August 21, 2005 Boxing News
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August 21, 2005
Probe may pull no punches after boxers' abject failure
Scotsman.com - August 21, 2005
AMATEUR Boxing Scotland is to launch a top level probe into the national team's abject failure to make an impact in the Commonwealth Championships, which drew to a close at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall at the weekend.
IOC freezes payments to boxing group IBA
SI.com - August 21, 2005
It's due to general judging issues that remain unresolved since the Athens Olympics,' Davies said in a telephone interview with The , stressing the boxing results from the Athens Games are not in question.
Using the ring, to fight the streets
Washington Examiner - August 21, 2005
It's not just about boxing," said Miller, who had two boxers in the finals of the Mayor's Cup Invitational Amateur Boxing Tournament Saturday night at the Northwest recreation center. "If they don't have their work done, their grades up and are acting right, they don't box. We are able to step in where parents and teachers can't. They listen to us."
Pakistan boxing needs professionals, says former Olympian Abrar
Daily Times - August 21, 2005
KARACHI: Olympian boxer Abrar Hussain Shah has lashed out at the Pakistan Amateur Boxing Federation (PABF) for the poor show of the Pakistani boxers in the Commonwealth Boxing Championship held at Glasgow recently.
Top bantamweights to meet on Reno card
RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL - August 21, 2005
Although they’re not big guys, Rafael Marquez and Silence Mabuza are giants of the bantamweight division. Marquez will make his sixth defense of the International Boxing Federation 118-pound title when he faces Mabuza, the International Boxing Organization in Reno Oct. 1.
IBF's low blow costs Marquez championship
Las Vegas Review Journal - August 21, 2005
There's something rotten going on in the IBF. That's no news flash. The organization seems to disgrace itself weekly. But the IBF -- one of boxing's four major sanctioning bodies along with the WBC, the WBA and the WBO -- has stooped as low as it has since then-president Bob Lee was convicted of accepting bribes about four years ago.The organization stripped Juan Manuel Marquez of its featherweight championship.
Sanchez calls time on ring career
BBC.com - August 21, 2005
Alex Sanchez retires after being stopped by WBO junior middleweight champion Hugo Cazares.
Vasquez hits back to retain title
BBC.com - August 21, 2005
Roberto Vasquez comes off the canvas to retain his WBA junior flyweight title against Jose Antonio Aguirre.
Vargas off key but still a winner
BBC.com - August 21, 2005
Fernando Vargas continued his comeback with a unanimous points win over former champion Javier Castillejo in a junior middleweight bout in Illinois.
Kameda TKOs Wanmeechok to become new OPBF flyweight champion
TODAYonline,Singapore - August 21, 2005
Japanese challenger Koki Kameda defeated Wanmeechok Singwancha of Thailand by a technical knockout to become the new Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight champion.
Vargas clouts Castillejo with unanimous decision
USA Today - August 21, 2005
It was a step toward re-establishing himself as the top 154-pound boxer, not a leap, but that was enough for Fernando Vargas.
Fernando Vargas Drums Out A Victory
Sky News - August 21, 2005
'El-Feroz' made it four consecutive wins since his return to the ring with an unimpressive defeat of Castillejo. The former WBC super-welterweight champion came into the contest off the back of seven straight wins, but always looked out of his depth against the bigger man.
Indian pugilists win Commonwealth championship
Deccan Herald,India - August 21, 2005
Indian pugilists produced their best ever performance by winning the fourth edition of the Commonwealth Boxing Championship at Glasgow, Scotland bagging four gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
Holyfield eyes alternate locales to fight
Chicago Tribune Sports - Boxing - August 21, 2005
The variety of possibilities includes not only each state's boxing commission but nearly as many Native American tribal groups said Tim Lueckenhoff president of the national Association of Boxing Commissions. "We would just ask any commission that got a license application from a boxer under administrative suspension to investigate the fighter's background make sure you get the documentation behind the suspension decision and have a hearing to discuss it " Lueckenhoff said.
