( Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group ) Researchers simulated head and neck injuries from hook punches sustained during boxing and mixed martial arts and tested whether injury risks are mitigated by available head and hand padding. Padding lowered linear but not rotational impact dosages, and did not eliminate the risk of brain strain injury. The authors indicate the need for new standards ... ... 
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Irish favourite Matthew Macklin admits his clash with Sergio Martinez feels like "a fairytale". ...
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Irish favourite Matthew Macklin admits his St Patrick's Day shot at middleweight king Sergio Martinez in New York feels like "a fairytale". ...
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Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee, 90, collapsed and died unexpectedly Wednesday night, his son, Jim Dundee, said. ...
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Sir Bob Jones is a grumpy old man whose tirades on boxing are becoming as farcical as the fights he so regularly complains about. ...
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Matt Skelton will be back in the ring for the first time since October 2010 when he takes on Tom Dallas. ...
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Trainer Angelo Dundee, who guided the career of Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 90. ...
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David Price is set to face Sam Sexton for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles. ...
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The Cincinnati Boxing Program and Aquinas alternate as hosts for a group of exhibitions bouts. ...
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Twenty of Diego Magdaleno's 21 career fights have taken place either in his hometown of Las Vegas or nearby Primm, a Nevada town of fewer than 2,000 near the California border. ...
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Angelo Dundee and Muhammad Ali, shown in this 1962 photo, were a potent combination. There was no way Angelo Dundee was going to miss Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party. ...
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Legendary trainer Angelo Dundee, who guided the career of Muhammad Ali, has died at the age of 90. ...
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The beloved legendary boxing trainer who died at 90 Wednesday might have saved Muhammad Ali's career. ...
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By TIM DAHLBERG AP Boxing Writer ...
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Once again the popular series of “Boxeo TELEMUNDO” returns to Florida's Space Coast with a show this Friday, February 10th at the Palm Bay Community Center in Palm Bay, FL. Something “BIG” has been added to the show, undefeated prospect, WBA FEDELATIN and WBC FECARBOX Champion Luis “Big Thing” Ortiz (14-0-12 KO's) of Cuba will face spoiler Epifanio Mendoza (32-13-1-28 KO's) of Barranquilla ... ...
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Fight Night Productions and Ker's WingHouse Bar & Grill will present the first “WingHouse Fight Night” show of 2012 on Friday, February 10th, at the A La Carte Event Pavilion (4050 Dana Shores Dr., Tampa, FL 33634). This will be a special night of boxing, as Fight Night Productions will be dedicating the evening, along with a special 10-bell salute and a moment of silence, to the memory of Hall ... ...
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HAVANA (AP) — Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud smile spreads across a face still years from feeling a razor's scrape. ...
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Light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins and Chad Dawson, whose first fight ended in controversy, will meet in a rematch on April 28. ...
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Angelo Dundee, the brilliant motivator who worked the corner for Muhammad Ali in his greatest fights and willed Sugar Ray Leonard to victory in his biggest bout, died Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. He was 90. The genial Dundee was best known for being in Ali's corner for almost his entire career, but those in boxing also knew him as an ambassador for boxing and a figure of integrity in a sport that... ...
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Angelo Dundee, trainer of Muhammad Ali, has died. ...
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Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams won the New Zealand Professional Boxing Association's heavyweight title but his fight against an overweight American opponent who showed little skill or interest in fighting has been disparaged at home. ...
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Is Boxing Really Dying? I say NO ...
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Boxing champ Nonito Donaire visited a hand specialist this week in Los Angeles and told ESPN.com on Wednesday night that "everything looked good and my hand is OK." ...
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Bantamweight Abner Mares has vacated his world title and plans to move up to the junior featherweight division. ...
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All Black Sonny Bill Williams became a two-sport champion late on Tuesday night when he stopped Clarence Tillman III in Hamilton to claim the New Zealand heavyweight boxing title. ...
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Twenty-four athletes will be fighting for the chance to represent the USA at the London Games as women's boxing makes its Olympic debut. ...
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Utah boxing community mourns death of boxer, physician Jay Lambert By Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 8, 2012 12:01PM MDT The state of Utah has lost another of its great boxing legends. 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 ... ...
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With the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight off the table for now, Mayweather will return to the ring against Miguel Cotto. ...
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Big companies usually go after big names as endorsers. Preferably one-name names: Kobe, Peyton, LeBron.
So ... why has Subway brought in Mike ... ...
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FIGHT boss Tommy Gilmour last night denied his Road to Glasgow show was a front for poaching top amateurs. ...
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Floyd Mayweather will challenge Miguel Cotto for his WBA light-middleweight title in Las Vegas on May 5. ...
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Mayweather was granted a conditional boxing license and immediately announced the bout vs. Miguel Cotto, the WBA super welterweight champion. ...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. got almost everything he wanted Wednesday, receiving a boxing license and naming an opponent and a date for his next fight. The unbeaten champion got everything except a showdown with Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather will fight Miguel Cotto on May 5 at Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden after Nevada's athletic commissioners granted him a conditional license for one fight before he... ...
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Paul Appleby will meet Steven Ormond for the vacant Celtic super-featherweight championship. ...
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Floyd Mayweather will challenge Miguel Cotto for his WBA light-middleweight title on May 5. ...
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Sonny Bill Williams won the vacant New Zealand heavyweight title in style with a first-round knockout. ...
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The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Wednesday voted 5-0 to grant Floyd Mayweather Jr. a one-fight license to face Miguel Cotto on May 5 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. ...
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All Blacks rugby star Sonny Bill Williams won the vacant New Zealand heavyweight boxing title on Wednesday, beating New Zealand-based American fighter Clarence Tillman III by technical knockout in the first round. Williams took only 2 minutes, 54 seconds to stop the 34-year-old Tillman and remain unbeaten in five professional fights. ...
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British domestic boxing can now lay claim to its own non-superfight between Tyson Fury and David Price. ...
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Three-time Olympic heavyweight boxing champion Teofilo Stevenson says he's recovering well after spending two weeks in hospital for an arterial clot. ...
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It might not be in the same league as Mayweather versus Pacquiao, but British domestic boxing can now lay claim to its own non-superfight following Tyson Fury's withdrawal from purse bids for a prospective heavyweight clash with David Price. ...
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The first U.S. Olympic women's boxing trials start Monday in Spokane. ...
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Humiliated in Beijing, Cuban boxing hopes island pre-teens can provide a counterpunch ...
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Junior middleweight prospect Demetrius Andrade is now on his third opponent in three days. ...
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Tom McCluskey, one of Canada's most respected boxing coaches whose understanding of the sweet science was considered second to none, has died. He was 87. ...
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Following years of questionable decisions and accusations of favoritism, HBO ousted President of Sports Ross Greenburg. ...
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By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Associated Press ...
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Mark Staniforth looks at the career of Cory Spinks after his victory over Sechew Powell. ...
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ON SUNDAY last, over 200 male and female boxers weighed-in for this year's Mayo championships. In the women's competition, nine finals were contested while quarter and semi-finals were held in the boys. ...
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BOXING and billiards emerged as the best National Sports Associations last year, producing four world champions and the first Filipino to qualify for the London Olympics. ...
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