Boxing Links (3-16-11)
AP Exclusive: Ali Asks Iran to Free US Hikers ABC News AP By JANET CAPPIELLO AP Boxing champ Muhammad Ali is asking Iran to release two American hikers held since 2009 on spy charges. AP FILE -In this 1984 file photo, Muhammad Ali is shown. Ali has pleaded with the government of Iran to. … See all […]
Boxing writer Thomas Hauser guest speaker at Ring 8 meeting
Tuesday night in Long Island City NEW YORK, NY (Mar. 11, 2011) – Noted boxing author and columnist Thomas Hauser will be the special guest speaker this coming Tuesday night (Mar. 15, starting at 7 PM/ET) for RING 8’s monthly meeting at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City. Hauser is one of the […]
Boxing Links (3-10-11)
Ricardo Mayorga out-talks Miguel Cotto ESPN (blog) Are you going to stay in boxing, or are you going to get a job? Answer me that.” Cotto said nothing, but sat with his hands clasped in front of his chin, refusing to engage, and staring straight ahead. Mayorga, his shirt once more off, stood on a chair … […]
Former Heavyweight Champ Larry Holmes to Speak at UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research Celebrity/ Scholarship Dinner
The Center for Marketing Research (CMR) at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is proud to announce Heavyweight Champion, Larry Holmes will be the celebrity speaker at their 11th Annual Celebrity/ Scholarship Dinner on April 6, 2011 at the Venus de Milo Restaurant in Swansea, MA. Holmes held the WBC Heavyweight title from 1978 thru 1983, […]
VICTOR “THE BARBER” VASQUEZ LOOKS TO CUT DOWN OSNEL CHARLES ON JANUARY 22ND AT HARRAH’S IN CHESTER
First pro boxing event at Harrah’s Resort in Chester, Pa to feature local favorites VaSquez, Poore, Dawejko, Butler and more FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHESTER, PA (January 12, 2011)—One of the most famous movie scenes in the past quarter century took place in the movie Coming to America when Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall played many […]
BOXING AT SEA WITH ANGELO DUNDEE
The 5th St. Gym is Proud to Present “BOXING AT SEA WITH ANGELO DUNDEE.” Angelo Dundee is one of the best trainers of the past 40 years. He is also one of the finest gentlemen I know. You will have a great time with Angelo. He loves to talk, answer questions and discuss his association […]
AUGUST 13TH BOXING SHOW POSTPONED TO THURSDAY AUGUST 26TH AT THE ARENA IN SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHILADELPHIA (AUGUST 6, 2010)–Next Friday night’s big boxing event at The Arena in South Philadelphia has been postponed until Thursday night August 26th at the same venue. The card, which will feature Philly favorites such as Victor Vasquez, Coy Evans, Tommie Speller, Derrick Webster, Angel Ocasio, Keenan Smith and Jackie Davis will […]
THE GREAT RIVALRIES IN BOXING
BY: Steve Farhood Jake LaMotta famously said of Sugar Ray Robinson, “I fought him so often, I almost got diabetes.” Over the years, LaMotta has used that line again and again, and that’s okay because he fought Sugar Ray again and again—six times in all from 1942 through “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” in 1951. […]
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