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Harold Lederman: Ring 8 Nov. Guest Speaker

Posted on | November 14, 2011 | No Comments


Tuesday evening in NY

 

NEW YORK, NY (November 13, 2011) – Renown boxing judge and HBO analyst Harold Ledermanwill be the special guest speaker Tuesday evening (Nov. 15) for RING 8’s monthly meeting (7 PM/ET start) at the historic Waterfront Crabhouse in Long Island City.

 

Lederman, who hails from the Bronx, was an International judge (1967-1989) who worked more than 100 world title fights. Today, he plays a key role as HBO’s World Championship Boxing judge analyst.

 

A graduate of Columbia University, the popular and recognizable Lederman was the 2006 “Good Guys Award” winner of the Boxing Writers Association of America. He is a World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and this March, it was recently announced, he will also be inducted into New York State Boxing Hall of Fame inaugural class.

 

“Harold is a good friend, longtime Ring 8 member and one of the most respected people in boxing,” RING 8 president Bob Duffy said. “His support for Ring 8 and its work over the years has been invaluable. Harold is a real New York boxing guy. We’re grateful to him for agreeing to be our guest speaker this month.”

Formed in 1954 by an ex-prizefighter, Jack Grebelsky, RING 8 became the eighth subsidiary of what was then known as the National Veteran Boxers Association — hence, RING “8” — and today the organization’s motto still remains: Boxers Helping Boxers.

 

RING 8 is fully committed to supporting the less fortunate people in the boxing community that may require assistance in terms of paying rent, medical expenses, or whatever justifiable need.

 

Go on line to www.Ring8ny.com for more information about RING 8, the largest group of its kind in the United States with more than 350 members. Annual membership dues is only $25.00 and each member is entitled to a buffet dinner at RING 8 monthly meetings, the third Tuesday of every month, excluding July and August.

Boxing Links (11-13-11)

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After 36 rounds of boxing, we have a decision
Manila Bulletin
The judges’ scorecards read 114-114 by Robert Hoyle, 115-113 for Dave Moretti and 116-112 for Glenn Trowbridge to retain his World Boxing Organizaion (WBO) welterweight belt. While CompuBox statistics show an advantage for the champ as Pacquiao landed 
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Boxer Bradley stops Casamayor to stay unbeaten
AFP
Bradley kept his World Boxing Organization junior welterweight crown and improved to 28-0 with his 12th stoppage inside the distance while Casamayor fell to 38-6 with one drawn. But Bradley’s hopes to be the next man on Pacquiao’s hit list dimmed when 
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Late boxer Frazier saluted with 10-bell tribute
AFP
The traditional 10-count boxing ringside farewell, using the bell that signals the end of rounds in fights, was an homage to the former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who died Monday at age 67 from liver cancer. 
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Boxing: Fury picks himself up to stay in world reckoning
The Independent
Bizarre things happen in boxing, so never say never. There’s a new kid on the blocks and the name has a familiar boxing ring about it. Chris Eubank Jnr, son of the former world super middleweight champion, launched his pro career by beating Lithuanian 
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Filipino Boxer Pacquaio Beats Mexico’s Marquez With Majority Decision
Bloomberg
By Nancy Kercheval – Sun Nov 13 07:24:55 GMT 2011 Filipino boxer Manny Pacquaio extended his win streak to 15 fights with a majority decision over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in a WorldBoxing Organization welterweight title bout. 
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Boxing community says sport has taken a hit in Louisville
WDRB
“Because Louisville was the boxing capitol of the world with all the champions that we’ve had,” says James Doolin, who trains at Louisville Legends Gym. Those Heavyweight champions include Muhammad Ali and Greg Page. James Doolin, the former trainer 
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Saturday Night’s Big Fight: Boxing vs. UFC
Hollywood Reporter
Saturday night’s alright for fighting, is how the song goes, and tonight marks a unprecedented clash between boxing and mixed martial arts that begins on television at 6 pm Pacific time. In what has to be considered the biggest prize fight of 2011, 
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Manfredo fighting for middleweight boxing title
Norwich Bulletin
Manfredo, of Dayville, is fighting for the World Boxing Council Middleweight championship on Nov. 19 in Houston. If he wins, he wants to defend that title in exchange for a bigger payout that will let him get out of boxing completely, pay off his home 
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UFC on FOX 1 results recap: Last night wasn’t like boxing back in the day, it 
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In the promotional push leading up to the event White likened the event to the glory days of boxingwhere the biggest fights were broadcast on network television. The claim — as per usual with White — was partly true but was also a bit of a tall tale 
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Mundine Trying To Bait Trout
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One online boxing site called Trout’s performance “sloppy” but acknowledged LoPorto’s awkwardness made him difficult to look good against. Others wondered how a fighter as limited as LoPorto managed to get a title shot. “(A) disgusting mismatch,” wrote 
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Wrestling Links (11-13-11)

