Boxing Links (1-27-12)

Posted on | January 27, 2012 | No Comments

Boxing ‘bots, meet reality
The Detroit News
In the future, robots do the boxing, and former human boxer Jackman is trying to get a winning ‘bot when he’s reunited with the son he abandoned years ago. Together they rebuild a junkyard robot who pounds his way to glory. Elements of classic sports …
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Frustrating boxing night for Mids
Annapolis Capital
Members of the Naval Academy boxing team got an introduction into street-style boxing last night at Michael’s Eighth Avenue as part of a 16-fight card put together by promoter Jake “The Snake” Smith and his Baltimore Boxing organization.
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Youth boxing: Plainfield’s Santiago a champion
Chicago Sun-Times
Supplied photo Erik Santiago, of Plainfield, won the boxing championship in his age and weight bracket at the Silver Gloves State Championships in December in Rockford. Santiago, 11, a student at Aux Sable Middle School, won two three-round bouts Dec.
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From Boxing Ring to Board Game
Wall Street Journal
24 on HBO, is a documentary series about the boxing trainer who trains sensational world champ Manny Pacquiao. It delivers more quiet pathos than pumped-up celebration. Mr. Roach lives with the body-quivering shakes of Parkinson’s disease.
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Wall Street Journal

Boxing: Kay stepping up to take on the big guns
Otago Daily Times
By Olivia Caldwell on Sat, 28 Jan 2012 Nicola-Ann Kay holds her most improved Otago boxer cup in front of Steamer Wharf, Queenstown. Photo by Olivia Caldwell. One of Otago’s rising boxers is heading to Christchurch at Waitangi weekend for the Oceania…
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Otago Daily Times

Rios: Cotto is just looking for a payday against Pacquiao; I don’t want to see …
EastsideBoxing.com
Usually when fights are total mismatches, the promoters involved no better than to try and force feed a rematch to the boxing public. But in this case, Arum promotes both Pacquiao and Cotto, so if he wants to shove the Cotto-Pacquiao rematch down …
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Boxing them in: Mack’s defense leads to win over Del Norte
Times-Standard
McKinleyville High used this blend to its advantage Thursday, taking a 48-37 victory over visiting league opponent Del Norte. The win improved Mack’s record to 4-1 in the Big 5 and 15-5 overall, while Del Norte dropped to 1-4, 5-12.
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Team Snooki Boxing’s First Fight Card
Bad Left Hook
The online materials include two “behind the scenes”-type youtube videos focusing on the pre-fight preparations of both the Hyland brothers and Team Snooki Boxing. The videos aren’t the worst thing in the world, but they are a little heavy on the …
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De La Hoya sued again
EastsideBoxing.com
By Vitali Shaposhinov: When history tells a story of the Golden Boy of boxing, Oscar De La Hoya, the story will have two very different, and highly contrasting sides. The first part will talk about the (39-6-0) welterweight world champion.
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Blogs

Jackie Kallen on Boxing: Sechew Powell faces Cory Spinks …
By Staff
By Jackie Kallen OK, so it’s not the match-up of the year. Other than some die-hard boxing fans, not many people care who wins on Saturday night when Sechew.
BoxingInsider.com