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“What d' you say? It'll be me, you and the bro, bro.”

In 1907, Vogue magazine used the word "brassiere" to refer the noble undergarment that makes women's lives more comfortable, to say the least. via The Grand Junction Sentinel

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There will probably be a few worried faces watching featherweight Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo defend his WBC-affiliated Asian Boxing Council title today in Ayutthaya. via Bangkok Post

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“Just because someone doesn't have any knockouts doesn't mean he can't knock me out if I have an off night or I'm not focused. "The way I look at it, whoever I fight is coming to take what I've got.”

Welterweight contender Shamone Alvarez does not believe in tune-up fights. The Galloway Township resident prepares for every bout at the Atlantic City Police Athletic League the same way. via Press of Atlantic City

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“They afraid Moscow is far away, like Siberia, with bear coming into street”

Below them, pedestrians stopped and pointed. A man in a delivery truck pausing at a light on Broadway craned his head out the window to get a better look, while across the street a fan called out: "Evander!" ... via The Globe and Mail

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“Give to everyone who begs from you”

Plus: Faith Healing Hoax . America is in the grip of a biblical frenzy. Books claiming to contain divine instructions fill bookstore shelves . via MotherJones

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“And the arena is beautiful. It's a huge, beautiful arena.”

After spending the day with his Oct. 13 opponent, Coachella's Julio 'The Kidd' Diaz said he now knows he'll have to pack for their lightweight unification bout in Chicago. via Desert Sun

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“I think it took us only about 24 hours to decide. But I knew I was going to take the fight.”

He didn't necessarily want it to happen this way. But Rocky Juarez jumped at the chance to step in and fight for a world title when Jorge Barrios was forced to pull out of his Sept. via MySanAntonio.com

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“I watched Randy Couture Saturday night and there was a kind of an ease and a grace that he had that really had been missing since the second Liddell defeat. And I looked at him and I said, "My God, the guy looks like a champion.”

He's a tantalizing talent, a well-schooled amateur with pop in both hands, and when he unleashes a shot from deep down, and fires with all his might, even if he misses, the crowd will oohhhh and ahhh. via TheSweetScience

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“Even the Filipino newspapers said I won the fight. I still have a copy of the paper at my home.”

Two former boxers, one now a Korean-American business owner and the other a Mexican-American longshoreman, who fought each other in a professional boxing match before a packed house at the Olympic Auditorium 40 ... via TheSweetScience.com

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“We [Codrington, Nirmal Lorick and Chris Gotti] spoke about it thoroughly”

Just two years ago Jaidon Codrington was written off. The fame and notoriety that the super middleweight from Queens established in his young career vanished in the :18 seconds it took Allan Green to knock him ... via TheSweetScience

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“I thought I had it. I remember thinking they wouldn't rob me on national television. Would they?”

There's no doubt about it. It was the worst decision of the year. Miguel Huerta had just been shorted of what seemed to be a clear win over Top Rank's rising lightweight star Almazbek Raiymkulov . via TheSweetScience.com

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“I've been around boxing since 1960 and I never saw this before”

Just when you figure you've seen it all, the vagaries of the boxing ring occur. And we do mean the boxing ring. via The Plain Dealer

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“She's better than I anticipated”

If boxing fans in attendance Saturday at 'Collision at the Coliseum' hadn't know the main-event fighters, they would have been confused. via The Daily Advertiser

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Corrales's first bout with Jose Luis Castillo was one of the greatest fights of all time. via SecondsOut.com

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The Fernando Vargas/ Ricardo Mayorga bout scheduled for Sept. 8 at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sept. via TheSweetScience.com

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“Some of the best super middleweights in the world are here right now.”

All four of today's world heavyweight champions are from Eastern bloc countries. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

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“I discovered I have a clone, so he can go ahead and fight for me”

Jamaican-born boxer, O'Neil Bell, has responded with a stinging counterpunch of his own following criticisms over his no-show for a recent fight in the UnitedStates. via Jamaica Gleaner

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It's alarming when self-proclaimed experts in theology and Catholicism insist that there is a right to ordination of women to the Catholic priesthood. via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

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“I met Evander Holyfield, and a bunch of other professional boxers”

Ridgway native and heavyweight boxer Anthony Tettis recounted Friday his experience trying to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, one he hopes wasn't once-in-a-lifetime. A former Golden Gloves winner, ... via The Bradford Era - Bradford

