News tagged with “boxing champion”. Found:
13 tagged news reports.
Your Search Returned 13 tagged news reports
Boxing champion robbed
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 2 days ago
Credibility
Lightweight champion and Namibian national Paulos "Hitman" Moses and his trainer Nestor Tobias had left the airport in a taxi around 11am on Tuesday and were bound for Parktown. "Our car was in the slow lane and there was a car in the fast lane driving...
Tags: boxing champion, Nestor Tobias, South Africa, Johannesburg, Driver, Opperman, Tobias
Arroyo confers Order of Sikatuna to boxing champ Pacquiao
Manila :: Philippines | 8 days ago
Credibility Conferring the Order of Sikatuna to boxing champion Manny Pacquiao on Friday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said the boxing champion deserved �a special award� for the honor he has brought to the country and to the world. �Nung nangyari iyong pampito...
Tags: Manny Pacquiao, Jinkee Pacquiao, Krista Ranillo, boxing champion, champion manny, Congress, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippines, Manila, Pacquiao, Politics, Order of Sikatuna, Filipinos of Spanish descent, Josￃﾩ Rizal's Global Fellowship, Haxtur Award, Matimtiman Cruz, Filipinos of American descent, Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquiao, Welterweight, De La Hoya-Pacquiao boxing match, Miguel Cotto, Darlene Antonino-Custodio, Chavit, Bob Arum, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Juan Manuel Mￃﾡrquez, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation, Entertainment Culture, SOP Rules
Boxing champions attend Forrest funeral
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Boxer Vernon Forrest, seen in 2008 after his last fight, was 38. (Eric Jamison/Associated Press) Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield was one of hundreds on hand in suburban Atlanta on Monday afternoon for the funeral of slain boxer Vernon...
Tags: Vernon Forrest, boxing champion, Atlanta, champion vernon, Evander Holyfield, Gary Shaw, boxer vernon
Gatti's wife ordered to remain in jail
Montreal :: Canada | 4 months ago
Credibility A Brazilian judge says Arturo Gatti's wife will remain in jail despite an autopsy report raising doubts about suspicions that she strangled the former boxing champion. The lawyer for the 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues, Gatti's wife, petitioned for her release.
Tags: Arturo Gatti, boxing champion, Canada, Montreal North, Montreal Gazette
Boxer Gatti found dead on vacation
São Paulo :: Brazil | 4 months ago
Credibility Brazilian authorities detained the wife of former boxing champion Arturo Gatti and formally accused her Sunday of killing him at a posh seaside tourist resort in Brazil. Police said 23-year-old Amanda Rodrigues was taken into custody after contradictions...
Tags: Arturo Gatti, Amanda Rodrigues Gatti, Anna-Maria Gatti, Brazil, formal accusation, boxing champion, champion arturo, Amanda Carine Barbosa Rodrigues, purse strap, Amanda Carina Barbosa Rodrigues
Canadian-born boxer Arturo Gatti found dead
São Paulo :: Brazil | 4 months ago
Credibility Former world boxing champion Arturo Gatti, who was raised in Montreal, was found dead in northeastern Brazil on Saturday. On a second honeymoon with his wife and 10-month-old baby, Gatti's blood-stained body was found in an apartment in Porto de Galinhas,...
Tags: Arturo Gatti, Mr Gatti, Boxer Gatti, Brazilian, seaside resort, Amanda Rodrigues, boxing champion, champion arturo, hotel room, Montreal Quebec
Managua mayor, ex-boxing champ, found dead
Managua :: Nicaragua | 4 months ago
Credibility Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, a three-time world boxing champion, has been found dead...His Sandinista party's Radio Ya says coroners are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Arguello once fought against the Sandinistas in the 1980s,...
Tags: Managua Alexis Argüello, Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, Nicaragua, Managua Mayor Arguello, boxing champ, gunshot wound, Mr. Arguello, champion alexis, boxing champion, Sandinista Party
Pardon sought for first black heavyweight champ
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility Sen. John McCain wants a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, who became the nation's first black heavyweight boxing champion 100 years before Barack Obama became its first black president...And the more I found out about him, the more I thought a grave...
Tags: Jack Johnson (musician), John McCain, Peter King, boxing champion, Barack Obama, heavyweight boxing, black heavyweight, presidential pardon, pardon jack
Salandy killed in car crash
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 10 months ago
Credibility Top History Making Fighter for the Year 2006. She was also honoured T&T’s Sportswoman of the Year 2006. Last weekend, her manager Potts had told CMC Sport that his young star fighter was preparing to face American Angelica Martinez in late January in...
Tags: boxing champion, world boxing
Mabuhay to Philippines' Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao
Philippines’ Manny Pacquiao – Reigning WBC Lightweight Champion and champion of four weight divisions is now the No. 1 Pound for Pound Boxer on the Planet. He was recently award by ESPN and Star Sports as the Champion of Champions for 2008...
Tags: boxing, philippines, Manny Pacquiao, pacman, pacquiao, boxing champion
Site Links
Site Topics
Contributions
- Report Your News
- Add your voice and contribute via your cellphone - check out how to Report News via Your Cellphone
- Blog Widget
- Widget for Blog Owner
