Don Smith
239 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Arizona Boxing Good Guys, Night of Glory & Much More
Emily Pandelakis. Boxing Fans, Iron Boy Publicist Emily Pandelakis sent out a press release recently proclaiming Edgar Brito Jr. as a good guy who is very supportive of the highly acclaimed Wounded…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Coach Resigns, Crawford in Town, Boxing News
Boxing Fans, Special Edition: As of Thursday, 1/29, 2015 embattled Arizona amateur coach Jose Lopez (Azteca Boxing) resigned as a ?member? of USA Boxing Arizona after Lynette Smith, USA Boxing Official, National…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Finding the Truth? Boxing at La Princesa & Manny
Boxing Fans, The continuing saga about the quietly disclosed Arizona amateur boxing coach who was stopped from working a recent Silver Gloves event after his credentials were thought to be suspicious, by…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Lopez under Fire, Santiago Defends Title & More
Boxing Fans, Special Edition: Pressure for Azteca boxing Coach Jose Lopez to resign his position and forfeit his membership as a member of USA Boxing Arizona is mounting. His critics maintain Lopez…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Change of Plea, New Promoters Arrive & More
Boxing Fans, In a stunning reversal of plea, 24 year old Joseph Jesse Corrales, one of two defendants charged in the brutal 2013 murder of 17 year old Olympic boxing hopeful Alexis…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: ?Feroz? Team Wins, Urbina Case Update & More
Boxing Fans, On Saturday, December 27, 2014, Victory Outreach Church (McDowell Road in Phoenix) hosed ?Battle for Arizona?, a one day amateur boxing show pitting Arizona Boxers versus members of Feroz Fight…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Ruiz Injures Right Hand, Ali Wish & Boxing News
Boxing Fans, First, let me wish ?The Greatest? Muhammad Ali a speedy recovery from his recent battle with Pneumonia. The Arizona resident and former heavyweight boxing champion was taken to an undisclosed…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Roy Jones Jr., ?Destroyer? on Iron Boy XV111 card
Boxing Fans, Keith Veltre, Roy Jones Jr. Boxing associate, submitted an application for a corporate Promoter?s license on December 6 at the monthly Arizona Boxing and MMA Commission Meeting held in Phoenix.…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Crawford Prevails, moves to 140 lb. Division & B-News
Boxing Fans, Andy & Carolyn Bayless, Owners of Twin Peaks, a spacious and comfortable sports bar & Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona invited me to watch the November 29 WBO Lightweight Championship bout…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: What?s next for Manny? No Cotto/Mayweather 2, & Much More
Boxing Fans, I am proud to announce that I didn?t pay the king?s ransom to watch Manny Pacquiao humiliate the game, but out classed American boxer Chris Algieri who managed to go…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Rosinsky Returns, Fan Speaks, Iron Boy XVII
Boxing Fans, New York Super Middleweight William M. Rosinsky aka Will ?Power? Rosinsky spent a little vacation time in Phoenix (visiting his in-laws) recently and the fireman/boxer and former school teacher found…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: The Meeting, Latest on Urbina Case, Stick a Fork
Boxing Fans, I counted twenty two people in the audience (including myself) when I stepped into the monthly meeting hosted by the Arizona Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission on November 10,…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Q & A Excerpts, Benavidez Jr. Re-signs, J Trotter
Benavidez Jr. Boxing Fans, Arizona Boxing/ MMA Commission Chairman Michael Preston Green was able to respond to 16 questions I sent him via email after my query was forwarded to the commission…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Copper Gloves re-cap, Grace Interest, Stone Update & More
Boxing Fans, An overflow crowd attended the two nights of the 44th Annual Copper Gloves Tournament held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds as part of the festive Arizona State Fair. The event…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Bellator Praise, BMBP Questions & More
Boxing Fans, 24 hours before the scheduled Arizona Boxing/ Commission monthly meeting on October 6, 2014, I received a phone call from a concerned male boxing fan who asked if I was…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Goossen Passing, BMBP Boxing & More
Goosen. Boxing Fans, The passing of Promoter and boxing legend Dan Goossen on Monday September 29 from a very aggressive form of liver cancer, casts a dark and giant shadow over boxing;…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Boxer Arrested, ?Put the Chair Down? Show Entertaining
Boxing Fans, An interesting evening at the Iron Boy/Top Rank produced boxing event (Iron Boy XV) at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix, Arizona on September 20, 2014 that included a OC Spray…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Iron Boy CEO, Official Response & Title Shot
Boxing Fans, When I started thinking about doing an interview with Roberto Vargas, CEO of Phoenix based Iron Boy Promotions; I realized I knew very little about his personal background. I scanned…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Boxing Memorabilia, Domestic Violence & More
Joe Louis. Boxing Fans, Colorful Sports Collector and Hall of Fame Collectible store owner Mike Weber called me the other day and asked if I would be interested in looking at some…
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Arizona Boxing News & Notes with Don Smith: Alvarez Continues to Win, Iron Boy XV & More
Boxing Fans, Boxing News: Amateur cruiserweight Albert Alvarez (Red Nation Warriors Boxing Club out of Tucson) won his division finale at the recent San Carlos and Scrapyard Tournaments and is contemplating turning…
