Pacquiao- Hatton: Let’s get it on!
By Gerry Balasta, 8countnews, Wed, 07 Jan 2009
If you feel the energy, like I do. If you feel the boxing excitement in the air for 2009, then Pacquiao against Hatton, let’s kick it! Just split the 50 something million, give or take a couple of million to one fighter, possibly to BOXING’S FIGHTER OF THE YEAR and let’s go! I can tell, these two me  Read Full Story >>>

Basketball-boxing’s new grounds (sort of)
By Mike T. Limpag, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 07 Jan 2009
WHAT do you call a group, which replaced an old group and says that because it wants to “break new ground,” it will conduct old experiments? Or, again, as part of that “breaking new ground,” it will hold a stakeholders’ summit, where all the who’s who in the event will attend, but adds, “those who w  Read Full Story >>>

Hatton approves Vegas as fight site
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 07 Jan 2009
Ricky Hatton has finally given up his bid to bring his May 2 showdown with Manny Pacquiao to England, his home country. The pride of Manchester has finally agreed to fight the pride of the Philippines in the Sin City of Las Vegas. According to an LA Times article, the fight venue was the final  Read Full Story >>>

Cover Boy Manny Pacquiao Shows Editorial Fairness Of Boxing Bible, The Ring!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Boxing insiders have been griping for the past six months that only Oscar De La Hoya or fighters promoted by his Golden Boy Promotions can make the cover of Ring magazine. The Golden Boy is the owner of what use  Read Full Story >>>

De La Hoya-Chavez Jr. Update!
By Lee Bates, FightNews.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
Zanfer Promotions president Fernando Beltran spoke with Fightnews today and answered questions regarding a proposed Oscar De La Hoya vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight and the February 7 Jorge “Travieso” Arce vs Vic Darchinyan super flyweight world title fight. Beltran co-promotes both Chavez Jr. and A  Read Full Story >>>

Tomato Cans: January 6, 2009
Bad Left Hook, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
Here we are in 2009, and while I've been super busy of late, it's time to buckle in and get ready for what we all hope will be a great year for boxing. We'll get back into the round-by-round on Friday night with Yuriorkis Gamboa on ESPN2, and the premium networks return to action on January 17 with   Read Full Story >>>

AMONSOT CLEARED TO FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Czar Amonsot whose career was almost ended when a speck of blood was discovered outside his brain after a bloody brawl with Australia’s Michael Katsiidis at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas o  Read Full Story >>>

NEW ABAP LEADERSHIP GETS CRACKING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Ricky Vargas. The new leadership of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines headed by Ricky Vargas as president and Manny Pangilinan as chairman has got cracking in its efforts to disc  Read Full Story >>>

Undercard to Pacquiao-Hatton: HBO vs. Showtime
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Promoter Bob Arum said Monday it's no slam dunk to believe the May 2 Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton junior-middleweight fight will be televised on HBO pay-per-view. Arum, who contin  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao & the Light Welterweights: Ricky Hatton Still the Man on Top
By Geoff “The Professor” Poundes, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
With everyone jumping up and down the weights like demented kangaroos it’s becoming more and more difficult to analyze the protagonists in any one weight class at any given time – but it’s fair to say that the crop of fighters in reach of 10 stone is as exciting now as it has ever been. It may be en  Read Full Story >>>

Katsidis popular in Philippines
By Cameron Leslie, The Chronicle (AU), Tue, 06 Jan 2009
TOOWOOMBA boxer Michael Katsidis is looking to capitalise on his popularity in the Philippines when he fights there at the end of the month. Katsidis has fought a number of Filipino fighters in his 25-fight career, including a Las Vegas war against Czar Amonsot in 2007. That combined with his   Read Full Story >>>

Calzaghe, Margarito or Pacquiao? Who is the Fighter of the Year for 2008?
Liverpuncher.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
The Liverpuncher.com boxing community 2008 Year End awards are officially in! Using a mathematical system, find out which boxer was named LP’s BOXER OF THE YEAR! These 3 categories were used to determine this years winner. Click for More... 10 points Max for each category: Quality of Opp  Read Full Story >>>

A PUSH FOR AMATEUR BOXING
By Ed Picson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Jose “Cely” Villanueva, his son Anthony Villanueva, Roel Velasco, his brother Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco and Leopoldo Serrantes became instant celebrities when they won their respective medals in the Olympics. But before the  Read Full Story >>>

RAYITO GARCIA AND DONNIE NIETES, A GOOD MATCH UP
By Jonathan Davis, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Raul "Rayito" Garcia, the reigning IBF Mini Flyweight world champion from Mexico, who dethroned the Philippines' Florante "Little Pacquiao" Condes, fights a lot like WBO Minimum weight world champion Donnie Nietes of the world fa  Read Full Story >>>

Ricky Hatton "on board" with Pacquiao fight being in Vegas
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
The final stumbling block to a Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight on May 2 vanished today when Britain's Hatton agreed that the best site to stage the bout would be Las Vegas, not his home country. Hatton's promoter, Richard Schaefer, told The Times that he and Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, have   Read Full Story >>>

Outer Mongolia Will Land Pacquiao-Hatton Before Arab Nation Does!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 06 Jan 2009

Don King laughed his heartiest laugh when one day at his South Florida world headquarters someone asked him if he knew the difference between the white man (not Dana White, silly) fairy tale and the black man fairy t  Read Full Story >>>

Great start to 2009
Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
MICHAEL “The Great” Katsidis will fight Argentina’s Angel Hugo “El Tren” Martinez for the World Boxing Organization Asia-Pacific lightweight tile on Jan. 31 at the Cebu Coliseum. The fight card will feature seven bouts with four title matches headed by the Katsidis-Ramirez title fight. Three Pino  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather: Hatton can win
SkySports.com, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
Floyd Mayweather Snr is confident that Ricky Hatton can beat Manny Pacquiao and become boxing's pound-for-pound number one. Pacquiao recently defeated Oscar De La Hoya in resounding fashion, paving the way for a big-money showdown with 'The Hitman'. But having guided his charge to victory over  Read Full Story >>>

Morales puts money on Hatton
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
Once again, Mexican boxing hero Erik Morales is putting his name, his reputation or even his friendship with Manny Pacquiao on the line. After missing out on his prediction that Pacquiao will have no chance against Oscar dela Hoya, the pride of Tijuana is now saying that the Filipino megastar wil  Read Full Story >>>

Peñalosa is Donaire's consultant, not trainer
By Henry C. Villalva, Sun.Star Bacolod, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
NEGRENSE World Boxing Organization (WBO) reigning bantamweight champion Gerry Peñalosa of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental will not train International Boxing Federation (IBF)/International Boxing Organization (IBO) flyweight champion Nonito Donaire. Donaire decided to train in Baguio City and   Read Full Story >>>

Oscar comes up empty vs Manny
By Philip Ella Juico, The Philippine Star, Tue, 06 Jan 2009
A month after Manny Pacquiao’s demolition job of Oscar de la Hoya in Las Vegas on Dec. 6 last year, a number of questions about the physical condition of the Golden Boy remain unanswered. There is reason to believe that the questions are unanswered because they have become, so to speak, moot and aca  Read Full Story >>>

A USA LOOK AT 2008
By Tim Smith, Frank Warren TV News, Mon, 05 Jan 2009
Looking back at 2008 it was a busy year in boxing and there were quite a few surprises. I thought Bernard Hopkins was dead after he got so easily handled in a brilliant performance by Joe Calzaghe. But like those vampires in those old movies, Hopkins rose up from his coffin and took a bite out  Read Full Story >>>