Carl Froch Calls Fellow Brits Disloyal For Sparring with Kessler
Boxing Insider, Tue, 21 May 2013
Carl Froch is hopping mad at a couple of his countrymen. Does he have a right to be? Froch is engaging in final preparations for his fight next Saturday against Mikkel Kessler, when the IBF and WBA super middleweight titles will be at stake. But it’s Kessler’s preparation that he seems to be preo  Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse discusses Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Danny Garcia
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 21 May 2013
L ucas Matthysse has become one of the most talked-about fighters in the sport recently, and his stock has never been higher than it is right now, following his three-round wipeout of Lamont Peterson on May 18 in Atlantic City. The win was exciting enough to prompt Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefe  Read Full Story >>>

Hopkins calls Murat 'dangerous'
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
IBF light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins says he will be facing "a dangerous competitor" when he makes the first defense of his belt against mandatory challenger Karo Murat of Germany on July 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., an event that was officially announced by Golden Boy on Su  Read Full Story >>>

Sosa Defeats Segura
RingTV.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Edgar Sosa scored a hard fought 12 round unanimous points win over Giovani Segura at the Plaza de Toros Eloy Cavazos in Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on Saturday. Sosa made a fast start, but Segura settled down and made his presence felt from the sixth round onwards. Segura was deducted a po  Read Full Story >>>

VIDEO RECAP: Lucas Matthysse's Domination to Replay Tomorrow/Tuesday at 10p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

We have a new Manny Pacquiao. He's from Argentina and his name is Lucas Matthysse." - Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions LUCAS MATTHYSSE EXCITES FANS WITH TREMENDOUS KNOCKOUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT Catch the   Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse could be Manny Pacquiao's next foe after Rios
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 21 May 2013
Argentine boxing sensation Lucas Matthysse has made public his intention to face Manny Pacquiao soon following his third round knockout win over Lamont Peterson Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "Matthysse, nicknamed "the Machine", tore through Peterson inside thre  Read Full Story >>>

Forget Beckham's millions, Manny and Money Mayweather show the hard old game is still a real box-office hit
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Tue, 21 May 2013
After all the hullabaloo about David Beckham earning more than the gross national product of many third world countries, it turns out that he is not even the best paid sportsman on the planet. Nor the second. Those top two places belong – to the chagrin of those who condemn their sport as a thro  Read Full Story >>>

Angel Heredia Says Boxing Is Dirty, He's Clean
By Kelsey McCarson, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 21 May 2013
When I called strength and conditioning coordinator Angel “Memo” Hernandez (aka Angel Heredia) a couple weeks ago, I wondered what kind of person I’d be talking to. Was he the guy former BALCO associate Victor Conte (a former PED peddler himself) constantly bashes on Twitter for being a crook? Or wa  Read Full Story >>>

Jones crushes Lebedev: The strange odyssey of Guillermo Jones continues…
By Scott Levinson, ProBoxing-fans.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
On May 17, Guillermo Jones scored a major upset with an 11th-round knockout of WBA Cruiserweight Champion Denis Lebedev. Jones, 41, has enjoyed a bizarre, but successful career and he is now back in the mix along with promoter Don King--despite the fact that both fighter and promoter had been writte  Read Full Story >>>

“Fighting Words” — Better Than a “Fight of the Year”?
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
You can forgive a boxer’s fans if they hope for a great one-sided victory instead of a great two-sided battle. The rest of us are without any allegiance except to action and drama. We want sustained exchanges of heavy blows, multiple shifts in momentum, and anything else that will make the even  Read Full Story >>>

TORRE, PACQUIAO MAKE CEREMONIAL MOVE IN PACQUIAO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Asia's First Grandmaster Eugene Torre (left) and World Boxing Champion Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao (right) made the ceremonial move in the 2013 Pacquiao Asian Continental Chess Championship Tuesday night at t  Read Full Story >>>

Aaron “La Hoya” Herrera arrives in Cebu City for Pinoy Pride XX
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Mexican fighter AARON “LA JOYA” HERRERA arrives in Cebu City for Pinoy Pride XX as the challenger of Jason “El Nino” Pagarra for the WBO International Light Welterweight Championship bout this Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Aaron Herrera has a record of 25 wi  Read Full Story >>>

Nancy "La Chatita" Franco wins title in Tlalnepantla, Mexico
By Jonathan Davis, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Nancy Franco poses after winning the IBF belt. Last Friday night, at the Arena Adolfo Lopez Mateos in Tlalnepantla, north of Mexico City, Nancy "Chatita" Franco defeated Ana "La Bronca" Arrazola by unanimous decision, 97-93   Read Full Story >>>

Tom Little Interview – Discusses Tom Dallas, Luke Martin, Graham Earl and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

I’m sure that anyone that watched Prizefighter – International Heavyweights - back in June 2012, will remember 25 year old Tom Little from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, not because he won or anything like that, but for the surprising way  Read Full Story >>>

Johnny Bos Tribute Tuesday at Ring 8 meeting in New York
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
NEW YORK, NY (May 20, 2013) - Ring 8 will pay tribute to the late, great matchmaker Johnny Bos tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 21 starting at 7:00 p.m. ET) at historic Waterfront Crabhouse, in Long Island City, New York. Many of Bos' friends, family and associates have been invited to attend tomorro  Read Full Story >>>

Asia's First Grandmaster Eugene Torre (left) and World Boxing Champion Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao (right) made the ceremonial move in the 2013 Pacquiao Asian Continental Chess Championship Tuesday
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
May 17, 2013 - Houston's undefeated featherweight sensation, Miguel "El Michoacano" Flores (11-0, 6 KOs) has signed with world renowned managers, Luis DeCubas Jr. and Bob Santos, who plan to have the 20-year old phenom fighting in the very near future. The duo has signed Flores with promotional pow  Read Full Story >>>

