Roach: Pacquiao Should Fight Loma at 140, No To Crawford
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Las Vegas - Last weekend in Malaysia, Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) resumed his career with a seventh round stoppage of Lucas Matthysse to capture the WBA "regular" welterweight title. It was Pacquiao's first knockout win since November of 2009. He dropped Matthysse three times in the contest.   Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather Walks Out On Interview When Asked About Pacquiao
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Mayweather vs Pacquiao rematch rumors surfaced again this week following an impressive win from Pacquiao last weekend but it would appear that the winner of their last fight is not happy with the reports. Mayweather was respectful to Pacquiao following his win last weekend over Matthysse, congrat  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao v Lomachenko SUPER-FIGHT at 140 pounds RULED OUT, 135 only - NO CATCHWEIGHT
World Boxing News, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Vasyl Lomachenko's manager Egis Klimas has confirmed the lightweight star would be interested in fighting Manny Pacquiao in the near future but only at his current weight class. Talk of a potential meeting between their respective weight divisions of welterweight and 135 pounds has filled news r  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo opens up on Golovkin fight cancellation, new-found animosity
World Boxing News, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Canelo Alvarez admits there's a whole new feel around the build-up to his eagerly-anticipated rematch with Gennady Golovkin on September 15. The pair trade blows again under a cloud following the collapse of a May 5 contest due to Canelo receiving a six-month doping ban. Negotiations were prec  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER REMATCH STARTS WITH FLOYD SAYS ARUM
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao’s promoter for years, is planning to fly to the Philippines on August to discuss the senator champion’s next fight. The possible opponents include lightweight champion Vasiliy Loma  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao risked his life in KL
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

UPON his return to Buenot Aires, dethroned WBA welterweight champion Lucas Matthysse started lashing out at critics who trashed the Argentine Machine for quitting his championship fight with Manny Pacquiao in Kuala Lumpur  Read Full Story >>>

Nacho: Pacquiao Should Think Twice Before Crawford, Loma
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Hall of Fame trainer Nacho Beristain has a lot of respect for eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, which is why the veteran coach would like to see the Filipino star to rethink his future before going forward with a contest against Vasiliy Lomachenko or Terence Crawford. Last weekend in   Read Full Story >>>

Michael Dutchover takes on Sergio Ramirez TOMORROW NIGHT in Ontario, California
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. / ORANGE, Calif. (July 19, 2018) - Talented junior lightweight prospect Michael Dutchover (9-0, 6 KOs) aims to continue the hot start to his career when he battles Sergio Ramirez (4-2, 4 KOs) in th  Read Full Story >>>

Zhora Hamazaryan Ready for National Television debut tomorrow Night on ShoBox: The New Generation
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Undefeated Lightweight battles Thomas Mattice on ShoBox: The New Generation, TOMORROW NIGHT, Friday, July 20th at The WinnaVegas Casino Resort in Sloan, Iowa PHILADELPHIA, Penn. / ORANGE, Calif. (July 19, 2018) -  Read Full Story >>>

2nd Gayang Chess Championship "Tara na sa Quezon" set August 25
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
EVERYTHING is set for the much awaited 2nd Gayang Chess Championship, an Invitational Open Chess Tournament dubbed as "Tara na sa Quezon" gets underway on August 25, 2018, nine am at the Municipal Covered Court in Guinayangan, Quezon. Organized by former Adamson University varsity player councilo  Read Full Story >>>

Calm corner, calm fighter
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR. Conditioning coach Justin Fortune said the key to keeping a fighter clam during a bout is a calm corner and that’s exactly how it was when Manny Pacquiao stopped Lucas Matthysse at 2:43 of the seventh ro  Read Full Story >>>

JAIME MUNGUIA VS. LIAM SMITH FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Tickets still on Sale! LAS VEGAS (July 19, 2018): Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs), the newly-crowned WBO Junior Middleweight World Champion of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and former world champion Liam "Beefy" Smi  Read Full Story >>>

Snips and Snipes 19 July 2018: Great Weekend for Philippine Boxing
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Manny’s back and all’s well in the world-well not quite. However Pacquiao’s win over Lucas Matthysse was the best result for boxing. The Filipino great is still a major player. Hopefully we can forget talk of a return w  Read Full Story >>>

JARON ENNIS vs. ARMANDO ALVAREZ SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION FINAL WEIGHTS, QUOTES FOR TRIPLEHEADER LIVE ON SHOWTIME®
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Tomorrow/Friday, July 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT from WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan, Iowa SLOAN, Iowa (July 19, 2018) – Undefeated welterweight prospect Jaron Ennis and fellow unbeaten Armando Alvarez made weight on Thursday   Read Full Story >>>

"SUPERBOX LIVE: Rise Up" live on Super Channel July 28 live from Powerade Centre in Brampton, Canada
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

IBF International junior middleweight champion Petros Ananyan defends vs. Calgary's Steve Claggett Toronto's world champion Sandy Tsagouris in action EDMONTON, Canada (July 19, 2018) - Super Channel, the destin  Read Full Story >>>

Father-son Jose Antonio & A.J. Rivera "Making History"
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

World champion's return & son's pro debut August 17 at The Palladium in Worcester, MA WORCESTER, Mass. (July 19, 2018) - Granite Chin Promotions (GCP) and Rivera Promotions Entertainment (RPE) hosted a press conferen  Read Full Story >>>

VIDEO: PHILADELPHIA’S UNBEATEN WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECT JARON ENNIS LEANS ON FAMILY AHEAD OF SHOBOX DEBUT THIS FRIDAY LIVE ON SHOWTIME®
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

