, one of the most sought-after boxing trainers in the sport, loves coming to work each and every day, and he says it’s that passion that helps him deal with Parkinson’s disease. “I have a job I like to go to, and not everyone in the world can say …
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Constantin Bejenaru Wins Bigger’s Better Boxing Tourney
BoxingScene.com
By Alexey Sukachev Eight rising newcomers, who have succeeded (in various ways) in previous installments of the popular all-European heavyweight/cruiserweight series under the banner of Bigger’s Better Boxing Promotion, gathered together at Sport Hall …
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Blogs

Diamante, Boxing Ring Announcer, Will Be The New Voice of The …
By Net Income
David Diamante, the rooster-coiffed ring announcer for HBO Boxing will the new voice of the Nets, both this year in Newark and next year in Brooklyn, reports Stefan Bondy. He will make his debut Saturday at the Prudential Center.
NetsDaily

Nigeria’s Egbunine punches for world boxing title in Owerri
United States- based Nigerian female light heavyweight world boxing champion, Ijeoma Egbunine has thrown a big challenge to boxing great, Mohammed Ali’s daughter, Laila to do more talking with her fists in the ring than with her mouth. …
Vanguard News

Gordon Marino: The Finals of the Super Six World Boxing Classic
By Gordon Marino
The sport of boxing has always been adept at putting itself on the canvas. Some of the self-inflicted blows derive from the fact that promoters have boxers under extended contracts.
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Web

Boxing Live Blog: Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson – The Daily Fix …
The challenger wins the WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles in his hometown of Washington, D.C..
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