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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/Boxing coverageen-usTue Nov 25 14:03:03 20082880MY USTI.NET News12336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif British boxer Saunders arrested for drugshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/az/Uoly-cokeboxer.ROgL_INP.htmlwed/az/Uoly-cokeboxer.ROgL_INP.html1227620689Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:44:49 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/az/Uoly-cokeboxer.ROgL_INP.html"></a>SEDGEFIELD, England, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Boxer Bradley Saunders, whose second-fight exit dashed Britain's Olympic gold-medal hopes, has been arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine, police say. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/az/Uoly-cokeboxer.ROgL_INP.html">British boxer Saunders arrested for drugs</a> SEDGEFIELD, England, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Boxer Bradley Saunders, whose second-fight exit dashed Britain's Olympic gold-medal hopes, has been arrested on suspicion of dealing cocaine, police say. (UPI) Report: Holyfield to get title shothttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ck/Ubox-holyfield.RV0r_IND.htmlwed/ck/Ubox-holyfield.RV0r_IND.html1226604895Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:34:55 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ck/Ubox-holyfield.RV0r_IND.html"></a>LONDON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. boxer Evander Holyfield will try to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history with a fight in Switzerland in December, the BBC reported Thursday. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ck/Ubox-holyfield.RV0r_IND.html">Report: Holyfield to get title shot</a> LONDON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. boxer Evander Holyfield will try to become the oldest heavyweight champion in history with a fight in Switzerland in December, the BBC reported Thursday. (UPI) Don King attends Fla. court hearinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bq/Ubox-donking.RuKu_INB.htmlwed/bq/Ubox-donking.RuKu_INB.html1226420090Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:14:50 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bq/Ubox-donking.RuKu_INB.html"></a>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Boxing promoter Don King says he's owed $1 million from a company that had proposed to redevelop his Mangonia Park, Fla., property. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bq/Ubox-donking.RuKu_INB.html">Don King attends Fla. court hearing</a> WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Boxing promoter Don King says he's owed $1 million from a company that had proposed to redevelop his Mangonia Park, Fla., property. (UPI) Killer of boxer Oyebola headed to prisonhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ch/Ubox-oyebola.R5un_IO9.htmlwed/ch/Ubox-oyebola.R5un_IO9.html1223567086Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:44:46 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ch/Ubox-oyebola.R5un_IO9.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A 23-year-old man who fatally shot former British boxing champion James Oyebola in London will spend at least 28 years in prison, a judge said. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ch/Ubox-oyebola.R5un_IO9.html">Killer of boxer Oyebola headed to prison</a> LONDON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A 23-year-old man who fatally shot former British boxing champion James Oyebola in London will spend at least 28 years in prison, a judge said. (UPI) Report: Boxer's killer 'enraged'http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ca/Ubox-vargas.Rdlb_ISL.htmlwed/ca/Ubox-vargas.Rdlb_ISL.html1222023927Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:05:27 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ca/Ubox-vargas.Rdlb_ISL.html"></a>NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Jose Coimbre, the man accused of the shooting death of boxer Ronney Vargas, was upset about the fighter's involvement with his niece, a newspaper reported. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ca/Ubox-vargas.Rdlb_ISL.html">Report: Boxer's killer 'enraged'</a> NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Jose Coimbre, the man accused of the shooting death of boxer Ronney Vargas, was upset about the fighter's involvement with his niece, a newspaper reported. (UPI) Report: Boxer awake after 2-month comahttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cn/Ubox-diaz.RPbV_ISI.htmlwed/cn/Ubox-diaz.RPbV_ISI.html1221763487Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:44:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cn/Ubox-diaz.RPbV_ISI.html"></a>SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Welterweight boxer Oscar Diaz awoke Thursday two months after lapsing into a coma, a San Antonio television station reported. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cn/Ubox-diaz.RPbV_ISI.html">Report: Boxer awake after 2-month coma</a> SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Welterweight boxer Oscar Diaz awoke Thursday two months after lapsing into a coma, a San Antonio television station reported. (UPI) Laila Ali gives birth to baby boyhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ay/Uus-lailaali.RtZ8_ISB.htmlwed/ay/Uus-lailaali.RtZ8_ISB.html1221181500Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:05:00 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ay/Uus-lailaali.RtZ8_ISB.html"></a>LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. boxer and television personality Laila Ali announced Thursday on her Web site that she has given birth to a son. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ay/Uus-lailaali.RtZ8_ISB.html">Laila Ali gives birth to baby boy</a> LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. boxer and television personality Laila Ali announced Thursday on her Web site that she has given birth to a son. (UPI) Nashville police halt fight club boutshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uus-fightclub.Rl88_IS8.htmlwed/du/Uus-fightclub.Rl88_IS8.html1220918087Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:54:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uus-fightclub.Rl88_IS8.html"></a>NASHVILLE, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Nashville say they'll bust any bouts by amateur fight clubs until a new state commission determines which fights are safe and legal. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uus-fightclub.Rl88_IS8.html">Nashville police halt fight club bouts</a> NASHVILLE, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Nashville say they'll bust any bouts by amateur fight clubs until a new state commission determines which fights are safe and legal. (UPI) Mayweather heisted for $7 millionhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/br/Uus-mayweathertheft.Rjpf_IS4.htmlwed/br/Uus-mayweathertheft.Rjpf_IS4.html1220550889Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:54:49 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/br/Uus-mayweathertheft.Rjpf_IS4.html"></a>LAS VEGAS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather is offering a reward for recovery of an estimated $7 million in jewelry taken from his Las Vegas estate. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/br/Uus-mayweathertheft.Rjpf_IS4.html">Mayweather heisted for $7 million</a> LAS VEGAS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather is offering a reward for recovery of an estimated $7 million in jewelry taken from his Las Vegas estate. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Light-Heavyweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dq/Uoly-medal-box-lightheavyweight.RmSy_IaO.htmlwed/dq/Uoly-medal-box-lightheavyweight.RmSy_IaO.html1219573518Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:25:18 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dq/Uoly-medal-box-lightheavyweight.RmSy_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Zhang Xiaoping of China won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the light-heavyweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dq/Uoly-medal-box-lightheavyweight.RmSy_IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Light-Heavyweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Zhang Xiaoping of China won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the light-heavyweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Super-Heavyweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ah/Uoly-medal-box-superheavyweight.RMTZ_IaO.htmlwed/ah/Uoly-medal-box-superheavyweight.RMTZ_IaO.html1219573518Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:25:18 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ah/Uoly-medal-box-superheavyweight.RMTZ_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Roberto Cammarelle of Italy won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the super-heavyweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ah/Uoly-medal-box-superheavyweight.RMTZ_IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Super-Heavyweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Roberto Cammarelle of Italy won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the super-heavyweight boxing class. (UPI) Cuba held without a boxing goldhttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sun.RMbn_IaO.htmlwed/bn/Uoly-box-sun.RMbn_IaO.html1219573518Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:25:18 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sun.RMbn_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Victories by Badar-Uugan Enkubat of Mongolia and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan Sunday prevented Cuba from winning a single Olympic boxing gold medal. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sun.RMbn_IaO.html">Cuba held without a boxing gold</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Victories by Badar-Uugan Enkubat of Mongolia and Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan Sunday prevented Cuba from winning a single Olympic boxing gold medal. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Bantamweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dm/Uoly-medal-box-bantamweight.Rsdk_IaO.htmlwed/dm/Uoly-medal-box-bantamweight.Rsdk_IaO.html1219572887Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:14:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dm/Uoly-medal-box-bantamweight.Rsdk_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Badar-Uugan Enkhbat of Mongolia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the bantamweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dm/Uoly-medal-box-bantamweight.Rsdk_IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Bantamweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Badar-Uugan Enkhbat of Mongolia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the bantamweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Lightweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/at/Uoly-medal-box-lightweight.RPDt_IaO.htmlwed/at/Uoly-medal-box-lightweight.RPDt_IaO.html1219572887Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:14:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/at/Uoly-medal-box-lightweight.RPDt_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Alexey Tishchenko of Russia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the lightweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/at/Uoly-medal-box-lightweight.RPDt_IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Lightweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Alexey Tishchenko of Russia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the lightweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Welterweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ag/Uoly-medal-box-welterweight.RXzu_IaO.htmlwed/ag/Uoly-medal-box-welterweight.RXzu_IaO.html1219572887Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:14:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ag/Uoly-medal-box-welterweight.RXzu_IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the welterweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/ag/Uoly-medal-box-welterweight.RXzu_IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Welterweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Bakhyt Sarsekbayev of Kazakhstan won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the welterweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Light-Flyweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dn/Uoly-medal-box-lightflyweight.Rqv__IaO.htmlwed/dn/Uoly-medal-box-lightflyweight.Rqv__IaO.html1219557894Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:04:54 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dn/Uoly-medal-box-lightflyweight.Rqv__IaO.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Zou Shiming of China won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the light-flyweight boxing division in Beijing. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dn/Uoly-medal-box-lightflyweight.Rqv__IaO.html">Olympic Medal: Light-Flyweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Zou Shiming of China won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the light-flyweight boxing division in Beijing. (UPI) Two Cubans fall in boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sat.RVug_IaN.htmlwed/bn/Uoly-box-sat.RVug_IaN.html1219506887Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:54:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sat.RVug_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Britain's James DeGale helped keep Cuba without a boxing gold medal in the Beijing Olympics Saturday and the sport went through another judging controversy. