SAN FRANCISCO -- The good teams are supposed to beat the bad teams. And that's what the Golden State Warriors did Wednesday night at the TD Garden in Boston. David Lee scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds whil  

Weights from Pala, California
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
PALA CASINO SPA & RESORT Weights from Pala, California Rustam Nugaev vs. Marvin Quintero Will weight in tomorrow morning Roman Morales 118.5 vs.Khabir Suleymanov 119 Dusty Harrison 147 vs. Michael Balasi 147 Alejandro Luna 137 vs. Sergio Rivera 140 Kenneth Sims Jr. 139 vs. Cory Muldrew 141  Read Full Story >>>

Virgil Hunter: Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo to be ‘savage affair’
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Trainer Virgil Hunter said he envisions "a savage affair" in Saturday's 154-pound bout between his fighter, Alfredo Angulo, and Canelo Alvarez at The MGM Grand In Las Vegas. Hunter made his assertions during a Thursday press conference at The MGM. "I've had a couple of weeks to reflect on   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao pal twits Bradley on no-shower ritual
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
MANILA, Philippines – Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao was shocked by Timothy Bradley’s now infamous ritual of not showering a week before he fights, but his assistant trainer and best friend Buboy Fernandez was quick to respond with a pointed barb at the American. Bradley revealed ea  Read Full Story >>>

Carlos Molina jailed ahead of bout
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
LAS VEGAS -- Junior middleweight titlist Carlos Molina is supposed to defend his belt for the first time against Jermall Charlo on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in one of the featured bouts on the Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo Showtime PPV card. One problem: Molina is in jail at th  Read Full Story >>>

Khan has chosen his next opponent and it's not Broner, claims Amir's trainer
Daily Mail (UK), Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Amir Khan's trainer expects his charge to announce his next fight within a week but revealed that he would not face off against Adrien Broner. The Bolton fighter was left high and dry for an opponent last week when pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather opted to snub him and instead face Marcos M  Read Full Story >>>

Amir Khan vs. Adrien Broner continues to make waves
By Michael Readman, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
The proposed bout between Amir ‘King’ Khan 28-3(KO19) and Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner 27-1(KO22) has without a doubt got everyone on the current boxing scene talking, not to mention Khan and Broner themselves. It does however seem that the fight is destined not to come to fruition at this junct  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO-BRADLEY II: BREWING AN OLD STORM
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014

IT no longer comes as a surprise that the boxing world is now divided on how Manny Pacquiao would figure out against unbeaten 31-0 Californian Tim Bradley at the MGM Grand Las Vegas next month. The revered Larry Merchant s  Read Full Story >>>

Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Q & A with Derek Edwards & Boxing Noise
By Don Smith, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Boxing Fans, Super middleweight Derek “The Black Lion” Edwards moved to Phoenix, Arizona from Winston North Carolina in October 2013 in hopes of rejuvenating his boxing career. One of the best tonics for a boxing makeover is an impressive win and better yet; an early round televised knockout v  Read Full Story >>>

Mercito Gesta Headlines Ringisde at Del Mar Boxing Series April 11
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014

Gesta. DEL MAR, CA (March 6, 2014) - Paco Presents in association with A&T Gym, Don Chargin, Golden Boy Promotions and San Diego-based Barron Entertainment, is happy to announce the second edition of its popular   Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- Nets over .500 after taming Grizzlies, 103-94
By Raman Sharma, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014

BROOKLYN -- The Brooklyn Nets defeated the visiting Memphis Grizzlies, 103-94 Wednesday night at The Barclays Center in Brooklyn. All-Star forward Joe Johnson led the Nets (30-29) with 21 points, who went over .500 fo  Read Full Story >>>

