Shock Of The New: Adrien Broner, Paulie Malignaggi, Tyson Fury And David Haye Take Trashiness To The Bank
By Andrew Harrison, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Habitually mined as broadcasting gold, vulgarity is a modern commodity. Well-placed in order to capitalise, boxing promotion has foregone decency for the sake of a fast buck. Nielsen ratings have taken priority over ticket sales for the sport’s top earners – however they might be achieved. As a resu  Read Full Story >>>

Criticisms of Mikey Garcia Carry No Worthwhile Weight
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
The boxing crowd is a notoriously tough one to please. Sit at a fight for a minute or two of less-than-Hagler/Hearns action and you’re likely to hear boos begin raining from the impatient rafters. Decide to give up on a fight with less than a flat-lining heart monitor and you’ll be branded a quit  Read Full Story >>>

The duality of Johnathon Banks: Trainer by day, heavyweight contender by night
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
Johnathon Banks has two of the most pressure-packed jobs in boxing. His day job, so-to-speak, is to train heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. Banks is a protégé of the late Emanuel Steward, and when Steward died on Oct. 25, Klitschko immediately named Banks his chief trainer. But Bank  Read Full Story >>>

FUTURE HALL OF FAMER BERNARD HOPKINS ADDED TO THE SHOWTIME® ANNOUNCE TEAM FOR JUNE 22 MALIGNAGGI VS. BRONER TELECAST
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

NEW YORK (June 18, 2013) - Future Hall of Famer and current IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion Bernard Hopkins will be a guest commentator on this Saturday's live SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast (9 p.m. ET/6   Read Full Story >>>

FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO ALVAREZ 11-CITY, TWO-COUNTRY PRESS TOUR LOCATIONS AND TIMES ANNOUNCED
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. CANELO ALVAREZ 11-CITY, TWO-COUNTRY PRESS TOUR LOCATIONS AND TIMES ANNOUNCED WITH UNPRECEDENTED KICK-OFF IN TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK (June 18, 2013) - News spread like wildfire last week when details of the upcoming 11-city, two-country media tour to officially a  Read Full Story >>>

Randy Petalcorin moves to WBA No. 2; wants a shot at title
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013

Randy Petalcorin celebrated his 21st birthday this year and moving to number #2 WBA Light Flyweight World ranking was the best birthday present Petalcorin could receive, Petalcorin is set to have a fight next month i  Read Full Story >>>

ALA stages ‘When Worlds Collide’ in Solaire
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
THE ALA Promotions launched another potential top-rating daytime boxing spectacle-in-the-making, the Pinoy Pride XXI, in Solaire Resort and Casino in Manila on July 13. ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer presented yesterday the main protagonists of the event dubbed “When Worlds Collide” in  Read Full Story >>>

Quijano: Heredia’s technique
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
THE spate of bad luck that has befallen our boxers in championship bouts was halted last weekend when Edrin Dapudong annexed the IBO junior bantamweight title by knocking out Gideon Buthelezi in the first round in the latter’s hometown. Apropos to that achievement, “The Sting” is currently the to  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather Sr. “If Canelo Comes in Over 152, He Won’t Have No Money After The Fight.”
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
When Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced that he was fighting Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez via twitter, it created a buzz throughout the boxing world and through social media. It was the fight the majority of fans wanted since Alvarez had beaten Austin Trout. It was certainly the more popular fight over a figh  Read Full Story >>>

IBF orders Hopkins-Kovalev
RingTV.com, Wed, 19 Jun 2013
The IBF ordered its light heavyweight titleholder Bernard Hopkins to make his next title defense against the sanctioning organization’s No. 1 contender, Sergey Kovalev, according to a Monday press release from the Russian puncher’s promoter, Main Events. On Friday, Kovalev scored his ninth conse  Read Full Story >>>

IOC REVEALS AIBA WILL NEED TO PRESENT ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS ON PRO BOXERS IN 2016 OLYMPICS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013

IOC President Jacques Rogge. In the face of criticism from several professional boxing organizations on a plan by the International Amateur Boxing Association to allow pro boxers to compete in the Olympic Games   Read Full Story >>>

Azad Championship Report - Adrien Broner: Today’s Problem…Tomorrow’s “Mr. Showtime”?
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Nestled safely in the soil of the new boxing world that Al Haymon/Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime have created together are many seeds of future fistic greatness. None is flowering more rapidly than Adrien “The Problem” Broner, 26-0 (22), out of Cincinnati, Ohio. At a mere 23 years of age, Brone  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi vs Broner: The Time For Talking Is Over
By James Myhre, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
he boxing world is no stranger to trash talking, but if the upcoming battle in the ring, between Adrien ‚”The Problem” Broner (26-0 22KO’s) and Paulie “Magic Man” Malignaggi (32-4 7KO’s) is half as good as the verbal battle leading up to the fight, fans are in for quite a tussle. Both fighters have   Read Full Story >>>

Final chapter, final Page likely written for former champ
By Mark Ortega, RingTV.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
A week ago today, former WBA welterweight titlist James Page was arrested in Northern California in connection to six bank robberies that took place around the Bay Area over the past six months. According to the Bay Area News Group, he is being held on $395,000 bail. It was just over a year ago   Read Full Story >>>

WORLDS COLLIDE FOR PINOY PRIDE XXI
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013

CEBU CITY – Merlito 'El Tigre' Sabillo (22-0, 11 KO's) of the ALA Gym will defend his WBO world minimumweight title against Jorle Estrada (17-6, 6 KO's) of Colombia on July 13 at the Solaire Resort and Casino i  Read Full Story >>>

PNOY CONGRATULATES NEW BOXING CHAMP; VICE PRES. BINAY TO RECEIVE DAPUDONG
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013