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“I have asked Jim to represent Glenn at this juncture in this matter”

Murphy, of Utica, is accused of sexually assaulting a man in a Jeffersonville home on July 29, following a party there the night before. via Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

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UFC and boxing on one night: Great for fight fans Press Release Boxing fans who are subscribing to Setanta Sports in September for the Clinton Woods s Julio Cesar Gonzales will be able to check out UFC 75 for ... via SecondsOut.com

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“I want to beat Taylor and become a super champion. If I lay down a goal, I always achieve it”

German box champion Arthur Abraham of Armenian origin knocks out his challenger Khoren Gevor , also from Armenia, during their IBF middleweight title fight 18 August 2007 in Berlin. via TurkishPress.com

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“You win that by winning national titles. You don't win it by how many women coaches you have.”

More female college athletes are being coached by men like John Cook who heads the University of Nebraska volleyball team. via Time

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg police detectives are interviewing Jose Rivera, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant charged with raping three Charlotte women in 2004 and 2005 and who was facing deportation until police charged him with the crimes last month.

Rivera, who was in custody and awaiting deportation in Atlanta, was brought back to Charlotte yesterday, police announced today. He's being held in the Mecklenburg County jail.

Before his return, the Honduran native had been jailed in Mecklenburg County at least eight times since 2004. He was deported in November 2006 but was caught trying to re-enter the country, which led to his time in custody in Atlanta. Read more

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Before I begin, I must stress that this post is not a dig at women, but rather a heterosexual male's perspective on a womanly-oriented topic, and should be taken as such. via HipHopDx

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Boxer Dave Hilton has been charged with assault and uttering death threats after allegedly failing to meet parole conditions last week. via The Globe and Mail

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“I beat my idol, Tyson, and by beating a name fighter like him, it got me in the picture”

Irish heavyweight champion Kevin McBride is best known as the fighter who knocked Mike Tyson into retirement. via RTE.ie

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“Baloyi still have a tough fight against St Clair and we do not know if he is going to win it to qualify as Fana's next challenger”

Johannesburg boxing trainer Nick Durandt will once again be in Mzonke Fana's corner when he defends his International Boxing Federation junior lightweight title against Argentinean Javier Alvarez at the Banquet ... via Sunday Times

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“Joel Casamayor is a brilliant boxer and one of the most underrated champions of the last 25 years”

WBC lightweight world champion Joel Casamayor has signed a promotional contract with Golden Boy Promotions. via SecondsOut.com

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“I want to make one last defence of this title and then engage in a unification bout or challenge for a more recognisable belt”

World Boxing Foundation junior bantamweight champion Siphiwe Nongqayi has challenged other world champions in his division to a unification bout after he sensationally scored a sixth round stoppage victory over ... via Independent Online

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“I thought Tim wasn't busy enough and down the line, I know we can get more than the Jirov offer.”

He blew on to the national stage in 1995, serving as Mike Tyson's first opponent after Iron Mike's stint behind bars ended. via TheSweetScience

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“It's so different from fighting amateurs where it is all routine and they run you in...next, next, next”

Through the dark of the night Kaliesha West gallops energetically around the high school track. via TheSweetScience

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WBA undefeated champ John too much for Takemoto WBA featherweight champion Chris John lands a right on Japanese challenger Zaiki Takemoto... WBA featherweight undefeated champion Chris John stopped Japanese ... via Kyodo News

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“If that's the case then I might just have to get down to the bookies and put a few quid on myself”

Brian Magee moved up from super middleweight last year British light heavyweight champion Tony Oakey is confident that he will be too good for Brian Magee in their title bout in Dublin on 25 August. via BBC Sports

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“Eeked? That's not even a word. You're a sportscaster. Read a thesaurus, dammit!”

The following comes from WWE.com: This Friday on SmackDown, World Heavyweight Champion The Great Khali will face Kane in a rematch from their epic WrestleMania 23 encounter. via ProWrestling.com RSS Feed

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Remember that night in June when seven Major League Baseball pitchers age 40 or older were scheduled to start? We call it amazing when pitchers who are that ancient keep going. via ESPN

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“Larsen is a very good boxer on the outside”

By Paul Upham: Australia's "Lionheart" Nader Hamdan continues to trek the globe searching for a path back to a world title fight when he faces Denmark's Mads Larsen over eight rounds on Saturday night at the ... via SecondsOut.com

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“My parents did not get their passports and couldn't go. At first, they didn't want me to go by myself, but then they said how many times will you get an opportunity like this. So I went and I didn't really know history, but I learned so much.”

