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 >>>

Indonesian invasion - Blader and Comarro arrive for big night on the downs
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

A smiling and quietly confident Eddy Comarro touched down with his team ahead of his bout and the ring return of Michael Katsidis ‘The Great’. Comarro made it very clear to all that he wants to go home to Indonesia a superstar  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao Next Opponent: Timothy Bradley's Strengths And Weaknesses
By Anthony Riccobono, International Business Times, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
In his first fight since losing two straight bouts, Manny Pacquiao easily defeated Brandon Rios. On April 12, he’ll face much tougher competition when he steps in the ring with Timothy Bradley. Though it was a controversial decision, Pacquiao has already lost to Bradley. Two years later, the WBO   Read Full Story >>>

After Mayweather ignored his own poll to fight another hand-picked opponent in Maidana, Khan needs a big win in America...
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Floyd Mayweather has confirmed how wise Amir Khan is not to fall for the bait of appearing on the great man’s undercard after being dumped from the big fight itself. At his first media conference since announcing Marcos Maidana as his opponent in Las Vegas on May 3, the world’s pound-for-pound ki  Read Full Story >>>

Garcia-Herrera Preview
By Daniel Attias, Boxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Danny “Swift” Garcia came of age last year. His win over the power-punching Argentine Lucas Matthysse in September was enough to silence the critics. The pre-fight talk was pure vitriol from many fans toward the young Garcia. He was scared of Matthysse’s power, they said, he hadn’t faced a prime opp  Read Full Story >>>

THE HARD GRIND FOR PACQUIAO BEGINS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

After two weeks of training at his Pacman Wild Card Gym in his hometown of General Santos City, “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao begins the hard grind at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, today (Monday   Read Full Story >>>

ONE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP™ RETURNS TO MANILA, PHILIPPINES, ON 2 MAY FOR ONE FC: RISE OF HEROES
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
ONE FC BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION BIBIANO FERNANDES SET TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST JAPANESE SENSATION MASAKATSU UEDA ALSO: AUSTRALIAN SLUGGER ROB LISITA CLASHES WITH FORMER LEGEND FC BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION YUSUKE KAWANAGO PLUS: RISING STAR GIANNI SUBBA TAKES ON LOCAL FAVORITE EUGENE TOQUERO   Read Full Story >>>

PACMAN LOOKING FOR REVENGE VS BRADLEY
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Does anyone really believe that Timothy Bradley actually beat Manny Pacquiao? I guess there's a few people out there that may think so, but anyone that knows anything about boxing knows that it should have been Pacquiao that got the victory in the first fight. My question today is, just how mad w  Read Full Story >>>

GAB TO HOLD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING ON CASE OF LASSITER AND SLAUGHTER’S PULL-OUT FROM WORLD CUP POOL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014

Guanzon. Games and Amusements Board chairman Ramon Guanzon is calling a meeting of the GAB board at 4:00 p.m. today (Tuesday) to take up the case of Marcio Lassiter and Greg Slaughter pulling out of the Gilas Pilipinas   Read Full Story >>>

TV5 TO TELECAST SEVEN PBA GAMES A WEEK ‘LIVE’
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
TV 5 will telecast seven PBA games a week “live” in response to a clamor from the fans as well as the PBA board of governors. Following a meeting with PBA Commissioner Chito Salud, the head of TV5 Sports, Chot Reyes informed the Manila Standard that in addition to the “live” telecast of the main   Read Full Story >>>

Yardnoise's Chad Hugo, 'Face Your Destiny (Manny's Theme)': Exclusive Video Premiere
By Phil Gallo, Billboard, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Chad Hugo has followed his partner Pharrell Williams into the film music ring, composing half a dozen themes for the Manny Pacquiao documentary, "Manny." One of the film's directors, Ryan Moore, has used footage from the film to create a music video for the track "Face Your Destiny (Manny's Theme  Read Full Story >>>

Praising Tony Weeks
By Ted Sares, Boxing.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
We are fast to criticize—and rightly so—Laurence Cole for his abysmal performance in the Lomachenko-Salido affair, and we do not hesitate to go after those involved in the Magomed tragedy, but what about when a referee does the right thing? In the Canelo slaughter of Alfredo Angulo, Tony Weeks to  Read Full Story >>>

Saul Canelo Alvarez: 'Dogs' Angulo; Seeks Bite At Title
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Tue, 11 Mar 2014
Every dog has its day, but for Alfredo Angulo, he may have had his last one a few nights ago. In being effectively maimed by a resurgent Saul "Canelo" Alvarez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this past Saturday, someone may have to put a leash on his fight career, even as Canelo's appeared to have b  Read Full Story >>>