5 questions going into Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia
By Michael Rosenthal, MSN Sports, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Errol Spence Jr. will defend his welterweight titles against Danny Garcia on Saturday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Dallas Cowboys. The fight will be televised on pay-per-view. The matchup is compelling. Spence, No. 5 on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound list, will be  Read Full Story >>>

Peñalosa vouches for Pacquiao’s power
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Though often dismissed as not being the best fighter in his division, Manny Pacquiao is very much capable of messing up anyone’s tactics and strategy, according to a major backer of the Filipino legend. Two-division world champion Gerry Peñalosa swears even if Pacquiao is turning 42 on 17 Dece  Read Full Story >>>

Mike Tyson worst fears realized as 50-plus heavyweights eye comebacks
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Social media has become a buzz of activity since Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. made their heavyweight comebacks on Saturday night. The two legends, fighting in their 50’s, did a good job keeping the fans entertained for eight rounds of two-minute action – for the most part. Ending a draw, T  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 30 November 2020: Wanheng's Longest Unbeaten Record Falls
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

Wanheng (L) loses to Pradabsri in Thailand. Highlights: - Petchmanee (Panya Pradabsri) snaps the 54-bout unbeaten run of Wanheng (Chayaphon Moonsri) to win the WBC minimumweight title. -Joe Joyce wins the battle of B  Read Full Story >>>

Gilberto Ramirez vs. Alfonso Lopez Headlines "Battle of Rio Grande"
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

Live Dec. 18th on pay-per-view from Galveston, Texas GALVESTON, Texas (November 30, 2020) -- There is a Texas showdown coming December 18th called the "Battle of Rio Grande," in which undefeated, former world super m  Read Full Story >>>

Title Twofer: MTK Global Golden Contract Championship Matches to Stream Live and Exclusively Wednesday on ESPN+
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

Stream to begin at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT (November 30, 2020) — Two MTK Global Golden Contract winners will be crowned this Wednesday, Dec. 2, when the 10-round light heavyweight and featherweight finals are contested   Read Full Story >>>

Mike Tyson stuns with ‘boxing was dying before YouTubers’ comments
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Mike Tyson made a cardinal sin after his comeback from a fifteen-year absence by basically saying boxing wouldn’t be able to compete without YouTubers. Now, correct me if I’m wrong, but ESPN+ and Top Rank have been seeing record numbers lately, even during the pandemic. But for Mike to say  Read Full Story >>>

What if Mike Tyson staged a comeback?
By Robert Ecksel, BoxingNoir, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
“First your legs go. Then you lose your reflexes. Then you lose your friends.”—Former featherweight champion Willie Pep Based on Saturday’s exhibition between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr., it’s impossible to confirm that the last thing a heavyweight loses is his power. During his h  Read Full Story >>>

WBC Champion Povetkin Update
By Gabriel F. Cordero, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

It has been known that the Russian WBC heavyweight world champion, Alexander Povetkin is recovering positively from Covid 19. Now the next step is to return to training and be sure of his performance. Povetkin has undergone  Read Full Story >>>

Eduardo "Camelo" Ramon vs. Cleber "Clebinho" Sousa SFT MMA middleweight title eliminator
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

GUARULHOS, Brazil (November 30, 2020) - SFT MMA & Xtreme (Standout Fighting Tournament) will host its final show of the year, "SFT 26: Camelo vs. Sousa", this Saturday night (Dec. 5) in Guarulhos, Brazil. SFT 26: Ca  Read Full Story >>>

NZ crowns new WKN world champions - Dhcamad Armstrong and Yordniyom Yuttakangumtorn lift prestigious titles at Born to Fight 8 in Auckland
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

The World Kickboxing Network returned to New Zealand this past Saturday (Nov. 28) with a pair of prestigious titles contested on the top of Born to Fight 8 at YMCA Auckland. In the main event Dhcamad Armstrong of New Zealand a  Read Full Story >>>

Split-T Management Signs Undefeated Junior Welterweight John Bauza
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020

NEW YORK (November 30, 2020)--Split-T Management is proud to announce the signing of undefeated junior welterweight John Bauza. Bauza of North Bergen, New Jersey by way of San Juan, Puerto Rico has an unblemished professional r  Read Full Story >>>

You are here Home > Combat Sports > Boxing > Manny Pacquiao’s Lesson To Be Learned From Mike Tyson- Roy Jones Manny Pacquiao’s Lesson To Be Learned From Mike Tyson- Roy Jones
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
There’s a lesson to be learned following the whole Mike Tyson-Roy Jones pay-per-view exhibition brouhaha this past Saturday. Well, there are actually many lessons to be learned, but the one most relevant to this particular article is, perhaps, the most cynical. Boxing fans will pay for nonsense  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao should only fight the best at welterweight before he retires
By Manny Masongsong, NowBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is currently in boxing limbo because of the COVID-19 virus that spread across the globe. Like many other fighters, Pacquiao has been in quarantine and in Pacquiao’s case he is under the strictest lockdown in the Philippines. Pacquiao is 41, and he isn’t getting  Read Full Story >>>

Errol Spence Jr. 2.0
By Vikram Birring, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Dec 2020
Fourteen months ago, Errol Spence was undoubtedly one of the best boxers in the world. He had just defeated Shawn Porter in a splendid bout, and was the king of the welterweight division. Then, as it often does, life struck. Spence’s speeding glamour car crashed and sent him flying  Read Full Story >>>

Humiliation is more frightening than pain
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Friday’s super middleweight fight was awful. Saturday’s welterweight fight should be excellent. Saturday’s heavyweight farce wasn’t bad at all. There’s no laying out with T-square and drafting board a column that treats a sport dominated by a 54-year-old. The casuals can’t hear you,   Read Full Story >>>

