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ESCALANTE TO DEFEND IBA TITLE AGAINST VICTOR RUIZ ON APRIL 5
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014

Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno Escalante(12-1-1, 6 KOs), will defend his title against Victor Ruiz (12-2, 9 KOs) on April 5 in the main event of a Don Chargin Productions and Paco Presents fight card at the Cache Creek   Read Full Story >>>

GAB chair bucks stripping of PBA player’s license
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairman Juan Ramon “Monju” Guanzon yesterday opined he does not favor the cancellation of licenses of professional basketball cagers who refused to render service for the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Spain this August. Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, head of the House   Read Full Story >>>

ESPN Thursday Night Fights at 'The World's Most Beautiful Race Course'
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Warriors Boxing Presents 'Noche de Combates' At Hialeah Park on Thursday May 1, Live International Television Broadcast on ESPN. Historic Hialeah Park, "the world's most beautiful race course," will enter into a new and exciting era of sports entertainment when Warriors Boxing presents "Noche de  Read Full Story >>>

Martinez Calls Cotto a “Ballerina” as the Two Head Into Garden Showdown
By Tim Smith, Wall Street Journal, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
If New York is like a second home to Miguel Cotto, a three-time world champion from Caguas, Puerto Rico, then Madison Square Garden is like his living room and the boxing ring there has become like a well-worn, comfortable couch. Of the 10 times Cotto (38-4-0) has fought in New York (including on  Read Full Story >>>

Feisty Martinez rips Cotto on tour
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and three-division titleholder Miguel Cotto are two days and two cities into the media tour to promote their June 7 (HBO PPV) showdown at Madison Square Garden in New York and the heat is building. They kicked things off in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Monday a  Read Full Story >>>

The NYC Press Event: Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto Get In A Bitch Fight
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Only in New York City can a fight of this magnitude exist and still get lost in a sea of lights. Its not everyday that a 3-time world champion from Puerto Rico gets to vie for the WBC middleweight championship of the world, against a come-backing and proud physical marvel. While negotiating wi  Read Full Story >>>

MSG set to sizzle for Martinez-Cotto
By Michael Woods, ESPN.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Among the three most high-profile bouts set for the next few months, the Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto scrap set for June 7 at Madison Square Garden is perhaps getting the most amount of respect from fight fans. On April 26, Manny Pacquiao will show the world if Timothy Bradley has supplanted him  Read Full Story >>>

Is Beibut Shumenov another puppet in the Bernard Hopkins show?
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Their 175-pound unification bout is not until April 19, but IBF beltholder Bernard Hopkins already claims to have begun to control WBA counterpart Beibut Shumenov as if having placed him under a spell. Speaking to a cluster of reporters during Tuesday's press conference at th  Read Full Story >>>

Why Bradley is gun-shy
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Unbeaten WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley recently said he hopes to dance his way through five more fights before hanging up his gloves without taking any chances in the ring. That means Bradley will avoid engaging an opponent or battling toe-to-toe because he’s risk-averse. How the approac  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley 2: Leave no doubt this time
By Chris Murray, Fight Saga, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Travesty, farce, scandal, disgrace and crime were just some of the words associated with the first Manny Pacquiao (55-5-2 38 KO) vs Tim Bradley (31-0 12KO) bout on June 9, 2012. For all the wrong reasons, boxing was under the spotlight again. Even though a case can be made Tim Bradley mad  Read Full Story >>>

Miguel Cotto, Sergio Martinez trade verbal jabs ahead of title fight at Madison Square Garden
By Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
It was a bit unusual to hear boxers bickering over pleasantries and minor slights when fighters are used to rougher conditions in the ring. But when Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez crossed paths in Mexico during a chance meeting at a television studio several years ago, it left a bad impression  Read Full Story >>>

Promotional squabbles aired at Sergio Martinez-Miguel Cotto presser
By Tim Smith, RingTV.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
NEW YORK – Respect, or the lack thereof, seems to be the running theme between RING and WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto leading up to their match at Madison Square Garden on June 7. It seems it was the primary hangup that dragged out negotiations for what will be one   Read Full Story >>>

Martinez-Cotto NYC Presser Report, Part 1: Arum Thunders Next To Mella DiBella
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
They are two certified characters in a sport, and a world, which is losing them, because conformity is rewarded, and dissent discouraged all the more in an economic context dominated ever more so by fewer and fewer large entities. Lou DiBella and Bob Arum, two Brooklyn-born dealmakers, sipped cof  Read Full Story >>>

Cotto, Martinez on a quest for history
By Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
When middleweight champ Sergio Martinez and Miguel Cotto step into the ring on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, each man will look to enhance their legacy with another signature win. For Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs), he will attempt to become the first Puerto Rican to win a world title i  Read Full Story >>>

Sergio Martinez: Miguel Cotto ‘will be sleeping before the ninth’
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
As Sergio Martinez stared, face-to-face, into the eyes of Miguel Cotto on Monday at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico, he saw a smaller, yet fearless man. Even so, he predicted that Cotto "will be sleeping before the ninth round" when they meet on June 7 at New York's Madison Square Garden. "Seeing hi  Read Full Story >>>

