WBC PRESIDENT SULAIMAN CALLS FOR SUMMIT OF WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATIONS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014

Sulaiman. Taking an active stance since succeeding his late father Don Jose Sulaiman as president of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman has said he’d like to hold a summit with other principal world boxing orga  Read Full Story >>>

5 fights for Manny Pacquiao at 140-pounds – Adrien Broner, who else?
By Denzil Stone, On the Beak, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
A return to the division south of welterweight could await Manny Pacquiao if trainer Freddie Roach has much sway in the Filipino legend’s next move as the Wildcard Boxing Club owner believes the 35-year-old will only recapture his knockout power if he campaigns within the confines of light welterwei  Read Full Story >>>

American-Filipino Boxer To Make Her MMA Debut In Manila
By Cris Larano, Wall Street Journal, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
MANILA, the Philippines—In a testament to the growing popularity of female mixed martial arts fighters, One Fighting Championship, Asia’s biggest MMA event, has added a bout to its upcoming ticket between former world boxing champion Ana Julaton and champion kick boxer Aya Saeid Saber. The 33-yea  Read Full Story >>>

That Sentimental Feeling: Bernard Hopkins W12 Beibut Shumenov
By Jimmy Tobin , The Cruelest Sport, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
In recalling a rather disastrous anecdote regarding Randall “Tex” Cobb, and commenting on sports-writing in general, John Schulian wrote that, “the sentiment still outweighs the results.” It is an idea that easily applies to the endless twilight of Bernard Hopkins. Hopkins, who won a split decision   Read Full Story >>>

Donaire to start training at ALA Gym
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
NONITO Donaire Jr. starts sparring at the ALA Gym for a world title fight next month. Donaire Jr. sparred with unbeaten ALA Gym-based Cuban boxer Reymi Castellano Aleyi for three rounds at the ALA Gym. “He has the ability but his condition still is not a hundred percent. He sparred with Reymi   Read Full Story >>>

Ten-Count for Hurricane Carter
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
“To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all…” Former middleweight contender Rubin “Hurricane” Carter passed away Sunday morning at his home in Toronto after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 76. Hurric  Read Full Story >>>

To Where Has the Ghost Disappeared?
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
It’s been nearly a year since Robert Guerrero has been inside the ring. Last May, he was decisively beaten by Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. He sat out the remainder of 2013 and then filed suit against Golden Boy Promotions, which has promoted him since 2009. Guerrero h  Read Full Story >>>

On the Move: SecondsOut World Rankings 4/20/14
By Derek Bonnett, SecondsOut.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
On the Move took a break last week, but the last two week’s rankings shifts can be found in this volume. While Manny Pacquiao set the record straight with Timothy Bradley, Duane Ford, and C.J. Ross myriad other SecondsOut ranked fighters turned in mixed performances. Ten SecondsOut ranked fighters d  Read Full Story >>>

What Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather could do
By Sev Sarmenta, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
This is not likely to happen given the large throngs of people that surround them. But here’s an option that eight-time world champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. could do to get that fight we all want to see happen. Since Pacquiao announced in the postfight press conferen  Read Full Story >>>

Roach prefers Pacquiao at 140 lb
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
MANILA, Philippines - When Manny Pacquiao said he plans to move down in weight for any of his future fights, the one person that paid full attention was his trainer Freddie Roach. “Siguro 140 ang perfect,” Pacquiao told a handful of Manila sports writers after he defeated Tim Bradley last week at  Read Full Story >>>

Goodbye MGM, Las Vegas for Pacquiao?
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
MANILA, Philippines — Manny Pacquiao’s next fight won’t be at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. And chances are, it will be held outside the glitzy desert city. This developed following a falling out between Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, and MGM Grand that was triggered by what Arum desc  Read Full Story >>>

Ana Julaton on her ONE FC debut in Manila, Pacquiao vs. Bradley II, and more
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Every time I catch up with Ana Julaton, there seems to be something new with her career. Julaton, the former WBO female super bantamweight champion of the world, is actually a few weekends removed from a venture of another kind, as she will be making her ONE Fighting Championship debut on May 2 i  Read Full Story >>>

Stevenson-Hopkins: Schaefer Mulling Location Options
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
The bottom line is that the location for a potential fight between light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson and unified titleholder Bernard Hopkins will be decided by the bottom line. “If it’s going to be Stevenson next, if that’s what we want to do, it might be here [in Washington, D.C.], it   Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins says he’s far from finished after win over Beibut Shumenov for IBF, WBA titles
By Gene Wang, Washington Post, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Bernard Hopkins had just gone 12 rounds to become the oldest fighter to unify major boxing world titles, but his face showed virtually no wear. Missing were the bruises, welts and puffiness that often accompany blows to the head, largely because Hopkins avoided damage by ducking and dodging with the  Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins, a boxing artist
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They say Father Time is the one opponent whom no fighter can defeat, but Bernard Hopkins is doing a good job of bloodying the old man's nose on his ongoing march toward ring immortality. He became the oldest boxer to unify world titles with a win over Beibit Shumenov at the DC Ar  Read Full Story >>>

