Boxing Links (1-2-12)

Posted on | January 2, 2012 | No Comments

Boxing Day sales murder was posted on YouTube before it was handed to police
Telegraph.co.uk
Footage of the Boxing Day murder of an 18-year old boy in Oxford Street was posted on YouTube before it was handed over to the police, an officer has revealed. Seydou Diarrassouba was stabbed through the heart in the Foot Locker store in the capital’s …
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Telegraph.co.uk

Man accused of murdering Indian student tells court his name is ‘Psycho Stapleton’
Telegraph.co.uk
A 20-year-old man who appeared in court charged with the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve on Boxing Day told the court his name was “Psycho Stapleton.” Kiaran Stapleton was remanded in custody for 24 hours when he appeared at Manchester Magistrates’ …
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Telegraph.co.uk

Boxers in Mongolia training
Philippine Star
By Olmin Leyba (The Philippine Star) Updated January 03, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines – With the qualifying events for the London Olympics going full blast early 2012, the Amateur BoxingAssociation of the Philippines (ABAP) is eyeing to send …
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United denies axing Rooney for Boxing Day night out
Vanguard
Britain’s Mail on Sunday reported veteran manager Sir Alex Ferguson had dropped the England forward for going out for a Boxing Day evening meal with wife Coleen and team-mates Jonny Evans and Darron Gibson, along with their respective partners, …
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Australia takes decisive victory in Boxing Day test
ABC Online
SCOTT BEVAN, PRESENTER: The Australian cricket team went into the Boxing Day test as the underdog but tonight it’s on top after a decisive victory over India. The visiting batsmen have been much lauded but today the line-up collapsed against a fiery …
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Boxing’s making a comeback
Concord Monitor
Now, to the long history of boxing in Concord, add Reality Star Fight Night. The Capitol Center for the Arts will, the night of Jan. 13, present bouts between reality TV stars wearing headgear and oversized gloves. Most of the contenders aren’t quite …
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Boxing In 2011, Reviewed
The Queensberry Rules
If you ask the two top promoters in boxing how things are going in boxing, they’ll give you a shit-ton of shiny happy talk about how terrific the sport is these days, and how the future is so very bright. They are, though, “promoters. …
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Boxing Day leap of faith at Anstruther
Fife Today
MORE than two dozen hardy souls plunged into the freezing cold waters of Anstruther harbour on Boxing Day in aid of charity. A total of 32 brave participants shrugged off the howling gales whipping across the East Neuk port to complete the “leap of …
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Fife Today

Arum: The boxing public don’t know Sergio Martinez; I’m not interested in …
EastsideBoxing.com
How can the boxing public not know who Martinez is when HBO has been showing his fights for the past couple of years? How could you miss Martinez’s fights against Arum’s fighter Kelly Pavlik, where Martinez gave Pavlik a beating in taking his WBC and …
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EastsideBoxing.com

Snooki of ‘Jersey Shore’ forms pro boxing team
The Virginian-Pilot
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi has decided to enter the ring as the owner of a professionalboxing team. Polizzi, one of the stars of MTV’s reality show “Jersey Shore,” is beginning a venture that seems more legit than the other we heard of recently: Dennis…
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The Virginian-Pilot

Blogs

Houston Alexander arrested for child abuse after boxing son due to …
By Geno Mrosko
Houston Alexander is in trouble with the law thanks to the fact that he forced his son to box him because the elder Alexander caught his 16-year-old boy talking dirty to some females on Facebook.
MMAmania.com