Olympic boxing on the ropes
(AUG 28) ATHENS -- If you close your eyes and try to
imagine, you can almost hear the distinct intonation of the late Howard
Cosell coming loudly from a ringside microphone. How much he would have
enjoyed saying it, how much we would have enjoyed hearing it. Copyrighted
Story of Calgary Sun
BOXING: Ward final US golden candidate(AUG 28) ATHENS, Greece -- The crowd
booed Andre Ward when he walked into the arena, and cheered when he slipped
on the canvas. Through the din, he heard a small group of friends and family
chant "U-S-A, U-S-A" before even more boos drowned that out.It was lonely
enough being the last American boxer left in the Olympics. Copyrighted
Story on Detroit Free Press
Fox Wins round in Boxing Show
(AUG 27) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California judge on Friday gave the Fox
television network and its boxing series "The Next Great Champ" a victory
against a rival reality show, allowing "Champ" to air next week as planned,
TV executives said. "Champ" and "The Contender" have been joined in a legal
fight since earlier this month when "Contender... Copyrighted Story on
Reuters
Greek tragedy angers Olympic boxing fans (AUG 25) ATHENS: Furious Greek fans rained plastic
water bottles onto the Olympic boxing ring Tuesday when local hero Elias
Pavlidis lost his light heavyweight (81kg) quarter-final to Egypt’s Ahmed
Esmail.The ringside doctor ordered the fight to be stopped after inspecting
the Greek’s cut left eye with 1min 38sec of the third round remaining and
Pavlidiis leading. Copyrighted Story on Daily Times
Another Riddick-ulous Boxing Comeback
(AUG 25) For most athletes, comebacks are usually not
successful, unless you are talking about an athlete who left for medical
reasons, took care of the medical problem, and then returned to the
arena/playing field the following season. Comebacks usually mean you’ve been
there, you’ve been somebody, you left for a ...Copyrighted Story on
International Brotherhood of Prizefighters
Foreman grilled about his return to boxing (AUG 23) George Foreman pulled himself from
Houston's gritty Fifth Ward to become an Olympic boxing gold medalist,
two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, businessman and preacher. Now
55, he's eager to box again. He's training for his next professional bout,
but first ....Copyrighted
by Houston Chronicle
Judge denies restraining-order bid against Fox boxing show
(AUG 22) Both sides in
the dispute over dueling boxing reality shows claimed vindication last week
when a California Superior Court judge declined to issue a restraining order
blocking the Fox network program from going on the air,but granted an
expedited hearing in the case....Copyrighted by Winston Salem Journal
Romania protests decision in boxing loss
(AUG 22) BUCHAREST,
Romania (AP) -- Romania has officially protested the loss of Olympic boxer
Marian Simion, accusing the referees of not being fair, sports newspapers
reported Sunday.Romania's Boxing Federation lodged a protest Saturday,
saying the decision to give Ramadan Yasser of Egypt a 36-24 victory
..Copyrighted story on CNN/S
Boxing
champ found dead in San Antonio
(AUG 16) SAN ANTONIO -- A
boxing champion from South Texas was found stabbed to death today, police
said. Robert Quiroga, 34, was pronounced dead this morning at University
Hospital in San Antonio. A passer-by on Interstate ...Copyrighted Story on
Houston Chronicle
answer. Copyrighted Story on
London Free Press
Book: Jailed boxing star committed incest
Montreal, Canada, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- In a book set for release this fall, the
daughters of one of Canada's most gifted, and notorious, boxers say he
sexually assaulted them for years. Copyrighted
Story on
Washington Times.
No Monkey Business for this promoter!
(AUG 13) THE owner of a private Bangkok zoo has been charged with smuggling
orang-utans into Thailand to be used for mock Thai boxing bouts to entertain
tourists, police said yesterday. Pin Kiewkacha was charged after a
police swoop on the Safari World park and faces four years in jail for
illegally importing orang-utans from Indonesia or Malaysia -
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia
American Corrales stops Freitas in lightweight bout
(AUG 8) American Diego Corrales withstood early
punishment to hand Acelino Freitas the first defeat of his career Saturday,
stopping the Brazilian in the 10th round of their scheduled 12-round
lightweight bout.
Corrales knocked Freitas down three times, in the eighth round, in the ninth
and finally at 1:24 of the 10th, when the Brazilian indicated “no more” to
referee Michael Ortega.copyrighted story on
Daily News
Philippine journalist in critical condition after being shot by ..MANILA, Aug. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- A Philippine journalist was in critical
condition after he was shot by a bodyguard of Filipino world boxing champion
Manny Pacquiao early Sunday in the southern Philippine city of General
Santos, local media reported. Jonathan Abayon, 27, who works for GMA radio
in General Santos ....Copyrighted by Xinhua
