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Champion

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

It’s our boxing film article turn today but I’m gonna disappoint you today because today’s film is not about boxing at all. However, it’s about fighting. Something that we all need to do to survive. So did Danny Trejo.This is a documentary film by the way. A story of fight and triumph, this is the story of actor Danny Trejo.

This multiple award winning documentary chronicles his life through raw and candid conversations about everything, from trying heroin at age 12, to armed robbery, violence and extensive prison time, including an emotional return to his actual cell behind the gray walls of San Quentin State Prison.

From despair to “Desperate Housewives” Danny Trejo’s life is an awe inspiring testament to the strength of the human spirit and all of it is captured in Champion.

This baddest guy used to be now becomes a role model to many people. You can find the DVD and watch his life and learn now. It really just is a truly great story to see. If you have no clue where to find it, just go to www.championmovie.com.

Now take a look at the trailer from YouTube:

Keep up good work Danny! He really is a real fighter!

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Henry Armstrong

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Henry Melody Jackson Jr. or Henry Armstrong, the owner of the nicknames “Homicide Hank” and “Hurricane Henry”, was a world boxing champion. He was the only boxer who held three world championships at the same time (World Featherweight, World Lightweight and World Welterweight Champion) he won boxing championships in three or more different divisions (back then there were these many weight divisions like the present day.)

Six years ago in 2002, Ring Magazine ranked Armstrong as the 2nd greatest fighter of the last 80 years. The first was Sugar Ray Robinson and the third was the great Muhammad Ali.

Armstrong developed his boxing skills since he was little and started as a pro when he was 19. He didn’t start out just like many great boxers. Years by years he got improved. A former world champion like Juan Zurita and former champ Mike Belloside also lost to Armstrong not many years after he started the career.

In 1937 he did almost 30 KO winnings and became world Featherweight Champion by defeating Petey Sarron and made about 30 more KOs in 1938. He, 126, won over Barney Ross, 147 by unanimous decision, adding the world Welterweight Championship to his Featherweight belt. After that he decided he couldn’t make the Featherweight division anymore and left the crown vacant and started the welterweight a couple years later.
In 1945 he decided to end the boxing career. His registered record was 150 wins, 21 losses and 9 draws with 100 KO wins. However, his exact record isn’t really known because it is believed he fought some pay fights under the nickname of Melody Jackson.

He got to become a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

You can check out his official website for a full biography and photos or Henry Armstrong at www.henryarmstrong.net , a dedicated site to him by his family.

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2008 Olympics Boxing Result in Beijing

Monday, August 25th, 2008

So how was it the summer Olympics in Beijing? The Chinese did a really great job hosting the event and we are looking forward to the next Olympics 4 years later in London. I kindda wonder how London can make the next Olympics be as big and as elegant as what Beijing has done when only 1 third of the money is allowed to be used next time.

And don’t forget that the next Olympics in 2012 in London is the first time for FEMALE BOXING to enter the Olympic Games. It’s going to be really great!

Today I’m here with the result of the boxing event! Take a look!

The finals were scheduled in two days the 23rd and the 24th of August. Here are the result of all boxing bouts.
Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) Roberto Cammarelle from Italy beated Zhilei Zhang from China, referee stopped the contest in the 4th round.

Light Heavyweight (81 kg) The winner is Xiaoping Zhang from the host, China by defeating Kenny Egan from Ireland 11 to 7.

Welterweight (69 kg) The Kazakhstan, Bakhyt Sarsekbayav won over Carlos Banteaux Suarez from Cuba by 18 to 9.

Lightweight (60 kg) Alexey Tischenko from Russia defeated Daouda Sow from France by 11 to 9.

Bantamweight (54 kg) Badar-Uugan Enkhbat from Mongolia beated Yankiel Leon Alarcon from Cuba by 16 to 5.

Light Flyweight (48 kg) The Chinese, Shiming Zou won over the Mongolian, Serdamba Purevdori who retired in the 2nd round.

One the 23rd there are 5 matches which are:
Heavyweight (91 kg) the winner is Rakhim Chakhkiev from Russia. He won over Clemente Russo from Italy by 4 to 2.

Middleweight (75 kg) James Degale from Great Britain defeated Emilio Correa Bayeaux from Cuba by 16-14.

Light Welterweight (64 kg) Felix Diaz from Dominican Republic won over Manus Boonjamnong from my country Thailand, too bad by 12 to 4. We don’t blame him!

Featherweight (57 kg) Vasyl Lomachenko from Ukraine defeated Khedafi Djelkhir from France, referee stopped the contest in the 1st round.

And the last here the first Final match and the first Gold Medal of Boxing of this Olympics is belong to the Flyweight boxer from Thailand, Somjit Jongjohor who won over Andris Laffita Hernandez from Cuba 8 to 2.

Do your best London! We all are looking forward to it!

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Olympics Hall of the Fame: Laszlo Papp

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Are you excited for the Olympics which is starting soon within a week? I am. So I decide to talk today about one great boxer who won THREE gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia which might be his finest fight when he beat Jose Torres from USA. He is the first successful boxer who won 3 gold medals in Olympics Games.

Laszlo Papp was born in 1926 in Budapest, Hungary. The guy won 3 medals from the Olympics, first in a middleweight event and the other two is in light middleweight events.

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Picture from Britannica

As an amateur, he scored 55 first round knockouts. Until his death, he owned the record of 27(15 KO)-2-0. The guy had never lost the fight in the ring.

He died in his hometown in 2003. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame two years before his death. However, in 1989 he received an award for “Best amateur and professional boxer of all time” from WBC President at that time Jose Sulaiman. He was also granted honorary champion status of WBC.

Who is going to be next to enter the Hall of Fame? Don’t miss all the boxing events at this Olympics. The first round starts on August 9 at 13:30 in Workers Indoor Stadium, Beijing.

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Antonio Margarito

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Only a few day from now until the big match between Margarito and Cotto. I’m sure you’re looking for this great 12 round WBA welterweight title bout. So today I’m here to talk a little bit about one of these two: Antonio Margarito.

28-year-old Margarito is originally from Tijuana, Mexico. This famous fighter is now the former IBF and WBO Welterweight champion. And as you know, he is ready to give himself another title this Saturday.

One of his best wins is when he knocked out Puerto Rican Kermit Cintron, one of the unbeatable world class boxers 3 years ago and retained his WBO world Welterweight title.

His boxing record of 42 total fights is 36 wins with 26 KOs, 5 losses and 1 no contest.

Following his successful rematch with Cintron (he KO Cintron in the sixth round on April 12), the IBF ordered him to fight a mandatory defense against the organization’s number-one contender, Joshua Clottey, who Margarito had previously defeated a couple years ago. Rather than agreeing to a rematch with Clottey, Margarito vacated the IBF title and agreed to fight with WBA titlist Miguel Cotto from Puerto Rico in the next three days.

If you’re his fan, don’t miss this match. It will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 26. You can watch it from pay-per-view broadcasted by HBO at 9 pm ET/ 6pm PT (suggested retail price of $49.95).
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