PBA RATINGS HIGHER THAN ABS-CBN AND GMA 7
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
The television ratings of Game 3 of the Commissioner’s Cup Finals between the Alaska Aces and Ginebra San Miguel on ABC 5 which the Aces swept 3-0 was at some points even higher than the ratings of the two top networks ABS-CBN and GMA 7. As a fundamental principle that the bigger the crowds seen   Read Full Story >>>

ESPN Friday Night Fights Coming to West Orange, New Jersey
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Usmanee vs. Hovhannisyan and Ortiz vs. Kaufmann Top Stacked Night of World-Class Boxing at Richard J. Codey Arena at South Mountain On Friday, June 14, Vito Mielnicki of GH3 Promotions and Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions (CGP), in association with First Round Promotions, will proudly present   Read Full Story >>>

Azad Championship Report - Can the "Viking Warrior" Charm "The Cobra"?
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
A rematch of a fight as savage and closely contested as the April 24, 2010 fight between Denmark’s Mikkel “The Viking Warrior” Kessler, 46-2-0 (35), and Nottingham, U.K.’s Carl “The Cobra” Froch, 30-2 (22), begs many questions. Who will improve since the first fight? Who took more damage and how wel  Read Full Story >>>

Why Amir Khan is right to go in search of the Money
By Joe Gallagher, Manchester Evening News, Tue, 21 May 2013
Who can blame Amir Khan for trying to test himself against the very best? For some reason the former double world light-welterweight champion has been getting criticism in certain quarters for trying to pick a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. I can’t understand it. There are those who think   Read Full Story >>>

Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Q&A with Jeff Mayweather, De Vaca Debut is Official & Ring News
By Don Smith, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Jeff Mayweather. Boxingt Fans, Q & A Introduction: "Jazzy" Jeff Mayweather's boxing legacy is secure by virtue of winning the IBO super featherweight title from John Roby on April 21, 1994, a title which he de  Read Full Story >>>

Colin Lynes Wants Another Title Shot, But First Faces Beka Sutidze At York Hall On 1st June
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Back in May 2012 Colin Lynes lost his British Welterweight crown to Junior Witter, in an extremely close fought battle at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield. At the time many expected Colin to call time on his il  Read Full Story >>>

Weekend Afterthoughts On Lucas Matthysse's Invulnerability, Denis Lebedev's Face And More
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 21 May 2013
In the world of great reaction shots to someone getting knocked out as everyone else around them goes nuts, Marco Antonio Barrera witnessing Manny Pacquiao get KO'd > Danny Garcia witnessing Lamont Peterson get KO'd by Lucas Matthysse Saturday. Matthysse, who might face Garcia next for junior welter  Read Full Story >>>

Timothy Bradley concerned with legacy over money
By Leighton Ginn, MyDesert.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
CATHEDRAL CITY — WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley said fighting a boxer the caliber of Juan Manuel Marquez was more important to him than the money he passed on to fight Manny Pacquiao in a rematch in China. Bradley, the Cathedral City resident, spoke exclusively with The Desert Sun abou  Read Full Story >>>

Roach on Bradley-Marquez: Not Interesting, Who Cares
By Edward Chaykovsky, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Trainer Freddie Roach is not excited by the welterweight match between WBO champion Timothy Bradley (30-0, 12KOs) and former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40KOs). Both fighters defeated Roach's prized pupil, Manny Pacquiao, in 2012. Bradley won a controversial split d  Read Full Story >>>

Team Canelo: All Opponents Must Face Us at 154
By Salvador Rodríguez, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Regarding some potential fights in the future, trainer Edison Reynoso makes it known that his boxer, WBC/WBA 154-pound champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (42-0-1, 30KOs), will not move up or move down for any potential opponent - at least right now. He was responding to the idea of moving down to face p  Read Full Story >>>

