Boxing

New York Times
Quanitta Underwood: A Contender for Olympic Gold and a Survivor
New York Times
Monday brings Underwood to a crossroad in her dreams: the start of the United States Olympic boxing trials for women in Spokane, Wash. The three American winners then go on to an international qualifying event in Qinhuangdao, China, in May.

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Women Boxing in 2012 Olympics
The Takeaway
Boxing has been a staple of the summer Olympics since 1904. But for the first time ever, women will step into the ring and compete for the gold in this year's London games. And the lead-up to the main event promises to be just as intense: there are 24 ...

Solomon: Esparza won't give up Olympic dream without a fight
Houston Chronicle
Esparza, who's a won five national championships, is hoping to compete in the 2012 Olympics for the US boxing team. Marlen Esparza warms up for her work out, Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, in the Elite Boxing gym in Houston. Esparza, who's a won five national ...

Long Beach boxer is fighting for Olympic glory
Contra Costa Times
By Phillip Zonkel, Staff Writer Long Beach boxer Patricia Manuel trains at the Azteca Boxing Club in Bell as she prepares for the upcoming US Olympic boxing trials in Spokane, WA. Manuel shadow boxes in front of a mirror before a sparring match.

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Women's boxing debuts at Olympics
WJXT Jacksonville
"I turned on the TV, and they said female boxing would be included in the 2012 Olympic Games. I was so ecstatic. I broke down and cried," said Hemingway. During the time Hemingway is not in the ring, she mentors teenagers at her local high school.

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Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
SF's Miller in inaugural Women's Olympic Trials
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Vacaville's Georgie Duke Center will be the scene for the USA Boxing Northern California Championships on Saturday and Sunday. Winners move on to Nationals. San Jose jr. flyweight Eros Correa, the Olympic Trials champion who recently made a cameo on ...

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Cynthia Moreno looking to earn Olympic women's boxing berth
AZ Central.com
Cynthia Moreno's nine-year quest to be among the first Olympic women's boxers is at a critical stage. The 21-year-old from Guadalupe must win the flyweight (112 pounds) division at the US Olympic Trials to have a chance for the London Olympics.

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The ESPN2 Friday Night Fights TV Cheat Sheet- Feb. 10, 2012
Maxboxing
Boxing since age eight, Serrano was a solid amateur (won a National and World Junior Olympics and bronze at the World Cadet Championships), registering over a hundred wins and victories for the American national team. Has made a good impression with ...

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Army MWR News
All-Army loses stranglehold on Armed Forces Boxing
Army MWR News
It was great for Armed Forces Boxing, I can tell you that. The Marines did something that hadn't been done in a long time.” US Army World Class Athlete Program and Olympic coach Basheer Abdullah was boxing under the name of Byron Moore when All-Army ...
Marine Corps wins boxing championshipVentura County Star

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CTV.ca
Teen girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics
CBS News
KABUL, Afghanistan - Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women. There are female Afghan success stories, yet most women in Afghanistan ...
Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at OlympicsAlbany Times Union

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Fighting to Make History
Patch.com
By C. Zawadi Morris For the first time in history, women's boxing will join the elite cadre of competitive sports in the 2012 Olympic games. It seems hardly plausible to have taken this long for the Olympics to welcome women into the sporting event, ...

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Lehigh grad stays humble in the face of professional boxing debut
The News-Press
It's one of seven fights on the card, which starts at 8 pm Perrella recently signed a deal with Top Rank Boxing, Pugilist Promotions and Shea Baily Promotions. He had gone 70-9 as an amateur and competed in the US Olympic Trials.

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Women's Boxing: Road to London Goes Through Spokane
Sports and Weather Right Now
by Jared Frank, KHQ.com/SWXRightNow.com - email For the first time ever, women's boxing will be a part of the Olympic Games. And the road to London goes through the Spokane area when the US Olympic team trials take place at Northern Quest Resort ...
2012 OlympicsKPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

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Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Olympic countdown: Boxing
Yahoo! Eurosport UK
Long before the start of the 2012 Games, the big story from the boxing arena was the admission of women fighters. Women didn't take part at all in the first Olympics, there were fewer than 20 at the second edition and as they gradually made their mark, ...
Women's Boxing: Road to London Goes Through SpokaneSports and Weather Right Now
When You Think Spokane, City Wants You To Think SportsOPB News
2012 OlympicsKPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest

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Wicklow People
Hickey and Nolan make it a double of National Elite Boxing titles for Wicklow
Wicklow People
For Ross Hickey, who lives just on Kildare side of West Wicklow's border, the chance to secure a place on Ireland's Olympic boxing team is fitting compensation for the heartbreak he suffered last September by being cruelly denied a tilt at a world ...
Adam packs a punchWexford People

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Chicago Tribune
Simpson bears heavy burden
Chicago Tribune
One in an occasional series on the Road to London for the 2012 Olympics, which open July 27. Shawn Simpson began his workout on a treadmill. He wore a diver's short wetsuit, a rubberized shirt and a windbreaker over his steeled, 5 feet 31/2 inches, ...

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Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory
Houston Chronicle
It's part of a top-to-bottom shake-up aimed at restoring Cuban boxing to its former glory after the national squad returned from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing without a gold medal for the first time in 40 years. "I started boxing to follow in my ...

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Utah boxing community mourns death of boxer, physician Jay Lambert
Salt Lake Tribune
By Jay Drew Dr. E. Jay Lambert, who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympic Games in London, but was best known for more than 40 years of service as a ringside physician at thousands of amateur and professional boxing bouts throughout the state, ...

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Valley Boxer Aims to Make Olympic Dreams Come True
KSEE
By KSEE News Avenal's Jose Ramirez continues to train in hopes of getting on the Olympic boxing team. He's currently the top rated lightweight amateur boxer in the United States, and in just a few weeks he will be leaving for Colorado to take part in a ...

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USA TODAY
Top seeds at women's boxing trials get shot at history
USA TODAY
By Vicki Michaelis, USA TODAY Tensions undoubtedly will be running high when the first-ever US Olympic trials for women's boxing begin Monday near Spokane, Wash. Queen Underwood is a No. 1 seed at the US women's boxing trials.
Spokane Hosts Women's Boxing TrialsThe Spokesman Review (blog)
USA Boxing to Host US Olympic Team Trials for Women's Boxing Event DrawWBAN
Top seeds at trials get shot at historyTucson Citizen

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