Boxing Links (12-25-11)
The state of boxing in 2012 Yahoo! Eurosport UK As long as there are superfights in the US and major stadium shows in Europe,boxing’s epitaph is far from written, argues Yahoo’s Kevin Iole. Todd duBoef likes to refer to himself as “a boxing evangelist,” an odd choice of words for a low-key man who … See all stories on this topic […]
Boxing Links (12-10-11)
ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: Beating Lamont Peterson pertinent for the rise of … Los Angeles Daily News By Robert Morales, boxing columnist Oscar De La Hoya’s last fight was only three years ago, but his career began to falter several years before that beginning with his second loss to “Sugar” Shane Mosley in 2003. Including that defeat, De La […]
WBA & IBA World Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov: Driven To Excellence
Headlines TeleFutura’s ‘Sólo Boxeo Tecate’ telecast Friday live from South Point Hotel Casino LAS VEGAS (July 25, 2011) – Professional boxing’s most driven world champion is World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”)light heavyweight king, Beibut Shumenov, who takes the next step on his mercurial rise in the sweet science Friday night (July […]
Boxing Book Released About First Black Champions
Premier sport broadcaster Al Bernstein introduces and pens the Foreward for a new book on the history of boxing. The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s, recently released by McFarland & Company, Inc., is a compilation of newly written, meticulously documented, biographical essays on some of the most intriguing fighters ever known, […]