NBA -- The Memphis Grizzlies: A team to watch
By Adeline Deladisma, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Zach Randolph. DALLAS -- The Memphis Grizzlies came into the American Airlines Center without a whole lot of fanfare on Tuesday night. Arguably, you'll find games like this every night in the loaded Western Conferenc  Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- Howard-less Rockets handle Mavs, 99-94
By Franco Ching Alsay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
HOUSTON -- Josh Smith went 4-of-5 from the 3-point line and scored 18 points overall to lead the Houston Rockets over the Dallas Mavericks, 99-94, on Wednesday night at the Toyota Center. Without the injured Dwight Howard (ankle), six Rockets scored in double figures. James Harden had 17 and eig  Read Full Story >>>

Fernando Vargas: ‘Nobody beats Mayweather; too smart, too intelligent’
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
With Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao having again captured the world’s imagination after coming face to face with one another on Tuesday night in Miami, the demand for the fight continues to build. But for as much talk as we are hearing these days, some people simply don’t get too hyped up ab  Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse-Ruslan Provodnikov eyed for March 28 at StubHub
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Talks are ongoing for a junior welterweight bout between top contenders Lucas Matthysse and Ruslan Provodnikov on March 28 at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., according to Provodnikov’s promoter, Artie Pelullo of Banner Promotions. Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, who recent  Read Full Story >>>

Terence Crawford could face Chris Algieri for vacant WBO 140-lb. title
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
A junior welterweight bout between RING lightweight champion Terence Crawford and Chris Algieri for the vacant WBO 140-pound title is currently being discussed, Top Rank CEO Bob Arum confirmed to RingTV.com on Wednesday. “We’re talking about it, and that’s all I can say,” said Arum, who is in dis  Read Full Story >>>

KONCZ WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH MISS PHILIPPINES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Lastimosa. Miss Universe judge and eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao's longtime adviser Michael Koncz isn't known as an authority on beauty but even he wasn't too enamored with Miss Philippines Mary Jean Lastim  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao and Mayweather Meet in Miami: A Sign of Things to Come?
By Scott Tonelli, 3MoreRounds.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Just as it began to seem that rumors of a negotiation for a Mayweather-Pacquiao super-fight in 2015 had become just another falsehood in a long line of gossip that has surrounded the two fighters for years, along comes a simple meeting of the two pugilists at a basketball game (of all places) in Mia  Read Full Story >>>

Jeff Mayweather says Floyd and Manny coming face to face in Miami was ‘two guys talking, that’s all’
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao came face to face in Miami last night during the Bucks-Heat game, the world was set ablaze with curiosity, chatter, and hope. For the past five years, the two prize fighters have intrigued the boxing world and the general public with the possibility of a d  Read Full Story >>>

2015 Off To Great Start, With or Without Floyd-Manny
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
As 2014 slowly crept towards to a close, the thought process going into this year was that there wasn’t any way possible it could be worse for the sport of boxing. The worst thing that could have happened in the early stages of 2015 was if the plan had been to simply do better than a bad year. Fo  Read Full Story >>>

Brandon Rios: The Uppercut Explained
By Gordon Marino, Boxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
“When I get inside, I bend, lean a little back with my weight on my right foot and fire my right uppercut straight up the middle…” I caught up with Brandon Rios (33-2-1, 24 KOs) today. He was still on the ceiling after his thrilling stoppage of Mike Alvarado (34-4, 23 KOs) on Saturday night in De  Read Full Story >>>

ARUM HOPES A PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER FIGHT WILL BE WRAPPED UP BY END OF THE WEEK
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes that the planned May 2 multi –millin dollar showdown between eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and undefeated pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr will be wrapped  Read Full Story >>>

Francisco Rodriguez Jr.: One Correction From Nietes?
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
The winner of the BoxingScene and ESPN 2014 Fight of the Year didn’t end his year with a victory in the ring. He didn’t lose either. One fight after defeating Katsunari Takayama to become only the third fighter to unify a portion of the 105 lb. title, Mexico’s Francisco Rodriguez Jr. (16-2-1,   Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather, Pacquiao have 'productive' talks at hotel
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Whether their first-ever meeting at halftime of an NBA game Tuesday night in Miami and again afterwards at a hotel was an amazing coincidence or an elaborate set-up, it's a fact that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are seriously discussing the most long-awaited and likely the most lucrative figh  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao: It’s now or never
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Changing his desperate call, Manny Pacquiao shifted from ultimatum to a plea for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to please sign the contract (for their dream super fight) now. “If this doesn’t happen now, I don’t think it will. Now is t  Read Full Story >>>

David Lemieux “Let’s see how he reacts when he starts getting hit.”[Mayweather]
By Ryan O’Hara, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
David Lemieux has won his past eight fights since losing back-to-back bouts against Marco Antonio Rubio and Joachim Alcine, respectively. Since those tough losses, Lemieux has rebounded to win seven of those eight fights by knockout. Despite articulating that he is not a huge fan of the sport, Le  Read Full Story >>>

Guillermo Rigondeaux encouraged by Oscar de la Hoya comment about Leo Santa Cruz unification fight
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

