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Gardening guide for seniors
marieg@herald-mail.comIf it's true that gardening is a fine art, then for decades, many senior citizens have produced brilliant work in their backyards. With the earth as their canvas, they've taken their green thumb and painted the landscape a colorful pallete of flowers,...Tags: Arthritis, Hands, Gardening, Diseases and Illnesses, Boxing
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Birthday shoutout: Randall "Tex" Cobb
Randall "Tex" Cobb turns 63 years old today. He is described as a boxer and an actor, but the truth is, the public knows him for one bout and one acting role. The boxing match was Nov. 26, 1982, against world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. Cobb...
Tags: Boxing, Heavyweight, Punishment
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Canelo Alvarez brings it home to unify titles
It's one thing to talk. The great ones back it up. In avenging his brother's loss and letting his fists fly against a respected, defense-based, unbeaten world champion, Mexico's Saul "Canelo" Alvarez unified the super-welterweight division Saturday...
Tags: Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Welterweight, Boxing, Mexico
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Raymond L. Klingmeyer
Raymond Leroy Klingmeyer, a former boxer and referee who is a member of the state's boxing Hall of Fame, died Friday of renal failure at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 88. "When he came into the ring, he looked like a referee. He...
Tags: Welterweight, Baltimore County, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Boxing
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Las Vegas: Treasure Island to host lightweight boxing match April 12
This post has been updated. See note below for details.The match is still on for April 12 at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Angelo "La Cobra" Santana will take on Bahodir Mamadjonov (12-1, 8 KOs) from Uzbekistan. [Updated, 1:58 p.m. April 8: An earlier version of this post said Angelo "La...Tags: Boxing
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HBO drops involvement with Golden Boy fighters
After watching an exodus of fighters that included Floyd Mayweather Jr., Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Amir Khan to rival network Showtime, HBO announced this week it will stop broadcasting fights involving boxers promoted by Los Angeles’...
Tags: Floyd Mayweather, Jr., Indiana Pacers, Media Industry, Welterweight, Boxing
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East L.A.'s Frankie Gomez ready to start campaign toward title shot
Oscar De La Hoya said he has ordered his matchmaker to start intensifying the opposition for East Los Angeles boxing prospect Frankie Gomez. “Without blowing smoke, he is the real deal and I want to start moving him faster than we have,”...
Tags: Robert Rodriguez, Bantamweight, Manny Pacquiao, Boxing, Oscar De La Hoya
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Perez vs. Forbes highlights first Golden Boy Boxing Series event at BB&T Center Saturday
Sun SentinelJunior welterweights Johan Perez and Steve “Two Pounds” Forbes will square off Saturday night in the premier fight of the first Golden Boy Boxing Series event at BB&T Center, with three more boxing events coming in the next 12 months. The...Tags: Terrell Gausha, Welterweight, Boxing, BB&T Corp., Heavyweight
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Edmond Tarverdyan dominates at 'Chaos'
INGLEWOOD – Supported by a who’s who of local fighters, backed by a zealous crowd and showcasing a devastatingly diverse striking offense, Edmond Tarverdyan battered and bloodied Dominic Gutierrez for three rounds en route to a unanimous...Tags: Bantamweight, Featherweight Boxing, Crime, Law and Justice, Boxing, Justice System
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Boxer Hector 'Macho' Camacho dies days after being shot in head
Hector “Macho” Camacho, a former three-division boxing champion who had 88 professional fights against a who’s who of legendary opponents stretching from Ray Mancini (whom he defeated in 1989) to Oscar De La Hoya (who beat him by...Tags: Shootings, Boxing, Trinidad and Tobago, New York City, Sugar Ray Leonard
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Edmond Tarverydan, Alberto Crane ready for Chaos
Training fighters is nothing new for Edmond Tarverdyan or Alberto Crane. Neither is standing center stage and competing. But when the roles are intertwined and come crashing to a head, things can get a little chaotic. Perhaps that’s the theme...
Tags: Bantamweight, Featherweight Boxing, Boxing, Mixed Martial Arts, Sports
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Pulling no punches
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago and boxing are a match made in heaven, both taking perverse pride in rumors that the fix is in, that the mob has a piece of the action. Where else would a fighter's wife testify in divorce court that her husband "lay down," purposely losing a...Tags: Soldier Field, American Legion, Boxing, Judges, Heavyweight
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