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October 19th, 2012 Boxing News

• Boxing: Katie’s decision to stay amateur may net her more cash

  It emerged that Katie looks set to be offered the ambassadorial role with the International Boxing Association to promote women’s boxing worldwide, which carries with it a pay packet of about ?10,000, with expenses on top. It is understood that a four
  
  

• Ex-boxer stabbed in chest, court told

  When Constable James Vescio arrived at the scene of the stabbing of former professional boxer John Marceta he saw a very pale man with his eyes open lying in a large amount of blood. Mr Marceta, 38, died from a single stab wound to the chest in the
  
  

• Brooklyn boxer wins the biggest fight of his life. Now he steps back in the ...

  But on Saturday night, Jacobs will climb the bravest three steps in all of sports and shoulder through the satin ropes of a professional boxing ring in Barclays Center in his first fight back to a pro career. Jacobs’ eight-round preliminary bout is
  
  

• Boxer Klitschko brings star power to Ukraine vote

  KIEV: An excited crowd reached out to touch Ukrainian boxing star Vitali Klitschko as he went on the campaign trail for his corruption-busting party ahead of October 28 parliamentary polls. “We have declared a battle for Ukraine and we will win,” said
  
  

• Annual Night of Boxing gets bigger at Centre 200

  The fourth annual event, hosted by the Sydney Boxing Club, will be held in the main arena of Centre 200 for the first time. The event is usually held in the main concourse. Sydney Boxing Club coach Brad Ross said the local popularity of the sport
  
  

• El Terrible/Los Esteroides

  “Owners, the way they blackballed me from baseball, the way they used me, in a sense, and then the way they wanted to send a signal to the other players, saying, you know, we’re going to get Jose Canseco out of the game. This is a cue or a message for you other guys.”—Jose Canseco…
  
  

• British boxer Tyson Fury apologises for homophobic tweets sent to David Price

  While Mundine has come under attack for a racial attack, British boxer Tyson Fury has been slammed for making abusive comments about the British and Commonwealth champion David Price ? and for a tweet posted on his timeline which said “dont like
  
  

• Boxers will rumble for a cause

  Dolan, a Peel Regional Police officer for 28 years and president of the Canadian Emergency Services Boxing Association, is inviting all Canadians to witness just that at the fifth annual Ringside for Kids boxing card on Oct. 27 at the Fort York Armoury
  
  

• Gay boxer Orlando Cruz struggled with coming out

  Two weeks ago, the 31-year-old boxer became the first active pro fighter to publicly declare that he was gay. In 2005, Emile Griffith, the Hall of Fame former world welterweight and middleweight champion, revealed his homosexuality three decades after
  
  

• Tyson Fury apologises for homophobic tweets sent to David Price

  Fury is already facing possible action from the British Boxing Board of Control after posting a video on Twitter which said: “David Price, I’m going to put you in intensive care, that’s for sure mate. And you know your gay lover Tony Bellew? He’s got
  
  

• Boxing Champion Records Robocall Supporting Md. Casinos

  The campaign to expand casino gambling in Maryland and authorize the construction of a casino resort in Prince George’s County is getting another boost from an entertainer considered a legend on the Las Vegas Strip. Oscar De La Hoya, a 10-time world
  
  

• Paul Littleton, Jaime ?The Truth? Herrera and Luis ?Sito? Santiago added to ...

  CHICAGO, IL (October 18, 2012) Chicago’s finest professional boxing prospects, Paul Littleton, Jaime ?The Truth? Herrera and Luis ?Sito? Santiago have been added to the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event set for Friday, NOVEMBER 16 at the UIC
  
  

• UNITED BOXERS Finalizes Boxing Card for this Saturday

  WINCHESTER, VA (October 18, 2012) This ?Saturday Night Will Be Alright For Fighting? as UNITED BOXERS presents an evening of action packed professional boxing ?LIVE from the Winchester Sportsplex in the Wells Fargo Multi-Purpose Arena?. Featured
  
  

• Boxing guru’s dedication earns him awards nod

  Kevin Ryan, 64, has travelled the country for 35 years to officiate bouts, while also helping develop boxers as a coach at Furness Catholic Amateur Boxing Club in Barrow. Mr Ryan, son of the late Pat Ryan who founded the boxing club, has also been a
  
  

• SHOWTIME Boxing: Garcia vs. Morales, Quillin, Malignaggi, Jacobs, Morales ...

  NEW YORK ? Just three days before they step into the ring as part of world championship boxing’s historic return to Brooklyn, Saturday’s fighters worked out in a ring erected in Barclays Center Daily News Plaza, in front of the arena that will host