PINOY PRIDE XX: HERRERA NOT IMPRESSED WITH PAGARA
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

CEBU CITY - Aaron “La Hoya” Herrera (25-1, 17 KO’s) of Mexico has arrived for his highly anticipated challenge against WBO International light welterweight titlist Jason “El Niño” Pagara (30-2, 19KO’s) of the ALA Gym. H  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao Asian Chess: Sadorra still unscathed
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Individual Standings after Round 3: (Open division) 3.0 points---GM Julio Catalino Sadorra (PHI), GM Mohammed Al-Sayed (QAT) 2.5 points---GM Li Chao (CHN),IM Wan Yunguo (CHN),GM Darwin Laylo (PHI),GM Le Quang Liem (VIET), G  Read Full Story >>>

Holding Out for a Hero
By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
The Argentine destroyed a surprisingly ineffectual Lamont Peterson by third-round TKO on May 18. And he’s hardly a one-win wonder… He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight Hey, Bonnie Tyler, I have just the “street-wise Hercules” you’re looking for:   Read Full Story >>>

Pacman from boxer, preacher to chess player
By Joey Villar, ABS-CBN News, Tue, 21 May 2013
MANILA, Philippines - Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao finally showed up in the $100,000 Asian Continental Chess Championship he is sponsoring at the Midas Hotel and Casino and played Grandmaster Eugene Torre to a fighting draw. "Chess is one of the sports I love because I played chess even before I be  Read Full Story >>>

Carl Froch Calls Fellow Brits Disloyal For Sparring with Kessler
Boxing Insider, Tue, 21 May 2013
Carl Froch is hopping mad at a couple of his countrymen. Does he have a right to be? Froch is engaging in final preparations for his fight next Saturday against Mikkel Kessler, when the IBF and WBA super middleweight titles will be at stake. But it’s Kessler’s preparation that he seems to be preo  Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse discusses Mayweather, Pacquiao, and Danny Garcia
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 21 May 2013
L ucas Matthysse has become one of the most talked-about fighters in the sport recently, and his stock has never been higher than it is right now, following his three-round wipeout of Lamont Peterson on May 18 in Atlantic City. The win was exciting enough to prompt Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefe  Read Full Story >>>

Hopkins calls Murat 'dangerous'
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
IBF light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins says he will be facing "a dangerous competitor" when he makes the first defense of his belt against mandatory challenger Karo Murat of Germany on July 13 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., an event that was officially announced by Golden Boy on Su  Read Full Story >>>

Sosa Defeats Segura
RingTV.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Edgar Sosa scored a hard fought 12 round unanimous points win over Giovani Segura at the Plaza de Toros Eloy Cavazos in Zitacuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on Saturday. Sosa made a fast start, but Segura settled down and made his presence felt from the sixth round onwards. Segura was deducted a po  Read Full Story >>>

VIDEO RECAP: Lucas Matthysse's Domination to Replay Tomorrow/Tuesday at 10p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

We have a new Manny Pacquiao. He's from Argentina and his name is Lucas Matthysse." - Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions LUCAS MATTHYSSE EXCITES FANS WITH TREMENDOUS KNOCKOUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT Catch the   Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse could be Manny Pacquiao's next foe after Rios
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 21 May 2013
Argentine boxing sensation Lucas Matthysse has made public his intention to face Manny Pacquiao soon following his third round knockout win over Lamont Peterson Saturday night at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "Matthysse, nicknamed "the Machine", tore through Peterson inside thre  Read Full Story >>>

Forget Beckham's millions, Manny and Money Mayweather show the hard old game is still a real box-office hit
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Tue, 21 May 2013
After all the hullabaloo about David Beckham earning more than the gross national product of many third world countries, it turns out that he is not even the best paid sportsman on the planet. Nor the second. Those top two places belong – to the chagrin of those who condemn their sport as a thro  Read Full Story >>>

