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BOXING: Busy summer on tap for Imperial heavyweight
Special to this NewspaperLAS VEGAS — Imperial Valley heavyweight contender Andy Ruiz is training for the busiest seven weeks of his life. Ruiz (18-0 with 12 KOs), who grew up in Imperial, is preparing for two fights, including one in Macau, China, that could catapult him...Tags: International Boxing Federation, Flyweight Boxing, China, Boxing, Macau
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Detective Mike Tyson will solve wacky mysteries
ReutersDetective Mike Tyson and his trusty pigeon sidekick are coming to a television set near you to solve some wacky mysteries. "Mike Tyson Mysteries" is one of six new programs that will appear on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim sometime in the next year....Tags: Mike Tyson, Cartoon Network (tv network), Adult Swim (tv network), Boxing
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Birthday shoutout: Randall "Tex" Cobb
Randall "Tex" Cobb turns 63 years old today. He is described as a boxer and an actor, but the truth is, the public knows him for one bout and one acting role. The boxing match was Nov. 26, 1982, against world heavyweight champion Larry Holmes. Cobb...
Tags: Punishment, Lightweight Boxing, Boxing
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State lacrosse: Lake Highland makes state final; Timber Creek girls fall
WINTER GARDEN — While Lake Highland is headed back to the boys lacrosse state final for the fourth consecutive season, the season for Timber Creek's girls team ended in disheartening fashion. Lake Highland (19-5) got two goals each from Devon...
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UFC 159: Jones defends title with first-round TKO
ReutersWhen Chael Sonnen was awarded a shot at Jon Jones' Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight title despite having no fights at the weight class since 2005, many mixed martial arts observers complained Sonnen didn't deserve the bout. After...Tags: Light Heavyweight Boxing, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Tito Ortiz
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Raymond L. Klingmeyer
Raymond Leroy Klingmeyer, a former boxer and referee who is a member of the state's boxing Hall of Fame, died Friday of renal failure at the Bel Air Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was 88. "When he came into the ring, he looked like a referee. He...
Tags: Justice System, International Boxing Federation, Judges, Pigtown, Lightweight Boxing
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Illinois puts up a fight but falls to Miami
AUSTIN, Texas — At the start of the season, Illinois coach John Groce presented players with a wristband that read "3-19-13." The start of the NCAA tournament. The Illini's R.I.P. date arrived five days later on Sunday night with a 63-59 loss in...Tags: Miami Hurricanes, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Boxing
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Review: 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth' is a knockout
If there was one ring in the world that I, a weakling theater critic, knew I could knock Mike Tyson out in, it was the Pantages Theatre, where "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" played this past weekend. Tyson might have 100 pounds more muscle on him than I...
Tags: Brad Pitt, Robin Givens, Mike Tyson, International Boxing Federation, Arts and Culture
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Mike Tyson says the 'Undisputed Truth' is he's changed
LAS VEGAS — Spend a sunny afternoon at home with Mike Tyson and if the erstwhile Baddest Man on the Planet is in an expansive mood, he may indulge his cherished pastime: letting loose the performing pigeons he raises in his backyard to flap and...
Tags: Entertainment, NBC (tv network), Cialis (drug), Services and Shopping, Mike Tyson
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Big heavyweight bout at OC Fair postponed
Chris Arreola will not be coming to Costa Mesa on March 9 to fight in what he called "a parking lot." Arreola said in January that he was never a big fan of the OC Fair and Event Center, the venue for his World Boxing Council heavyweight title...Tags: International Boxing Federation, Featherweight Boxing, Boxing
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Sighting: Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield reunite in Chicago supermarket
Chicago once again played host to a Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield reunion Saturday, just like it did when the two former boxing rivals appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2009. But rather than reunite in front of a live studio audience, they smiled and...
Tags: Lupe Fiasco, USA Network (tv network), Mike Tyson, Lady Gaga, Wicker Park
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Mike Tyson's truths, live on stage
At one point in his touring one-man show, Mike Tyson, the ear-biter, convicted rapist, all-around thug, cocaine user and former heavyweight champion of the world, shows a picture of himself from 1976. He's wearing one of the bomber jackets of the era...
Tags: Brad Pitt, Robin Givens, Mike Tyson, Cheers (tv program), Arts and Culture
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