Boxing Links (12-29-11)

Posted on | December 29, 2011 | No Comments

Boxing 2011: Tough fights draw awe, controversy
USA TODAY
If boxing 2011 was made into a movie, it would have to be titled The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. There were plenty of terrific fights wrapped around some of the ugliest refereeing and judging the sport has seen. To get the latest sports news from USA …
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USA TODAY

Boxing trunk political ad leads to cancellation of Mexican municipal elections
Washington Post
But the highly touted victories in Michoacan were in potential jeopardy Wednesday after Mexico’s highest electoral court overturned one of them partly because of a strange new form of political advertising — a party logo emblazoned on a boxer’s trunks …
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Snooki Announces Boxing Team
MyFox Houston
While JWoww announced a new line of swimsuits , Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has announced that she’s getting into professional boxing – though she won’t be entering the ring. Team Snooki Boxing announced its first event featuring The Hyland Brothers,…
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MyFox Houston

GDW7THU Beat It Italian Boxing
WLUK
Rick Thurman from Bodyworks Internationale is Oshkosh shows us an Italian boxing class.
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Sulaiman “clarifies” flippant stance on domestic violence
ESPN (blog)
By Michael Woods Jose Sulaiman, the president of the World Boxing Council, stepped in it, knee-deep, a few days ago when he was quoted as saying that beating a woman is no big deal. He said this to writer Ronnie Nathanielsz, who writes for the Manila …
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Boxing’s 2011 Round of the Year: James Kirkland vs. Alfredo Angulo
Bleacher Report
It’s the very fact that James Kirkland has something of an Achilles’ chin given how much power and tenacity his offensive style brings that makes him one of the most exciting boxers in the sport. Kirkland, more than just about any boxer out there, …
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Blogs

Snooki Launched Her Own Boxing Promotion
By Burnsy
Three Irish boxing champion brothers have signed on to be the first fighters represented by Team Snooki Boxing.
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Boxing trunk political ad overturns Mexican ballot | Washington …
By The Associated Press
Mexico’s political season opened last month in the western state of Michoacan, where the country’s former ruling party scored a string of victories seen as a sign of its rising strength nationwide.
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