Angel Heredia Says Boxing Is Dirty, He's Clean
By Kelsey McCarson, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 21 May 2013
When I called strength and conditioning coordinator Angel “Memo” Hernandez (aka Angel Heredia) a couple weeks ago, I wondered what kind of person I’d be talking to. Was he the guy former BALCO associate Victor Conte (a former PED peddler himself) constantly bashes on Twitter for being a crook? Or wa  Read Full Story >>>

Jones crushes Lebedev: The strange odyssey of Guillermo Jones continues…
By Scott Levinson, ProBoxing-fans.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
On May 17, Guillermo Jones scored a major upset with an 11th-round knockout of WBA Cruiserweight Champion Denis Lebedev. Jones, 41, has enjoyed a bizarre, but successful career and he is now back in the mix along with promoter Don King--despite the fact that both fighter and promoter had been writte  Read Full Story >>>

“Fighting Words” — Better Than a “Fight of the Year”?
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
You can forgive a boxer’s fans if they hope for a great one-sided victory instead of a great two-sided battle. The rest of us are without any allegiance except to action and drama. We want sustained exchanges of heavy blows, multiple shifts in momentum, and anything else that will make the even  Read Full Story >>>

TORRE, PACQUIAO MAKE CEREMONIAL MOVE IN PACQUIAO CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Asia's First Grandmaster Eugene Torre (left) and World Boxing Champion Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao (right) made the ceremonial move in the 2013 Pacquiao Asian Continental Chess Championship Tuesday night at t  Read Full Story >>>

Aaron “La Hoya” Herrera arrives in Cebu City for Pinoy Pride XX
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
Mexican fighter AARON “LA JOYA” HERRERA arrives in Cebu City for Pinoy Pride XX as the challenger of Jason “El Nino” Pagarra for the WBO International Light Welterweight Championship bout this Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino. Aaron Herrera has a record of 25 wi  Read Full Story >>>

Nancy "La Chatita" Franco wins title in Tlalnepantla, Mexico
By Jonathan Davis, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

Nancy Franco poses after winning the IBF belt. Last Friday night, at the Arena Adolfo Lopez Mateos in Tlalnepantla, north of Mexico City, Nancy "Chatita" Franco defeated Ana "La Bronca" Arrazola by unanimous decision, 97-93   Read Full Story >>>

Tom Little Interview – Discusses Tom Dallas, Luke Martin, Graham Earl and more
By Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013

I’m sure that anyone that watched Prizefighter – International Heavyweights - back in June 2012, will remember 25 year old Tom Little from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, not because he won or anything like that, but for the surprising way  Read Full Story >>>

Johnny Bos Tribute Tuesday at Ring 8 meeting in New York
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
NEW YORK, NY (May 20, 2013) - Ring 8 will pay tribute to the late, great matchmaker Johnny Bos tomorrow night (Tuesday, May 21 starting at 7:00 p.m. ET) at historic Waterfront Crabhouse, in Long Island City, New York. Many of Bos' friends, family and associates have been invited to attend tomorro  Read Full Story >>>

Asia's First Grandmaster Eugene Torre (left) and World Boxing Champion Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao (right) made the ceremonial move in the 2013 Pacquiao Asian Continental Chess Championship Tuesday
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 21 May 2013
May 17, 2013 - Houston's undefeated featherweight sensation, Miguel "El Michoacano" Flores (11-0, 6 KOs) has signed with world renowned managers, Luis DeCubas Jr. and Bob Santos, who plan to have the 20-year old phenom fighting in the very near future. The duo has signed Flores with promotional pow  Read Full Story >>>

We Went There: Matthysse Makes a Statement in Atlantic City
By Eric Raskin, Grantland, Tue, 21 May 2013
This wasn’t supposed to be a blog about Floyd Mayweather. The Lucas Matthysse–Lamont Peterson fight on Saturday night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall had nothing to do with Mayweather. This was a fight between two of the best three junior welterweights (the division below where Mayweather fights)   Read Full Story >>>