We Went There: Matthysse Makes a Statement in Atlantic City
By Eric Raskin, Grantland, Tue, 21 May 2013
This wasn’t supposed to be a blog about Floyd Mayweather. The Lucas Matthysse–Lamont Peterson fight on Saturday night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall had nothing to do with Mayweather. This was a fight between two of the best three junior welterweights (the division below where Mayweather fights)   Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse Touted as “New Pacquiao,” But Also Targets “Real Pacquiao”
Boxing Insider, Tue, 21 May 2013
Coming off the excitement of Saturday’s third-round stoppage of Lamont Peterson in a non-title fight, Lucas Matthysse got some high praise immediately, though admittedly it was from someone who has a stake in his career. As Matthysse was getting ready to be interviewed by Showtime’s Jim Gray, Ri  Read Full Story >>>

About the Bouts: The Counterpunch
By Joe Garza , Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 21 May 2013
A Star Emerges Lamont Peterson entered Saturday night's bout with Lucas Matthysse regarded by many as the finest 140-pounder in the world. He left in a heap. In what was expected to be a highly competitive bout turned into a showcase for Matthysse, who might just be the best pound-for-pound  Read Full Story >>>

Dougie's Monday Matthysse mailbag
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
GARCIA-MATTHYSSE, FROCH-KESSLER II Dougie, If someone was watching Lamont Peterson for the 1st time; they would say it was an elite boxer in Lucas Matthysse vs a bum in Peterson. That’s how Lucas Mattysse made Lamont Peterson look. Peterson is world class; he took the bombs of Amir Khan and   Read Full Story >>>

MATTHYSSE WANTS TO FIGHT PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013

Argentina’s Lucas Matthysse who blasted IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson in three rounds at the Boardwalk in Atlantic City last Saturday is honored that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Scha  Read Full Story >>>

This Machine is no Myth
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013

If we learned one thing this past weekend, it’s this: men might be affected by jetlag but wrecking machines certainly aren’t. And though he got in late this past week prior to his  Read Full Story >>>

'New Pacquiao' Matthysse wants to fight real Pacquiao
ESPN.com, Mon, 20 May 2013
Lucas Matthysse was hailed as the "new Manny Pacquiao" after his demolition of Lamont Peterson on Saturday night, but the Argentinian insists he would rather fight Pacquaio than be compared to him. Matthysse, nicknamed "the Machine", tore through Peterson inside three rounds at Boardwalk Hall,   Read Full Story >>>

Q&A Mosley: 'I'm not washed up'
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Mon, 20 May 2013
RingTV.com caught up to three-division titleholder Shane Mosley, of Pomona, Calif., who was on a beach in Cancun, Mexico, on Sunday, basking in the afterglow of the previous evening's unanimous decision victory over Mexico's Pablo Cesar Cano. Mosley (47-8-1, 39 knockouts) outpointed Cano (26-3-1  Read Full Story >>>

Angel Heredia doubts he will be able to work with Saul Alvarez but feels the Mexican star needs help
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Mon, 20 May 2013
According to a report from Ben Thompson of FightHype.com this past week, WBC junior middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is considering the addition of a new strength and conditioning coach to his team ahead of his September return to the ring. Alvarez is coming off of his biggest win as a  Read Full Story >>>

Golden Boy intent on making Matthysse vs. Garcia for September in DC
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013

Lucas Matthysse. Atlantic City – Danny Garcia was at ringside last Saturday night when Lucas Matthysse demolished IBF 140 pound champ Lamont Peterson at the Boardwalk Hall Arena. The Showtime network cameras zoomed on  Read Full Story >>>

PAGARA READY FOR WHATEVER HERRERA BRINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013

WBO International light welterweight champion Jason Pagara is ready for whatever his touted opponent, Mexico’s devastating puncher Aaron Herrera brings, when they clash at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu in the ALA  Read Full Story >>>

Sadorra, Gomez, Emperado remain on top in Pacquiao Asian chess
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013

Individual Standings after Round 2: (Open division) 2.0 points---GM Julio Catalino Sadorra (PHI), Emmanuel Emperado (PHI), GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son (VIET), GM Le Quang Liem (VIET), GM Mohammed Al-Sayed   Read Full Story >>>

Greg Cohen Promotions Signs Arash Usmanee
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 20 May 2013
Greg Cohen Promotions is proud to announce the signing of Afghani-Canadian super featherweight contender Arash Usmanee (20-1, 10 KOs) to a promotional contract. 31-year-old Usmanee, rated #14 by the IBF, has already won the NABA and WBC Continental Americas Championships as a professional. As an   Read Full Story >>>

The Machinery of enthusiasm
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 20 May 2013
“Yes, right,” said Argentine Lucas Matthysse in Spanish, Saturday, when asked if he next wished to fight junior welterweight champion Danny Garcia. “For that reason, I am thankful to Golden Boy and Al Haymon. They are going to get me that fight, and I know that it is going to be like that.” Hear   Read Full Story >>>

Matthysse: I Would Go To 147 For Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Bill Emes, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 20 May 2013
Junior welterweight destroyer Lucas Matthysse (34-2, 32KOs) is very focused on his run at 140-pounds. Golden Boy Promotions is trying to match him in a mandatory fight against WBC/WBA champion Danny Garcia on September 7th. In the past the idea of an Argentine super-fight has been discussed with  Read Full Story >>>