Boxing Links (5-23-11)
Bernard Hopkins masters his craft ESPN By Dan Rafael Rafael’s remark: As Hopkins said during his post-fight press conference, he believes he would have been a top fighter in any era of boxing. He is 100 percent correct. “The Executioner” is that kind of throwback to the greats of yesteryear … See all stories on this topic […]
Boxing Links (5-22-11)
Brilliant Bernard Hopkins Defies Age And Logic To Win Boxing Gold SB Nation By Jonathan Snowden Boxing’s Bernard Hopkins has always been a cautious fighter. What got into him last night against Jean Pascal? May 22, 2011 – Before the Jean Pascal-Bernard Hopkins rematch, ferocious words flew on a brilliant new HBO special called … See all stories […]
ROACH, RICHARDSON ROUNDTABLE, UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES: WILFREDO VAZQUEZ, JORGE ARCE, KELLY PAVLIK, ALFONSO LOPEZ, MIKE ALVARADO, RAY NAHR
Thursday, May 5 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand. This Saturday, May 7, at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena, eight-division world champion Pacquiao (52-3-2, […]
BOXING LEGEND OSCAR DE LA HOYA TO LEAD CLINIC FOR TEENAGE BOXERS AT GLEASON’S GYM IN BROOKLYN ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 AT 4:00 P.M.
Presented by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment and Golden Boy Promotions –Celebration of boxing coming to Brooklyn at the Barclays Center– BROOKLYN, NY (September 23, 2010) – Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya, the president of Golden Boy Promotions, will lead a boxing clinic for local amateur teenage boxers from USA Boxing Metro at the famed […]
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY BOXING TRADITION RETURNS TO ITS LOS ANGELES ROOTS FOR “200: CELEBRATE AND DOMINATE” MOSLEY VS. MORA ON SEPTEMBER 18
LOS ANGELES (September 13) – On September 15, 1972 Mexican lightweight Chango Carmona stopped Mando Ramos in the eighth round of a WBC title bout at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. Little did Carmona know that he was starting a now nearly four-decade-long tradition of Mexican and Mexican American fighters representing their people on […]
CAN WHAT’S BROKEN ABOUT BOXING BE FIXED?
(by Darren & Patrick McElligott) [mpinpage] For as long as boxing has been popular, there has been a “flip side,” with people saying that the sport is dying, or that it should be outlawed. Yet, when one looks at the amount of money that fights such as Mayweather vs de la Hoya, or Pacquiao vs […]
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