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'I'm back' declares Tyson in training video By Steve Keating, Reuters, Tue, 12 May 2020 (Reuters) - Former-world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson continued to tease boxing fans about a possible return to the ring by posting another training video on Instagram on Monday that ended with the message, “I’m back”.
The 53-year-old caught the attention of the boxing world last week wh Read Full Story >>>“Stop Chasing the Old Man”- Floyd Mayweather on Fighters Calling Out Manny Pacquiao By Vinayak Manoj, Essentially Sports, Tue, 12 May 2020 Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have not always had a great working relationship. They have been at each other’s throats for quite some time. From virtual verbal jabs to talking about each other during interviews.
Money hung up his gloves for good back in 2017 and he feels that Pacquiao sh Read Full Story >>> EXCLUSIVE: Bob Arum unsure on Anthony Joshua vs Kubrat Pulev By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 12 May 2020 As with most fights right now, the heavyweight mandatory clash between Anthony Joshua and Kubrat Pulev is largely up in the air.
WBN spoke to Bob Arum recently as the Top Rank boss continues to try and find a way to get top-class boxing going again.
Joshua vs Pulev was scheduled for the summer Read Full Story >>> Without Stopping: Aaron Pryor, Champion at Last By Carlos Acevedo, Hannibal Boxing, Tue, 12 May 2020 By March 1980, not even Muhammad Ali could escape the wrath of “The Hawk.” Aaron Pryor, then an undefeated lightweight contender who inspired the sporting equivalent of Avoidant Personality Disorder across an entire division, was irked—morning, noon, and midnight.
An angry Pryor approached Read Full Story >>> Maniatis: Petalcorin wants rematch with Shiro By Ray Wheatley, FightNews.com, Tue, 12 May 2020 WBC # 14 light flyweight Randy Petalcorin is chasing a rematch with WBC light flyweight champion Ken Shiro, who defeated the former world champion in December. “Randy had four weeks to get ready and to travel to Japan and fight the best light flyweight in the world, Ken Shiro. It was a big challen Read Full Story >>> Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker inks Hot Ukrainian boxing prospects Karen Chukhadzhian & Zoravor Petrosyan PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 12 May 2020
Chukhadzhian.
BOSTON (May 11, 2020) - Ryan Roach's Fighter Locker announced that it has signed a pair of promising Ukrainian prospects, word-rated welterweight Karen Chukhadzhian (16-1, 7 KOs) and super lightweight Zoravor Read Full Story >>> Hungry Thurman Targets Pacquiao: “I’m Ready” By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Tue, 12 May 2020 As boxing cools its heels during the Covid-19 shutdown, some fighters are forced to stew over old losses and potential chances for redemption. Former welterweight champ Keith Thurman is one of them.
The 31-year-old Floridian not only lost his WBA 147 lb. title to Manny Pacquiao last July when the Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Fires Fresh Shot At Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez Over Fight Contract Sport Bible, Tue, 12 May 2020 Floyd Mayweather has taken a fresh swipe at Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez over his DAZN fighting contract.
Alvarez became the best paid sports star on the planet after signing an 11-fight deal with sports streaming service DAZN in October 2018.
The five-year contract with DAZN is worth a whopping mini Read Full Story >>> What can boxing learn from the staging of UFC 249 during a pandemic? World Boxing News, Mon, 11 May 2020 A hail of criticism had followed Dana White’s announcement that UFC 249 would go ahead despite a crisis of epic proportions going on around the world.
As the dust settled on Saturday night’s action, the event has largely been labeled a success. But was it?
Well, US bookies believed that ar Read Full Story >>> What If Manny Pacquiao Fought in the 1980s? (Seventh of a Series) By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 May 2020
Part 7-Move Up to the Super Lightweight;
Pacquiao Versus Julio Cesar Chavez
As what actually happened, Manny Pacquiao only had one fight at super lightweight as he has had also just a solitary bout at ligh Read Full Story >>> Lucas Matthysse Is Ready, Willing To Return For The Right Fight By Elisinio Castillo, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 11 May 2020 Lucas Matthysse was one of the greatest exponents of Argentine boxing in recent years.