Hopkins Hints Again at Desire to Face Floyd Mayweather
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Bernard Hopkins has spoken of it before, and he’s now bringing it up again: a potential fight with pound-for-pound and box-office king Floyd Mayweather. “After I become light heavyweight champion again, if there’s one big fight out there and I think ‘50-50,’ he gets 50 wins, I turn 50, that’d be   Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins out-legends The Undertaker & Manchester United
On the Beak, Mon, 21 Apr 2014
‘The Beast incarnate’ Brock Lesnar soul-trapped WWE icon The Undertaker with a gem of a plot-twist at WrestleMania 30 earlier this month while there has been a considerable decline in standards at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson left his managerial post at Manchester United. Legends in diff  Read Full Story >>>

Father Time no match for boxing's Bernard Hopkins
By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
April 20, 2014 - On Saturday, a 30-year-old went up against a 49-year-old in a boxing match. Under ordinary circumstances, the promoters would face criticism or even censure for allowing such a contest to take place. In this case, though, the 49-year-old was IBF light-heavyweight champion Bernard Ho  Read Full Story >>>

Professor Hopkins schools Shumenov
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Continuing to defy Father Time, IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard “The Alien” Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) captured the WBA lightheavyweight crown by outworking the much younger Beibut Shumenov (14-1, 9 KOs) over 12 rounds at the D.C. Armory in Washington D.C on Saturday night. Hopkins, 49, is  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather Set to Summon Favored Reporters for New Media Blitz
By Ivan G. Goldman, Boxing Insider, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Floyd Mayweather, Golden Boy Promotions, Showtime, and other media outlets favored by the champion have begun blaring out the message that 12-1 underdog Marcos Maidana is a terribly dangerous opponent and that Floyd must have been out of his mind to accept his challenge. If you turn to fighth  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Bradley ["Revenge" Vol.IV]: The Avenger
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
I know there's a corny definition that will read entirely differently, but I think of redemption as something that is seized when you accept the future consequences for your past mistakes. It is atonement dreamed and realized. For Manny Pacquaio, he's still dreaming of a realization he fully e  Read Full Story >>>

Broner: I'd Fight Maidana in July, Pacquiao at Any Weight
By Bill Emes, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Former three division world champion Adrien Broner (27-1, 22KOs) is moving down to 140-pounds, but he doesn't rule out future fights at the 147-pound limit against welterweight champions Marcos Maidana and Manny Pacquiao. Broner, who suffered a decision loss to Maidana in December, is looking to  Read Full Story >>>

Hopkins-Shumenov scorecard analysis
By Karl Freitag, FightNews.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
While Quillin-Konecny was one-sided, and Porter-Malignaggi was a blowout, the controversial scoring in the Bernard Hopkins vs. Beibut Shumenov light heavyweight unification fight warrants some analysis. Interestingly, all three judges agreed on nine of the twelve rounds contested. In fact, judge  Read Full Story >>>

Manchester: Raw and Uncut
By Ted Spoon, Boxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
To the delight of a roaring audience, Scott Quigg (28-0-2, 21 KOs) wiped out Tshifhiwa Munyai (24-3-1, 12 KOs) at the 1:56 mark of round two… I lived in and around Manchester for many years. It’s a little overfamiliar these days, a sign of the past. There is however one (very big) reason to keep   Read Full Story >>>

HISTORY IS MADE AGAIN AS BERNARD HOPKINS DEFEATS BEIBUT SHUMENOV AT DC ARMORY
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014

HISTORY IS MADE AGAIN AS BERNARD HOPKINS DEFEATS BEIBUT SHUMENOV TO BECOME THE UNIFIED LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION SHAWN PORTER DOMINATES PAULIE MALIGNAGGI IN DEFENSE OF IBF WELTERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP;   Read Full Story >>>

BANAL WINS 1ST ASSIGNMENT IN AIBA WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Sofia, Bulgaria - Despite continued cloudy, cold and rainy conditions, a ray of sunshine shone on the Philippine team at the AIBA World Youth Championships at the Arena Armeec Sofia here, as 17 year-old Hipolito Banal Jr. scored a unanimous decision victory Saturday over Colombian Hernan Alarcon.   Read Full Story >>>

BERNARD HOPKINS TO ADONIS STEVENSON: "I'M COMING TO CANADA. I'M GETTING MY PAPERS TOGETHER"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
"Stevenson, I'm coming to Canada. I'm getting my papers together," stated unified WBA & IBF light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, who made it clear that he's looking forward to unifying his titles with WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson. Fresh off of his victory over Beibut Shumen  Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins schools Shumenov to unify titles. Shawn Porter dominates Malignaggi, moving closer to Pacquiao showdown.
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
At the DC Armory in Washington, D.C., Showtime championship boxing featured a night of title fights and lots of action. The co-main event of the card featured a clash between IBF welterweight champion, Shawn ‘Showtime’ Porter (22-0-1, 14 KO) and Paulie Malignaggi (33-6, 7 KO). Both men came into the  Read Full Story >>>

