Teofimo Lopez. New York, NY (July 18, 2018)--It was a perfect weekend for Split-T Management, as six members of Boxing's deepest management stable remained undefeated with impressive victories. Teofimo Lopez announced   

Christopher Brooker to take on Eric Moon in co-feature bout on Friday, August 10th at SugarHouse Casino
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Philadelphia, Penn. (July 18th, 2018)--Super Middleweight Christopher Brooker will take on Eric Moon in the eight-round co-feature bout on Friday night, August 10th at SugarHouse Casino. The bout, which is part of a full night of action that is promoted by King's Promotions. In the main event  Read Full Story >>>

Could a Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch happen? It starts with Floyd, says Bob Arum
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Manny Pacquiao’s longtime promoter Bob Arum is planning an early August trip to the Philippines to discuss the eight-division champion’s next bout. The possibilities include lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, unbeaten welterweight champion Terence Crawford … and, perhaps, a rematch with Flo  Read Full Story >>>

Lucas Matthysse Blasts Critics Who Claim He Quit With Pacquiao
By Elisinio Castillo, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Lucas Matthysse (39-5, 36 KOs) is back home in Argentina and he wasn't happy with some of the statements that were being made regarding his performance from this past weekend. Matthysse, in his first defense of the WBA "regular" welterweight title, was battered and stopped by eight division champ  Read Full Story >>>

Argentine Scribe: Event was too big for Matthysse
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
Lucas Matthysse had already lost the fight even before he stepped into the ring against Manny Pacquiao Sunday noon in Kuala Lumpur. “The way he looked,” said legendary boxing scribe Carlos Irusta when asked about Pacquiao’s one sided beating of the Argentine champion. Irusta, whose exemplary c  Read Full Story >>>

Limpag: Dissecting Pacquiao
By Mike T. Limpag, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 19 Jul 2018
AFTER Manny Pacquiao’s unexpected knockout win last Sunday against Lucas Mathhysse, there was an interesting thread on social media about separating Manny the boxer from Manny the politician. Some agreed, some strongly disagreed, offering their various viewpoints. I got asked for my take and I sa  Read Full Story >>>

T’was the hardest training camp we had – Pacquiao
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Dedication in training and commitment to the sport he loves most was what newly-crowned World Boxing Association welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao was the secret of his getting back to competi  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather Bros Down with Tekashi69, I'm a Big Fan!!
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

TMZ SPORTS -- Tekashi69 was stopped in his tracks at a celebrity basketball game at UCLA on Tuesday -- and the guy responsible for the encounter ... was Floyd Mayweather!! Turns out, Floyd is a FAN of 6ix9ine -- and, while   Read Full Story >>>

Thomas Mattice Camp Notes
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Mattice Takes on Zhora Hamazaryan in co-feature bout of ShoBox: The New Generation Tripleheader on Friday, July 20th from the WinnaVegas Casino Resort on Sloan, Iowa Telecast begins at 10 PM ET / PT Cleveland, Ohio (July 18, 2018) - Undefeated lightweight Thomas Mattice (12-0, 10 KOs) is look  Read Full Story >>>

How Relevant is Manny Pacquiao Now?
By Charles Jay, Boxing Insider, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
After Manny Pacquiao’s fight this past weekend, ESPN commentator Mark Kriegel declared that with his victory, he had “changed the configuration of boxing again.” My first thought was that I didn’t know if I would characterize it quite like that, but there is no doubt that he is very much alive to  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse: Afterthoughts
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
It wasn’t the blazing destroyer of a decade ago but Manny Pacquiao found enough of his old self, and the right opponent in Lucas Matthysse, to give fans another good memory. With the right matchmaking, he can keep doing it for a bit longer. That’s not a bad thing for boxing. There aren’t a lo  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather puts Manny Pacquiao fight talk to one side as he plays in celebrity basketball game
By Anthony Hay, Mail Online (UK), Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Floyd Mayweather is rumoured to be considering a return to the boxing ring but he continues to be invested in his other sporting passion... basketball. With the NBA in the off-season, basketball superfan Mayweather decided to get himself onto the court by playing in the inaugural $50K charity ch  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather Responds To Pacquiao’s Rematch Suggestion
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Following Manny Pacquiao’s TKO win over Lucas Matthysse this past weekend ‘Pacman’ said in his post-fight press conference that he would be open to a Floyd Mayweather rematch. Mayweather has now got wind of it and given his reaction to Pacquiao’s latest win. Mayweather appears to be happily retir  Read Full Story >>>

Fernando: Pacquiao’s struggle to quit
By Sherwin L. Fernando, Sun.Star Baguio, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
BOXING is like an addiction. Once the body gets used to it, it becomes part of the system. It will take time and process for one to let go of it. Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s decision to step in the ring after announcing his retirement is not a surprise. Many athletes had done the same. Ma  Read Full Story >>>

