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April 1st, 2012 Boxing News

• Instant Recall: Griffith-Paret III

  It was 50 years ago. Some of us were young adults when it happened. Some of us were kids. Some of us weren’t even close to being born. But it was one of those events that shocked the boxing world, no less than the world at large. Ring deaths—especially when they’re broadcast…
  
  

• Mike Tyson on Piers Morgan Tonight

  “I’m just a normal person—extremely to the extreme.”—Mike Tyson Mike Tyson appeared on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight last week and was as affecting, honest and touching as can be. The no-holds-barred interview addressed the ups and downs of Mike’s life and career,…
  
  

• Trainer says Cotto bout is favorable for Mayweather

  MANILA, Philippines ? Boxing trainer Ronnie Shields believes undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. chose to fight Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico because it was a favorable match-up for him. Mayweather will move up to the junior middleweight
  
  

• Justin Trudeau beats Tory Sen. Patrick Brazeau in charity boxing match

  Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau and Liberal MP Justin Trudeau fight in a charity boxing match for cancer research Saturday, March 31, 2012 in Ottawa. Trudeau stopped Brazeau in the third round. (FRED CHARTRAND / CP) OTTAWA ? No one will confuse
  
  

• Bradley says drug testing good for boxing

  MANILA, Philippines ? Undefeated American boxer Timothy Bradley Jr. is willing to undergo random drug testing “every single day” because he believes it will be good for the sport. “Having random drug testing in effect, and the blood testing
  
  

• Golden Gloves crowns state champions

  By Jay Drew Salt Lake City’s Aaron Griffith, 26, figured that he wasn’t getting any younger, and he might as well give boxing a try. The Skyline High graduate who makes leather goods such as purses, wallets and belts cashed in on his dream Saturday
  
  

• Top Rank boxing

  Kelly Pavlik stuns Aaron Jaco in the early going during their Top Rank Boxing match at the Alamodome on March 31, 2012. Tom Reel/ San Antonio Express-News Photo: TOM REEL, Express-News / San Antonio Express-News Kelly Pavlik moves in to take a shot at
  
  

• Boxing icon Bert Sugar left a rich legacy

  By Ron Borges / Boxing Notes We’ll miss the hat, but most of all we’ll miss the sharp mind that sat under it. The passing of boxing historian Bert Sugar last weekend at the age of 74 was another body blow to a sport that recently has lost some of its
  
  

• Trudeau beats Brazeau in charity boxing match

  Liberal Member of Parliament Justin Trudeau (L) and Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau fight during their charity boxing match in Ottawa March 31, 2012. OTTAWA ? In a stunning upset, Liberal MP Justin Trudeau brawled his way to a third-round TKO
  
  

• Down Goes Linares!

  It was a fight that was supposed to get Jorge Linares (31-3, 20 KOs) back on track after the mauling he suffered in his last fight against Antonio DeMarco. But the former super featherweight champion’s big comeback at the Oasis Hotel Complex in Cancun, Mexico, turned into a big letdown…
  
  

• Justin Trudeau scores major upset in Fight for the Cure boxing match over ...

  Related Michael Den Tandt: Justin Trudeau probably can’t win his boxing match. But politically, he’s the odd-on favourite The MP vs. the Senator: Which politician will win a sold-out charity boxing match? Political heavyweights Justin Trudeau and
  
  

• Boxing: Injury may force Martin Concepcion to quit

  He said: “I can’t see me boxing again. It’s a career-threatening injury. “I have four kids and want to be able to run around and play with them. I won’t leave the sport. I will go into coaching and give something back.” Concepcion has been boxing since
  
  

• Pavlik Destroys Jaco

  Even though it’s the dry season in Texas, former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik got his feet wet and KO’d Aaron Jaco Saturday night in the (you can’t make this stuff up) Illusions Theater at the Alamodome in San Antonio. Pavlik’s travels and travails have been as…
  
  

• Boxing: Rose blooms in Blackpool

  “There is a Sam Webb-Matthew Hall eliminator. I’m not going to start shouting out opponents, that’s not how I got where I am today.” Maloney confirmed plans for Rose to be back in action “before the summer”. Boxing : Rose blooms in Blackpool
  
  

• Boxing: Ryan Rhodes to fight for European title on June 16

  SHEFFIELD boxer Ryan Rhodes’ injury postponed European light-middleweight showdown with Sergey Rabchenko is back on - now at Manchester Velodrome, on June 16, writes Graham Walker. The Ricky Hatton promoted fight was scheduled to have taken place in