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IHSAA wrestling state tournament to undergo changes next season
Muncie Star Press
Abbott, now the wrestling coach at Southside, competed for the Rebels at the time. He was one of four Southside wrestlers who had advanced to state out of a possible 13 weight classes. Abbott won the 152-pound state title that year, and teammate Marc 
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Big time college wrestling teams look for competition and find it in visit to 
PennLive.com (blog)
By JEREMY ELLIOTT, The Patriot-News Unlike many major college football programs that schedule a few softballs to ease into the season. college wrestling coaches are itching for early measuring sticks. It’s about manning up. They feed on the competition 
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Eleven Wrestlers Place at W&J Tournament
West Virginia University Mountaineers
After opening the season with two shutout performances in dual meet format, the West Virginiawrestling team placed an impressive eleven wrestlers at the W&J Tournament in Washington, Pa. “Overall, this tournament served its purpose because it gave us 
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Wrestling Set to Go at Wolfpack Open This Sunday
VMI Athletics
RALEIGH, NC – For a third straight season, the VMI Keydets will make the trek to Raleigh, NC to compete in the NC State Wolfpack Open, featuring some of the top college programs in the southeast, with perhaps 250-300 wrestlers competing across the 10 
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Chris Jericho confirms WWE wrestling retirement
Mirror.co.uk
I will never wrestle for the WWE again. But there is some big news coming up in the world of dance….” Jericho, 41, last appeared for WWE in autumn of last year, bringing a second run with the company to a close on the September 27th episode of Raw as 
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Local writer tells story of Chris Kanyon, gay wrestler
Cincinnati.com
That’s why, when Clark heard the story of Chris Kanyon, a former wrestler with World WrestlingEntertainment, he retold it. The result is Clark’s newest book, “Wrestling Reality: The Life and Mind of Chris Kanyon Wrestling’s Gay Superstar,” which was 
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Huskers sweep through Wrestle for a Cure Duals
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Led by three wins each from Josh Ihnen, Robert Kokesh and James Nakashima, the Nebraskawrestling team swept its three duals on Saturday at the Wrestle for a Cure Duals in Harrisburg, Pa. Kokesh, a redshirt freshman 165-pounder, outscored his three 
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Muskegon Community College wrestlers excel in Ben McMullen Open
MLive.com
By Ron Rop | The Muskegon Chronicle It was a successful day for the Muskegon Community College wrestlers on Saturday in the Ben McMullen Open. The Jayhawks had nine athletes place in the top four of their respective weight divisions. 
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Wrestling finishes third at Muskie Invite
WSAW
The UW-Stevens Point wrestling team had three wrestlers finish as runner-up as the team posted a third place showing at the 2011 Muskie Invite held by Lakeland College. Joe Mileski (Gladstone, MI/Gladstone) finishes second at 133, falling to North 
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Shlemenko, Lima Earn Title Shots With Impressive Victories At Bellator 57 from Casino Rama

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CHICAGO, Ill. (November 12, 2011) — Douglas Lima and Alexander Shlemenko both were the big tournament winners at Bellator 57 in front of a sold out crowd at Casino Rama. It was just the second time Bellator Fighting Championships had visited Canada and everyone in attendance was treated to a show as they witnessed a pair of action packed tournament final fights, one of which ended by second round knockout.

 

While Ben Saunders may have entered the fight as a slight favorite over the challenger Douglas Lima, “The Phenom” put this theory to rest in the second round when he ducked under a lead left from Saunders and knocked him out with solid right hand.

