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In the News (Mon 12 May 08)

  
 Sydney 2000
Flyweight Featherweight Welterweight Light heavyweight gold medal match Flyweight Featherweight Welterweight Light heavyweight Freestyle quarterfinals 6 p.m.
Welterweight Middleweight Light heavyweight Super heavyweight semifinals 2 a.m.
eliminations Flyweight Featherweight Welterweight Light heavyweight Freestyle quarterfinals 6:30 p.m.
www.terra.com /sydney2000/articulo/html/syd280.htm   (201 words)

  
 :: - Legends Features - Fighter Bios
Thomas Hearns – Former WBA welterweight, WBC light-middleweight, WBC middleweight, WBO super-middleweight, WBC and WBA light-heavyweight champion.
Sugar Ray Leonard – Former WBA/WBC welterweight, WBA light-middleweight, WBC middleweight, WBC super-middleweight and WBC light-heavyweight champion.
Roberto Duran – World lightweight, WBC welterweight, WBA light-middleweight and WBC middleweight champion.
secondsout.emojo.com /Legends/bios.cfm   (315 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / The Golf Section
US ENTRIES: Olanda Anderson (light heavyweight), Michael Bennett (heavyweight), Calvin Brock (super heavyweight), Dante Craig (welterweight), David Jackson (lightweight), Ricardo Juarez (featherweight), Jeff Lacy (middleweight), Jose Navarro (flyweight), Jermain Taylor (light middleweight), Brian Viloria (light flyweight), Clarence Vinson (bantamweight), Ricardo Williams (light welterweight).
WHEN: Sept. 29 (light flyweight, bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, heavyweight), Sept. 30 (flyweight, featherweight, light welterweight, light middleweight, light heavyweight, super heavyweight)
The other US world champion, light heavyweight Michael Simms, was kicked off the team in the spring for being a ``bad influence.'' Middleweight Jeff Lacy is the other US medal contender.
graphics.boston.com /sports/sydney2000/sports/boxing.htm   (316 words)

  
 Daily Nation on the Web
These are light-flyweight (48kg), flyweight (51kg), bantamweight (55kg), featherweight (59kg), lightweight (63kg), light-welterweight (67kg), welterweight (71kg), light-middleweight (76kg), middleweight (82kg), light-heavyweight (88 kg) and heavyweight (95kg).
Evans Ashiara Oure, who is based in Denmark, and national welterweight champion Joshua Onyango "Poison" both have been picked to vie for the vacant Commonwealth light-middleweight crown late next month.
Oure, 31, with a record of 20-0, is preparing to defend his WBA middleweight title against a Spanish opponent.
www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/12022002/Sports/Sports9.html   (382 words)

  
 Welterweight leads upstart U.S. team early - Boxing - MSNBC.com
Light heavyweight Andre Ward and light welterweight Rock Allen also drew byes into the second round.
Martirosyan, an 18-year-old from Glendale, Calif., was the 14th-ranked U.S. welterweight seven months ago, but rose to the division’s upper echelon in the weeks before the team trials in Tunica, Miss., last February.
Rick Bowmer / AP American Vanes Martirosyan, right, lands a blow on Algeria's Benamar Meskine during the welterweight boxing preliminaries in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5714284   (911 words)

  
 Jermain Taylor: Heir Apparent or Middleweight Fraud?
Keep in mind that he won the vacant USBA middleweight title against a super welterweight and then defended it against a former light middleweight in his 22nd and 23rd fights respectively.
Although still essentially a super welterweight, Marquez was a former IBF light middleweight champion.
The criticism continued and grew in intensity after Taylor again was matched against ballooned light middleweights, Alex Rios and Alex Bunema.
www.doghouseboxing.com /garcia/Garcia0218a05.htm   (651 words)

  
 Official Site of the CBBF - Photos
Light Heavyweight, Middleweight, Welterweight, Lightweight and Bantamweight Men
Bantamweight, Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Men
Middleweight, Light Heavyweight, Heavyweight, Super Heavyweight, Overall Men
www.cbbf.net /photos.shtml   (268 words)