In July of 2018, Matthysse (39-5, 36 KOs) was dominated and stopped by Manny Pacquiao in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Now two years later, the 37-year-old boxer is looking to get back in the ring.
Matthysse is Read Full Story >>> Mose Auimatagi Jnr excited for the future after signing in with Tony Tolj's Dragon Fire Boxing PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 11 May 2020
New Zealand standout Mose Auimatagi Jnr is raring to get back in the ring after it was announced he had linked up with Dragon Fire Boxing headed up by Oceania boxing kingpin Tony Tolj.
Auimatagi Jnr has had a baptism by fir Read Full Story >>> CBS Sports adds to Pacquiao accolades By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Mon, 11 May 2020 AS the only eight-division world boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao has earned the distinction of being ranked by the international television network CBS Sports as No. 3 among the greatest welterweight warriors of the past five decades.
CBS Sports columnists Brian Campbell and Brent Brookhouse list Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: I Don't Want To End Up Like My Uncle Roger By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 11 May 2020 The recent passing of his beloved uncle has prompted Floyd Mayweather Jr. to carry out a new legacy, while also ensuring that history doesn’t repeat itself.
Despite continued rumors of a comeback in the works for 2020, the former pound-for-pound king and five-division world champion insists he Read Full Story >>> STORY OF PHILIPPINE BOXING PART XXXIV: ERIC JAMILI, THE FIRST FILIPINO WBO WORLD CHAMPION By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 10 May 2020
Eric Jamili.
Eric Jamili was born on May 20, 1977 in Silay, Negros Occidental. He and his younger brother former world title challenger Reynante Jamili trained at the famous Elorde Boxing stable in Paranaque City.
Jami Read Full Story >>> EXCLUSIVE: China considered for Tyson Fury heavyweight super-fights By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 10 May 2020 Tyson Fury could fight Deontay Wilder or Anthony Joshua in China if an acceptable offer comes from Macao Boxing General Association. Top Rank boss Bob Arum is exploring the region as a potential stage for Fury facing Wilder or Joshua due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Arum has worked in Macao Read Full Story >>> Pacman, VisMin chessers pummel Luzon executives By Lynde Salgados, Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Sun, 10 May 2020 THE alliance of Visayas and Mindanao chess executives proved too strong for Luzon-NCR executives.
Bannered by the chess-playing boxing Senator Manny Pacquiao, the alliance overwhelmed Luzon, 477-414 in their two-leg 50-board team match up dubbed as “Helping Hand Executive Online Chess Battle” Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather rules out Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao bouts by declaring retirement By Chisanga Malata , Express.co.uk, Sat, 09 May 2020 Floyd Mayweather insists he won't be coming of out of retirement this year. The former four-weight world champion hung up his gloves in August 2017 after his much-maligned showdown with UFC superstar Conor McGregor, which he won via tenth-round TKO.
The Olympian, 43, has flirted with the prospect Read Full Story >>> What If Manny Pacquiao Fought in the 1980s (Sixth of a Series) By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 May 2020
Pacquiao (L) and Jose Luis Ramirez (R).
The 80s is among the strongest decades in professional boxing.
The decade saw Larry Holmes finally moving out of the huge shadow of the great Muhammad Ali and the rise of Read Full Story >>> STORY OF PHILIPPINE BOXING PART XXXIII: GERRY PEÑALOSA, THE WBC AND LINEAL SUPER FLYWEIGHT AND WBO BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPION By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 May 2020
After his semi-retirement, Gerry Peñalosa returned to boxing two years later. He defeated Bangsaen Sithpraprom for the World Boxing Foundation super flyweight title on November 27, 2004 at the PAGCOR Grand Theater, Airport Casi Read Full Story >>>
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