DAPUDONG TO DEFEND WORLD TITLE AUG. 31
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

South African boxing, apparently stung by Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong's sensational first round knockout win over Zulu fighter Gideon Buthelezi last Saturday, has asked the new Filipino champion to defend his IBO Jr. Bantamweight T  Read Full Story >>>

BRADLEY AND MARQUEZ PHOTO SHOOT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

June 19, 2013,Los Angeles, Ca. -- (L-R) Undefeated WBO World Welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and four-division champion Juan Manuel Marquez pose during the commercial shoot for their upcoming Oct 12 wor  Read Full Story >>>

NBA Finals -- Spurs squander Game 6, Heat force a Game 7
By Rodene Ivan B. Cortes, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

NEW YORK -- Trailing 94-89 with 28.2 seconds to go, their title defense on the line, the Miami Heat pulled victory from the jaws of defeat Tuesday night and stunned the San Antonio Spurs with a 103-100 overtime victory in Game 6   Read Full Story >>>

Boxrec.com vs. New Jersey Commission!
By Keith Terceira, 8countnews, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
While scanning through Facebook the other day I ran across a posting from a friend that caught my interest and needed further follow-up. It is an industry standard in the boxing business when looking for information on a fighter's record, or his competition in a certain weight division to use Box  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi vs. Broner Sizzle Video & Tuesday's Media Workout Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

PAULIE MALIGNAGGI & ADRIEN BRONER, JOHNATHON BANKS & SETH MITCHELL, SAKIO BIKA & MARCO ANTONIO PERIBAN, JULIAN WILLIAMS, MARCUS BROWNE & MORE: QUOTES FROM TUESDAY'S MEDIA WORKOUT AT FAMED GLEASON'S GYM IN BROOKLYN, N.Y.  Read Full Story >>>

Lewkowicz and Best Box Announce 'Las Vegas in Panama II', August 10 in Panama City
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Three World Championship Fights Featuring 'Chemito' Moreno in his Eleventh Championship Defense Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing and Carlos Gonzalez of Best Boxing will return to the beautiful Megapolis Convention Center in the Hard Rock Hotel in Panama City, Panama, on Saturday, August 10,   Read Full Story >>>

WSB announces Season IV Live Draw
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 June 2013 - The World Series of Boxing (WSB) today announced that it will be holding its Season IV Live Draw in Lausanne on July 2nd 2013 at 15:00, local time. The draw is an important part of the WSB season with teams finding out who they will be facing in the group ph  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi dismisses 15-to-1 odds, Broner's resume
By Tim Smith, RingTV.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
It is not often that a world champion fighting before his hometown crowd is installed as a 15-to-1 underdog. But that is where Paulie Malignaggi finds himself as he defends his WBA welterweight title against Adrien Broner this Saturday night on Showtime. Perhaps the old Paulie Malignaggi would b  Read Full Story >>>

Carl Froch: “I will happily fight Andre Ward again, but if he thinks I’ve got to fly to America he’ll be sadly mistaken”
OTR Boxing Radio, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
(transcribed by Lunny) It’s been 3 weeks since Carl Froch retained his IBF super middleweight title in a rematch with Mikkel Kessler. The fight was separated 3 years from the first and the result showed that “The Cobra” at age 35 is at the top of his game and is showing no signs of slowing down. In   Read Full Story >>>

Canelo's Brother Says Floyd Mayweather Displayed Fear
By Luis Camarillo, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
On Tuesday in Los Angeles, the first face to face took place between Floyd Mayweather Jr. (44-0, 26KOs) and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs), as the two fighters were shooting promos for their upcoming fight on September 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The match takes place at a catch-weigh  Read Full Story >>>

AIBA RESPONDS TO CRITICISM OF PLAN TO ALLOW PRO BOXERS TO COMPETE IN OLYMPICS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

Dr Ching-Kuo Wu. The International Amateur Boxing Association and the International Olympic Committee have both responded to widespread criticism of the plan of AIBA president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu and executive director   Read Full Story >>>

TOMORROW! Bradley vs. Márquez LA News Conf Luncheon - 11:30 A.M. PT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
TIMOTHY BRADLEY, JR. vs. JUAN MANUEL MÁRQUEZ LOS ANGELES NEWS CONFERENCE LUNCHEON Tomorrow! Thursday, June 20 at 11:30 A.M. PT The Beverly Hill Hotel - Crystal Ballroom Beverly Hills, Calif. (June 19, 2013) -- Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Champion TIMOTHY BRADLEY   Read Full Story >>>

Daud Yordan to Main Event Thunderdome II
By Brett Bonetti, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Metro City in Perth, Australia will once again erupt when Dragon Fire Promotions presents Thunderdome II on Saturday July 6. Former IBO World Featherweight Champion Daud “Cino” Yordan (30-3, 23 KO’s) is set to return to the ring after losing his title to Simpiwe Vetyeka (25-2 15 KO’s) in Indonesi  Read Full Story >>>

Reyes contemplates Gilas-Pilipinas final line-up
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Jun 2013

MANILA (PNA) -- The final composition of the Philippine basketball team to the coming 27th FIBA-Asia championship the country is hosting Aug. 1-11 will come from the 17-man national pool that underwent a two-week training in L  Read Full Story >>>

Arum: Pacquiao’s US return is about numbers, Manila fight is also possible
By Phil D. Jay, WBN, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Promoter Bob Arum has refused to rule out a potential return to the United States for China-bound welterweight star Manny Pacquiao following previous reports that the Congressman would never fight there again. Arum, speaking with Radio Rahim TV at the recent announcement for the signing of Japane  Read Full Story >>>