  
 Summer Olympics 2000 Boxing schedule
Flyweight Featherweight Light welterweight Light middleweight Light heavyweight Super heavyweight Finals 10 p.m.
Flyweight Featherweight Light welterweight Light middleweight Light heavyweight Super heavyweight
espn.go.com /oly/summer00/boxing/s/schedule.html   (114 words)

  
 Welterweight Boxing News
When Julio Diaz of Coachella defended his IBF lightweight title in Las Vegas in May, his opponent not only showed up over the welterweight limit, he was within three pounds of the junior middleweight limit.
Hatton clinches world light welterweight unification title SHEFFIELD : Ricky Hatton swung one of the best punches of his career to knock out Carlos Maussa in the ninth round to unify the IBF and WBA...
After Zab Judah's shocking loss of his welterweight titles Saturday night - ' it wasn't shocking that he lost - ' it was shocking that the judges got it right - ' the tension in the air at the Madison Square...
www.topix.net /boxing/welterweight   (797 words)

  
 Welterweight Boxer Profile :::SCOTT DIXON:::
Impressive welterweight record, with checkered results in the light middleweight area.
www.aussiebox.com.au /int_wel/boxer1.html   (11 words)

  
 Edinburgh Evening News - Sport - Welterweight Anderson storms back to be crowned in the Kingdom
Meanwhile ex-Sparta light welterweight Mike Reid had to toil hard for victory against tough Cambridge substitute Ben Hudson, who put up a stiff fight before losing 39-37 on points.
BUCKHAVEN'S welterweight Kevin Anderson battled his way into the history books at Kirkcaldy Ice Centre last night by becoming the first Fifer to win a major pro boxing crown in the Kingdom.
Welterweight Anderson storms back to be crowned in the Kingdom
edinburghnews.scotsman.com /sport.cfm?id=2022842005   (469 words)

  
 ABC News: Hatton Wins IBF Light Welterweight Title
Australia's Kostya Tszyu, left, connects with England's Ricky Hatton as the boxers face each other during their IBF (International Boxing Federation) light-welterweight world title fight at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, Sunday June 5, 2005.
Hatton Wins IBF Light Welterweight Title When Tszyu Quits After 11th Round
ABC News: Hatton Wins IBF Light Welterweight Title
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=820551   (472 words)

  
 Boxing-Cuba, Uzbekistan win four matches each / Reuters - Cuba News / Noticias - CubaNet News
Diogenes Luna won on points over Victor Puiu of Romania in a second-round light welterweight match and Jorge Gutierrez advanced to the light middleweight quarter-finals with an 8-2 victory over Malik Dziarra of Belarus.
Brian Viloria, the U.S. light flyweight champion, upset Rudolf Dydi of the Slovak Republic 9-4, Ricardo Williams Jr.
Light flyweight Aleksan Nalbandian edged Ivan Staphovic of Lithuania 11-10.
www.cubanet.org /CNews/y99/ago99/23e6.htm   (444 words)

  
 The EastAfrican
While Kenya's middleweight Peter Kariuki and light-welterweight Frederick Munga have already won tickets to Sydney, Tanzania is yet to get even a single boxer through to the Olympics.
The continent is required to enter 66 boxers in the Olympics, of whom 44 qualified at the All-Africa Games held in South Africa last year.
The four were among 12 boxers from four nations who won gold medals at the African Zone Five championships which ended in Dar-es-Salaam last Wednesday, with Uganda emerging champions.
www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/28022000/Sports/Sports0.html   (428 words)

  
 International Results
Light Welterweight René Sánchez W TKO Anastasio Gonzalez 4 4
Light Middleweight Gotthard Hinteregger 153¾ L KO József Matolcsi 152¼ 8 12
Light Middleweight Henry Crawford 149 W TKO Raymond Reyes Cruz 149½ 4 4
www.fightbiz.com /results_int.html   (5872 words)

  
 toy --  Encyclopædia Britannica
U.S. professional boxer, a colourful sports figure of the 1920s and early 1930s, who held the world welterweight and middleweight championships and was a leading contender for the light-heavyweight and heavyweight titles.
It is said that Charles II was rarely without his dogs, and he had an edict passed that such...
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9073098&ref=news1204   (560 words)

