Nonito Donaire: Sen. Pacquiao is a great guy but I wouldn't vote for him, now
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
While eight division world champion and Philippines Senator Manny Pacquiao is busy in his homeland pulling double duty as a public servant and a prizefighter, four division world titlist Nonito Donaire is in America promoting the upcoming event on November 5, featuring Pacquiao vs. Vargas in the mai  Read Full Story >>>

NIETES READY TO GO FOR FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016

Donnie Nietes, the longest reigning Filipino champion, told the Manila Standard Wednesday morning on his arrival from Los Angeles “I’ll fight anybody for the flyweight title” which looms following his impressive  Read Full Story >>>

[VIDEO] NONITO DONAIRE CRITICAL OF PACQUIAO'S POLITICAL CAREER; WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM AS PRESIDENT
FightHype.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
"If I become a politician, there's too many things that get taken from me...honestly, I probably wouldn't...depends on how he is going to be...he's not presented himself well as a politician...he is the most absentee in the congress," stated WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire, who made i  Read Full Story >>>

Donaire vs Magadaleno world title fight anchors Nov. 5 PacVargas PPV
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016

NONITO DONAIRE VS. JESSIE MAGDALENO / ÓSCAR VALDEZ VS. HIROSHIGE OSAWA / ZOU SHIMING VS. PRASITAK PAPOEM / WORLD TITLE FIGHTS TO BE CO-MAIN EVENTS ON PACQUIAO VS. VARGAS CARD Saturday, November 5, at Thomas &   Read Full Story >>>

Erik Ruiz replaces Emmanuel Quartey vs Hanzel Martinez in Friday Night's
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
LIMITED TICKETS STILL ON SALE LAS VEGAS (September 27, 2016) - Veteran super bantamweight Erik Ruiz has replaced Ghanaian boxer Emmanuel Quartey, who was unable to secure a visa to enter the United States, in this Friday night's 10-round main event versus Hanzel "Rude Boy" Martinez, headlining a   Read Full Story >>>

Ronda Rousey -- 'Absolutely Wants to Fight Cyborg' ... Says Dana White (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016

TMZ SPORTS -- The biggest fight in women's MMA could actually happen -- because Dana White tells TMZ Sports ... Ronda Rousey "absolutely, positively" wants to fight Cris "Cyborg" Justino. With Cyborg coming off ANOTHER  Read Full Story >>>

UFC's Herb Dean 'Big Country' Was Wrong ... Stoppage Was Perfect
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016

TMZ SPORTS -- UFC ref Herb Dean says he spoke with fellow ref "Big" John McCarthy after he was kicked in the Octagon by Roy "Big Country" Nelson ... and says there's a damn good reason he didn't fight back. Nelson went  Read Full Story >>>

Mykal Fox headlines against Juan Rodriguez on Saturday, November 5th at Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Maryland
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
Plus undefeated Jordan White, Kent Cruz, Christopher Warden, Patrick Rivera & Marcus Bates Fort Washington, Maryland (September 27, 2016)--Undefeated junior welterweight prospect Mykal "The Professor" Fox will take on Juan Rodriguez in an eight-round bout that will headline nine-bout on Saturday  Read Full Story >>>

Quijano: Nietes announces arrival at flyweight division
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
JUST as we hoped, Donnie Nietes (39-1, 22 KOs) won via unanimous decision against Edgar Sosa (52-10 , 30KOs) last Sunday in his first fight at the flyweight division. And exactly as we predicted, Donnie utilized his speed advantage to the hilt, and boxed circles around his Mexican counterpart.   Read Full Story >>>

Last Week in Boxing: Nietes and Linares Deserved More Than Obscurity
By Jonathan Snowden, FloBoxing, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
The decline of boxing can be seen in ways both big and small. While the big flaws get the big press, it's the little things that make prognostications of doom feel a little bit true. If death is coming, it's a death by a thousand cuts. Last weekend was the perfect example. Two fighters competed   Read Full Story >>>

