Boxing News From Around The World

• EC to hold boxing indaba (Daily Dispatch)
  THE upheavals in the Eastern Cape provincial fight circles will be part of the discussions in a three-day boxing indaba to be held at the Fish River Hotel from next week Sunday.



• Boxing card to be held at casino (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
  A six-fight night will take place Sept. 20 at at Treasure Island Resort and Casino, the first boxing event held there in six years. Featured fighters include Anthony Bonsante and Matt Vanda in separate bouts. Tickets go on sale Tuesday.



• Cuba looks to repeat boxing medal haul (UPI)
  BEIING, China, July 25 (UPI) -- Boxing



• Kalmadi hopeful of India wining medals in tennis, boxing and shooting (New Kerala)
  New Delhi, July 25: Indian Olympic Association President Suresh Kalmadi wants athletes to win medals in boxing, tennis and shooting in Beijing Olympics.



• NY Gov. selects woman to head boxing commission (KGO-TV Bay Area)
  Gov. David Paterson selected longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan to NY Athletic Commission.



• Alvarez brothers win boxing titles (The Daily Democrat)
  Fourteen-year-old Brian Alvarez and his 12-year-old brother Eduardo took their boxing skills on the road last weekend and produced championship results.



• Gov. Paterson to name woman to boxing commission (AP via Yahoo! News)
  Gov. David Paterson wants to select longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan to head the state agency that regulates professional boxing.



• ?KnockOut Poverty? pro boxing show Sept. 23 in NYC (East Side Boxing)
  NEW YORK CITY (July 25, 2008) ? Bob Duffy?s ?Ring Promotions? announced today that it has been hired to promote the inaugural ?KnockOut Poverty? pro boxing show, featuring all African boxers, on Tuesday night, September 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. .



• NY Gov. appoints woman to head boxing commission (Sports Illustrated)
  NEW YORK (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson has selected longtime boxing judge Melvina Lathan to head the New York State Athletic Commission, which regulates professional boxing in New York.



• Paterson Names Woman To Head Boxing Commission (WCBS-TV New York)
  Gov. David Paterson has named boxing judge Melvina Lathan to head the New York State Athletic Commission, which regulates professional boxing in New York.