  
 BBC SPORT Boxing Hatton aims for world domination
Ricky Hatton says he can defeat Kostya Tszyu and rule the ultra-competitive light welterweight division.
Hatton, 26, also said he has been stung by some of the criticism he has received while attempting to land a career-defining fight.
But I believe I'm the real deal and can become the best in the division."
news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/sport1/hi/boxing/4194163.stm   (560 words)

  
 PRIZEFIGHTINGBOOKS.COM
British and european light welterweight champion in the mid 1970’s $20
Foster retained world light heavyweight title 9/26/72 with 14th round k.o.
History of world championship boxing, the weight divisions, the world champions, world title fights, other claimants, world champions in each division, boxing nations, records and stats.
www.prizefightingbooks.com   (17446 words)

  
 :: - Legends Features - Fighter Bios
Wilfred Benitez – Former WBA light-welterweight, WBC welterweight and WBC light-middleweight champion.
But Benitez bounced back from this disappointment and won a third world title when he knocked out Britain’s Maurice Hope with a brutal right hand in the 12th of their WBC light-middleweight showdown in Las Vegas in May 1981.
Instead, he moved up in weight and scored an excellent points victory over the well-schooled Carlos Palomino in January 1979 to win the WBC welterweight crown.
www.secondsout.com /Legends/bios.cfm?ccs=235&cs=8568   (377 words)

  
 Sandro Lopopolo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lopopolo won the world light welterweight title when he outpointed Carlos Hernandez of Venezuela on April 29, 1966.
Lopopolo held the Italian, European and World light welterweight titles during his career.
December 18, 1939) was an Italian light welterweight boxer who fought from 1961 to 1973.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandro_Lopopolo   (114 words)

  
 The Official Site of Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton
After decisively winning all 38 of his fights since turning pro in 1997, Ricky stands poised to prove his claim as the premier light welterweight in the world today by taking on the very dangerous Kostya Tszyu on June 5th.
WELCOME TO Welcome to the official site of WBU Light Welterweight Champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, the source for all the latest information on this exciting, two fisted twenty six year old from Britain's boxing capital of Manchester, England.
"And The NEW Light Welterweight Champion of the World.......Ricky "Hitman" Hatton!"
www.rickyhitmanhatton.com /index2.html   (158 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Boxer
The terms lightweight, welterweight, middleweight and heavyweight became common during the late 19th century, but there was no universally recognized definitions of weight class.
In the 1930s, Jackie Berg won the Light-Welterweight title; in the 1940s, Freddie Mills won the Light-Heavyweight title; in the 1950s and 1960s, Randy Turpin and Terry Downes won Middle-Weight titles; and in the 1970s, John Conteh and John Stracey won the Light-Heavyweight and Welterweight titles respectively.
In 1908, at the Olympic Games in London, five weight divisions were contested, Bantam weight, Feather weight, Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Boxer   (158 words)

  
 AsiaFinest Discussion Board > Thailand Olympics Results
Thailand's Boonjumnong Manus celebrates his gold medal victory during an awarding ceremony for the light welterweight boxing in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games at the Peristeri boxing hall in Athens Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004.
Thailand's Boonjumnong Manus, left, pins Philippines' Romeo Brin to the corner during the light welterweight boxing preliminaries in the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games at the Peristeri boxing hall in Athens Thursday, Aug. 19, 2004.
Thailand's Manus Boonjumnong (L) is proclaimed as the winner while his opponent France's Willy Blain ® reacts after their light welter weight (64kg) quarterfinals bout at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 22, 2004.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t15165.html   (158 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition SPORTS > 3 Filipino boxers draw tough first round foes
Light welterweight Romeo Brin drew Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand as his first-round opponent, while bantamweight Arlan Lerio and light heavy Maraon Goles were set to fight boxers from powerhouses Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively.
tc "Light welterweight Romeo Brin drew Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Manus Boonjumnong of Thailand as his first-round opponent, while bantamweight Arlan Lerio and light heavy Maraon Goles were set to fight boxers from powerhouses Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, respectively."
Lerio, a veteran of the Sydney Olympic Games, will go up against Almuz Azzanov while Goles was to slug it out with Nodir Gulanov.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/jan/13/yehey/sports/20040113spo2.html   (158 words)