Was That Shawn Porter…Or Jack Dempsey?
By Sean Crose, Boxing Insider, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
I’m still not sure it was Shawn Porter I saw on Saturday…or Jack Dempsey. I know, I know, Dempsey died back in the 80s – at least that’s what we’ve been told – but Porter really reminded me of the guy as he absolutely destroyed the talented Paulie Malignaggi live on Showtime. For, like the 20  Read Full Story >>>

Alien Resurrection: Hopkins Spooks Shumenov
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
After 12 rounds of somewhat less than scintillating action, Hopkins had landed 93 of 182 punches thrown, for a jaw dropping 51%... Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, DC, IBF champion Bernard Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) befuddled WBA champion Beibut Shumenov (14-2, 9 KOs) over 12 rounds t  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao courtesy call to Aquino set for Monday
By Kristine Angeli Sabillo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III will finally come face-to-face with boxing icon and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao on Monday for a customary courtesy call after the new World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterwaeight champion’s win last April 12. The President’s schedul  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Sr. and Shane Mosley break down Floyd Mayweather vs. Marcos Maidana
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
In advance of his son’s upcoming professional debut, former three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley ventured with him to Las Vegas to get some work earlier this month. Putting in some rounds at the Mayweather Boxing Club, Shane Jr. sparred with gym regulars such as Lanell Bellows and K  Read Full Story >>>

Borges: Maidana a ’dog with bite
By Ron Borges, Boston Herald, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Bob Arum labeled him “a guy who has cement in his shoes and can’t move and is a 15-1 shot, charitably.” The oddsmakers seem to agree. Certainly Floyd Mayweather Jr. has no quarrel with those assessments or he wouldn’t have taken the fight in the first place. Yet, ask Marcos Maidana about such dis  Read Full Story >>>

Reno professor traces Nevada’s rich boxing history
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Long before Las Vegas called itself the “Fight Capital of the World” in the 1980s, boxing had a rich history in Nevada. There was organized boxing in many small mining towns during the 1800s and professional boxing gained a foothold in Northern Nevada in the late 1800s and early 1900s. That histo  Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins wins split decision, unifies titles
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
WASHINGTON -- Bernard Hopkins thumbed his nose at Father Time one more time Saturday night, using his vast experience and guile, and yes, his ageless quickness to defeat Beibut Shumenov at the DC Armory. With a surprising split decision victory in a brilliant performance, Hopkins, 49, became the   Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins Embarrasses, Drops Beibut Shumenov To Continue On His Absurd Way
By Jeff Pryor, The Queensberry Rules, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
The peerless Bernard Hopkins, still fighting at age 49, looked to unify two of the light heavyweight belts as he faced Beibut Shumenov of Kazakstan. He did just that, embarrassing his overmatched opponent on the way to an inexplicable split decision. The 1st round slipped away with little action,  Read Full Story >>>

Bernard Hopkins, 49, earns split decision win over Beibut Shumenov
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, CBS Sports, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Another night. Another chapter to the ageless legend. Three months beyond his 49th birthday, Philadelphian Bernard Hopkins became the oldest man to unify light heavyweight titles with a split-decision victory over Beibut Shumenov to wrap up a three title-bout card at the DC Armory. Hopkins ent  Read Full Story >>>

BERNARD HOPKINS DROPS BEIBUT SHUMENOV EN ROUTE TO DOMINANT SPLIT DECISION VICTORY
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins proved that he's still great, even at the age of 49, dropping the much younger Beibut Shumenov en route to a split decision victory at the DC Armory in Washington, DC. Once again, Hopkins defied Father Time, making it look easy with a dominant performance. Contro  Read Full Story >>>

School’s out for Summer: Professor Hopkins easily out-points another younger champ in Shumenov on Showtime!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Bernard Hopkins W SD12 Beibut Shumenov Future Hall of Famer and IBF 175-pound champion Bernard ‘The Alien’ Hopkins (55-6-2, 32 KOs) added the WBA super light heavyweight crown to his trophy case with a dominant, surgical (split) decision over now former champion Beibut Shumenov (14-2, 9 KOs) mo  Read Full Story >>>

FORMER PACQUIAO SPARRING PARTNER PORTER KO’S MALIGNAGGI
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014

The former sparring partner of “Fighter of the Decade” Manny Pacquiao, IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter has scored a brutal 4th round knockout of the cocky Paulie Malignaggi who was looking to win a third world  Read Full Story >>>

SHAWN PORTER BATTERS PAULIE MALIGNAGGI IN 4 TO RETAIN IBF WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 20 Apr 2014
Moments ago at the DC Armory in Washington D.C., IBF welterweight champion Shawn Porter made an impressive first defense of his title, knocking out former champion Paulie Malignaggi with ease in the fourth round. Porter was calculating and relentless, picking his spots behind a crisp jab while letti  Read Full Story >>>