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NEWS:
Monday, 21 April 2014 02:04:57 AM
World boxing champ's passion for
sports shown off in visit
WORLD middleweight champion Les Sherrington owes plenty
to boxing.
http://www.centraltelegraph.com.au/news/sherringtons-passion-shows-in-rocky-visit/2182824/
Boxer Alex Leapai goes from jail to a
shot at the heavyweight championship
ON APRIL 22, 2006, when Wladimir Klitschko first
claimed the world heavyweight boxing championship, Alex
Leapai was sitting in a one-man cell in a
maximum-security prison north of Brisbane.
Boxer Alex Leapai goes from jail to a shot at the
heavyweight championship | News.com.au
Boxing: Mundine eyes Mayweather after
beating Mosley
Former Australian rugby league star turned boxer Anthony
Mundine is eyeing a bout with Floyd Mayweather as the
ultimate prize after beating superstar "Sugar" Shane
Mosley.
Mundine emerged the winner at Sydney's Allphones Arena
on Wednesday evening against the veteran American
fighter when Mosley retired after the sixth round with
severe back spasms.
It was the biggest scalp of Mundine's career, earning
him the vacant WBA International super welterweight
title on a technical knockout, and the peerless
Mayweather, with an unbeaten 45-0 record, is now in his
sights.
While the win should improve his chances of a crack at
Mayweather, Mundine said he was prepared to face the
likes of former champions and Mayweather victims, Miguel
Cotto and Saul Alvarez, on his way to the lucrative
fight he is after.
"I just want the best, I don't care," Mundine, 38, told
Australian Associated Press.
"Obviously I want Floyd, he's the best of the best. But
that's not going to happen next.
"You've got to do your time and beat the right fighters.
There's Cotto out there, there's Alvarez. They are the
type of calibre of fighters I want to fight."
Mayweather beat Mexico's Alvarez in September to claim
the unified super welterweight championship in Las Veges
in what was the richest fight in boxing history with
nearly US$150 million in pay-per-view revenues.
An honest Mosley, who has won five world titles in three
weight classes and announced his retirement after losing
to Alverez last year only to change his mind, admitted
Mundine was ahead when he decided to call it quits.
Mundine paid tribute to his opponent as one of the
all-time greats.
"My heart goes out to Shane, I know he's a winner," said
the Australian of the 42-year-old, whose future is now
unclear.
"He's not one to pull out for nothing. He's one of the
greatest fighters to have ever lived."
Copyright AFP, 2013.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/131127/boxing-mundine-eyes-mayweather-after-beating-mosley
"Congratulations" Blake Caparello will
be a Light Heavyweight World Champion
As YVB has predicted Blake is still heading up to the
elite area of world champions.
Blake happens to be the cousin of my best friend at 17
y/o Noel Rowlands, his brother Max Rowlands in our West
and North Melbourne gallivanting days. He is a nice boy
and deserves all he gets as long as he keeps his mind on
the right track.
Blake's family are his best fans and support him all the
way.
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