Articles filed under Boxing
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‘Unique’ Hitz can’t get enough boxingNov 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Bobby Hitz is still sold on boxing and still selling the sport to the public. Hitz was born on the West Side of Chicago, grew up in Glendale Heights and lives in Bloomin...
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Former heavyweight champ Frazier rememberedNov 15, 2011 11:00 pm - BEAUFORT, S.C. — Long before he became Smokin’ Joe, the future heavyweight champion was known in his South Carolina hometown as “Billy Boy” — a stocky farmer’s son who h...
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Manny Pacquiao escapes with a decisionNov 12, 2011 11:00 pm - LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao escaped again, in a decision that left Juan Manuel Marquez fuming once again. The Filipino sensation was taken to the limit Saturday night bef...
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Muhammad Ali stayed linked to Howard Cosell leading up to Joe FrazierNov 07, 2011 11:00 pm - By the late 1960s, Howard Cosell had, in effect, typecast himself out of the lower classes of the sports-casting realm. He had become too big for not-quite- important ev...
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Boxing great Frazier loses fight with cancerNov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — He beat Muhammad Ali in the Fight of the Century, battled him nearly to the death in the Thrilla in Manila. Then Joe Frazier spent the rest of his life tr...
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Images: Joe Frazier, 1944-2011Nov 06, 2011 11:00 pm - ...
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Former heavyweight champ Joe Frazier has cancerNov 05, 2011 12:00 am - PHILADELPHIA — Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier has liver cancer and is under hospice care. The 67-year-old boxer was diagnosed four or five weeks ago, Frazier's ...
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Some kids find success, work ethic with boxingNov 03, 2011 6:00 am - Gary Dobry has seen it all during his years in boxing. He's seen parents bring in their kids with the hopes that maybe the sport can help get them back on the right trac...
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Pediatricians take stand against boxingNov 03, 2011 12:00 am - When it comes to young people participating in boxing, a joint policy between American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Pediatric Society, couldn’t be more clear o...
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Wheeling High School students box for charityOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - Wheeling High School’s Boxing and DECA Clubs will host the 4th annual Contenders for Courage Fight Night on Saturday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Wheeling High School gymn...