AUSTIN TROUT & FRANK LoPORTO MICHAEL OLIVEIRA & XAVIER TOLIVER FINAL WEIGHTS AND QUOTES
Friday, Nov. 11, Cohen Stadium, El Paso, Texas Live at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) on SHOWTIME® Austin “No Doubt” Trout: 154 pounds Frank “The Italian Stallion” LoPorto: 152.5 pounds Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira: 157 pounds Xavier “The X-Man” Toliver: 157.75 pounds NOTE: WEIGHTS (Nov. 10, 2011) – El Paso, Texas, native Austin “No […]
Boxing Links (11-9-11)
Boxing world in mourning Boston.com He and Ali will be linked forever, both heavyweight champions and bitter enemies in the boxing ring who squared off in three epic fights from 1971-75. Frazier won the first one at Madison Square Garden in the “Fight of the Century. … See all stories on this topic » HBO Boxing: Pacquiao-Marquez III: Undercard […]
THOMPSON AND ARREOLA PLAN ON BRINGING THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLES BACK TO THE U.S.
BOXING: AMERICAN STYLE Sherman Oaks (Nov., 4) “I was crying my eyes out with joy,” exclaimed Tony “The Tiger” Thompson upon hearing the official news from the International Boxing Federation (IBF) declaring him the mandatory challenger for Wladamir Klitschko (56-3, 49 KO’s) after his opponent in the IBF Heavyweight Title Elimination bout, Eddie Chambers, was forced to withdraw from their bout on October 28th, and […]
OU’s Mark Cody & The Sooners Ready for Opener V. OCU, Talks to Takedown
NORMAN, Okla. — The University of Oklahoma wrestling squad, ranked preseason No. 16 by InterMat and 13 by Amateur Wrestling News, kicks off the 2011-12 season this Thursday, Nov. 3, when it hosts Oklahoma City University inside McCasland Field House at 7 p.m. “I’m very excited for our program, staff and wrestlers to get the season started against […]
Wrestling Links (11-2-11)
Manteno wrestling coach killed in accident while jogging Chicago Tribune Cory Blanchette, 37, who also served as a wrestling coach at the school, was in the southbound lane of East Road when the driver, a 21-year-old Dolton man driving a 1997 Chevy Monte Carlo struck him, said Kankakee County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Ken … See all stories on this topic […]
UFC’s Hendricks V Jon Fitch Dec 30th, The Happy Beard Man Talks to Takedown
Article by: Antwan Jackson of Bleacher Report Jon Fitch is arguably the No. 2 welterweight in the UFC. The Gray Maynard of the welterweight division, he’s fought some of the sport’s best, including B.J. Penn, Georges St-Pierre and Thiago Alves. He’s made it very clear to matchmaker Joe Silva and head man Dana White that he only […]
Jake Herbert Earns Pan Am Gold, Looks to Russians at NYAC, Talks to Takedown
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Two U.S. wrestlers won gold-medals and the team had four total medals in men’s freestyle at the Pan American Games competition on Sunday at the CODE II Gymnasium. Capturing gold medals were Jake Herbert (Ann Arbor, Mich./New York AC) at 84 kg/185 lbs. and Tervel Dlagnev (Columbus, Ohio/Sunkist Kids) at 120 kg/264.5 […]
Boxing Links (10-30-11)
Boxing star power graces Task Force Duke, again DVIDS Soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, Skype with world-champion boxer Manny Pacquiao and his trainer, Freddie Roach, Oct. 29, at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan. Pacquiao reached out to TF Duke … See all stories on this topic » ‘Money’ indeed Boston […]
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