"NIGHT OF HEAVYWEIGHTS" TAKES PLACE AT FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO ON THURS., APRIL 3
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
GOLDEN BOY LIVE! TO AIR TRIPLEHEADER WITH UNDEFEATED LUIS ORTIZ, GERALD WASHINGTON AND DOMINIC BREAZEALE IN SEPARATE BOUTS ON FOX SPORTS 1 AND FOX DEPORTES Tickets Starting At $25 Go On Sale This Friday! INDIO, Calif. (March. 5, 2014) - The big men of boxing are on their way to Fantasy Springs  Read Full Story >>>

Bobby D. Presents' Aaron "Gavilan" Garcia Fights This Weekend
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Garcia Takes on the Rugged Thomas "Animal" Herrera (San Diego, CA) - Gary Shaw Productions in association with Cohen Promotions and All-In Entertainment present ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" this Friday, March 7th, at the Pala Resort and Casino in Pala, CA. Featured on the card will be super fea  Read Full Story >>>

Limited tickets still available for NY State Boxing HOF induction dinner Mar. 30
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
NEW YORK (March 6, 2013) - Limited tickets and advertising opportunities are still available for the third-year New York State Boxing Hall of Fame (NYSBHOF) induction and awards dinner on Sunday afternoon (12:30-5:30 p.m. ET), March 30 at Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York. Tickets are  Read Full Story >>>

TIMOTHY BRADLEY DISCUSSES THE BENEFITS OF HIS VEGAN DIET: "WHEN GUYS START FADING...I'M ABLE TO PICK IT UP"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
"I've been doing that since I was champion. Yeah, when I fought Junior Witter, I was vegan. I went vegan for that fight...Nutrients is what builds bigger muscles; not protein. It's the nutrients, man, so with that said, I was like, man. I consume more complex-carbohydrates than I do protein and I co  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo-Angulo: A Potentially Outstanding Fight That Should Be On Showtime
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
This weekend Mexican Phenom Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will headline a four-bout PPV card from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the same venue where Alvarez last fought on September 14th of last year. That fight was against boxing's best pound-for-pound boxer Floyd Mayweather and drew 2.2 million buys. Alvare  Read Full Story >>>

El Perro Finally Gets His Wish
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
At age 31 but with only 25 fights on his odometer, Mexicali-born junior middleweight contender Alfredo “El Perro” Angulo is both young and old in the sport of boxing. We last saw him in the ring last June against Erislandy Lara and by all accounts, he was winning, having dropped his opponent twice f  Read Full Story >>>

Alfredo Angulo to hit Canelo Alvarez harder than ‘anyone’
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Canelo Alvarez and Alfredo Angulo have been respectful during the build up to their showdown on Saturday but a day after arriving to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the site of their fight, the two began to talk about how they will win the fight. Both plan to do so with power punching. "Everyone sa  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Making 1.25 Million, Angulo Will Receive 750K
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Las Vegas, MGM Grand - According to the Nevada State Athletic Commission, former WBC/WBA junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will receive $1.25 million for Saturday's Showtime Pay-Per-View fight with Alfredo Angulo, who will receive $750,000. WBC super bantamweight champion Leo San  Read Full Story >>>

JEFF MAYWEATHER BREAKS DOWN MAYWEATHER VS. MAIDANA; EXPECTS A "GATTI TYPE OF PERFORMANCE"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
"I think Maidana gonna bring...of course he is a puncher, but he has a lot of flaws too. I could see this fight being a very brutal fight for him. I could really see if Floyd is on point, like he normally is, I can see this fight being like a Gatti type of performance," stated world-class trainer Je  Read Full Story >>>

Boxer in Saturday bout arrested on fugitive warrant, expected to fight
By Mike Blasky, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Carlos Molina, 30, the International Boxing Federation junior middleweight champion, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Las Vegas police on a fugitive warrant. The warrant, issued in 2007, was for a parole violation for failing to register as a sex offender. He was convicted of second-degree sexua  Read Full Story >>>

