Vetyeka hands Chris John his first loss, stops him in six
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
For close to a decade, Chris John had held onto the WBA featherweight title, banking away title defenses against relatively unknown opposition while creeping ever closer to the mystical 49-0 unbeaten champion streak of Rocky Marciano. The closest John will ever come to matching that mark is 48-0  Read Full Story >>>

Provodnikov on Pacquiao, Bradley, Marquez, Mayweather
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
To fight Manny Pacquia or not to fight him -- that may soon be a question for Ruslan Provodnikov. Banner Promotions' President Artie Pelullo, who guides the newly crowned WBO junior welterweight titleholder, said that he would like "The Siberian Rocky's" next fight to be a rematch with WBO welt  Read Full Story >>>

Bradley, Marquez eyed for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
While Tim Bradley and Juan Manuel Marquez are being floated around as possible foes for Manny Pacquiao on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, it doesn’t appear either one will end up facing the Filipino icon. “They blew their chances (of facing Pacquiao),” said Pacquiao adviser Mike Koncz fro  Read Full Story >>>

Jenna Jay: “If Manny Pacquiao gets an offer to fight Mayweather he better take it, because I think it will be the last offer he’s gonna get.”
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Jenna Jay is a multi-award winning journalist and founder of the “On The Ropes” Boxing Radio show. She has interviewed the likes of Andre Ward, Carl Froch, Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Sr, Emanuel Steward, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and many more. In this interview we discus  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi and Alexander Would Both Like Crack At Mayweather
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Paul Malignaggi is smart. Not smart for a boxer, to use a patronizing term, but smart, period. I told him so a couple days ago, as we chatted about his Saturday scrap against Zab Judah at Barclays Center. "You like to think a few steps ahead, and you got some Machiavelli in you," I told him, as h  Read Full Story >>>

Judah vs Malignaggi: Time, preview and fight card
By Sam Gregory, Fight Saga, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
It's time for the 'Battle for Brooklyn.' Televised live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, former junior welterweight and welterweight title holders Zab Judah 42-8 with 29 KO's and Paulie Malignaggi 32-5 with 7 KO's will headline Showtime Championship Boxing Saturday night. Time  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi Eyes Winner of Broner-Maidana
Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
LONDON (Dec. 6) – Paulie Malignaggi has compared his weekend clash with Zab Judah to the classic Rome football derby, as he eyes a possible rematch with rising megastar Adrien Broner. ‘The Magic Man’ will be hoping to cast his spell in the ring on Saturday night, live on BoxNation, as he takes o  Read Full Story >>>

The Money Angle – Will Amir Khan Be A Worthwhile Financial Windfall for Floyd Mayweather Jr. When All is Said and Done
By Scott "Kubryk" Sawitz, Inside Fights, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Earlier I wrote about the baffling decision by Floyd Mayweather Jr. to take on British fighter Amir Khan, which is heavily reported as being a done deal. I don’t feel it will be competitive for a number of reasons I discussed earlier, of course, but something kept bothering me as well. Mayweather  Read Full Story >>>

Superfight: Floyd Mayweather vs. Sergio Martinez, "Maravilla" Dances With "Money
By John Garfield, Examiner.com, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Rain. For the reigning WBC middleweight champion, Sergio Martinez, these are indeed stormy times. Having morphed into a November 2010 version of himself, he arrives in Buenos Aires after a long flight from Spain, to meet with another time traveler of a different kind. Clad in stylish shades an  Read Full Story >>>

Bruno Escalante’s journey continues in Redwood City
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
The commute from Bruno Escalante's home to the venue of his next fight this Saturday night shouldn't take longer than 15 minutes. The SportsHouse in Redwood City, Calif., where will face Michael Ruiz Jr. in his first ten-round bout, is just on the other side of town from where he has lived sinc  Read Full Story >>>