Antonio Davis Wins IBA Title in China
CRI,China - August 21, 2005
Lightweight Antonio Davis won a twelve-round unanimous decision over Frankie Zepedato to claim the IBA title at the inaugural world professional boxing championship in Beijing, China. It is the first time China has hosted the world's highest level boxing event. Eight professional boxers from the United States were invited to compete in the championship.
Judges Rob Ace Simmy
Sunday Mail - August 21, 2005
SCOTS team coach Steve Newnes claimed Stephen Simmons was cheated of heavyweight gold against David Dolan at the Commonwealth Federation Games in Glasgow's Kelvin Hall last night.
IOC insists on reform of amateur boxing
Sentinel.com,FL - August 21, 2005
The International Olympic Committee, concerned about the way matches are scored and officials are selected for boxing matches, has frozen about $9 million in payments due the International Boxing Association, according to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
Rocky Juarez suffers 1st professional loss
Houston Chronicle, United States - August 21, 2005
Just minutes from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Rocky Juarez's undefeated record suffered from wind shear as he lost a gritty, seesaw battle against Humberto Soto for the World Boxing Council interim featherweight title Saturday night. Originally scheduled to fight WBC champion InJin Chi for the WBC title, Juarez (23-1, 16 knockouts), an Olympic silver medalist in 2000, demonstrated his vaunted power in spots, especially in the seventh round with a pair of left hooks that had Soto hanging on at round's end. But Juarez lost in a unanimous decision before 9,096 fans.
Boxing Notebook: SA's Diaz to fight Friday on ESPN2
San Antonio Express (subscription),TX - August 21, 2005
San Antonio light welterweight Oscar Diaz (21-1, 11 KOs) takes on Thomas Davis (9-2-1, 5 KOs) of Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday night in Norman, Okla. The 10-round main event will be televised on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights."
Womens' title fight deserved more fans
San Antonio Express (subscription),TX - August 21, 2005
San Antonio - The undercard belonged at Rosedale Park. But the main event? It wasn't meant for Vegas or Atlantic City, perhaps, but it definitely deserved more than it received Friday night. It deserved live television. It deserved a "Wow!" But mostly, it deserved an audience. The city's first women's world title bout may, indeed, end up being its last, based on reception alone.
Broussard's left garners win
The Advocate Sports - August 21, 2005
Chad Broussard reached back for his old reliable left hook to knock out Bradley Thompson in the second round in the main event on Friday night at the Argosy Atrium.
McCall joins list of ring retreads
The Houston Chronicle Sports News - August 21, 2005
Former champ Oliver McCall is on his way back. He has the gloves on again after overcoming drug addiction, time in prison and that tragic incident where he broke down in the ring emotionally and was ushered off to a mental institution. But who knows? With the heavyweight division in an embarrassing state of disrepair, maybe even McCall, 40, can become a force.
Vargas overtakes Castillejo, wins unanimous decision
TheSweetScience.com - August 21, 2005
Despite having fought only 27 bouts, and being only 27 years old, the knock on Fernando Vargas of late is that he is slipping.
Rothmann reaches for ultimate goal MANY boxers fear hard-hitting IBF...
Sunday Times - August 21, 2005
MANY boxers fear hard-hitting IBF cruiserweight champion O’Neill “Give ’em Hell” Bell. Not Sebastiaan Rothmann, South Africa’s only middle-class pugilist. When I asked him if he was worried about his challenge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Friday night, Rothmann shook his head.
SULAIMAN ON A SAFETY MISSION
Bangkok Post,Thailand - August 21, 2005
WBC president begins seminar in Jakarta today to try and stop all-too-common boxing deaths in Indonesia.
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You Have To Take The Test To Be Called The Best
"People can say whatever they like about Floyd Mayweather Jr....and they will....but they can never say the man challenges himself to be the best." ---TSS All-Star reader El Feroz weighs in on who he thinks is at blame for the Manny-Money negotiation flameout
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