Jackie Kallen: Is Floyd Mayweather vs Adrien Broner Inevitable?
By Jackie Kallen, Boxing Insider, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
It has been said that Adrien Broner looks up to Floyd Mayweather jr. as a big brother figure and idolizes the champ. The 24 year-old Cincinnati native has been striving from Day One to be a carbon copy of 37 year-old “Money” Mayweather. He praises his role model every chance he gets. The way thin  Read Full Story >>>

Heather Hardy: Badass in Brooklyn II
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
It is the key to the ignition that propels us forward and fuels our ambition to advance. But if you've never been behind its wheel, you would need to proceed with caution, for if you don't know where you're going while being "driven" by where you've been, it can lead you into a state of mind called   Read Full Story >>>

One Bad President
By Jarrett Zook, Boxing.com, Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Only four months after pummeling Chris Byrd the young contender got into an altercation with a call girl in a Las Vegas hotel… Boxing, like any other, sport is filled with many great talents whose careers are cut short before they reach their full potential. Oftentimes careers end prematurely due  Read Full Story >>>

Aggressive Pacquiao impresses birthday boy Roach in sparring
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - There's nothing in sports like the scene that surrounds a Manny Pacquiao training session. Pacquiao is a born performer, and just as he feeds off the crowds on fight night, so too does he during his training sessions. At Thursday's practice session at the Pacman  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao now on strict ‘organic diet’, says conditioning coach
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Boxing icon and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao is now on a strict “organic diet” to keep his health in superb, if not perfect, condition, his strength and conditioning coach said. “I go for organic,” Mexican-American Cecilio Flores told the Inquirer here. Flore  Read Full Story >>>

Remembering Young Frisco
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 06 Mar 2014

Only his closest kins, perhaps, remember that once upon a time, there was a Filipino boxer who fought in six weight divisions and succeeded in crowning himself Oriental champion in three categories in a colorful fighting career sp  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao takes a break from boxing to ball with Barroca
GMANews.tv, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
Manny Pacquiao took a break from his preparations for the April rematch against Timothy Bradley Jr. to play a round of hoops with reigning PBA Philippine Cup Finals MVP Mark Barroca, earlier this week. Barroca, who was in General Santos for the first time with his family, couldn't turn down the o  Read Full Story >>>

Donnie Nietes-Moises Fuentes set
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
Junior flyweight titlist Donnie Nietes of the Philippines and Mexico's Moises Fuentes, who battled to an action-packed draw last year, will meet in a rematch. Sean Gibbons of Zanfer Promotions, which represents Fuentes, said Wednesday that the fight is set for May 10 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena   Read Full Story >>>

Angulo planning to make most of career after losing time to jail
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
He doesn’t show a lot of emotion when asked about it, but Alfredo Angulo clearly cherishes his freedom. The 31-year-old junior middleweight, who will meet former world champion Canelo Alvarez on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden, lost his freedom two years ago after a dispute over a visa. He sat i  Read Full Story >>>

Five keys for Alfredo Angulo
By Bernardo Pilatti , ESPN.com, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
Mexico's Alfredo "Perro" Angulo will headline his first pay-per-view main event Saturday, but the bad news is that he's not the favorite. That's far from a problem, however. Not only does Angulo (22-3, 18 KOs) enjoy being the underdog, he has an opportunity to revive his career after his well-doc  Read Full Story >>>

Santa Cruz Eyes Says He’s Not Afraid of Rigondeaux, Still Wants To Fight Mares
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
Leo Santa Cruz has become a fan favorite because of his all action style. His punches in punches and steady body work make him must see for fans and must feel for an opponent’s rib cage. But Leo Santa Cruz does have one problem and it’s no fault of his in. It’s the lack of opponents because of the o  Read Full Story >>>

Roach not taking Bradley lightly
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 06 Mar 2014
MANILA, Philippines - All that talk about Timothy Bradley not deserving to wrest the WBO welterweight championship from Manny Pacquiao in their first meeting two years ago isn’t giving trainer Freddie Roach a false sense of security. Roach, who celebrated his 54th birthday in General Santos City   Read Full Story >>>