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The shrinking role of boxing at the Olympics
By Rich Thomas, ProBoxing-fans.com, Tue, 31 Jul 2012
Why Was Men's Boxing Cut in Order to Add Women's Boxing?
Make no mistake: boxing has been under assault at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in recent years. For decades, boxing at the Summer Games was organized into 12 weight classes. The first trimming took place for the 2004 Olympics, Read Full Story >>>MVP wishes Barriga success in opening bout
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
MANILA (PNA)-- Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines chair Manny V. Pangilinan won?t be watching prot?g? Mark Anthony Barriga open his campaign Monday (Tuesday in Manila) in the Games of the 30th Olympiad but he sent his message of concern and wishes that the 19-year-old light-flyweight succ Read Full Story >>> It?s a record foul IOC performance in London
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
IT did not look as gory as though the defending titlist had faltered and fallen at the first hurdle, but the International Olympic Committee, starring its stern-faced president Jaques Rogge, did balk and fumble Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN TO FIGHT FOR WBO ASIA PACIFIC TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
One time welterweight title prospect Mark Jason Melligen is making a determined comeback and according to his promoter Sammy Gello-ani will fight for the WBO Asia Pacific title on September 15.
Gello-ani said Mellige Read Full Story >>> ANGELO DUNDEE?S PERSONAL BOXING MEMORABILIA, INCLUDING MUHAMMAD ALI?S GLOVES FROM 1964 LISTON FIGHT AND ?THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY,? FEATURED IN SCP AUCTIONS? NOVEMBER 2012 AUCTION
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Laguna Niguel, Calif. (July 30, 2012) ? SCP Auctions is proud to announce The Angelo Dundee Estate Collection of boxing memorabilia for its November 2012 online auction. In a Hall of Fame career in professional boxing that bega Read Full Story >>> HBO?s First Half Posts Similar Boxing Ratings from Ross Greenburg Era
By Matthew Paras, DogHouseBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
A year ago, former President of HBO Sports Ross Greenburg stepped down from his position after being forced out from the network?s higher-ups. Greenburg?s demise was met after years of overspending and then temporarily losing Manny Pacquiao to rival network Showtime. Top HBO brass replaced Greenburg Read Full Story >>> Top Ten greatest American Olympic boxers: Ali, Foreman, Frazier, De La Hoya
By Gayle Falkenthal, The Washington Times, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
SAN DIEGO, July 30, 2012 ? The USA boxing team is off to a promising start after the first weekend of the Summer Olympic Games. The men went four for four. Sensational flyweight Raushee Warren already has a bye into the Round of 16, and two of the women received byes into the quarterfinals.
Box Read Full Story >>> Ian ?Dappa? Napa Back In Action August 12th - Swaps Boxing Gloves For Football Boots
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
London - Monday, 30th July 2012
Ian ?Dappa? Napa Back In Action August 12th - Swaps Boxing Gloves For Football Boots
One of the sport of Boxing?s true characters, former British and European Bantamweight Champion, Ian ?Dappa? Napa is the latest star to sign up for the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym organ Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Wonders: Why Only Barriga?
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Manny Pacquiao believes the state of amateur boxing in the country needs an overhaul.
?Meron din yatang pulitika dyan eh,? said Pacquiao yesterday on the eve of light-flyweight Mark Anthony Barriga?s preliminary bout.
Barriga is the Philippines lone hope in boxing, a sport that has made the co Read Full Story >>> So What?s 50 Cent Worth to Boxing?
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Last week in a rather memorable Twitter exchange between rapper-turned-boxing promoter 50 Cent and Oscar De la Hoya, the figurehead of Golden Boy Promotions, 50, probably more noted now for being the close friend of Floyd Mayweather than anything he?s recorded recently, made it very clear that his n Read Full Story >>> ?Fighting Words? ? A Night to Stop Complaining and Enjoy
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
It might just have helped that this past Saturday?s ?Showtime Championship Boxing? was the last major boxing broadcast for more than a month.
That is unfortunately the case, now that the Aug. 4 bout between Rafael Marquez and Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. and the Aug. 11 match between Tavoris Cloud and Je Read Full Story >>> Does Manny Pacquiao Need to Take a Bold Step? Fan's Take
By Paul Magno, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Things change quickly in boxing. Fighters can reign supreme and then, even without much happening, find themselves knocked down several pegs. Sometimes the changes happen over the course of months and/or years. Sometimes they seemingly happen overnight.
In the case of Manny Pacquiao, one would ha Read Full Story >>> ?Chavez wasn?t ready? ? Arum admits he kept Julio away from Sergio Martinez
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
On September 15th, one of the biggest fights of the year will go down at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada when WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. takes his biggest step forward as a professional in tangling with Argentina?s Sergio Martinez.
A fascinating fight on paper, Read Full Story >>> The Legacy of Lennox Lewis with Emanuel Steward
By Geoffrey Ciani, Ciani's Corner, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
With his vast wealth of knowledge, experience, and an impeccable track record of success, Emanuel Steward is undoubtedly one of the greatest trainers the sport of boxing has ever seen. Steward has trained and/or managed 41 World Champions, including the reigning heavyweight king Wladimir Klitschko. Read Full Story >>> OBSERVE AND FIGHT: WILL TMT PROMOTIONS BE A SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
By David Kassel , FightHype.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
It's Monday. Welcome back for another edition of Observe and Fight, The Boxing Observer's compilation of observations and random thoughts from the week that was in boxing. Get caught up on some of the most recent events you may have missed out on, including the formation of TMT Promotions, the slow Read Full Story >>> Dougie's Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
GHOST BUSTED
Hey Doug The Thug! Ready to rap?
Nice win by Robert Guerrero even though I'm not too surprised. Guerrero is just worlds more skilled than the crude one-dimensional Selcuk Aydin although that's not saying much. Was the fight spectacular to watch? F__k no. And really, Robbie shoul Read Full Story >>> Undefeated featherweight Patrick Hyland Prepared to make Irish boxing history
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Team Hyland.
Headlines vs. Carlos Fulgencio, Aug. 8 in Rochester, NY
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (July 29, 2012) - Undefeated featherweight prospect Patrick "The Punisher" Hyland is on the brink of establishing an Irish boxing re Read Full Story >>> Petrauskas opens with victory in London
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
London, Great Britain, 30 July 2012 - AIBA Road to London boxers continued to impress at the ExCeL, and none more so that Lithuania's Youth Olympic Games winner and AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships silver medallist Evaldas Petrauskas who showed his aggressive side against Hungary's Miklos Varga Read Full Story >>> Taylor comes through stern to progress
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
London, Great Britain, 30 July 2012 - The fast and furious boxing action at the London 2012 Olympic Games resumed at the ExCeL with the remaining first preliminary bouts of the Lightweight (60kg) and Welterweight (69kg) categories in the evening session.
There was not a single available space lef Read Full Story >>> 'His speed won't matter; I'm 5'10, he's 5'5": Barnett on Gesta
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Mon, 30 Jul 2012
Less than a week away from his ESPN 2, Friday Night Fights bout against undefeated San Diego, California-based Filipino boxer Mercito "No Mercy" Gesta (25-0-1, 13 KOs), Washington D.C. native Ty Barnett (20-2-1, 13 KOs), is oozing with confidence as he winds down his training camp wherein he did a l Read Full Story >>>
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