Boxing Links (12-30-11)
Boxing’s 11 greatest misses of 2011 ESPN (blog) By Brian Campbell As we enter the championship rounds of 2011 and reflect back on what went right over the past year in boxing, we’d be remiss to neglect what went dreadfully wrong. To be fair, even a part-time admirer of a sport so honest in concept … See all […]
Rubio Stays Busy, Stops Vanda at Mandalay Bay
Fighting in front of a more-than-sold out crowd filled with boxing royalty, WBC #1 and WBO #3-rated middleweight Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KOs) pounded out a workmanlike TKO 5 over always-tough Matt “The Predator” Vanda (44-14, 24 KOs) on Friday night at the Sampson Boxing in Association with Promociones del Pueblo night of boxing in the […]
Boxing Links (11-2-11)
Boxer Tom McNeeley, who fought Patterson, dead at 74 USA Today By Jay Lindsay, AP writer BOSTON – Thomas McNeeley Jr., a boxer who battled heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and raised a son who took on Mike Tyson, has died of complications from a seizure. He was 74. Tom McNeeley, former heavyweight contender, … See all stories on this […]