 

 

“I knew it was there. We worked on that a lot last week; duck the left hook, come back with the right straight. It worked out great,” Lima said. “‘I’mm glad I got the win. It was hard but it paid off. Hats off to Ben. He’s the greatest guy. He’s a great fighter.”

 

Lima earns a title shot with the win, and will meet Bellator Welterweight Champion Ben Askren in Bellator’s sixth season.

 

Also ready for a rematch with the middleweight champion, Hector Lombard, is Alexander Shlemenko who won his second tournament final with a unanimous decision over Vitor Vianna. Shlemenko threw at least a half dozen spinning back fists and while nearly none of them landed they kept Vianna on his toes and left Shelemenko dictating the pace of the fight. “Storm” landed plenty of body shots and stayed the aggressor for the entire fight. It was an easy decision for judges after three rounds.

 

Possibly auditioning for a place in the next Bellator Light Heavyweight Tournament were John Hawk and Canadian Roger Hollet who was eager to earn a knockout for his fans at Casino Rama. Hollett tried to trade shots with Hawk in the center of the cage but had trouble getting past Hawk’s jab. Hawk was also hell bent on holding him against the cage and slowing down the action. Whenever Hawk would let Hollett off the cage, he’d land a leg kick or a big punch and then get clinched on again. Hawk attacked his opponent with knees and foot stomps against the cage to the boos of the crowd, but in the end the judges awarded the win to Hollett by split decision not necessarily for landing the most punches but inflicting the most damage on the ones he did.

At the top of the night, Alexandre Bezerra defeated Doug Evans in an exciting matchup where Bezerra applied multiple submissions to Evans, but Evans always managed to escape with a big slam. Eventually Bezerra caught Evans in a submission he had no answer for and at 4:04 of the first round forced a verbal submission due to heel hook.

 

Bezerra said before the fight, “His first mistake was signing the contract for this fight,” also saying, “I will become the Bellator Featherweight Champion. It’s just a matter of time.”

 

“It was another spectacular, sold out night at Casino Rama. Shlemenko’s game continues to evolve in a dominate win over Vitor Vianna. Lima, with one strong right hand, went from being the world’s best welterweight prospect to being one of the best 170 lbs. in the world,” said Bellator CEO & Chairman Bjorn Rebney.

 

Next week on November 19, the Bellator Lightweight Championship is on the line as champion Eddie Alvarez takes on Michael Chandler, the Season 4 Lightweight Tournament Champion. This is Alvarez’ first title defense since he defeated Pat Curran at Mohegan Sun for Bellator 39. Also on the fight card will be champion Hector Lombard, who is set to take on former Trevor Prangley in a non-title Super Fight at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. Fla.

 

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

About Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago.  Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes.  Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.

Mixed Martial Arts Links (11-13-11)

Posted on | November 13, 2011 | No Comments

UFC Has Minute in Prime Time
New York Times
(AP) — Junior Dos Santos stopped Cain Velasquez just 1 minute 4 seconds into their UFC heavyweight title bout Saturday night, claiming Velasquez’s belt and bringing a swift end to themixed martial arts promotion’s prime-time network debut. 
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For Brock Lesnar, will health be enough?
ESPN (blog)
Here’s the potential bad news: Lesnar has now been training mixed martial arts for a little more than four years. During that period, twice he’s had to spend significant time away from the gym because of health problems. Instead of spending the summer 
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Yukon MP launches anti-bullying MMA program
CBC.ca
Ryan Leef, MP for Yukon, launched a mixed martial arts program at a workshop in Carmacks on Saturday as part of a campaign to help battle bullying among young people.Ryan Leef, MP for Yukon, launched a mixed martial arts program at a workshop in 
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MARTIAL ARTS MONTHLY: November edition
Swindon Advertiser
I WAS the official whinger-in-chief ahead of UFC138 but while the Birmingham card was woefully lacking in star power it did provide the perfect showcase for the new wave of British mixed martial artists. John Maguire, Philip De Fries and Che Mills all 
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UFC on FOX 1 results recap: Johnson notches violent knockout win, Yamamoto 
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Norifumi Yamamoto attempted to get his mixed martial arts (MMA) career back on track as he faced off against Darren Uyenoyama. Both have spent time fighting on the Japanese MMA circuit. Both were looking to prove that JMMA is not dead, and here to stay 
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UFC on FOX Results: Alex Caceres Outlasts Cole Escovedo to Keep MMA Career Alive
Bleacher Report
 to duke it out for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Alex Caceres and Cole Escovedo spent three rounds in the Octagon to settle a decidedly less glamorous dispute—who would survive to fight another day at the top level of mixed martial arts?
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MIXED MARTIAL ARTS: Garza loses UFC fight
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Pablo Garza, who went to high school in Grafton and trains in Fargo, lost in the second round to Dustin Poirier on Saturday during part of the Ultimate Fighting Championship event shown on national television on FOX. ANAHEIM, Calif. 
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300 compete in martial arts regional
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The 25-year veteran of the art said that while other forms of martial arts — such as mixed martial arts, or MMA — are certainly entertaining, the “blended art form” that Tiger Rock teaches is more pragmatic. He said that while it does include some 
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At Issue: Regulating mixed martial arts fights
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Female MMA Phenom Gina Carano Tells Fans What’s Next For Her

