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Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — 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 ... and more »

Keith Idec's Boxing Idex NorthJersey.com LOCAL LOOK: Julian Rodriguez, a junior at Westwood High School, is training to compete in the 141-pound division at USA Boxing's National Championships, scheduled for Feb. 25-March 3 in Fort Carson, Colo. If Rodriguez wins that tournament, ... The Week's Boxing Schedule, Featuring Demetrius Andrade, Lucas Matthysse And ...The Queensberry Rules ESPN's Friday Night Fights: Studio Show On Site For First Time in 2012Now Boxing (blog) Andrade vs Hernandez: Medical Concerns Swirl Around Friday Night Fights Main ...Bad Left Hook all 6 news articles »

Lehigh grad stays humble in the face of professional boxing debut The News-Press Boxer Bryant Perrella, 22, lands a right hook on sparring partner Ryan Gonzalez, 19, at the Cape Coral Polic Athletic gym on Friday July 8, 2011. Perrella has qualified to box at 152 pounds in the Olympic Trials from July 31 to August 6. and more »

Local boxing notebook: Ortiz-Berto rematch rescheduled for June 30 Ventura County Star While most fights take weeks or months to reschedule, the bout was rescheduled fairly quickly for boxing standards. Rolando Arellano, who manages the career of Ortiz, confirmed on Tuesday that the welterweight showdown has been rescheduled for Saturday ... "Vicious" Victor Ortiz challenges Amir "King" Khan to fightExaminer.com all 3 news articles »

USA TODAY Appreciation: Legendary Dundee always led with his heart USA TODAY By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY Kindness and gentleness are not attributes often ascribed to practitioners of the hoary trade of professional boxing. In the cruel blood sport, Angelo Dundee was sweetness personified, a cheerful Labrador retriever in a ... Angelo Dundee: An appreciation by Ferdie PachecoLos Angeles Times Inside Boxing: Sport loses two great trainersSouthCoastToday.com Boxing Legend Angelo Dundee's Funeral is FridayPatch.com Philadelphia Inquirer -MyFox Washington DC all 13 news articles »

Bleacher Report Peterson-Khan rematch set for May 19 USA TODAY I think there is some unfinished business, and I'm happy to see that in the end it wasn't the boxing organizations, it wasn't the public, it wasn't the media, it was the fighters who made this rematch happen. "Both guys could have gone in other ... Boxing: Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson Set for May 19th in Las VegasBleacher Report Lamont Peterson, Amir Khan set fightESPN Lamont Peterson chooses Amir Khan rematch and Vegas over LALos Angeles Times The Independent -Telegraph.co.uk -BBC Sport all 167 news articles »