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Remembering 'Smokin' Joe Frazier on his birthday
By John Raspanti, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 13 Jan 2021
I was a Muhammad Ali kid. To me, Ali was, and always will be, the best pure boxer I ever saw. He was loaded with natural talent and a gift for gab. I preferred the sweet science to the savage slugger.
Then there was Joe Frazier.
Joe was quiet, shy, and humble. He would never ordain h Read Full Story >>>Mike Acri, Promoter Who Worked With Camacho, Duran, Spadafora, Dies at 63
By Dan Rafael, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 13 Jan 2021
Longtime boxing promoter Michael Acri, who helped guide the late-career comebacks of Hall of Famers Hector Camacho Sr. and Roberto Duran, and guided Paul Spadafora to a lightweight world title, died on Sunday at his home in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was 63. (photo by Erie Times-News)
Acri had battle Read Full Story >>> Top Lightweight, Superlightweight Aces Dreaming of a Fight with Manny Pacquiao
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Kingry Garcia with Pacquiao.
Odd as it may seem but to this day, there are still those who believe Manny Pacquiao is a blownup lightweight who was just extraordinarily endowed and gifted to compete very well at welterwe Read Full Story >>> Pulev Vs Meroro and Class Vs Mwale Co-Headline Globally Broadcast Event on 29th Jan
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
With the distinct lack of televised boxing events for fans of the pugilistic arts to watch in January 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Botswana based Global Boxing Stars and the Jackson Group have entered into an agreeme Read Full Story >>> Marcial better off in America
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
National boxing head coach Pat Gaspi believes Eumir Marcial is better off training in the United States rather than with his national team pals in Calamba, Laguna.
Gaspi points out that the availability of sparring partners in America is a vital factor in the decision to remain there.
“He wo Read Full Story >>> SPORTS SHORTS 22: NORDINE OUBAALI IS REINSTATED AS WBC BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION, WILL FACE NONITO DONAIRE WHEN CLEARED
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
The World Boxing Council has reinstalled Nordine Oubaali as WBC world bantamweight champion in a letter which stated that it would “remove the Champion In-Recess designation from WBC Bantamweight World Champion Nordi Read Full Story >>> Chester Neil Reyes wins Baby Dos bullet chessfest
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Young chess wizard Chester Neil Reyes of Rodriguez, Rizal scored a crucial win in the end game to claim the championship of the Baby Almarie Jolene dubbed as Baby Dos One Month Old Celebration Online Chess Tournament last Monday, January 11, 2021 at lichess.org.
After losing to Sherwin Tiu of Min Read Full Story >>> Holyfield Open To Helping McGregor Prepare For Fight With Pacquiao
BoxingScene.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Former four time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is willing to help UFC star Conor McGregor prepare for a potential cross-sport boxing match with WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
McGregor made his boxing debut in August of 2017, when he suffered a ten round TKO loss at the hands o Read Full Story >>> Alexander Krassyuk, manager Of Oleksandr Usyk, Expects Him To Challenge For A World Title This Spring
By Hans Themistode, Boxing Insider, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Oleksandr Usyk just can’t seem to process why there has been so much buzz surrounding the possibility of an undisputed heavyweight contest between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Mainly because he isn’t moving off his WBO mandated title shot.
“Usyk is the WBO mandatory,” said Alexander Kra Read Full Story >>> Oleksandr Usyk refusing to step aside for Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury fight
By Anthony Cocks, RingNews24, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Oleksandr Usyk 18-0 (13) has no plans to step aside to allow unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua 24-1 (22) to face Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) in his next fight, according to his promoter.
WBA, WBO and IBF champion Joshua has an in-principal agreement in place to face WBC counterpart Fury twic Read Full Story >>> Manyo Plange tipped for world title by Yoofi Boham and Tony Tolj
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Experience boxing consultant, Yoofi Boham has tipped Ghanaian boxer Jessie Manyo Plange for a world title very soon after he moved up to the second spot on the latest World Boxing Association (WBA) ratings.
He said with the support o Read Full Story >>> Besides UFC star McGregor, Pacquiao wants Spence, too
Business Mirror, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
SEN. Manny Pacquiao believes unified International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. pales in comparison with Keith Thurman when it comes to speed.
“He [Spence] is too slow,” Pacquiao (62-7-2 win-loss-draw record with 39 knockouts) t Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao in Mix of Lightweight Callouts
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Right now, the lightweight division is red hot and top-heavy with young, hungry talent about to reach their physical primes.
Most recently, the 22-year-old Ryan Garcia affirmed his spot near the top of the list with an impressive seventh-round TKO of veteran former Olympic gold medalist, Luke Cam Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor Predicts Quick Finish Over Dustin Poirier At UFC 257
Fight Sports, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Conor McGregor has called his shot for the rematch with Dustin Poirier.
On January 23, McGregor will return to the Octagon. He’ll go one-on-one with Poirier in a rematch from their September 2014 battle. McGregor won that bout via first-round TKO. The rematch is set to headline UFC 257 in Abu D Read Full Story >>> Tyson Fury: Boxers deserve a million times more
By Daniel Hussey, Pundit Arena, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
“It’s just all a bit of a mirage. Any boxer, whatever they get, any athlete, they deserve a million times more.”
Tyson Fury has claimed that all athletes should be getting “a million times more” than what they do.
This is due to the amount of hard work and dedication athletes put in da Read Full Story >>> Usyk Not Backing Away From WBO Shot, Has Not Given Consent For Fury-Joshua
BoxingScene.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Oleksandr Usyk, the mandatory challenger for the WBO championship, is not backing away one inch from his ordered title shot.
The current champion, Anthony Joshua, who also holds the WBA, IBO, IBF titles, is more interested in a full division unification with WBC world champion Tyson Fury.
But Read Full Story >>> WBN AWARDS 2020: Teofimo Lopez wins Pound for Pound Breakthrough
World Boxing News, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Lightweight king Teofimo Lopez has been named World Boxing News Pound for Pound Breakthrough after leaping into the top five in 2020.
Over the past twelve months alone, Lopez jumped from outside the Top 50 to a place among the sport’s elite.
His victory over Vasyl Lomachenko, taking place in Read Full Story >>> Aussie Boxing Year in Review 2020
By Anthony Cocks, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 12 Jan 2021
Aussie Boxing 2020
In a boxing year truncated by the global coronavirus pandemic, Australia has still managed to deliver a plethora of compelling contests both at home and abroad. International travel restrictions may have prevented many of our top-rated fighters from pushing forward with their w Read Full Story >>> McGregor gone in two rounds
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 Jan 2021
If ever super WBA welterweight champion Sen. Manny Pacquiao faces MMA fighter Conor McGregor, Los Angeles-based Australian strength and conditioning coach Justin Fortune said yesterday it’s over in two rounds with the Read Full Story >>> A gloved affair
By Nick Giongco, Daily Tribune, Mon, 11 Jan 2021
For the Philippine boxing team to have a solid chance of medaling in the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, it needs more than just two qualifiers.
While middleweight Eumir Marcial is one of the top favorites, Irish Magno barely made the Olympic grade during the Amman qualifiers last March, needing a bo Read Full Story >>>
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