Joshua v Wilder: Contract STILL NEEDS ADDRESSING as Eddie Hearn confirms NO PROGRESS being made
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Eddie Hearn has clarified what WBN was told this week by Deontay Wilder's co-manager Shelly Finkel, that no movement has been forthcoming on a deal between Anthony Joshua and the WBC champion. Despite Joshua telling media at the DAZN announcement on Tuesday that, 'issues in the contract were no   Read Full Story >>>

‘Big shot’ awaits Manny
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR. Head trainer Buboy Fernandez said yesterday newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has two up to three more fights left before hanging up his gloves and what’s down the road could  Read Full Story >>>

LU BIN -- THE CASE OF A BOXER PUSHED TOO EARLY
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

It will not be a great surprise if a young boxer from China will still be in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when this article is finally posted. That will be days after he suffered a KO defeat at an undercard fight  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao next fight: more Chinese boxers on undercard after Tencent snub Lucas Matthysse bout in Kuala Lumpur
By Nazvi Careem, South China Morning Post, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Filipino world champion is looking at a potential US$1 billion market in China for his future fights Manny Pacquiao reportedly missed out on a China broadcast windfall after internet giant Tencent pulled out of his Kuala Lumpur fight with Lucas Matthysse at the eleventh hour – but his management   Read Full Story >>>

LAST CALL FOR REGISTRATION FOR THE FIRST TOUGH MUDDER IN THE PHILIPPINES SET ON JULY 21-22, 2018
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

Manila, Philippines (July 18, 2018) – There’s still time to register for the first Tough Mudder Philippines event, set to take place this weekend, July 21-22, 2018 at Portofino Amore, in Alabang. The Philippine licensee, Pro  Read Full Story >>>

The Past Week in Action 17 July 2018
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

Highlights: -Manny Pacquiao stops Lucas Matthysse in great weekend for Filipino boxers as Vic Saludar and Jhack Tepora make it a hat trick of titles for the Philippines -Regis Prograis stops Juan Jose Velasco to r  Read Full Story >>>

Uniting nations through boxing
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR. Newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao recently made history by assembling the first boxing card ever to feature fighters from 13 different countries on the same bill.   Read Full Story >>>

Filipino Lee Vann Corteza Wins Japan Open; pockets JP¥ 1,200,000 for the victory
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

FILIPINO pool wizard Lee Vann Corteza toppled Japanese Naoyuki Oi, 8-7, to complete a sweep and rule the men's 10-ball crown of the 31st Japan Open 2018 Championship last Monday, July 16, 2018 at the New Pier Ha  Read Full Story >>>

Money matches: Five who could be next for Pacquiao
By Agence France Press, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Manny Pacquiao turned back the clock in Kuala Lumpur Sunday to register a first knockout for nine years and win the welterweight world title from WBA title-holder Lucas Matthysse of Argentina. With the Filipino fighting legend back in the big time, AFP Sport looks at five boxers who could be mone  Read Full Story >>>

Three Punch Combo: Pacquiao-Matthysse Redux, a ‘ShoBox’ Preview and More
By Matt Andrzejewski , The Sweet Science, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
THREE PUNCH COMBO: This past weekend, Manny Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KO’s) returned to the ring after a little more than a year off and made surprisingly easy work of Lucas Matthysse (39-5, 36 KO’s), stopping him in round seven to win a welterweight belt. Many, including myself, thought Matthysse just m  Read Full Story >>>

What a marvelous mismatch!
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

MANNY Pacquiao was a masterpiece, Lucas Matthysse a big joke. There are several other superlatives fit to celebrate Pacquiao’s glittering one-man show in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. He indeed looked nearly as magnifice  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO'S CORNER GAMBIT
By Tonton Alcos-Antogop, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Now it can be told, there was a big gambit in the corner of Manny Pacquiao on the day that he wrested the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight crown from Lucas Matthysse. That is, he fought  Read Full Story >>>

Sleepless nights for Elordes
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR. Not too many know that Johnny and Liza Elorde were behind the logistical and physical arrangements of the weigh-in and the “Fight of Champions” here last weekend. It was no easy task and the husband-  Read Full Story >>>

Anthony Joshua Says Wilder Fight Will Happen, Even If I Lose to Povetkin
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

TMZ SPORTS -- Anthony Joshua tells TMZ Sports he's not planning on losing his upcoming bout against Alexander Povetkin -- but even if he did, it wouldn't affect his plans for a SUPER FIGHT with Deontay Wilder. Joshua was i  Read Full Story >>>

Undefeated and world ranked Junior Lightweight Erick De Leon shows heart in winning unanimous decision over Adrian Young in New Orleans
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

NEW YORK--World Ranked Junior Lightweight Erick De Leon showed the heart of a champion by fighting 9 1/2 rounds with an injured shoulder, but still won just about every round in his ten round unanimous decision over tough v  Read Full Story >>>

