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Andrew's Boxing Blog April 2009 Archive

By Andrew Eisele, About.com Guide to Boxing since 1999

Poll: Hatton vs. Pacquiao. Who Will Win?

Wednesday April 29, 2009

Heavyweight Greg Page Dies at 50

Tuesday April 28, 2009
Former WBA heavyweight champ Greg Page, who suffered a severe brain injury in a 2001 fight, has died at his Louisville home at the age of 50. According to Page's ... Read More

Carl Froch Stops Jermain Taylor in 12

Monday April 27, 2009
Undefeated - and relatively unknown - Carl Froch (25-0) retained his WBC super middleweight champion by stopping former champ Jermain Taylor (28-3-1) with just 14 seconds remaining in the twelfth ... Read More

Trinidad-Hopkins II? Why?

Friday April 24, 2009
Felix Trinidad, inactive for over a year and winless since 2004, is retired, right? Guess again. The former champ has been meeting with promoter Don King about coming back (again) ... Read More

Very Busy Boxing Weekend Ahead ...

Wednesday April 22, 2009
Get your DVRs ready as both Showtime and ESPN2 have televised cards on Friday night, followed by HBO and Showtime on Saturday. Fighters in action this weekend include current and ... Read More

Oscar De La Hoya Announces Retirement

Wednesday April 15, 2009

Ruslan Chagaev-Nikolay Valuev II. Yawn.

Tuesday April 14, 2009
On May 30, WBA heavyweight champ Nikolay Valuev (50-1) will get a chance to avenge the only loss of his pro career when he takes on WBA 'champion in recess' ... Read More

Paul Williams Punishes Winky Wright

Sunday April 12, 2009
Ronald 'Winky' Wright has long been considered 'boxing's most avoided fighter'. That unofficial title has now been officially passed to Paul 'The Punisher' Williams. Wright, 37, came back after 21 ... Read More

April 11: Big Night of Boxing on HBO

Wednesday April 8, 2009
Critics of boxing claim the sport is in steady and irreversible decline as it loses its audience to mixed martial arts. If that's the case, why is HBO dedicating an ... Read More

Bradley Overcomes Knockdowns to Outpoint Holt

Monday April 6, 2009
Timothy Bradley got knocked down for the first (and second) time in his career in his light welterweight unification bout with Kendall Holt. The knockdowns came, oddly enough, in the ... Read More

Wladimir Klitschko, Haye Agree to Fight

Thursday April 2, 2009
The two best heavyweights in the world - Wladimir and Vitali Klitschko - are brothers who have vowed never to fight each other. Unfortunately, the drop off from the Klitschkos ... Read More

Margarito's Wraps Contained Plaster of Paris

Wednesday April 1, 2009
The Los Angeles Times, citing documents obtained from the California Department of Justice, reports that the hand wraps confiscated from Antonio Margarito immediately prior to his unsuccessful title defense against ... Read More

IOC to Decide on Women's Boxing in Olympics

Wednesday April 1, 2009
There 26 Summer Olympic sports federations preparing for the 2012 London Games. What is the only sport out of those 26 without female participants? Boxing. That could change in August when ... Read More

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