“I’m fighting for my family. I’m putting Philly on my back and I’m ready to show the world my talent.” Ennis Faces Fellow Undefeated Armando Alvarez In The Main Event Of ShoBox: The New Generation Live On SHOWTIME At 10 p.m. ET/  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao turned back the clock with first KO in nine years despite fear he could be humbled like Muhammad Ali and Ricky Hatton
By Colin Hart, The Sun, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
MANNY PACQUIAO'S momentous, monumental achievement was unfortunately buried beneath the World Cup and Wimbledon finals on Sunday. Before Pacquiao challenged Argentina's heavy hitting Lucas Matthysse for his WBA world welterweight crown at Kuala Lumpur's Aziata Arena, there had been heartfelt fear  Read Full Story >>>

[VIDEO] FREDDIE ROACH REACTS TO PACQUIAO KNOCKING OUT MATTHYSSE; TALKS LOMACHENKO & CRAWFORD FIGHTS
By Sean Zittel, FightHype.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
FightHype.com was on hand at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, where jr. middleweight Jaime Munguia and former champion Liam Smith held the final press conference leading up to their upcoming clash. Check out what those in attendance had to say about a number of topics.  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao underwent heart tests before Matthysse fight
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Manny Pacquiao defied doctors’s advice after he was diagnosed with a heart condition a week before his victorious comeback against Argentine Lucas Matthysse last Sunday, the fighting senator’s publicist said yesterday. An angiogram was done on Pacquiao on July 8, the eve of his departure for Kual  Read Full Story >>>

Arum: Canelo Will Pay Price For Being Off Juice, Triple-G KOs Him
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Bob Arum didn’t hold back when asked Wednesday night for his prediction of who will win the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady Golovkin rematch. The Hall-of-Fame promoter picked Golovkin to win by knockout because he believes Alvarez will no longer benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs. Arum made th  Read Full Story >>>

ANOTHER SALUDAR SEEKS WORLD TITLE
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018

Froilan Saludar (28W-2L-1D,19KO’s) will try to reverse his fortunes on the road when he challenges WBO flyweight world champion Sho Kimura of Japan on July 27 in Qingdao, China. Saludar’s two career losses both happene  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao V Lomachenko: The Locomotive Train II
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
If Floyd Mayweather were to follow it, he’d get Errol Spence’d the way Sugar Ray Leonard got Terry Norris’d. Because Pernell Whitaker followed it, he got Tito’d. Smith happened to Bernard Hopkins and Glen Johnson’d Roy Jones. Julio Cesar Chavez was turned into absolute copper by the Golden   Read Full Story >>>

Time again for Terence Crawford to talk about his (least) favorite subject, Manny Pacquiao
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Like it or not, Terence Crawford needed to spend time revisiting his chances of getting Manny Pacquiao in the ring again. Before Pacquiao, 38, claimed his 60th career victory Saturday night by knocking out Lucas Matthysse to claim the World Boxing Assn. secondary welterweight belt, the eight-divi  Read Full Story >>>

In Defense of Lucas Matthysse
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Losing to Pacquiao is no crime, as 59 of his victims can attest. The crime is the contempt some have for yesterday’s heroes… “If there’s a good loser in boxing, I’d love to fight him every week.”—Gene Fullmer In his first defense of the WBA “regular” welterweight title last week, Lucas Matthys  Read Full Story >>>

Roadmap to the Stars: A Jaime Munguia vs. Liam Smith Preview
By Paul Magno, Boxing.com, Fri, 20 Jul 2018
Saturday night on HBO’s Boxing After Dark, Jaime Munguia makes the first defense of his WBO junior middleweight title against former titlist Liam Smith… Saturday night, on HBO’s Boxing After Dark and live from the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (10 PM ET/PT) Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs)   Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS ROUNDUP 13: VIC SALUDAR, THE NEW WBO WORLD MINIMUMWEIGHT CHAMPION
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018

Vic Saludar (C). Another Filipino boxer became world champion in "Vicious" Vic Saludar who is the new World Boxing Organization minimumweight king after he wrested the belt from Ryuya Yamanaka in Kobe, Japan.  Read Full Story >>>

Donaires in reunion for Super Series?
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018

There’s a possibility that the father-and-son team of Nonito Donaire, Sr. and Jr. may get together again for the World Boxing Super Series where eight of the world’s top bantamweights will compete in a knockout format to de  Read Full Story >>>

Sho Kimura-Froilan Saludar winner mandated to face Kosei Tanaka on September 24
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Whoever comes out of the upcoming Sho Kimura-Froilan Saludar WBO flyweight title fight next week already has a date with a formidable former champion awaiting them. Kimura and Saludar, who will meet July 27 in Qingdao, China, will be fighting for one of the 112-pound world title belts, but also f  Read Full Story >>>

Introducing Jaimie Munguia
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
They say that stars are born overnight, but if they really are, they’re at least incubated for several months- or even years. “Say hello to my little friend,” 21 year-old WBO super welterweight champion Jaimie Munguia (29-0, 25KOs), the Mexican edition of a nobody Tony Montana ice grilling bosse  Read Full Story >>>

Our gratitude & support whatever he decides
By Editorial, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
THERE was something for everyone in Manny Pacquiao’s win over Argentine Lucas Matthysse in their ring fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight crown last Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When he floored his opponent in the third and fifth rounds and dropped him finally in the se  Read Full Story >>>