Trash Talk in Boxing
By Ted Sares, The Boxing Tribune, Wed, 28 Sep 2016
“I’ll moider da Bum”—Tony Galento “I’m a baaaadd man!” exclaimed Muhammad Ali after the first Liston fight. Did the trash-talking and bad-mouthing start then? Maybe Two Ton Tony started it, but that’s unlikely. Ali did leave behind this as a part of his overall legacy. Clearly, he was the first a  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO LOOKING GOOD IN TRAINING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao looked good in training at the classy Elorde Gym in the Telstra Building of the Mall of Asia Complex. He did 6 rounds on the punch mitts which we were not allowe  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing's Bob Arum -- Hillary Knocked Out Trump! (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
TMZ SPORTS -- Legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum ain't going to the scorecards -- he saw the debate as a TOTAL KNOCKOUT for Hillary Clinton. Arum -- who worked with Muhammad Ali, Pacquiao, De La Hoya and more -- was excited about Hillary's performance while arriving to Craig's Monday night ... c  Read Full Story >>>

Op-Ed: Pacquiao likely to go for 1st KO win in 7 years against Vargas
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Eight-division world boxing champion and freshman Philippine senator Manny Pacquiao has not won a fight by way of knockout in the last seven years since his TKO victory over Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in 2009 On Nov. 5, Pacquiao will most likely go for a knockout win against Jessie Vargas at the  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather Sr: “Floyd clearly beat Manny Pacquiao. If they fight again, Pacquiao’s arm gonna be hurt again!”
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. is one of the most well known personalities in boxing. Mayweather has worked with world champions like Oscar De La Hoya and Chad Dawson, but is most known for being the father and head trainer of his son Floyd Mayweather Jr. Senior last trained his son in September 2015   Read Full Story >>>

Exclusive: Tyson Fury handed nine-day WBO deadline; IBO request documents
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
The World Boxing Organisation have informed WBN that Tyson Fury has just nine days left to supply the relevant information about his current condition. Fury, 27, pulled out of his scheduled mandatory fight with Wladimir Klitschko for the second time in three months last Friday and could be stripp  Read Full Story >>>

Two cheers for 3 ALA Stable stars
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

THERE were calls Sunday morning checking on the results of three Filipino boxers, stars of the famous Ala Stable of Cebu, with great concern about Donnie Nietes who vacated his WBO 108-throne to campaign in the ful  Read Full Story >>>

Is the Philippines Ready for Tapales vs. Villanueva WBO Title Fight?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Boxing is indeed a strange sport and sometimes the gods of boxing do certain things that are not exactly palatable and it forces stakeholders to do things they rather not do or some boxing fans and pundits hope does   Read Full Story >>>

"BATTLE BORN BOXING" Amateur series returns to Downtown Las Vegas Events Center
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
This Thursday night, Sept. 29 LAS VEGAS (September 26, 2016) - The fifth edition of "Battle Born Boxing" returns this Thursday night (Sept. 29), starting at 7 p.m. PT, at the outdoor Downtown Las Vegas Events Center. "Battle Born Boxing" is an amateur boxing series created by Neon Star Media   Read Full Story >>>

Boxer Timothy Bradley joins Pacquiao-Vargas broadcast team
By Andrew L. John, The Desert Sun, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
When HBO declined to produce and distribute Manny Pacquiao’s Nov. 5 return to the ring against world welterweight titlist Jessie Vargas, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum resolved to put together the pay-per-view fight on his own. That meant Arum — who once said he “can get along without HBO” — would be al  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing and Drama: Part 2
By Ted Sares, The Sweet Science, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Like a meteorite, he emerged seemingly out of nowhere as one of the fight game’s most exciting, tough-as-nails welterweights and the fans came to love him both as a fighter and as a person with an obvious big heart, full of personality and limitless promise. He was the quintessential blood and guts   Read Full Story >>>