South Philly Boxing Coach Travels To South China For Manny Pacquiao Fight
Philadelphia The Public Record, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
They are about 8,000 miles apart, so very rarely do the worlds of South Philly and South China ever interact. So when this South Philadelphian recently got a chance to go to South China, I jumped at the opportunity. I would be heading to Macau, China, the site of the mega-bout featuring boxing su  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather leaks nude PHOTOS of ex-girlfriend Princess Love and disses Ray J?
By Mereb Gebremariam , MStars News, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Floyd Mayweather's alleged ex-girlfriend, Princess Love's nude pictures hit the web and the boxer may be behind it. After 50 Cent confronted Ray J about his affair with Floyd Mayweather's alleged mistress, Princess Love on Instagram, the couple has been photographed snuggling up at the club and e  Read Full Story >>>

Palace unmoved by Pacman backers
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
Unreasonable. No amount of support from his peers in Congress would convince Malacañang to spare the boxing hero-turned-legislator from ever paying taxes. Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma told reporters at a briefing that granting world boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacqui  Read Full Story >>>

Palace denies Pacman’s bid for lifetime tax exempt
By Delon Porcalla, The Philippine Star, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
MANILA, Philippines - Malacañang finds unreasonable proposals in Congress to grant boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao a lifetime exemption from income tax. Press Secretary Herminio Coloma said granting income tax exemptions to athletes would not be a good precedent. “We hold the  Read Full Story >>>

Neither a Boxer Nor a Gentleman He
By Ted Sares, Boxing.com, Sat, 07 Dec 2013
In search of money, drugs, and kicks, Brooks hooked up with Martinez, ideally cast as his shapely-ankled and homicidal confederate… “That’s the kind of yellow son of a bitch he is.”—Sheriff Earl Heflin on Charles Starkweather Boxers tend to be gentlemen, not known for wrapping electrical cord   Read Full Story >>>

Malingaggi vs. Judah & Trout vs. Lara: Four highly skilled fighters two 50-50 fights
By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013

This weekend fight fans will get the whole kit and caboodle when it comes to the variety of fights and the style in which these combatants will fight with. Showtime has a quadruple header this Saturday with the  Read Full Story >>>

Manny, Anson, Gerry vow to improve lot of Pinoy pugs
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013

The days of exploiting Filipino boxers will soon be over. And the days, too, when the Philippines was on top of the boxing world with 10 of its fighters owning a world championship belt each will be revived anytime within the nex  Read Full Story >>>

PAULIE MALIGNAGGI VS. ZAB JUDAH FULL CARD ANNOUNCED
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
FULL UNDERCARD ANNOUNCED FOR "THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN" TAKING PLACE THIS SATURDAY, DEC. 7 FROM BARCLAYS CENTER IN BROOKLYN JULIAN WILLIAMS VS. ORLANDO LORA SADAM ALI VS. JESUS SELIG MARCUS BROWNE VS. KEVIN ENGEL JUAN DOMINGUEZ VS. CAMILO PEREZ BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Dec. 6, 2013) - One of the bigge  Read Full Story >>>

Weights from World Championship Boxing in Chicago
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Main Event: WBC Cruiserweight Championship Krzysztof Wlodarczyk 199 vs. Giacobbe Fragomeni 198 Andrzej Fonfara 176 vs. Samuel Miller 176 Adrian Granados 143 vs. Carlos Velasquez 140 Jonathan Gonzalez 165 vs. Jaison Palomeque 170 Henry Coyle 163 vs. Skyler Thompson 167 Junior Wright 193 vs. H  Read Full Story >>>

MANCIO LOSES IN OPBF TITLE BID
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Philippine light flyweight champion Jerson Mancio of the ALA Gym faltered in his second attempt to win the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) lt.flyweight title when he lost by fifth round TKO to Naoya Inoue of Japan in a fight held tonight in Tokyo. The fight was stopped when Mancio was   Read Full Story >>>

Bradley's Trainer Prefers Pacquiao Fight Over Marquez
By Luis Sandoval, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Timothy Bradley scored one of the biggest victories of his career this past October when he defeated Juan Manuel Marquez over 12 rounds to retain his WBO Welterweight title as well as his spotless undefeated record. While many saw Bradley clearing winning the fight, Marquez and his trainer Nacho Ber  Read Full Story >>>