Manila - President Benigno S. Aquino III sent a short but personal congratulatory message to the new Filipino world boxing champion after Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong knocked out South African Gideon Buthelezi in Johan  Read Full Story >>>

Kameda vows to dish out impressive win
By Lemuel P. Maglinte , The Freeman, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
CEBU, Philippines - Japanese world title challenger Tomoki “El Mexicanito” Kameda (27-0, 18KOs) promised to deliver an impressive victory as he fights for the WBO bantamweight title against South African champion Paulos Ambunda (20-0, 10KOs) on Aug. 1 at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casin  Read Full Story >>>

MALIGNAGGI QUESTIONS USADA PROCEDURES; WONDERS WHY 3 TESTS IN PAST 9 DAYS
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
"This is the third time they showed up for blood and urine in the past nine days. You would think they would have done more testing during the actual training camp," stated WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi, who questioned the testing procedures conducted by the United States Anti-Doping A  Read Full Story >>>

JuanMa Lopez: Why He Can Still Be Very Successful in Boxing
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Just a little over two years ago, then 27 year old JuanMa Lopez was 30-0 with a mind-numbing 27 knockouts and was the fastest rising star in boxing. He'd knocked out Daniel Ponce De Leon (then 34-1) in the opening round, blasted Sergio Manuel Medina (then 33-1) in Round 1 as well and stopped the   Read Full Story >>>

“Fighting Words” — No Surprise if Broner Beats Paulie
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
You need only attend a few undercards to recognize that most matchmaking isn’t primarily for the fans’ enjoyment — largely it is for the preliminary fighters to get experience so that the promoters can eventually be enriched. This is why it’s no surprise that so many fans shell out upwards of hun  Read Full Story >>>

Weekend Wrap Up: Garcia and Kovalev With Impressive Stoppages
By Gil Aviles, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
As I embark on my task to recapping the weekend in boxing, there is so much to cover, that I honestly don’t know where to begin. I guess I will start with the fights that I covered live, at the beautiful Sands Casino and Resort out in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This is a great venue for boxing. It w  Read Full Story >>>

Paul Malignaggi's Trainer Eric Brown: "Broner Is An Idiot"
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Paul Malignaggi's trainer Eric Brown pronounced himself "very confident" that Paulie, an 11-to-1 underdog, even though he holds the WBA welter crown and foe Adrien Broner is coming up from 135, will prevail on Saturday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Brown, during a Friday workout at Fight   Read Full Story >>>

Szpilka and Campillo Win Prelims, Ready for "The Big Fight 2" ESPN Friday Night Fights, August 16 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Taking interim bouts over the weekend in their native homelands before their showdowns on Friday, August 16 at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field, Home of the Chicago White Sox, heavyweight contender Artur "The Pin" Szpilka and former light heavyweight champion Gabriel "EL Chico Guapo" Campillo were both  Read Full Story >>>

Green shoots his way to NBA Finals history
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013

CHICAGO -- In my 20 years as an NBA writer, a passion play that has allowed me the privilege of being credentialed to 10 NBA Finals, I thought I've seen it all. Until Danny Green came along. The 6-foot-6,  Read Full Story >>>

NBA Finals -- Manu's monster game gives Spurs 3-2 lead
By Rodene Ivan B. Cortes, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013

NEW YORK -- Finally, the search for Manu Ginobili has ended. After a lackluster NBA Finals series where he tremendously underperformed, shooting only 34.5 percent from the field and averaging just 7.5 points throu  Read Full Story >>>

Quick-Tongued Adrien Broner Set for Test against Paulie Malignaggi
By Ivan G. Goldman, Boxing Insider, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
This June has been a fine month for fight fans, and the entertaining shows may keep coming as Showtime and archrival HBO press on with their dazzling game of one-upmanship. Next Saturday, Showtime analyst Paulie Malignaggi slips off his tie and steps back into the Showtime ring, putting his WBA w  Read Full Story >>>

Garcia sends Lopez spiraling
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world: Saturday at DallasMiguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia TKO4 Juan Manuel Lopez A featherweight title remains vacant Records: Garcia (32-0, 27 KOs); Lopez (33-3, 30 KOs) Rafael's remarks: What a mess this whole fight was. To beg  Read Full Story >>>

ROBERT GARCIA & HIS CHEATING BOXERS!
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
RARE AS THEY ARE BOXING HAS ETHICS! San Francisco, CA- Even boxing, dubbed by the “red light district of sports,” has a creed, an obligation, if it were verbal the mantra would be that a boxer makes the contracted weight. Before you say that I can’t address such a subject with conviction, I made   Read Full Story >>>

Nacho Doubts Canelo Will Crack Mayweather's Defense
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
Article Link - http://www.boxingscene.com/nacho-doubts-canelo-crack-mayweathers-defense--66724#ixzz2WVn3GHa5 This is a legal waiver. By copying and using the material from this article, you agree to give full credit to BoxingScene.com or provide a link to the original article. Trainer Ignaci  Read Full Story >>>

Dougie's Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Tue, 18 Jun 2013
MALIGNAGGI-BRONER, LARA-ANGULO II I read about the Paul Malignaggi-Adrien Broner press conference. Was it as bad as it sounds? These guys are dragging the sport into the gutter for this one. I hope these clowns knock each other out in a fabled double-knockout. Also saw a comment from you to  Read Full Story >>>

THE BROUHAHA OVER MEMO HEREDIA
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Jun 2013

Manila (mannypinol.com) - Angel "Memo" Heredia is a name that leaves a bad, to some extent bitter, taste in the mouth of many Filipino boxing fans because of one reason - his involvemen  Read Full Story >>>