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bn/Uoly-box-sat.RVug_IaN.html">Two Cubans fall in boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Britain's James DeGale helped keep Cuba without a boxing gold medal in the Beijing Olympics Saturday and the sport went through another judging controversy. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Heavyweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bi/Uoly-medal-box-heavyweight.RaAH_IaN.htmlwed/bi/Uoly-medal-box-heavyweight.RaAH_IaN.html1219500888Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:14:48 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bi/Uoly-medal-box-heavyweight.RaAH_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Rakhim Chakhkiev of Russia won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the heavyweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bi/Uoly-medal-box-heavyweight.RaAH_IaN.html">Olympic Medal: Heavyweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Rakhim Chakhkiev of Russia won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the heavyweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Middleweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-medal-box-middleweight.Rveq_IaN.htmlwed/bk/Uoly-medal-box-middleweight.Rveq_IaN.html1219498491Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:34:51 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-medal-box-middleweight.Rveq_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- James Degale of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the middlweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-medal-box-middleweight.Rveq_IaN.html">Olympic Medal: Middleweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- James Degale of Britain won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the middlweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Light-Welterweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/by/Uoly-medal-box-lightwelterweight.Rf2m_IaN.htmlwed/by/Uoly-medal-box-lightwelterweight.Rf2m_IaN.html1219496086Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:54:46 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/by/Uoly-medal-box-lightwelterweight.Rf2m_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the light-welterweight boxing class. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/by/Uoly-medal-box-lightwelterweight.Rf2m_IaN.html">Olympic Medal: Light-Welterweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Felix Diaz of the Dominican Republic won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the light-welterweight boxing class. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Featherweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uoly-medal-box-featherweight.RA7V_IaN.htmlwed/du/Uoly-medal-box-featherweight.RA7V_IaN.html1219494891Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:34:51 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uoly-medal-box-featherweight.RA7V_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the featherweight boxing division. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/du/Uoly-medal-box-featherweight.RA7V_IaN.html">Olympic Medal: Featherweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Vasyl Lomachenko of Ukraine won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the featherweight boxing division. (UPI) Olympic Medal: Flyweight Boxinghttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dk/Uoly-medal-box-flyweight.RIdV_IaN.htmlwed/dk/Uoly-medal-box-flyweight.RIdV_IaN.html1219491888Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:44:48 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dk/Uoly-medal-box-flyweight.RIdV_IaN.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the flyweight division of boxing. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/dk/Uoly-medal-box-flyweight.RIdV_IaN.html">Olympic Medal: Flyweight Boxing</a> BEIJING, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Somjit Jongjohor of Thailand won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the flyweight division of boxing. (UPI) Last American boxer defeated in Olympicshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-box-fri.R0nD_IaM.htmlwed/bk/Uoly-box-fri.R0nD_IaM.html1219416890Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:54:50 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-box-fri.R0nD_IaM.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Heavyweight Deontay Wilder, the only American boxer to reach the Olympic semifinals, lost his hope for a gold medal Friday. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bk/Uoly-box-fri.R0nD_IaM.html">Last American boxer defeated in Olympics</a> BEIJING, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Heavyweight Deontay Wilder, the only American boxer to reach the Olympic semifinals, lost his hope for a gold medal Friday. (UPI) Cuba certain of eight boxing medalshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bo/Uoly-box-wed.RBgb_IaK.htmlwed/bo/Uoly-box-wed.RBgb_IaK.html1219248297Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:04:57 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bo/Uoly-box-wed.RBgb_IaK.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Cuba put its seventh and eight boxers into the Olympic semifinals Wednesday, ensuring a huge medal haul for the traditional powerhouse in the sport. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/bo/Uoly-box-wed.RBgb_IaK.html">Cuba certain of eight boxing medals</a> BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Cuba put its seventh and eight boxers into the Olympic semifinals Wednesday, ensuring a huge medal haul for the traditional powerhouse in the sport. (UPI) Cuba clinches at least six boxing medalshttp://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cw/Uoly-box-tue.R-2O_IaJ.htmlwed/cw/Uoly-box-tue.R-2O_IaJ.html1219157087Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:44:47 GMT<a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cw/Uoly-box-tue.R-2O_IaJ.html"></a>BEIJING, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Cuba ensured itself at least six Olympic boxing medals Tuesday by advancing two more fighters to the semifinals. <a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/sports.boxing/2/wed/cw/Uoly-box-tue.R-2O_IaJ.html">Cuba clinches at least six boxing medals</a> BEIJING, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Cuba ensured itself at least six Olympic boxing medals Tuesday by advancing two more fighters to the semifinals. (UPI)