Boxing Links (1-16-12)

Posted on | January 16, 2012 | No Comments

Boxing: Tillman a big challenge for Sonny Bill’s title fight
New Zealand Herald
His new opponent for his next boxing venture in Hamilton on February 8 – 125kg American-born Aucklander Clarence Tillman III – is certainly that. Tillman will take on Williams in the contest for the vacant New Zealand Professional Boxing Association …
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Muhammad Ali Cheered at 70th Birthday Bash in Ky.
ABC News
By BRUCE SCHREINER AP Muhammad Ali soaked in familiar cheers and chants along with a rendition of “Happy Birthday” on Saturday night as friends and admirers celebrated the boxingchamp’s coming 70th birthday at a party in his Kentucky hometown. …
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A List Of Young Boxers Who Could Be On The Rise In The United States In 2012 …
The Queensberry Rules
Upside: He’s got pound-for-pound top-10 level talent — he’s among the handful of elite Americanboxers — and off-the-charts grit. He’s got a great smile, is attractive, and has exhibited some gift of gab. He’s beaten a slew of good fighters in his …
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Snooki Endorses Donald Trump For President
Huffington Post
When I sat down with the pint-sized reality star at her press conference announcing the launch of Team Snooki Boxing, she expressed a certain disdain for the candidates currently in the presidential race. However, she did say there was one man she …
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Muhammad Ali at 70: Boxing legend praised as “a prophet, a hero, a …
Mirror.co.uk
Speaking to ShortList, the two-time former champ declares Ali a “gift to the world” with a critical influence that the boxing ring could not hope to contain. “If you put Ali inboxing, you won’t get what he really was,” he says. …
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Boxing Gears For Olympic Qualifiers
Mmegi Online
The Botswana Boxing Association (BoBA) will kick-start their 2012 calendar at the end of January with the qualifiers for the London 2012 Olympics taking first priority. With barely six months to go before the start of the global sports spectacle to be …
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Robert Helenius’s boxing career could be at stake
Helsingin Sanomat
Finnish professional boxer Robert Helenius, the holder of the European Heavyweight Championship title, will have to stay clear of boxing rings for some time. In the worst-case scenario, his entire career may be over. Helenius it to undergo shoulder …
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Pechanga Boxing Show, not what you’d expect
Examiner.com
That statement doesn’t exactly encapsulate what happened at the Pechanga Casino & ResortBoxing Show but it’s a more lighthearted way of looking at the troubles that beset the promoter of Friday night’s boxing show. In the past, whenever Pechanga had …
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“Elephant in the Room” boxing
WTNH
A local sports club is attempting to attract and involve the younger generation in the sport of amateurboxing.
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Sergio Martinez on Mayweather/Pacquiao: “I Must be the Next One”
BoxingInsider.com (blog)
With a presser in New York last week officially announcing his March bout with Matthew Macklin, Boxing Insider caught up with the middleweight champ exclusively to discuss that fight, The Mayweather/Pacquiao drama and more… Boxing Insider: How have …
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Blogs

Weekend Boxing Results: Stieglitz Retains Title, Abraham Wins …
By Scott Christ
Arthur Abraham got back in the win column with a stoppage of Pablo Farias on Saturday. Bad Left Hook has more on the weekend’s boxing results.
Bad Left Hook

Business of Boxing: Marquez’s Demands Aren’t Unreasonable …
By Staff
by Charles Jay Indications are that Juan Manuel Marquez would be happy to fight Manny Pacquiao a fourth time. Of course, the money would have to be right,
BoxingInsider.com

Boxing great Muhammad Ali gets 70th birthday bash – seattlepi.com
Never mind that Ali actually turns 70 years old on Tuesday: the private party in his hometown is the first of five planned in the next few months. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, leaned against a …
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Web

Boxing great Muhammad Ali gets 70th birthday bash – Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: At 70, Muhammad Ali is “still the greatest” to friends and admirers worldwide.
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Boxing – Boxing and legendary trainer Emanuel Steward return to …
Ringside by Miguel Maravilla Photos by Melissa Jewel Photography (Courtesy of Pechanga Resort & Casino) Emanuel Steward in association with Roy.
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