Boxing Links (2-1-12)
Will Junior remember Alamo differently? ESPN (blog) (A brief aside: The notion of two welterweights actually deciding who is the best fighter in the world by meeting in the ring might, to today’s generation of boxing fans, seem an absurdity, a fiction so improbable as to be without any kind of … See all stories on this topic […]
Boxing Links (10-25-11)
Manny Pacquiao prepares for his next fight Los Angeles Times (blog) Two professional boxers anxiously waited their turn to spar against Manny Pacquiao last week at Wild Card Boxing Club. More than just pride was at stake. If they could knock him down, they would win $1000. It’s an offer that Pacquiao’s camp has made to … See all stories […]
Boxing Links (10-24-11)
Q & A: Manny Pacquiao is ready to settle things Los Angeles Times The biggest little fighter in the world and biggest name in boxing is training harder than ever for his third and final fight with Juan Manuel Marquez on Nov. 12. Manny Pacquiao, left, plans to put an end to “all doubts in people’s minds” […]
Boxing Links (10-19-11)
Freed boxer wins first — and last pro fight CBS News I’ll work out with people and I would love to learn the game of boxing a little bit more if I can. I will sit down and do announcing.” Going forward, he says he wants to focus on helping kids aspire to achieve, with the Dewey Bozella Foundation. … […]
Boxing Links (10-16-11)
A bizarre finish, even for boxing ESPN Even in the world of boxing, where the bizarre is almost routine and controversy is commonplace, this was a night worthy of mention in Ripley’s book of the unbelievable. It ended with Hopkins in the hospital with a dislocated joint in his left shoulder … See all stories on this topic […]
Boxing Links (8-11-11)
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Battles “Vicious” Victor Ortiz in Boxing’s Return to … MarketWatch (press release) CENTENNIAL, Colo., Aug 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — In a blockbuster night of boxing, undefeated six-time World Champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather will face-off against current WBC Welterweight World Champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz in the big screen … See all stories on this topic » […]