James Kirkland Returns (Again)
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
The struggles and triumphs of James Kirkland have been many. Born in East Austin, Texas, he found his way to Donald “Pops” Billingsley’s gym somewhere around the age of eight. From there, a bond with boxing champion Ann Wolfe was first forged and continues to strengthen with each passing storm in a   Read Full Story >>>

‘Brooklyn in the House’: Zab Judah vs. Paul Malignaggi
By Tyson Bruce, Boxing Insider, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
In today’s boxing climate Madison Square Garden is known as New York’s premier boxing site. However, in the history of New York boxing the great borough of Brooklyn occupies an equally rich and storied history in the ‘Sweet Science’. This weekend at the newly constructed Barclay’s Centre, located in  Read Full Story >>>

Tough sell for Pacquiao tax exemption
By Katrina Domingo, Solar News (PH), Fri, 06 Dec 2013
The Manny Pacquiao Act of 2013, a bill seeking to exempt the People's Champ from paying taxes for life, has been filed at the House of Representatives. The bill's author, Valenzuela Representative Magtanggol Gunigundo, says the honor that Pacquiao brought to the country is enough reason to exempt  Read Full Story >>>

Rigondeaux vs. Agbeko & Tapia vs. Kirkland: Return of the 122 King and a classic prospect versus vet matchup
By Chris Carlson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013

This coming weekend boxing fans get quite a treat with a plethora of fights to choose from. This article will focus on the return of the Super Bantamweight King Guillermo Rigondeaux facing off against the hardened pro Joseph   Read Full Story >>>

PAGARA HEADLINES ALA-COBRA CARD IN DUMAGUETE
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013

Pagara. DUMAGUETE CITY - "Prince" Albert Pagara (17W-0L, 12 KO’s) of the ALA gym will be pitted against Gadwin Tubigon (9W-7L—2D, 4 KO’s) of Zamboanga del Norte in the ten round main event of the ALA-Cobra "Tunay na Lakas" fig  Read Full Story >>>

ONE FC: MOMENT OF TRUTH OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN RESULTS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013

ATCH ALL THE ACTION LIVE ON STAR SPORTS AND ON PAY-PER-VIEW AT WWW.ONEFC.LIVESPORT.TV 06 December 2013– Manila, Philippines: ONE Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) announced today that all the fighters have made weight an  Read Full Story >>>

Nietes, Sabillo receive incentives from mayor
Visayan Daily Star, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
World boxing champions Donnie Nietes and Merlito Sabillo received P10,000 each as cash incentive from the Bacolod City government. Nietes, who successfully defended his World Boxing Organization light flyweight belt against Mexican challenger Sammy Gutierrez, and Sabillo, who got away with a spl  Read Full Story >>>

Amir Khan makes his case to fight Floyd Mayweather
By Tim Smith, RingTV.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
With Floyd Mayweather, Jr. saying that he will name his next opponent next week speculation is again centering on Amir Khan. And the British welterweight contender wasn’t doing anything to deflect that speculation on Thursday afternoon. Khan made his case for the Mayweather Sweepstakes during an  Read Full Story >>>

NOT REASONABLE | Palace thumbs down lifetime tax exemption for Pacquiao
By Dexter San Pedro, Interaksyon, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
MANILA, Philippines -- Malacañang has thumbed down a bill seeking to grant lifetime tax exemption to boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao. "That bill is not reasonable," Presidential Communications Operations Office head Secretary Herminio Coloma said in a briefing on Friday aired over   Read Full Story >>>

Why Provodnikov Will Most Likely Be Pacquiao's Next Opponent
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
He lost two fights in a row, one controversially to Timothy Bradley 31-0 (12) and then six months later he was knocked out by his career nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez 55-7-1 (40) in a devastating fashion. Yes I'm talking about welterweight star Manny Pacquiao 55-5-2 (38). This time last month there we  Read Full Story >>>