Providence amateur boxer Toka Kahn-Clary Qualifies for U.S. Olympic Team Trials
Captures Silver Medal at The Nationals PROVIDENCE (June 27, 2011) – Nineteen-year-old Toka Kahn- Clary, of Providence, qualified to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials by capturing a Silver Medal at last week’s 2011 USA Boxing National Championships in Colorado Springs. Kahn-Clary, who now sports a 76-8 amateur career record, travels again later this […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-27-11)
Jeff Wagenheim>INSIDE MMA SI.com After the two traded mostly leg kicks — nothing to sneeze at, considering that these are a couple of the best kickboxers in the sport of mixed martial arts — for nearly half of the first round, Barry landed a looping overhand right that collapsed … See all stories on this topic » MMA […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-23-11)
Sometimes you really need to look beyond MMA’s hype SI.com This plays into the second main critique of Overeem, which is that his kickboxing accomplishments are irrelevant in MMA because the two are different sports. K-1 bouts take place in a ring between competitors wearing large gloves who don’t have to … See all stories on this topic […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-19-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today by Sergio Non By Sergio Non, USA TODAY DALLAS — Strikeforce heavyweight Alistair Overeem did enough with his kickboxing and takedown defense to beat Fabricio Werdum, but little more. Overeem won a unanimous decision over Werdum on Saturday in the main … See […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-17-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today by Sergio Non By Sergio Non, USA TODAY DALLAS — If the only thing that mattered were results inside the ring, Josh “The Baby-Faced Assassin” Barnett likely would be amixed martial arts legend by now. He’s arguably the most skilled heavyweight in […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-16-11)
Strikeforce: Alistair Overeem can understand why you might not have him in … MMAmania.com by Geno Mrosko on Jun 16, 2011 1:56 AM EDT in Strikeforce News There’s a certain space inmixed martial arts that represents stellar fighters with incomparable skills who, for various reasons, can’t seem to break into the top of the rankings. … See […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-12-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today Dave “Pee Wee” Herman and Jon Olav Einemo won $70000 bonuses for the promotion’s Fight of the Night awards for their back-and-forth mix of brawling and grappling work. Each heavyweight appeared to be close to knocking the other man out more than before … […]
Mixed Martial Arts Links (6-5-11)
MMA Fighting Stances: Mixed martial arts intelligence from the cage and ring USA Today Guida said after the fight that he’s in the mix in the division. But UFC President Dana White toldMMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani before the postfight press conference that Jim Miller is ahead of Guida in line if Miller can beat Henderson in […]
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