Douglin doesn’t deny he’s ‘Da Momma’s Boy’ - Boxing - Yahoo! Sports

Douglin doesn’t deny he’s ‘Da Momma’s Boy’ - Boxing - Yahoo! SportsI saw this kid fight on TV--he was pretty good, managed by his mom. Boxing moms are the bombs...

Can the World Series of Boxing reinvigorate the amateur fight game? - Boxing - Yahoo! Canada Sports#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-form

Can the World Series of Boxing reinvigorate the amateur fight game? - Boxing - Yahoo! Canada Sports#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-form#mwpphu-post-formTwo of the worst Olympic boxing performances ever by the United States have been the last two games, the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2004, the U.S.A. boxing team took home only two medals, a gold and a bronze, and in 2008 the U.S. won only one medal, a bronze.

Could be that help is on the way. The World Series of Boxing is a good idea. It provides amateur athletes a modest salary and other support to help with training.

Boxing Movie "The Fighter" Could Join Other Great Boxing Films - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com

Boxing Movie "The Fighter" Could Join Other Great Boxing Films - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.comGreat boxing movies of the recent past include the Rocky movies, Cinderella Man, and my all-time favorite, Raging Bull. Who else but Robert DeNiro could make movie magic of great lines like "I don' go down fuh no-bod-y!" That was DeNiro's Jake LaMotta character telling his brother he wouldn't take a dive in a fight no matter if the brother told the mob boss he'd deliver.

I didn't know we'd be waiting so long when I wrote an Associated Content article in October 2007 about The Fighter, a boxing film modeled on the life of "Irish" Mickey Ward. Finally, the movie has been released to strong, favorable reviews.