MIAMI (Jan. 28, 2015) - World Boxing Association (WBA) Super, World Boxing Organization (WBO) and The Ring Magazine super bantamweight champion Guillermo "The Jackal" Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 KOs) is encouraged by reports that W  Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- Raptors shake off slow start, beat Pacers, 104-91
By Anthony Rozic, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

INDIANAPOLIS -- After a slow start in which they missed 13 of their first 21 shots, the Toronto righted the ship and used a strong second half effort to beat the Indiana Pacers, 104-91, on Tuesday night at the Bankers Lif  Read Full Story >>>

John Molina: “I’m sure Mayweather and Pacquiao are more than willing to fight each other, but everything’s gotta be right because this a business”
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
I had a chance to talk with the hard hitting, John Molina ahead of his March 7th bout with Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner. The bout will between Molina and Broner will headline the first of Al Haymon’s cards on Network TV in what promises to be a great night of fights. In this interview, John spoke  Read Full Story >>>

Villanueva looks for impressive win
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
TWO of Arthur Villanueva’s last two fights weren’t exactly picture perfect wins. In fact, he was fighting for his life in both bouts. Villanueva wants to erase that in the minds of everybody with a notable victory against a very credible opponent in former world champion Julio Cesar Miranda.   Read Full Story >>>

Wladimir Klitschko vs Briggs in September? Shannon says it's a done deal
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Earlier today, hard-punching wild-man and former heavyweight belt-holder Shannon Briggs told ESPN he has a September date with lineal heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko. "I have a date with Klitschko set for September, if not sooner," Briggs told Buncey's Boxing Podcast on ESPN. After a 3  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO'S ADVISER DISCUSSES PRIVATE MEETING WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER: "I TRULY BELIEVE HE'S SINCERE AND WANTS TO MAKE THE FIGHT"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
"Floyd met with us and how can I say he's not sincere. I believe he's sincere. I don't have anything to contradict the fact that he's not sincere...we looked eye to eye, we talked and I truly believe he's sincere and wants to make the fight happen...It's evident by his actions last night and I have   Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather working together to finalize fight
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao’s unscheduled meeting at a Miami Heat game has triggered rapid movement toward the long-anticipated Super Bowl of boxing. Pacquiao advisor Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday that the unbeaten Mayweather visited Pacquiao at his Miami hotel  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao adviser: Private meeting with Floyd Mayweather after Heat game 'very positive'
By Josh Slagter, mlive.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao had a chance to talk Tuesday night, with an NBA crowd as their witness. But the two fighters also chatted privately after the game in a hotel suite, according to ESPN.com. Michael Koncz, Pacquiao's adviser, told ESPN.com's Dan Rafael that Mayweather and Pacquia  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: "Close Encounters of the First Kind"
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
No.  Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images You are not paranormal. What you saw was real. You can tell your friends and they won't think you're crazy... Around the time that Floyd Mayweather was born, a classic Stephen Spielberg movie called "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" wa  Read Full Story >>>

Hello It’s Me
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
I’ve been wrong in the past and will no doubt be wrong again, but I won’t have mistaken wish-fulfillment for reality… Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao have finally spoken. It wasn’t at an arbitrator’s office. It was at a Miami Heat game, where both were in attendance. Having met at a public  Read Full Story >>>

Op-Ed: Did Bob Arum step aside to allow Mayweather's access to Pacquiao?
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum was absent when Floyd Mayweather talked with Manny Pacquiao during the break of the Miami Heat-Milwaaukee Bucks game at the American Arena in Florida Tuesday and speculations are high that the meeting had the blessing of Arum. One of the conditions that Mayweather has  Read Full Story >>>

Danny Garcia on Disappointment of Mayweather Pacquiao, Cotto Canelo
By James Allen, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
WBC and WBA Super World light-welterweight champion Danny ‘Swift’ Garcia (29-0, 17KO’s) recently took some time from his busy schedule to share his thoughts with Josh Grayfer of Thaboxingvoice.com. A range of topics currently headlining in the boxing world today was discussed. They began with the  Read Full Story >>>

Arum Calls Mayweather-Cotto II Talk 'Absolute Nonsense'
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
If the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight cannot be made, despite supposed progress in negotiations, Bob Arum doesn’t consider a rematch between Mayweather and Miguel Cotto to be a viable alternative. Pacquaio’s promoter was a guest Tuesday night on SiriusXM’s “Going The Distance,” co-host  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing needs another Tyson
By David Isaacson, Times Live, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
Will a phoenix rise from the ashes of South Africa's xenophobic shame? I say xenophobia, but in reality the attacks on the foreign shop-owners is nothing more than thuggery. These dark clouds of hatred have developed into the more shameful moments of our new South Africa, but then I started wo  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fuel talk of superfight by meeting in USA
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao came face-to-face in Miami as speculation grows that a super-fight between the pair is close to being finalised. There have been statements from   Read Full Story >>>

MORE QUESTIONS: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao
By David Tyler, DogHouseBoxing.com, Thu, 29 Jan 2015
First I would like to thank you for the overwhelming response to my last article. I received a blizzard of e-mails many of which were infected with a virus. Special thanks to all the Pacman worshipers who took the time to answer all the rhetorical questions. May Pacman always bless you! Many  Read Full Story >>>