Fitzgerald targets Boxing day for Glentoran debut

Belfast Telegraph - Glentoran are hoping to have new-boy Dean Fitzgerald in the team for the Boxing Day Big Two clash with Linfield. The midfielder joined the Oval outfit earlier in the week and although the transfer window doesn't open until the beginning of January
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His Major Is The Sweet Science
Washington Post - But in the larger context of his dream of qualifying for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Boxing team, he is looking at his performance as a "mid-term" of sorts, hoping that if he hones his analytical skills in the ring and applies himself more intently in
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SKorea's Chi reclaims WBC featherweight title in Seoul
CBS Sportsline - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -South Korean challenger Chi In-jin reclaimed his WBC featherweight boxing title Sunday from Rudy Lopez with a unanimous decision against the Mexican, who was defending his title for the first time. And he did it with a broken
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Life after football | Doctoring the evidence commonplace
Seattle Times - It should be closer to how it is in boxing, where the doctors are not beholden to the promoter or to the fighters. The NFL needs to get out of the middle ages." After his book came out, Huizenga said the NFL banned doctors from talking about medical
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In the ring with self defeat
Newsday - It's times like that when you see how different boxing is from football." Rossy ultimately won a unanimous decision over Miller to run his record to 14-0 with 8 KOs, and tonight he will face Eddie Gutierrez in a scheduled 10-rounder at the USMMA in
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BOXING: Schoolboy bidding to peg Legg in national final
Warrington Guardian - SCHOOLBOY Eric Wharton will be fighting for a national title this weekend. The 13-year-old from Warrington's Phoenix Olympic Boxing Club progressed into the National Golden Belt class three under 60kgs final after his scheduled semi-final opponent
Source: www.thisiswarrington.co.uk

Cogs overcome sloppy play to down Warriors
Courier News - Boxing out and turnovers are the two main things that really hurt us," Firchau said. "And to say that I am unhappy would be the understatement of December. "I liked the way we played in the first half. We pressured them and we were moving, but I'm
Source: www.suburbanchicagonews.com

Ethics panel clears Senator Reid on boxing matches
WIS-TV - (Capitol Hill-AP) December 12, 2006 - The Senate Ethics Committee says incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't break Senate rules when he accepted freebie boxing tickets. The ringside seats came from the Nevada Athletic Commission. Reid
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Boxing makes debut at Gulfstream
Miami Herald - Cigar smoke hovering over a ring, a standard of boxing yesteryear, resurfaced with the debut of fight shows at Gulfstream Park on Thursday night. The outdoor facility provided a relaxation of smoking bans common at indoor sporting events. Fans puffed
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THE BIG 10
Newsday - 10"How can you even explain what it's like to be in a Rocky movie?" - Former West Islip High basketball player A.J. Benza, on the eve of the past week's red carpet Hollywood premiere of "Rocky Balboa," in which Benza has the prominent role of boxing
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