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Boxing Links (1-15-12)

Posted on | January 15, 2012 | No Comments

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Muhammad Ali Birthday: Boxing Icon Still ‘The Greatest’ As He Celebrates 
Huffington Post
By BRUCE SCHREINER 01/15/12 05:45 AM ET AP The boxing champ basked in chants of “Ali! Ali!” as hundreds of supporters cheered him on Saturday night with a hearty rendering of “Happy Birthday” during his 70th birthday celebration in his Kentucky 
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Dance to music of boxing
The Australian
Blythe Duff plays the mother of a young boxer in Beautiful Burnout, produced by the National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly. Source: Supplied THERE came a point in Blythe Duff’s life when there’d been a murder too many. 
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Rochester boxer Eloy Perez is unbeaten as a pro – but getting there wasn’t easy
TheNewsTribune.com
Elroy Perez’s climb to the top of the professional boxing world has been nearly 13 years in the making. After a once-troubled childhood in Rochester, Perez usedboxing as an outlet to deal with aggression. He is one fight away from achieving his dream 
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TheNewsTribune.com
Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois & Missouri News, SportsRound table: Should 
Quincy Herald Whig
This week’s question: “In light of Manny Pacquiao turning down Floyd Mayweather’s challenge last week, should sports fans care about boxing any more?” Can’t say that I’ve ever wanted to be aboxer. Still, as a kid, boxing did have a certain allure. 
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Boxing: Williams ‘gutted’ to learn fight in jeopardy
New Zealand Herald
Good boxers normally work their way up the ranks by starting out slowly and taking fights they will win but Williams is no ordinary boxer. He possesses some boxing talent but he’s also an All Black, a former league sensation and a brand. 
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Here comes Snooki … the boxing promoter?
ESPN
Hey, Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya, there’s a new gal in town, and she’s looking to carve out some space in the boxing promotion world. Jamie McCarthy/WireImage “Jersey Shore” cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi and her father, Andy Polizzi, 
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Taylor named IABA Boxer of the Year
RTE.ie
Katie Taylor scooped the Boxer of the Year award at the Irish Amateur Boxing Association Annual Awards at the Green Isle Hotel in Dublin last night. The Bray woman, the current AIBA World lightweight champion, claimed her fifth European title in-a-row 
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Boxing event works to unite cities’ youth
The Journal News | LoHud.com
WHITE PLAINS — Local boxing enthusiasts put a ring in the center of the Westchester County Center on Saturday to promote nonviolence through fighting. Main Street Boxing vs. Youth Violence Uniting New Rochelle and White Plains said their event was 
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BOXING: Cancellations mar event at Pechanga
North County Times
BILL WECHTER | bwechter@nctimes.com PECHANGA INDIAN RESERVATION — The boxerswere dropping like flies this week — and that was outside the ring. Two separate main events were cancelled because of injury or illness, causing a scramble in the Kronk 
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Ennis blows away Young
fightnews.com
By Kurt Wolfheimer Friday night at the National Guard Armory in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a raucous crowd of over 1500 fans were treated to a great night of boxing which had knockouts, controversial decisions and even hard fought draws 
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Dainty boxing | Butterflies and Wheels
By Ophelia Benson
They’re not skirts, they’re kilts. And Granddad wore one in World War I. Showed those Germans a thing or two – “Ladies from Hell”, the Jerries called them. Now put on a kilt & sporran, ladies, pick up those claymores, follow the bagpipes and 
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Boxing icon Muhammed Ali serenaded on 70th birthday | The Raw 
By Agence France-Presse
More than 300 people serenaded boxing icon Muhammad Ali with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday” at a lavish $1000-a-plate fundraiser and party in his Kentucky hometown. Ali, who is one of the world’s most recognizable sportsman, 
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Boxing great Muhammad Ali gets 70th birthday bash | The 
By The Associated Press
At 70, Muhammad Ali is “still the greatest” to friends and admirers worldwide.
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Clayton, Blair win boxing gold | The Chronicle Herald
By Holly Fraughton
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Boxing Great Muhammad Ali Cheered at 70th Birthday Bash | Care2 
By Associated Press
The champ celebrates at a birthday party to honor a man of both physical and political courage. What a life!
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