Boxing Links (1-3-12)

Posted on | January 3, 2012 | No Comments

More 2011 boxing award winners, Part 1
ESPN (blog)
By Dan Rafael Yes, 2011 is in the books, but as is usually the case, the Fight Freaks have been tweeting me for more boxing award winners than just those I handed out last week. I’m here to serve. Now that I’ve borrowed Adrien Broner’s brush and styled …
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Boxing Day killer: ‘My name is Psycho’
TNT Magazine
The man accused of shooting 23 year old Indian student Anuj Bidve on Boxing Day appeared in court yesterday – and gave his name as ‘Psycho Stapleton’. The 20 year old from Salford in Manchester, real name Kiaran Stapleton, has been accused of murdering …
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Afghan Female Boxers Aim for Gold
NTDTV
Female boxers in Afghanistan practice their punches – in a gym that was once part of a Taliban punishment center. Nineteen-year-old Shabnam and her 18-year old sister Sadaf are part of the country’s first team of female boxers. …
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Top 10 Boxing Disappointments of 2011: Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather and Co.
Bleacher Report
2011 was definitely one of the worst years of the past decade in terms of disappointments for boxing fans. Once again, the boxing world had an incredible amount of controversial fights. Many fans now consider boxing as a completely corrupt sport. …
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Bleacher Report

Salud says Bradley best option for Pacquiao
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines — Wakee Salud, a noted confidante of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, said a fight against the unbeaten Timothy Bradley Jr. will be the best option for the fighting congressman from Sarangani. The much-awaited mega-fight …
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Big Brother’s 2011 Boxing Awards
CBC.ca (blog)
I consult a select group of sources to help clarify my thinking for the boxing awards. Foremost is The Queensberry Rules blog, who put up video of their round, KO and fight of the year nominees, in addition to wrapping up the year with sevral other …
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Boxing comes to Evangeline Downs
Opelousas Daily World
Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino is well known for its horse-related events, but this Friday a new sport will be added when live professional boxing comes to the Downs’ Event Center. “We will be making history,” said promoter Chad “Bad Chad” …
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Boxing’s 2011 Worst Robbery of the Year Award: Erislandy Lara vs. Paul Williams
Bleacher Report
The island of 11 million people from a third world country is a factory for boxing champions and in amateur competition nobody has been able to touch them. Where the criticism is grossly unfair and most likely sour grapes is when Cuban fighters are …
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BOXING: Riverside’s Larkin on Showtime
Press-Enterprise
The boxing card is promoted by famed trainer and television analyst Emanuel Steward, who guides Salcido. Also on the card will be junior middleweight prospect Tony Harrison (4-0, 4 KOs). Tickets begin at $35. For more information, call 888-732-4264. …
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Snooki to Manage a Pro Boxing Team
FightSaga
Snooki, a star of MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore, has assembled Team Snooki Boxing which is slated to headline a night of boxing at the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City on Saturday, January 28. Team Snooki will debut with three Irish brothers, …
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Blogs

In Flex We Trust » Snooki Starts Boxing Team, Signs Three Irish …
By Sabrina
“We are incredibly excited to introduce The Hyland Brothers and Team Snooki Boxing. We’ve seen what these boys can do, and expect nothing less than continued success and ‘living up to the hype’ for each of them here in the States,” vice …
In Flex We Trust

Op-Ed: Boxing Day was ‘Murder Day’ in Britain
The British weather was somewhat inclement over the holiday period, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of those who killed three innocent people on one day, apparently for the sake of it.
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The Presurfer: Boxing Robots Of The 1930s
By Gerard
In the April, 1934, issue of Modern Mechanix and Inventions the ‘mechanical robot’ goes toe-to-toe with boxing legend Jack Dempsey. In the article Dempsey relays a conversation he had with a friend about what it would be like to fight a robot. …
The Presurfer