Opinion: YouTuber eclipses Mike Tyson comeback, boxing has had enough
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
The internet is currently awash with the fallout of Mike Tyson making a comeback from fifteen years out of the ring. But sadly, the talk is not about Mike. A YouTube vlogger participating on the undercard in one of the worst examples of boxing fraud in the sport’s history is taking the shine fr  Read Full Story >>>

While Marcial Impresses in US Training, His Former Amateur Foes Continue to Wow in the Ring
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020

Marcial (L) poses with MP Promotions' Sean Gibbons. While Eumir Felix Marcial continues to draw raves in his training in the US, his former amateur rivals are turning heads in the professional ranks with lev  Read Full Story >>>

Liam Paro Faces Terry Tzouramanis for WBO & IBF Regional Titles on March 5th in Brisbane
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020

L-R: Maniatis, Inson and Tzouramanis. On March 5th in Brisbane, Australia, IBF #3 & WBO #2 Liam Paro fights Terry Tzouramanis (23 wins 4 losses) for the IBF International and WBO Global super lightweight titles.   Read Full Story >>>

Ivan Travis Cu sweeps BATCH online chess tourney
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Manila, Philippines -- Philippine chess wizard Ivan Travis Cu of San Juan City asserted his supremacy by topping the BATCH-Barangays Achieving Through Chess Kiddies Under-12 Online Rapid (15 minutes) Chess Tournament dubbed as Search for Kid Grandmaster last Sunday, November 29, 2020. The 11-year  Read Full Story >>>

Vaibhav Shetty victorious at FraggingMonk Fight Night to become the first WKN champion from India
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020

Vaibhav Shetty - The first Indian fighter to win WKN title India has its own WKN titleholder. Vaibhav Shetty lifted International belt when he faced Ashwin Naidu this past Saturday (Nov. 28) in the headliner of Frag  Read Full Story >>>

Spence-Garcia, Yarde-Arthur, Saunders-Murray, more: Boxing TV schedule for Dec. 2-5
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Wednesday, Dec. 2 ESPN+, 2:00 pm ET, Ryan Walsh vs Jazza Dickens, Serge Michel vs Ricards Bolotniks. MTK wraps up its last two Golden Contract tournaments at 126 and 175 with what should be entertaining fights, both well-matched. These tournaments really have been good TV pretty much every time out  Read Full Story >>>

A few words on the Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones 'exhibition'
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
First off, when the bout was announced, I didn’t openly complain. I might have rolled my eyes, but that reaction was not a judgement against 50- something legends Mike Tyson and Roy Jones. For whatever reason - charity, money, you name it--Tyson and Jones have earned the right to fight whe  Read Full Story >>>

It Didn’t Suck! Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Exhibition Surpassed Expectations
By Michael Woods, NYFights.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
As long as your expectations were at a reasonable level, that wasn’t all that bad. For a 54 and a 51 year old man, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones didn’t do all that badly Saturday night at the Staples Center, in front of no COVID, in a pay per view main event which will be remembered by those who c  Read Full Story >>>

De La Hoya Interested in Making Vergil Ortiz vs. Terence Crawford Title Fight
By Dan Rafael, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr., the explosive 2019 prospect of the year, has been moving up the ladder at quick pace and his promoter, Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya, believes he is ready to face the best the division has to offer. “He has such big potential. We’re super excited abo  Read Full Story >>>

Tyson/Jones Jr. draw after 8 rounds
By Robert Ecksel, BoxingNoir, Mon, 30 Nov 2020
Saturday night at the empty Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, former champions Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. waltzed to a questionable draw after eight two-minute rounds. It wasn’t a real fight. It was a gentlemanly sparring session for those hoping for an improbable blast from pas  Read Full Story >>>

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Dedication, love of country, key to Eumir Marcial’s bid for PH’s first Olympic gold medal – Roach
By Eddie Alinea of The Manila Times, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Nov 2020

Marcial (L) and Roach. It took nine years for boxing trainer Freddie Roach to find answer to his prayer to someday see another Muhammad Ali walking through the door of his Wild Card Gym along Vine St. in do  Read Full Story >>>

Ty Payne Inks Management deal with Tony Tolj
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Nov 2020

Decorated 19 year old Australian amateur standout, Ty Payne (1-0) has signed management terms with leading Australian manger and promoter, Tony Tolj. Fighting out of Kingscliff, New South Wales, Payne made an impressive professiona  Read Full Story >>>

Bacolod native Nunilon Fulo III rules New Zealand Senior Chess Championship 2020
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Nov 2020
MANILA, Philippines-- Nunilon Fulo III came out triumphant in the New Zealand Senior Chess Championship 2020, which was held at the Auckland Chess Centre in Auckland, New Zealand from November 26 to 29, 2020. Fulo split the point with countryman Candidate Master (CM) Benjamin Lim in the sixth an  Read Full Story >>>

Inside the wild life and mysterious death of boxer Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho
By Kirsten Fleming, New York Post, Sun, 29 Nov 2020
When boxer Hector “Macho” Camacho declared it was “Macho Time,” anything could happen. Rudy Gonzalez recalled once driving his friend Macho from Los Angeles to Florida. Early into the trip, while Gonzalez was napping in the passenger seat, things went awry. Macho spotted a billboard for a  Read Full Story >>>

'What a joke': Mike Tyson comeback rocked by 'disgraceful' drama
Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 29 Nov 2020
Mike Tyson’s comeback to boxing has ended in farcical fashion after his bout with Roy Jones Jr was scored a controversial draw on Sunday. Tyson showed glimpses of his destructive prime during the 54-year-old boxing icon’s return to the ring for a lively exhibition bout with 51-year-old Jones   Read Full Story >>>