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Boxing Links (11-12-11)

Posted on | November 12, 2011 | No Comments

Joe Frazier dead: Boxing fans visit body of 1st man to beat Muhammed Ali
Daily Mail
By AP Fans lined up to pay their respects at the casket of late boxing great Joe Frazier at a public memorial viewing today. Frazier was laid out in the middle of an arena in Philadelphia in a white, closed casket, as per his will, with his trademark 
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Juan Manuel Marquez can’t afford weight
Boston Herald
But there are also weight classes in boxing for a reason, and the latter will end up meaning more than the former tonight. Marquez twice has faced down Pacquiao, drawing with him when they first met in 2004 despite being knocked down three times in the 
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Boxing has been staggered, and UFC lands the punches
Boston Herald
By Mac Engel / McClatchy Newspapers FORT WORTH, Texas — Boxing has more problems than title belts. Yet one of the single biggest issues this once great sport faces is that one of its most popular fighters just died. More people know Smokin’ Joe 
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Canuck boxer not buying Fury’s hype
Toronto Sun
(Jack Boland, Toronto Sun files) Canadian heavyweight boxing champion Neven Pajkic landed in Manchester, England, this week just in time to witness the freak show that is British Commonwealth champion Tyson Fury. Fury will put his prestigious title on 
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Boxing: Betham in fight of life
New Zealand Herald
So they’ve matched former NRL hardman Monty Betham with a professional boxer, Shane Cameron. Shane Cameron will square up to Monty Betham in the Fight for Life next month. Photo / Doug Sherring Former league tough guy Monty Betham has been itching to 
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Boxing clever! Selbey secures 2012 place as Yafair withdraws from ‘box-off’
Daily Mail
By Sportsmail Reporter Welsh boxer Andrew Selby will compete for Britain at next summer’s Olympics after Khalid Yafai withdrew from their ‘box-off’. Yafai was unable to make the weight in the 52kg flyweight category for the second bout meaning Selby 
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Joe Frazier: his life in video clips
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In a bid to lose weight, he joined the PAL boxing gym. Three years later he became the first American to win an Olympic heavyweight title, beating Hans Huber in the final. In this clip he destroys the Russian Vadam Mikhaylovich Yemelyanov, 
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Boxing legend Tim Witherspoon backs club’s cause
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Boxing legends honored at Fight Night 2011
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Centered around boxing, Fight Night helps raise money towards the improvement of education in area schools. The fundraiser started in 1990 and has grown into a multi-million dollar event that brings out big players in sports, politics, and business. 
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Austin Trout: “If anybody feels like I don’t deserve this belt, please come 
fightnews.com
After three years without national television exposure, undefeated World BoxingAssociation (WBA) super welterweight champion Austin Trout dominated Frank LoPorto for more than five rounds before referee Rafael Ramos stopped the fight at 2:32 of the 
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ROBERT ‘THE GHOST’ GUERRERO ATTENDS THE 12TH ANNUEL LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS

Posted on | November 12, 2011 | No Comments

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