This young woman, still a teenager, already has a lifetime of memories. There was that first time at the gym, when she went home crying. via El Paso Times

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David Tua's stop-start boxing career has taken him to some out of the way places but Salt Lake City, Utah is a first for him this week. via Newstalk ZB

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“I took an interest in boxing because it helps in self defence. I want to follow boxing as a career and want to represent India in the Olympics.”

Bhopal , Aug.17: Setting aside notions that boxing is a game for men, girls in Bhopal are taking to amateur boxing at the Tatya Tope Stadium. via Daily India

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“I presume there's good things coming up for the winner of this fight”

Montreal super-middleweight Lucian Bute will fight for a world title and is thrilled to do it at home. via The Spirit of Rock CHOM

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“They're just too big for me. I'm not really a big person. So I dropped down to cruiserweight.”

Jeremy Williams of Long Beach was last seen in a boxing ring in December 2004 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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“I put a lot of hard work in for this fight and I trained very hard for a southpaw”

A frantic 72-hour effort to find a replacement for T.J. Wilson ended in futility Tuesday night, leaving Tallahassee's Travis Walker without a fight Thursday night in Panama. via Tallahassee.com

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“This is what I've been waiting for my whole life, to be a champion. I'm so proud for Team Philippines.”

Daniel Ponce De Leon knocked out unbeaten Rey Bautista in a stunning first round Saturday, retaining his WBO junior featherweight title and recording Mexico's only victory in a six-fight World Cup of Boxing ... via CBS SportsLine

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“I don't think I've ever been more excited for a fight. I can't wait to get in the ring and get it on.”

Undefeated WBA welterweight champion Miguel Cotto will defend his crown against four-time world champion Shane Mosley. via Sports Network

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OMBERSLEY boxer Alex Strutt has had his first professional bout confirmed for next month. via Droitwich Spa Advertiser

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“It will be an interesting fight but I will prevail”

I want to be world champion again. I have learned from the first loss of my career. via Sky Sports

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“We pride ourselves on providing the ultimate entertainment value in the Central Valley and the quality of this IBA Championship duel is solidifying that reputation with Valley fight fans.”

After kicking off the "Melee on the Mountain" boxing series in April with an unforgettable 12 round war between Isidro Garcia and Cesar Lopez, Table Mountain Casino in association with Roy Englebrecht Events is ... via Earth Times

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“The night of the fight that weight will be right for me.”

Roy Jones Jr. has another big fight coming up. Two boxing legends are tentatively set to square off Jan. via Bodog Beat

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“We're doing our best at this stage to treat it and minimize the effects of this condition on his eye.”

SYDNEY, Australia: World Boxing Association super middleweight champion Anthony Mundine has an eye infection which may end his career and leave his sight permanently impaired, his manager said Tuesday. via International Herald Tribune

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“Started doing this eight years ago when I met my wife”

All of a sudden, it's not certain they will ever get to throw hands, but if they do, they'll sure look good doing it. via Dayton Daily News

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“We know he doesn't have a big heart and he doesn't have that good of a chin”

Georges St. Pierre's life changed after taking the UFC welterweight title away from Matt Hughes last November in Sacramento. via CANOE

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“This was something unique because the trauma was so old”

After being plagued for 55 years with the torment of a pencil lodged in her head, a German woman has finally had it removed. via MyATLtv.com

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NEW DELHI: Manavjit Singh Sandhu who won the trap shooting gold in the World championships in Zagreb last year has been chosen to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ranta award. via The Hindu

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“Keith has always been able to bring a little something out of me”

By: BY Niles Kruger nkruger@monroenews.com story updated August 09. 2007 9:29AM Buy this photo -Evening News photo by BRYAN BOSCH Bronco McKart of Monroe is preparing for a North American Boxing Federation ... via Monroe Evening News/Monroe Sunday News

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“And to choose my friends a lot more carefully.”

On the road to his title shot, Utica native Derrick Brown has witnessed and endured pure, bitter struggle. via Observer-Dispatch

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“It didn't take the postponement of the June 23 fight to rile me up”

As if a disappointing performance in a loss to Clinton Woods two years ago in an IBF light heavyweight title fight wasn't enough to motivate Julio Gonzalez to prepare himself for a rematch - a pullout by the ... via SecondsOut.com

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“I was slower in the first round, but I gradually