  
 Boxing article - Boxing Boxer (disambiguation) computer science primitive types object - What-Means.com
In the 1930s, Jackie Berg won the Light-Welterweight title; in the 1940s, Freddie Mills won the Light-Heavyweight title; in the 1950s and 1960s, Randy Turpin and Terry Downes won Middle-Weight titles; and in the 1970s, John Conteh and John Stracey won the Light-Heavyweight and Welterweight titles respectively.
He weighed less than 12 stone but won world titles at Middleweight (1892), Light-heavyweight (1903) and Heavyweight (1897) and fought his last bout at the age of fifty-two.
Freddy Welsh (Freddy Hall Thoomas), from Pontypridd, won the Lightweight title in 1912.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Boxing   (158 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hearns comeback to begin July 30
World titles: World Boxing Association welterweight, from 1980-81; World Boxing Council junior middleweight, from 1982-86; WBC light heavyweight, 1987; WBC middleweight, 1988; WBA light heavyweight, 1991-92; World Boxing Organization super middleweight, 1988-1990.
He won his first 28 fights before defeating Jose Cuevas on Aug. 2, 1980, to win the World Boxing Association welterweight title.
His first defeat came in his 33rd fight, when he met Sugar Ray Leonard in a 1981 bout to unify the welterweight title.
www.usatoday.com /sports/boxing/2005-07-01-hearns-comeback_x.htm   (513 words)

  
 Boxing - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
In the 1930s, Jackie Berg won the Light-Welterweight title; in the 1940s, Freddie Mills won the Light-Heavyweight title; in the 1950s and 1960s, Randy Turpin and Terry Downes won Middle-Weight titles; and in the 1970s, John Conteh and John Stracey won the Light-Heavyweight and Welterweight titles respectively.
Freddie Welsh (Freddy Hall Thomas), from Pontypridd, won the Lightweight title in 1912.
The best example was Jimmy Wilde, a Welsh Flyweight who won the world Flyweight Championship in 1916 and held it until 1923.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /boxing.htm   (3835 words)

  
 Women's Boxing: Records -Jamie Clampitt
Clampitt, the former IWBF and NABAW Light Welterweight Champion, faced Bell Drexel (#8 WIBF) in her first bout since losing to Jane Couch, in a raucous affair back in June.
The two faced off last December for the vacant IWBF Light Welterweight title.
Jaime Clampitt won a 10-round unanimous decision over Eliza Olson, of California, and won the vacant IWBF World Junior Welterweight belt.
www.womenboxingrecords.com /C/clampitt1.html   (3835 words)

  
 Boxing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Conteh and John Stracey won the Light-Heavyweight and Welterweight titles respectively.
Jackie Berg won the Light-Welterweight title; in the 1940s, Freddie Mills won the Light-Heavyweight title; in the 1950s and 1960s, Randy Turpin and Terry Downes won Middle-Weight titles; and in the 1970s,
John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry lent his name to John Graham Chambers ' rules, sporting fisticuffs had become a nearly perfect replacement for dueling.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boxing   (3835 words)

  
 BBC SPORT Boxing Results & Schedule Schedule/results 2005
13: Chicago, USA, Hasim Rahman bt Monte Barrett by unanimous decision (WBC heavyweight eliminator), Alejandro Garcia bt Luca Messi by unanimous decision (WBA interim light middleweight), Luis Collazo v Miguel Angel Gonzalez by seventh-round stoppage (WBA welterweight), Ricardo Mayorga bt Michele Piccirillo by unanimous decision (vacant WBC light middleweight).
Bolton, England, Matt Skelton bt Mark Krence by seventh-round stoppage (British heavyweight), Amir Khan bt David Bailey by first-round stoppage (Khan's professional debut), Michael Jennings bt Jimmy Vincent by first-round KO (British welterweight).
Berlin, Germany, Luis Collazo v Otkay Urkal (WBA welterweight), Marcus Beyer v Alberto Colajanni (WBA super middleweight).
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/boxing/statistics/default.stm   (2438 words)

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