Boxing Links (12-28-11)

Posted on | December 28, 2011 | No Comments

2011 confirms boxing still alive, swinging
ESPN (blog)
Well, no need to heed the warnings of these doom-driven soothsayers, because the biggest fallacy in sports is that boxing is dead. Indeed, reports of the fight game’s death have been greatly exaggerated. Just take a look back on Delvin Rodriguez and …
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Boxing: Top five stories of 2011
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Boxing had another year more notable for what didn’t occur than what did. The bout that fans have been clamouring to see for at least three years, a welterweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the two best fighters in the …
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Yahoo! Eurosport UK

Yearend Boxing Report Card: Five Phl fighters rule world
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines – The year 2011 comes to a close with five Filipino fighters recognized as world champions, a watermark in the history of Philippine boxing. In all, there were 13 world title bouts that featured Filipino boxers with WBO welterweight …
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SA boxing needs better days
SuperSport.com
There was plenty of activity in SA boxing in 2011; much of it outside of the ring.Boxing SA was restructured and, under the chairmanship of former sports minister Ngconde Balfour, mandated to put the administration of the sport in order. …
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SuperSport.com

Blogs

Scoop Malinowski: Not Your Typical Boxing Column #9 …
By Scoop Malinowski
By Scoop Malinowski Some of my favorite quotes of the year: Bernard Hopkins: on intimidation: You can stare at a guy…if he has a pin drop of doubt.
BoxingInsider.com

Where Hyden Yoo Finds Vintage Boxing Gloves On Atlantic Avenue …
By Yale Breslin
New York City has more stores than anyone could physically tackle, but somehow we always keep returning to the usual suspects. To break out of the rut, we’ve asked some…
Racked NY

Web

3 new results for boxing

Boxing – Boxing Buzz
By Gabriel F. Cordero Looks like March 31 is the preferred date for the much anticipated rematch between current WBO featherweight world champion Orlando.
www.fightnews.com/Boxing/boxing-buzz-110-104796

Boxing in 2011: De La Hoya shocks the world – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports
Oscar De La Hoya’s stunning admission overshadwowed everything that happened inside the ring in 2011. – Boxing news.
sports.yahoo.com/box/news?slug=ki-boxing-top-stories…