Golovkin Aims High and Low: Would Fight Ward at 168 and Canelo at 154
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
Getting fights with credible opponents is a daunting task for top middleweight Gennady Golovkin. After dismantling Gabriel Rosado earlier this year and drilling Nobuhiro Ishida in a knock out of the year type punch, he finally has what the boxing world sees as a legit middleweight test in Matthew Ma  Read Full Story >>>

Enigmatic, Polarizing Broner Should Stop Malignaggi
By Blake Hochberger , The Sweet Science, Thu, 20 Jun 2013
I don’t like Adrien Broner, the person. I have no quarrel with brash, loud-mouthed, uber-confident guys who can back it up in the ring (see: I have no ill will towards Floyd Mayweather, Jr.). However, everything about Broner is annoying. His “hair brushing” gimmick? His ill-timed, poorly-delivered j  Read Full Story >>>

SMART ARANETA PULLS OUT OF CASIMERO TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

After some two months of back-and-forth negotiations with prospects for IBF light flyweight champion Johnreil Casimero’s title defense in the Philippines looking good, the Manila Standard has been informed that Araneta   Read Full Story >>>

World class line-up for APB exhibition bouts in Rio
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Lausanne, Switzerland, 19 June 2013. The International Boxing Association (AIBA) is delighted to announce its world class line-up for AIBA Pro Boxing's (APB) exhibition bouts to take place in Ginásio do Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, on August 10. The Brazilian 2016 Olympic Games host city is promised  Read Full Story >>>

Irish Champ Lee Murtagh Ready For Capital Debut On July 5th
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

Irish Light Middleweight Champion Lee Murtagh is the latest addition to the Dave Murphy, in association with Acourtier Events, promoted ‘Independence Day’ extravaganza at York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday 5th July. On his mo  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao – How Manny More Fights?
By Daniel McAleer, WhatCulture.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Manny Pacquiao is no doubt a lock for the boxing hall of fame; he quite rightly will go down as one of the greatest pound for pound fighters of all time. Many of us will remember the nights where he pummelled Oscar De La Hoya for 8 punishing rounds and sending the all-time great American in to retir  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather and Pacquiao Have Truly Blown It
By Rich Thomas, ProBoxing-fans.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Noticed much fan interest lately in the sport's two most bankable stars, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, duking it out? Neither have I. After Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez last year, there was some speculation that now that Pacquiao looked beatable that Mayweather might come d  Read Full Story >>>

Back to Business for Banks
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
The first time Johnathon Banks faced Seth Mitchell back in November, there was quite a bit going on in his life. With the sudden passing of legendary trainer Emanuel Steward in October, he was thrust into the position of taking the reins as lead trainer for Wladimir Klitschko, who just happened to f  Read Full Story >>>

Ring Ratings Update: Garcia gets to keep RING featherweight title
By Chuck Giampa, RingTV.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
A busy weekend of boxing did not bring about any significant changes in THE RING’s divisional ratings but there were many fights worth mentioning. At heavyweight, Bryant Jennings had a little trouble but finally got the job done by stopping Andrey Fedosov in the sixth round. Polish standout   Read Full Story >>>

HOW HE DID IT: Mikey Garcia Is a MASTER of the Basics
By Lee Wylie , The Sweet Science, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

Mikey Garcia somewhat redeemed himself for failing to make the featherweight limit by demolishing Juan Manuel Lopez inside four ro  Read Full Story >>>

California grants ALA Promotions fight license
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
ALA Promotions has taken a huge step in its bid to promote fights abroad. ALA Promotions CEO Michael Aldeguer said yesterday that they were recently granted a license to promote boxing fights in California, USA. With this, Aldeguer’s vision of holding international fight cards such as what T  Read Full Story >>>

Banal: I’m still far from retirement
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
While critics say that AJ “Bazooka” Banal has nothing left in his tank following his painful defeat last October, many still believe that the 22-year-old boxer can bounce back and reestablish his once promising career. Banal suffered a painful ninth-round technical knockout against Thai Pungluan  Read Full Story >>>

Broner: I don't want to beat Mayweather
By Michael Woods, ESPN.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Adrien Broner admits that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is his role model. He regularly calls Mayweather "big bro," asks the pound-for-pound ace for advice and is exceedingly humble (for him) in admitting that Mayweather is boxing's top dog (for now anyway). But Broner has also told the world that he see  Read Full Story >>>

THE BOXING HERO COMES HOME
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

The quiet town of M'lang located in the periphery of the biggest marshland in Southeast Asia, the Liguasan Marsh, welcomes home its first world boxing champion today, Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong in a grand ce  Read Full Story >>>

Why The Heck Is Floyd Mayweather Boxing's Biggest Star?
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

It was recently announced by Forbes Magazine that Floyd Mayweather is the highest-paid athlete in the world. It was estimated that he's grossed over 90 million d  Read Full Story >>>

UNDEFEATED 'IRISH' SEANIE MONAGHAN TO FIGHT ON BRADLEY-MARQUEZ UNDERCARD
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

June 18, 2013, New York, NY --- Hall of Fame Top Rank promoter Bob Arum (L) announced today that undefeated Light Heavyweight contender "Irish" Seanie Monaghan (R) (18-0, 11 KOs), of Long Beach, NY will fight on the upco  Read Full Story >>>