Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao labelled 'the GOAT' after tweet sends boxing fans into meltdown
By Warren Muggleton, Daily Star (UK), Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Manny Pacquiao sent boxing fans into meltdown with his latest Twitter activity.
The Fillipino is a legend of the sport as the only fighter to be world champion in eight divisions.
Pacquiao has 12 major world titles and is lineal champion in five weight classes.
His most famous bout came aga Read Full Story >>>
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Tyson Fury is No.1, Deontay Wilder fight like Ali vs Frazier’
World Boxing News, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
The forthcoming rematch between Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury has been likened to the classic match-ups featuring ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali and rival Joe Frazier.
Sugarhill Steward, the nephew of Manny and new trainer of Fury, believes the saga with Wilder holds similarities to the 1970’s Read Full Story >>>
‘MONSTER’ LIST OF 2019 PRIZES FOR THE WORLD BOXING SUPER SERIES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
‘Fight of the Year’, ‘Fighter of the Year’, ‘KO of the Year’ and plenty of honourable mentions is the sum of another exciting year of the quest for the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
There is broad consensus among m Read Full Story >>>
Top-five boxing memories of 2019
By Max Warren, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
2019
2019 was quite a volatile year, and honestly taught fans that the sport and its participants should be respected to an even greater degree. Two horrific ring deaths occurred on major promoters’ fight cards. Patrick Day and Maxim Dadashev are two young men who were humble and worked as hard Read Full Story >>>
NBA --- Knicks on a three-game win streak, upend theTrail Blazers 117-93
By Oliver Iglesias, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
NEW YORK – The New York Knicks went on a 34-16 tear in the fourth quarter to rout Carmelo Anthony and the Portland Trail Blazers 117-93 on Wednesday at the Madison Square Garden.
Forward Julius Randle and center Mi Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao on his 25th Year, Among Top Boxers with Longest Careers
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
A few days from now, Manny Pacquiao will be marking his 25th year as a professional boxer and among the world's premier fighters with the longest boxing careers.
Pacquiao made his professional debut on January 22, 1985 wi Read Full Story >>>
FIVE SPLIT-T MANAGEMENT FIGHTERS MAKE THE 2019 ESPN.COM TOP PROSPECTS LIST
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
NEW YORK (January 2, 2020) - Last week, Dan Rafael of ESPN.com put out his annual Top Prospect list, and five boxers who are managed by Split-T Management were acknowledged as being some of the elite young boxers in the world.
Coming in at number-10 was 2016 United States Olympian Charles Conwel Read Full Story >>>
The loaded handgun and Errol Spence Jr.
By Robert Ecksel, BoxingNoir, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Errol Spence Jr. is still part of the discussion. The 29-year-old WBC/IBF welterweight champion from Desoto, Texas, escaped a life-threatening injury when he wrecked his Ferrari, which flipped over five times at high speed, on October 10 in Dallas, and was thrown from the vehicle. Spence was charged Read Full Story >>>
MANNY PACQUIAO'S DECADE 2010-2019
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Manny Pacquiao is the only fighter in the history of professional boxing to win 12 major world titles in eight different weight divisions. That is why he was named Fighter of the Decade for 2000-2009 by the Boxing Writers As Read Full Story >>>
NBA Daily: Bucks Eke Out Hard-Fought Victory Over Timberwolves 106-104
By Reylan Loberternos, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Boracay Island, Philippines – Giannis Antetokounmpo posted 32 points and 17 rebounds to go with 4 assists and 2 blocks to carry the Milwaukee Bucks past the Minnesota Timberwolves 106-104 on Wednesday night (Thursday morn Read Full Story >>>
The Steady Drumbeat of Recognition by the Boxing Purists Continues for Omar Juarez
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
BROWNSVILLE, TX (January 2, 2020) - Fast rising super lightweight prospect, Omar "El Relámpago" Juarez (6-0, 4 KOs), was voted #5 on Gorilla Productions Boxing's (GPboxing) top 50 knockouts of 2019. Omar Juarez' sensational TKO, vicious right hook against Gino De La Paz, has over half a million vi Read Full Story >>>
Salita Promotions Signs Undefeated Icelandic Heavyweight Gunnar Kolbeinn Kristinsson to a Promotional Contract
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Salita Promotions proudly announces the signing of undefeated heavyweight Gunnar Kolbeinn Kristinsson to a promotional contract.
Kristinsson (11-0, 5 KOs) from Gardabaer, Iceland, is the only active male fighter in his homeland and just the third in the country’s history. As an amateur, the 31- Read Full Story >>>
Red Hot Chilean Ramón Mascareña Jnr inks with Tony Tolj's Dragon Fire Boxing
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 03 Jan 2020
Tony Tolj and Dragon Fire boxing have announced they have signed 26-year-old Chilean Chilean standout Ramón Mascareña Jnr .
Boasting an impressive amateur record of: 60 fights, 45 wins having been part of Chile's national setup as an amateur between the years of 2013 - 2016. The Jnr Welterweig Read Full Story >>>
A wish for the new year: 20 fights we want to see in 2020
By Steve Kim, ESPN.com, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
Another year is in the books, and for the sport of boxing, 2019 was certainly a memorable one. While we didn't get all the fights we wanted (we never do, unfortunately), for the most part, boxing delivered.
There was no shortage of legitimate "fight of the year" candidates, and it showed once aga Read Full Story >>>
Mikey Garcia Believes He'll Fight Manny Pacquiao In 2020
By Manouk Akopyan, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
Mikey Garcia believes the path toward Manny Pacquiao has been paved.
A win against Jessie Vargas on Feb. 29, and he’s in for the sweepstakes to fight the 41-year-old Filipino senator and boxing’s only eight division world champion.
“There’s a lot of buzz going around on a potential Ma Read Full Story >>>
Boxing Notables Lay Bare the Top Storylines of 2019 in Our Newest TSS Survey
By Ted Sares, The Sweet Science, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
The first quarterly survey of 2020 is in the hopper. We asked our respondents this question: “If you were writing about the year 2019 in boxing, what would you title your article — and why?”
Almost 30 people weighed in with their thoughts. Here are their answers. The respondents are listed Read Full Story >>>
Danny top candidate for Manny
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
It looks like former super WBA/WBC lightwelterweight and WBC welterweight champion Danny Garcia may emerge the leading contender to challenge super WBA 147-pound titlist Sen. Manny Pacquiao in April but the Philadelphia-born Read Full Story >>>
Manny Pacquiao is the first fighter to be a champion in four different decades
By Erwin Lastimosa, NowBoxing.com, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
As Manny Pacquiao and his family celebrated the new year, the 8-division world champion boxer and currently active Senator, just became the first fighter to hold a world title in four different decades.
On January 1, 2020 it marked a new decade, and Pacquiao is currently the WBA welterweight cham Read Full Story >>>
2010-2019 FIGHTER OF THE DECADE: FLOYD MAYWEATHER
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Thu, 02 Jan 2020
For better or worse — really, for better AND for worse — Floyd Mayweather cast a long shadow over the 2010s.
This is the cultural impact of Mayweather in the decade: Among those who find him generally reprehensible, it’s easy to forget that Mayweather didn’t break all those pay-per-view b Read Full Story >>>
