May 18, 2012

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Boxing: ‘Mayhem’ hopes to tackle heavyweight title with win

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Hollywood TV mogul Michael King has poured millions into a flashy new Olympic boxing training center in Carson, Calif., in hopes of mining Division I and II football and basketball talent to return heavyweight glory to the U.S. boxing scene. Mr. King, meet Seth “Mayhem” Mitchell. Mitchell, 29, is everything [...]

Boxing: Chad Dawson wants to send Bernard Hopkins into retirement

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Bernard Hopkins (R) tangles with Chad Dawson as he falls to the canvas in their WBC and Ring Magzine light heavyweight title fight at Staples Center on October 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. Hopkins injured his shoulder and was unable to continue and Dawson was awarded a TKO victory. (October 14, 2011 – Source: [...]

Boxing: Morel’s dream includes victory against unbeaten Mares

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Eric Morel (R) lands a left hand to the head of Jose Silveira of Mexico at Honda Center on December 3, 2011 in Anaheim, California. (December 2, 2011 – Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Former two-time world champion Eric Morel knows all about comebacks. Morel, 37, has come [...]

Pat Summitt era ending for Tennessee women’s basketball

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Pat Summitt head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team signs autographs for fans during practice prior to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Final Four at Pepsi Center on March 31, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (March 30, 2012 – Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Pat Summitt, [...]

Boxing: Rios gets ‘disgraceful’ split decision victory against Abril

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John Murray (R) of Great Britain throws a punch against Brandon Rios of the United States in the frist round during the WBA World Lightweight Title fight at Madison Square Garden on December 3, 2011 in New York City. (December 2, 2011 – Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — In [...]

Boxing: Spanish women boxers build London dreams on luck and pluck

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(Reuters) – In an isolated spot on the coast of south-east Spain dotted with characterless golf resorts and sprawling fruit farms, a small group of dedicated women boxers and their male coach are chasing their Olympic dream. The five young fighters, based at a high-performance sports centre next to a salty lagoon called Mar Menor, [...]

Boxing: Prefight sparring could make Rios vs. Abril fun to watch

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — It was everybody’s surefire fight of the year, power against speed, a toe-to-toe showdown of unbeatens on HBO. Brandon “Bam Bam” Rios vs. Yuriorkis “The Cyclone” Gamboa on April 14. The nicknames aptly described this matchup, and any boxing writer worth his salt wanted to be ringside for such a [...]

Boxing: Yamanaka beats Darchinyan in WBC bantamweight bout

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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Shinsuke Yamanaka defended his WBC bantamweight title on Friday with an unanimous decision over Australia’s Vic Darchinyan. Yamanaka overpowered his opponent in the late rounds at Tokyo International Forum in his first defense of the title he won by beating Mexico’s Christian Esquivel in November 2011. The judges scored the bout [...]

Boxing Recap: Lebedev knocks out Cox to retain WBA cruiserweight title

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Enzo Maccarinelli tries to avoid a punch from Denis Lebedev during their WBO Intercontinental Cruiserweight championship on July 18, 2009 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. (July 17, 2009 – Photo by John Gichigi/Getty Images Europe) MOSCOW (AP) – Denis Lebedev retained his interim WBA cruiserweight title Wednesday by knocking out challenger Shawn Cox [...]

Boxing: Adamek, Chambers to fight with Klitschko possibly on horizon

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Tomasz Adamek (right) beat Nagy Aguilera via unanimous decision on March 24. (Ed Mulholland/US Presswire) (PhatzRadio / SI) — Heavyweight Tomasz Adamek has an opponent for his June 16 date: former heavyweight title challenger Eddie Chambers. I’ll admit, I was a little wary about who Adamek’s promoter, Main Events, would pick as his opponent. Adamek [...]

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