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Boxing Links (1-18-12)

Posted on | January 18, 2012 | No Comments

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Boxing bout reinstatement down for the count
Stuff.co.nz
Promoters of Sonny Bill Williams’ latest boxing bout have knocked down suggestions they reinstate his initial opponent after the man was bailed from jail. Richard Tutaki, 33, had been scheduled to fight the All Blacks star on February 3 but Williams’ 
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Respected boxing trainer says Marciano, and not Ali, was “The Greatest”
Examiner.com
British boxing icon Lennox Lewis wrote in the Daily Telegraph Tuesday that Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 today, “should be considered the greatest sportsman of all time.” “I studied all the great heavyweights, but Muhammad Ali for me was the main guy,” 
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Boxer Khan withdraws appeal of loss to Peterson
AFP
The appeal was supposed to be heard Wednesday by the International BoxingFederation, one of two governing boxing bodies that sanctioned the 140-pound world title fight in Washington, DC on December 10. Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) won the fight on a 
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Amateur boxing chiefs will discuss this week whether female boxers must wear 
BBC Sport
The Amateur International Boxing Association (Aiba) has previously asked boxers to trial the skirts to help spectators distinguish them from men. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. All seven of Aiba’s commissions are meeting 
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BBC Sport
Roach pushing hard for Pac-Mayweather
ESPN
Tags: manny pacquiao, floyd mayweather, freddie roach, la sportscenter, boxing So will Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing’s two best fighters and biggest stars, ever give fans around the world what they want by fighting each other? 
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Manor boxing coach collects history of the sport
Tarentum Valley News Dispatch
MANOR — Muhammad Ali, who celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday, was a fighter who backed up everything he said he would do in the boxing ring. That’s how former amateur boxerboxing coach and now boxing memorabilia collector-extraordinaire Ron “Bad 
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Boxer helps fight breast cancer
Las Vegas Review – Journal
Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is donating $100000 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Southern Nevada affiliate in a presentation ceremony today. Tuesday’s announcement, in a news release from the breast cancer organization, came 12 days after 
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Championship boxing scheduled at Staten Island’s Hilton Garden Inn
SILive.com
Championship boxing will be on display tomorrow evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield when Greg Cohen Promotions presents a pair of co-main events, an intriguing woman’s fight and a huge undercard. The event, which will be broadcast live on 
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SILive.com
A Heavyweight Gamble in NBC Sports’ New Boxing Series
BoxingScene.com
By Cliff Rold This coming Saturday night marks the debut of a new boxing series on US airwaves. The NBC Sports cable outlet can be assumed to aspire to compete one day with ESPN. For now, it’s enough that it provides a new platform for fistiana. 
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Blogs
Because of Ali we are talking about boxing today | BoxingInsider 
By Staff
By Rich Mancuso To many he was “The Greatest Fighter of All-Time.” Muhammad Ali would say it that way, and we all believed because it was the truth. On.
BoxingInsider.com
 

 

Boxing punches back in Libya after Gaddafi ban | Kuwait Times
By Kuwait Times
Sofiyan Al-Bassar swings his right fist and delivers a blow to the face of his rival, splitting his lower lip and knocking him off balance before rushing in to try to finish him off. “Stop! Stop!”
Kuwait Times

 

 

Boxing Alberta: Ali still “The Greatest” – 630ched.com
By Click here to email Jim Kerr
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali turned 70 on Tuesday, and even though he hasn’t fought in decades, he remains one of the most popular figures in all of sports. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942 as Cassius Clay, he rose to fame in 1964 
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Muhammad Ali at 70 – snapshots of boxing’s greatest | Sport 
As Muhammad Ali celebrates his 70th birthday, we look back at the life and career of the self-proclaimed ‘greatest’ fighter on earth through a collection of photos 
www.guardian.co.uk/…/muhammad-ali-70-boxing-interactive 

 

 

Boxing Association names outstanding personalities | St. Lucia STAR
The St Lucia Amateur Boxing Association (SLABA) named its outstanding boxers for 2011, who will be competing for the prestigious awards of Junior and Senior 
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