August 27th, 2008
[BASICS OF BETTING BOXING] Favorite: -170 (bet $170 to win $100) • Underdog: +150 (bet $100 to win $150) • Draw: +800 (bet $100 to win $800)

(10/18) Kelly Pavlik -400 • Bernard Hopkins +300
(11/8) Joe Calzaghe -350 • Roy Jones Jr +275
(11/15) Jermain Taylor -550 • Jeff Lacy +350
(11/22) Ricky Hatton -265 • Paul Malignaggi +205
(12/6) Oscar De la Hoya -260 • Manny Pacquiao +200
*Source as of 9/6: www.bodoglife.com
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March 17th, 2008

>> UNDEFEATED BOXING CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, AND DAUGHTER OF BOXING LEGEND MUHAMMED ALI, HAS QUIT THE SPORT. As Faiza Elmasry tells us, Ali has become a TV show host and health correspondent, hoping to combat juvenile obesity and inspire her adult viewers to stay fit and healthy. —(Faiza Elmasry, www.voanews.com)
>> (PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD)— Lightweight Sadam Ali (Brooklyn, N.Y.) officially qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games with a masterful third round stoppage of Juan Nicolas Cuellar of Argentina at the Americas Qualifier on Monday in Port of Spain, Trinidad. —(Source, www.usaboxing.org • Follow Sadam’s road to gold in the boxing documentary, “Brooklyn to Beijing.”
>> Ricky Hatton has sold 50,000 tickets for his homecoming bout in just two days. • And there are only 5,000 tickets left for his May 24 fight at the City of Manchester Stadium against Mexican Juan Lazcano. —(Source, www.lep.co.uk)
(Ali photo by Giuliano Bekor)
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