KlowdTV to Air Live & Exclusively Usyk v. Gassiev THIS SATURDAY in the United States
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Undefeated WBC and WBO World Title Holder Oleksandr Usyk set to Battle Undefeated IBF and WBA Champion Murat Gassiev for the Unification of the Four Cruiserweight Belts Live and Exclusively on KlowdTV SAN DIEGO, CALIF. - July 17, 2018 - On Saturday afternoon, July 21st, the world's best and undef  Read Full Story >>>

WBC WORLD CHAMPION DAVID BENAVIDEZ & FORMER WBA WORLD CHAMPION JOSÉ BENAVIDEZ CONFIRMED FOR FOURTH ANNUAL BOX FAN EXPO
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Box Fan Expo is the ultimate fan experience event that gives boxing fans the opportunity to meet-and-greet top fighters, current and former world champions, boxing celebrities and industry people in an up-close personal setting. Tickets On-Sale Now at EventBrite Las Vegas (July 17, 2018) - Cur  Read Full Story >>>

Cebu’s new star
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
EVERYTHING still seems surreal for Jhack Tepora, after coming home to Cebu City on Monday afternoon as the new interim World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion. From being unknown to most except hardcore boxing fans, the 23-year-old Tepora turned into star overnight following his nin  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao proves critics wrong; next fight still up in the air
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
KUALA Lumpur—His strength emanates from the Supreme Being but all his achievements are the fruits of hard work and dedication to his sport. A reflective, somber Manny Pacquiao on Monday said the formula to his success is not really a secret even as he declared he will defend his welterweight belt  Read Full Story >>>

Anthony Joshua SIGNS CONTRACT, urges Deontay Wilder to follow with promises of PREVIOUS ISSUES being TAKEN OUT of deal
World Boxing News, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Anthony Joshua has confirmed he's signed a contract to face Deontay Wilder in April at Wembley Stadium and has urged the American to do the same. 'AJ' wants Wilder to put pen to paper on an offer the heavyweight king says is bereft of previous issues named by Wilder and his co-manager Shelly Fink  Read Full Story >>>

Gennady Golovkin dubbed 'indestructible' as boxing fans go wild over workout video
By Tom Evans , Daily Star (UK), Wed, 18 Jul 2018
The 36-year-old is feared throughout the boxing world for his ferocious power punches. He has been embroiled in a bitter war of words with rival Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in recent months. But as the build-up to their hotly-anticipated rematch comes to the boil, throwback footage of the Kazakh wo  Read Full Story >>>

‘Big shot’ awaits Manny
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

KUALA LUMPUR. Head trainer Buboy Fernandez said yesterday newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has two up to three more fights left before hanging up his gloves and what’s down the road could be the “  Read Full Story >>>

SPORTS ROUNDUP 12: PACQUIAO CHALLENGES MAYWEATHER TO A REMATCH
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

New WBA regular welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao disregarded calls for him to hang up his gloves after a very convincing knockout win over Lucas Matthysse last Sunday. "I feel good for now. Boxing is my passion and I would  Read Full Story >>>

Kenneth Sims Jr. Camp Notes
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018

Sims Takes on Montana Love in opening bout of ShoBox: The New Generation Tripleheader on Friday, July 20th from the WinnaVegas Casino Resort on Sloan, Iowa Telecast begins at 10 PM ET / PT Chicago (July 17, 2018) - Jun  Read Full Story >>>

What’s Next for Pacquiao?
By Oliver Suarez, Boxing Insider, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
The clock was ticking, the guard began to change as star after star began to fade into the background but an ever present constant in the boxing hemisphere, Manny Pacquiao, was determined to shift the sands of time back into his favour last weekend as he faced Lucas Matthysse, in Malaysia, for yet a  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao: I Don't Know Yet About Fighting Keith Thurman
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Manny Pacquiao didn’t just add another title to the long list of championships he has won during his 23-year, Hall-of-Fame career. By beating Lucas Matthysse on Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Filipino icon moved into position to eventually fight Keith Thurman. Pacquiao won the WBA world we  Read Full Story >>>

Mikey Garcia Reacts To Pacquiao TKO Of Matthysse, Talks Possible Lomachenko or Crawford Fight
By Niall Doran, Boxing News and Views, Wed, 18 Jul 2018
Rising pound for pound star Mikey Garcia returns to action very soon but took time out this week to talk about one of boxing’s former pound for pound stars, Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao won a seventh round TKO last weekend over Lucas Matthysse and for the most part impressed fans and spectators aroun  Read Full Story >>>

PINOY WORLD TITLE FIGHTS SCORECARD: 3-0 SO FAR THIS MONTH (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 Jul 2018

CEBU – It was extremely positive so far for Philippine boxing scene as three Filipino fighters who fought for world titles over the weekend won all their matches. Two more are scheduled to take their turns this weekend a  Read Full Story >>>