Meet the World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation announcing team for its Inaugural PPV card "Rise of the Titans"
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
HOF ring announcer Jimmy Lennon, Jr. Joins World Bare Knuckle Fighting Federation's All-star announcing team Bas Rutten, Kenny Rice & Jessica Penne for "Rise of the Titans" Nov. 9 on Worldwide PPV Live from Casper, Wyoming TICKETS ON SALE CHICAGO (October 17, 2018) - World Bare Knuckle Fighti  Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- 2018-19 season opens with a bang. Celtics, Warriors flex muscles
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Oct 2018

CHICAGO -- Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, both returning from injuries, had a jittery start to the 2018-19 campaign but the Boston Celtic used the might of their defense and the depth of their bench the beat the Philadelphia  Read Full Story >>>

NBA Preview: Depleted Spurs Test Shaky Timberwolves Core
By Reylan Loberternos, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
Boracay Island, Philippines – The Spurs will not only open the season for the first time without any of the legendary big three of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili on the roster, but will also be without three young guards Dejounte Murray, Lonnie Walker IV, and Derrick White due to injurie  Read Full Story >>>

Eddie Hearn Makes Big Claim About Showtime’s Future In Boxing
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
Streaming service DAZN have pulled out all the stops today with the signing of Canelo Alvarez and other fights from promoter Golden Boy Promotions. Inside their first month the DAZN platform has signed the two biggest stars in world boxing in the form of Canelo Alvarez and Anthony Joshua. That  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao trainer Buboy Fernandez to run for vice mayor in Albay town
ABS-CBN News, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
Restituto "Buboy" Fernandez Jr. on Wednesday filed his candidacy for vice mayor in Polangui town, Albay, for next year's midterm elections. Fernandez, an incumbent councilor in Polangui, is known as the best friend and longtime trainer of Senator Manny Pacquiao. Fernandez will be running along  Read Full Story >>>

Report: Al Haymon Signs Guillermo Rigondeaux
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
It appears Al Haymon is continuing to sign fighters once again to his management company and Premier Boxing Champions stable in response to all the competition coming about from the likes of DAZN and ESPN doing huge numbers and throwing insane money around to sign big fighters. Haymon doesn’t wan  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao announces he'll fight Adrien Broner in January
By Gerry Ramos, Spin.ph, Thu, 18 Oct 2018
MANNY Pacquiao finally announced he'll face former world champion Adrien Broner next in a fight which hopefully will lead to a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. The 39-year-old Filipino boxing icon said the match with Broner could be held either on Jan. 12 or 19, likely in Las Vegas. Pacquiao   Read Full Story >>>

CANELO ALVAREZ & GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS SIGN HISTORIC FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL SPORTS STREAMING LEADER DAZN
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 18 Oct 2018

DAZN Will Stream Next 11 Canelo Fights & Up to 10 Golden Boy Cards Per Year Deal Begins Dec. 15 with Canelo vs. Rocky Fielding at Madison Square Garden NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2018 – Canelo Alvarez (50-1-2, 34 KOs) – the undis  Read Full Story >>>

Filipino Abdulhamid Set to Rumble Aussie Camilleri for WBC Asian 147 Belt in Australia
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Gensan 147-pounder Adam Diu Abdulhamid is set to embark in one of the most important fights of his boxing career as he battles Autralian Joel Camilleri for the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council title, a rumble set for  Read Full Story >>>

Can this be the Rockets’ season, finally?
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
The last time the Houston Rockets lost to the Golden State Warriors in the Conference Finals, they suffered a two-year hangover. That shouldn’t happen this season. It can’t, happen. Chris Paul will soon break the 35,000-minut  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez Set To Be World’s Highest-Paid Athlete After Blockbuster $365 Million Contract
By Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez scored one of the biggest paydays in the history of sports in the wee hours Wednesday morning when he signed a deal with sports streaming service DAZN for 11 fights over the next five years. The deal is worth a minimum of $365 million, an average of $33 million per fight,  Read Full Story >>>

Scott Harrison Signs to Lee McAllister's Promotional Outfit - Former WBO Champ Back in Action Dec 8th
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Scottish Promoter and current WBU/WBF World Champion Lee McAllister today announced that former two-time WBO World Champion Scott Harrison has signed to his rapidly growing Assassin Boxing Promo  Read Full Story >>>

A Spectrum of Bad Behavior in Boxing
By Ted Sares, Boxing Insider, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
When the #MeToo movement got started, Actor Matt Damion was criticized for suggesting that there was a “spectrum of behavior” and that zero tolerance should not be applied across the board. He later apologized for his remarks, but then some criticized him for apologizing. He would have been better o  Read Full Story >>>

Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson Get Into Twitter Beef – Claressa Shields Intervenes
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
One of the leading prospects in US boxing and one of America’s most talented fighters have exchanged some heated words in a new beef that appears to have formed. Davis is a bit further along in his career to date having already become a world champion only to lose it on the scales. He’s still   Read Full Story >>>

Anthony Joshua has helped put his sport on the front pages so does boxing really need the Wilder fight?
British Boxing News, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Joshua has helped put boxing on the front pages Boxing in the UK is in its healthiest state for more than a decade, perhaps for ever. Stadium fights were something that either just never happened or were events that came around once in a generation. Now there are half a dozen a year, and for stad  Read Full Story >>>

Saul Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy sign with DAZN streaming service in ‘richest contract in sports history’
By Sam Morgan , The Sun, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
SAUL "CANELO" ALVAREZ and Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy promotions have signed with the DAZN streaming service in what is rumoured to be the "richest contract in sports history". Terms have not been disclosed but reports claim the money-spinning deal is said to be worth around £277million for ten  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez signs 5-year, 11-fight deal worth minimum $365 million with DAZN
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
As the old saying goes, as one door closes, another one opens. Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions stable of fighters, including Canelo Alvarez, the unified middleweight world champion and boxing's biggest superstar, have long been stalwarts of HBO. But with the premium cable network's recen  Read Full Story >>>

