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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Boxing Beauty Asia Mays Dies at 24



- By Vanessa McConnell I read an email from a dear friend the other day and it said: I am 'AWAY FOR A MINUTE'! NO WORRIES--I AM GOOD!

Nikolai Valuev to return on September 29
- The Russian Giant is back! Nikolai Valuev will return to the ring on September 29 when he takes on Jean-Francois Bergeron in Oldenburg, Germany. 'I want to be world champion again,' the previously unbeaten 33-year-old vowed.

Cuban boxers are free, not being subjected to reprisals in native country
/ Associated Press Posted: 38 minutes ago The two Cuban boxers who abandoned their national team at the Pan American Games are not being subjected to reprisals from their government, according to the Cuba ambassador in Brazil.

Sprott to take on Akinwande
Michael Sprott and Henry Akinwande are to fight for the EU heavyweight title. The date for the bout has yet to be confirmed but, with purse bids being called for September, it should be October at the latest.

The lure and neccessity of boxing
Sometimes even a die-hard boxing fan questions the appeal of the sport. My first sense of this guilty pleasure was watching an amateur contest when I was 16-years-old. I had been fighting early on a card in a pub in a small County Down village.

Roy Jones Jr vs. Tito Trinidad - Two legends fighting to prove they can still do it
Roy Jones Jr vs. Tito Trinidad - Two legends fighting to prove they can still do it 14.08.

'Baby' Joe Mesi: Time to say Goodbye to Boxing?
- By David Cavalli: Anybody ever wonder why Joe Mesi (35-0, 28 KOs) keeps fighting? I do.

Tito to return for Jones Jr. bout
Felix Trinidad has been tempted out of retirement for a second time for a superfight with Roy Jones Jr. Promoter Don King announced on Monday that the pair will go toe-to-toe on 26 January, 2008 at an as yet to be confirmed venue.

MVP Out, Hardy vs. Holyfield Boxing Match Set
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Nikolai Valuev to return on September 29
****** The Russian Giant is back! Nikolai Valuev will return to the ring on September 29 when he takes on Jean-Francois Bergeron in Oldenburg, Germany. 'I want to be world champion again,' the previously unbeaten 33-year-old vowed.


Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot.
- Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt

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