MELINDO-SAKKEERIN IBF LIGHT FLYWEIGHT INTERIM TITLE FIGHT SLATED IN CEBU ON NOV 26
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

LOS ANGELES – The Milan Melindo vs Fahlan Sakkeerin Jr IBF Light Flyweight Interim world title fight has been scheduled in Cebu on Nov 26 as a headliner of ALA Promotions & ABS-CBN's 'Pinoy Pride 39' which will return   Read Full Story >>>

TOMORROW! Donaire/Valdez/Magdaleno/Zou/Arum LA Press Conf - 12:30 pm PT
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

NONITO DONAIRE / JESSIE MAGDALENO / ÓSCAR VALDEZ / ZOU SHIMING / BOB ARUM LOS ANGELES PRESS CONFERENCE LUNCHEON Tomorrow! Tuesday, September 27 at 12:30 P.M. PT The Conga Room at LA Live LOS ANG  Read Full Story >>>

PHOTOS: PAINTER JUN AQUINO INDUCTED INTO THE WEST COAST BOXING HALL OF FAME
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Filipino painter Jun Aquino (R), who specializes on boxing subjects and holding his painting on boxing great Muhammad Ali, poses with West Coast Boxing Hall of Fame president Rick Harris during the WCBHF Banquet of Ch  Read Full Story >>>

Jury still out on Nietes
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
No question, Donnie Nietes was the superior fighter as he easily outpointed fading former WBC lightflyweight champion Edgar Sosa of Mexico in their 12-round bout at the StubHub Center in Carson, California, last Saturday (Sunday morning, Manila time). The bout was so one-sided that all three judg  Read Full Story >>>

Stephen A. Smith to debut as boxing analyst for Pacquiao-Vargas PPV card Nov. 5
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
ESPN’s controversial commentator Stephen A. Smith will make his debut as a boxing analyst on Nov. 5 with a quadruple title fight, pay-per-view card headlined by Manny Pacquiao’s return against WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. With Top Rank handling  Read Full Story >>>

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights (Boxing’s Dead Fourth Quarter); Magno’s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno, The Boxing Tribune, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
It’s a sad state of affairs when it’s September 26 and there’ll only be one fight worth seeing between today and the end of the year. This past Saturday’s day of boxing, beginning with the solid Jorge Linares-Anthony Crolla scrap and ending with a courteous Donnie Nietes carrying badly faded Edg  Read Full Story >>>

Exclusive: Frank Bruno recalls defending WBC belt vs Mike Tyson
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 27 Sep 2016
Just six months on from his most famous victory, then WBC heavyweight champion Frank Bruno found himself back in the ring with an old enemy from the past. No sooner had Bruno, 34 at the time, defeated Oliver McCall at Wembley Stadium to claim the sport’s most lucrative prize at the fourth attempt  Read Full Story >>>

Stephen A. Smith / Brian Kenny / Charissa Thompson to Call Pacquiao-Vargas PPV
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 26 Sep 2016

STEPHEN A. SMITH, BRIAN KENNY, CHARISSA THOMPSON AND TIM BRADLEY JR. TO CALL PACQUIAO VS. VARGAS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PPV TELECAST Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Thomas & Mack Center Presented Live By Top Rank® Pay-Per-View LAS V  Read Full Story >>>

MUHAMMAD ALI TO RECEIVE INAUGURAL JESSE OWENS OLYMPIC SPIRIT AWARD
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 26 Sep 2016

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced that the inaugural Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award will be presented posthumously to Olympic champion and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, considered the greatest heavywei  Read Full Story >>>

Fortuna Returns with Impressive KO over Formerly Undefeated Cabrera
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 26 Sep 2016

On Saturday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Sambil Commercial Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, former world super featherweight champion Javier "El Abejon" Fortuna returned to act  Read Full Story >>>