Rubilen Amit to grace 7th annual J&P 10-Ball Cup Championships
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
A wide open race looms when the 7th annual J&P 10-Ball Cup Championships gets underway on October 19, 2018 at the Superbowl Makati Cinema Square in Makati City. Top executive cue artist from Metro Manila and the nearby provinces will converge for the country's longest-runnning executive billiards  Read Full Story >>>

NBA ROSTERS FEATURE 108 INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS FROM 42 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
– Fifth Consecutive Year League Has at Least 100 International Players and All 30 Teams Feature at Least One International Player – – Canada is Most-Represented Country for Fifth Consecutive Year; Dallas Mavericks Lead League with Seven International Players – NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2018 – The Nat  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 16 October 2018 - Part I
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Highlights: -Terrence Crawford halts Jose Benavidez in the last round in WBO title defence -Zolani Tete outpoints Mikhail Aloyan in defence of his WBO title and moves into the semi-final of the WBSS Tournament   Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 16 October 2018 - Part II
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
October 11 Orleans, France: Light Heavy: Mathieu Bauderlique (15-1) W PTS 10 Yann Binagang (10-3-1). Middle: Diego Natchoo (16-1-4,1ND) W TKO 7 Michel Mothmora (29-27-2). Middle: Christian Mbilli (12-0) W KO 2 Luis Fernando Pina (20-2). Bauderlique vs. Binagang French champ  Read Full Story >>>

November 3: Marriaga and Conceicao Headline Berchelt-Roman Undercard in El Paso
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Miguel Marriaga. EL PASO, Texas (Oct. 16, 2018) — Miguel “The Scorpion” Marriaga has had two previous cracks at world championship glory, falling short against Oscar Valdez and Vasiliy Lomachenko. The Colombian p  Read Full Story >>>

RAGING BABE RETURNS TO CASINO DEL SOL WITH GUERRA DE GALLOS: JENSEN RAMIREZ VS. TOMAS VALDEZ
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Alfonso Olvera Returns, Chris Gonzalez faces Judas Estrada Tucson, Arizona - October 16, 2018 - On the heels of her sold out July 17th event at the award-winning Casino Del Sol Resort & Casino, Michelle Rosado  Read Full Story >>>

In The Rage: Urs Pablo Ortmann
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

SAINT PETERSBURG, Russia (October 16, 2018) - Undefeated Swiss welterweight prospect Urs Pablo Ortmann (8-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) steps up in class November 2 to challenge Russian veteran Sergey Romanov (14-3-0, M-1: 5-2-0) atM  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov: Here's Why 'Money' Is A Massive Betting Favorite
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
If Floyd Mayweather is to return to the ring to face yet another UFC fighter in Khabib Nurmagomedov, he’ll do so as a heavy betting favorite. For now, anyway. Bovada on Tuesday released its initial offering for a potential Mayweather-Nurmagomedov boxing match, and Mayweather, as expected, is a hu  Read Full Story >>>

Wilder Manager To Hearn: After Fury Fight, We Can Talk Joshua
BoxingScene.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Shelly Finkel, the co-manager of WBC heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs), has no problem sitting down to discuss a potential fight with WBO, IBO, WBA, IBF champion Anthony Joshua (22-0, 21 KOs). But those discussions would have to take place after December 1 - when Wilder def  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS TRIVIA 9: BRONER OR BERTO FOR PACQUIAO TUNE-UP
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018

Senator and reigning WBA “regular” welterweight champ Manny Pacquiao has reportedly signed a deal with the influential Al Haymon and according to The Philippine Star, the boxer-turned-legislator will engage in a “tune-  Read Full Story >>>

Dmitry Bivol To Defend WBA Title Against Hard-Hitting Jean Pascal at the Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Saturday, November 24 Televised Live on HBO World Championship Boxing® (Atlantic City, NJ) - Dmitry Bivol will defend his WBA Light Heavyweight World Title against former Olympian and former WBC, IBO, and Ring Magazine champion Jean Pascal on Saturday, November 24, 2018 as boxing returns to Har  Read Full Story >>>

Heavyweight MMA Title Bout Headlines FFC 32 Oct. 19
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Shelton Graves takes on Tony Johnson for the FFC MMA Heavyweight Championship LAS VEGAS, NV, (Oct. 16, 2018) - Final Fight Championship follows up its historical Las Vegas debut (on Oct. 12th) with a Heavyweight MMA title fight on Oct. 19th. "FFC 32" will be an all-MMA fight card featuring some o  Read Full Story >>>

Sena Agbeko-Bryan Vera Headlines “Beatdown in the Boro” December 8
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
Nashville, TN (October 16, 2018) – Tri-Star Boxing Promotions will host Murfreesboro, TN’s first pro boxing card in more than a quarter century when they present “Beatdown in the Boro” Saturday, December 8 at The Mid-TN Expo Center. Doors open at 6 pm and tickets for “Beatdown in the Boro” will b  Read Full Story >>>

Tough battle expected in PECA Toril, Davao executive chessfest
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 17 Oct 2018
A wide-open battle for top honors is expected when the 2018 Alphaland National Executive Chess Championship gets underway on October 27, 2018 at the Jardin del Roca Resort in Toril, Davao City. The San Antonio, Texas based Ernesto Malazarte who hails from Tacloban City, looms as the player to be  Read Full Story >>>