Danny Garcia: Puerto Rico's Lone Champion Goes Home
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014
Danny Garcia takes exception at the idea that Puerto Rico is - for the first time in a long time - without a boxing champion to call its own. “I don’t think it’s fair that you can say I’m not a Puerto Rican fighter because I wasn’t born in Puerto Rico, when my blood is Puerto Rican. So I had to   Read Full Story >>>

PHOTOS: COTTO- MARTINEZ NYC PRESSCON
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Mar 2014

March 11, 2014, New York, NY --- (L-R) Three-time world champion Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico and WBC world Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez from Argentina pose during a press conference in New York City during t  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO HIT BY JET LAG, SKIPS WILD CARD WORKOUT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

“Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao was supposed to start his up-tempo grind for his much-awaited rematch against WBO welterweight champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on April   Read Full Story >>>

Bradley warns Pacquiao's tactics won't work this time
By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN News, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
INDIO, California – In just five weeks, the highly anticipated rematch between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and unbeaten American Timothy Bradley will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. It is one of the most anticipated boxing matches of the year, as boxing analysts sug  Read Full Story >>>

Bruno Escalante to defend IBA Super Flyweight Title against Victor Ruiz April 5 at Cache Creek Casino
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

REDWOOD CITY, CA (March 11, 2014) - IBA Super Flyweight Champion, Bruno Escalante (12-1-1, 6 KOs), will defend his title against Victor Ruiz (12-2, 9 KOs) Saturday April 5, 2014, at the Cache Creek Casino Resort in Brooks, Cal  Read Full Story >>>

The Great White studies ahead of upcoming bout
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

Current WBC Featherweight youth World Champion, ‘The Great White’ Brayd Smith, attended University today ahead of his toughest challenge yet on Friday night. The 4th year law student who is set to take on well experienced Ar  Read Full Story >>>

NBA - Knicks show no brotherly love for Sixers
By Raman Sharma, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks (25-40) continued their climb up the Eastern Conference standings Monday night at Madison Square Garden against the Philadelphia 76ers (15-48). A 123-110 victory put the Knicks in sole  Read Full Story >>>

NBA LEAGUE PASS RACE TO PLAYOFFS PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE—LIMITED-TIME OFFER
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
A brand new NBA LEAGUE PASS offer is now available at a low price – save big with the NBA LEAGUE PASS Race to the Playoffs package. Watch every regular season game as the matchups for the 2014 NBA Playoffs are determined – anywhere, anytime, both live and on demand. Please note that the NBA LEAG  Read Full Story >>>

Quijano: Manny’s legacy not defined by highlight reel KOs
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
PROMOTER Bob Arum was recently in the news expressing his opinion on why Manny Pacquiao has lost his knockout power when he reached his mid 30s. Bellicose Bob opined that Manny was never really a knockout puncher just because of the Ricky Hatton fight and those who insist otherwise, are missing the   Read Full Story >>>

Farenas to take on former Pacquiao foe on March 21
GMANews.tv, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
After his supposed opponent suddenly pulled out of the fight Michael Farenas (37-4-4, 29 knockouts) will have to alter his gameplan quickly as he now takes on Hector Velazquez (56-20-3, 38 KOs), a former opponent of eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. Farenas was originally scheduled to  Read Full Story >>>

Weeks’ Stoppage Was the Right Call
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
The boos cascaded from the rafters of the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena - as did the beer (or at least we all hope that was just Corona) - as referee Tony Weeks suddenly waved off the bout between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo after a uppercut sent Angulo’s head snapping back at the beg  Read Full Story >>>

Clottey to face Mundine in Australia
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Former welterweight titleholder Joshua Clottey has been chronically inactive, popping up only occasionally in the ring in recent years. In fact, since his non-effort in a near-shutout decision loss to Manny Pacquiao in a welterweight title fight at Cowboys Stadium in March 2010, Clottey has fough  Read Full Story >>>

Corn Griffin: Gentle Giant
By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
I don’t know if Corn Griffin carried a gun in his capacity as police officer. I assume he did. But not a club. He didn’t have to—not with those fists… Barney Fife: In a jailhouse, down in Dixie, fightin’ crime and riskin’ life, Dwelled a sheriff and his buddy, pistol-packin’ Barney Fife. Oh my   Read Full Story >>>

Roman Martinez is Bulking Up For Beltran Showdown
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Former champion Roman "Rocky" Martinez (27-2-2, 16KOs) is putting on more size and muscle for the fight with Raymundo Beltran, for the vacant NABO lightweight title, as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley undercard on April 12th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. It will be Martinez's first f  Read Full Story >>>

Lydell Rhodes: “Manny is a great champion and I look for him to do really well in the fight because he’s doing really great in sparring.”
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
I recently has a chance to speak with undefeated prospect Lydell Rhodes during the 210th edition of “On The Ropes” Boxing Radio. Rhodes (19-0 9 KOs) was selected as part of Manny Pacquiao’s sparring partners and has helped the former 8 division champion prepare for his upcoming April 12th rematch wi  Read Full Story >>>

BASADRE AND ALCOS BATTLE FOR WBF BELT IN GENSAN
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

Basadre. Daryl "Flash" Basadre (10W-1L-1D,7KO's) of General Santos City will face veteran Julius Alcos (24W-13L, 4KO's) of Cebu City in the main event of a fight card set at the Lagao Gymnasium in General Santos City on Mar  Read Full Story >>>