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Bob Arum picks Manny Pacquiao, Sugar Ray Leonard as having best handspeed
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum considers Manny Pacquiao and Sugar Ray Leonard as the fighters with the greatest handspeeds in the history of boxing.
In a video chat among World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman, who is in Mexico, Arum and Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti in Las Vegas Read Full Story >>>Pacman for president? Fight legend Manny Pacquiao 'set to run for Philippines presidency'
RT, Tue, 09 Jun 2020
Multiple-weight world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao may well have to ready himself for a very different type of fight after reportedly telling boxing promoter Bob Arum of his plans to assume the Filipino presidency in 2022.
The 41-year-old Pacquiao is no stranger to the political sphere, having fi Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor’s Boxing Options– Mayweather, Pacquiao, The World
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Tue, 09 Jun 2020
UFC superstar Conor McGregor has retired. To be more specific, the two-division world champ retired for the third time in four years.
“The game just does not excite me, and that’s that,” McGregor told ESPN. “All this waiting around. There’s nothing happening. I’m going through opponen Read Full Story >>> American Dream Presents, Sterling Promotion & J3G Global make multi-million offer to Mike Tyson
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
LAS VEGAS, NV- Mike Tyson captured the world's attention recently with a short video clip hitting the pads. He showed that he still has his trademark power that helped him become a global star in the 80s and 90s.
The 53 y Read Full Story >>> Preview: Shakur Stevenson headlines as boxing returns to TV screens
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
I’m not going to sugarcoat this or make it more than it is. Top Rank bringing boxing back to our TV screens is a most welcome bit of news for sure, but the current schedule on deck is largely lacking in actual intrigue. With travel restrictions, promotional restrictions that differ from and go far Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao 'always ready' for boxing return amid talk of Bahrain bout
By John McAuley, The National, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Manny Pacquiao will be ready for a return to the ring as soon as his next fight is agreed, according to head trainer Buboy Fernandez.
The Filipino, now 41, has not fought in almost a year, when he defeated the previously unbeaten Keith Thurman in Las Vegas last July to capture the WBA welterweigh Read Full Story >>> PROMOTER 'UNAWARE' Frank Warren insists he does ‘not know of the allegations’ against Daniel Kinahan and his role in €1billion crime empire
The Irish Sun, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
BOXING promoter Frank Warren has insisted he does “not know of the allegations” against Daniel Kinahan and his role in a €1billion crime empire.
Warren, who promotes heavyweight star Tyson Fury, spoke to us exclusively after the Special Criminal Court established in recent weeks that the Ki Read Full Story >>> Conor McGregor explains retirement as Floyd Mayweather offers rematch
World Boxing News, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Conor McGregor may have ducked out of fighting prematurely as his ‘retirement’ was recently greeted by ex-foe Floyd Mayweather offering a second fight.
The UFC star had confirmed he was hanging up his gloves over the weekend. The third time the Irishman has done so in four years.
He said: Read Full Story >>> Boxing makes its return inside 'The Bubble' in Las Vegas for first time since pandemic lockdown
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Boxers returning on Thursday to Las Vegas for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic lockdown in mid-March, under the banner of Bob Arum's Top Rank promotion, will live inside what the veteran promoter has called 'The Bubble' at a sealed-off environment within the MGM Casino resort on The Str Read Full Story >>> Tyson Fury: The greatest fighter who has ever lived
By Anthony Cocks, RingNews24, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Tyson Fury is the “greatest fighter that’s ever lived”.
According to Tyson Fury.
The WBC heavyweight champion was reflecting on his seventh-round knockout of Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas this past February to win the title when he made the claim.
It was a stunning performance from Fury Read Full Story >>> LAYLO BEATS ANTONIO IN P20,000 WINNER TAKE ALL CHESS MATCH
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Manila---Grandmaster (GM) Darwin Laylo drew with Grandmaster (GM) Rogelio "Joey" Antonio Jr. via repetition of moves in their Modern Benoni skirmish to win their match-up, 15-13 score, in the first-ever P20,000 winner-take-all match online blitz chess tournament on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at the liches Read Full Story >>> Alegrias handling separate champions in Highland Boxing Promotion
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
DAVAO CITY – A father and son are each handling boxing champions under the Highland Boxing Promotion.
Allan Alegria, a former World Boxing Association no. 4 welterweight contender is based in Benguet while his son Read Full Story >>> Mikaela Mayer tests positive for coronavirus, off Top Rank card
By Sam Gordon, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Super featherweight Mikaela Mayer announced Sunday on Instagram that she has tested positive for the coronavirus and will not fight Tuesday on Top Rank’s boxing card at the MGM Grand.
Mayer (12-0, five knockouts) was to fight Helen Joseph (17-4-2, 10 KOs) in the co-main event.
The show will Read Full Story >>> Coming soon? John Riel Casimero versus Naoya Inoue unification fight
By Bill Tibbs, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
Bantamweight Naoya Inoue, the WBA’s super champion and IBF champion, will face WBO title holder John Riel Casimero of the Philippines sometime this summer if all goes well with…. the next couple of stages of the covid19 openings, Inoue’s travel visa, airlines’ international travel, and ….
Read Full Story >>> Before He Was "The Greatest"
By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Mon, 08 Jun 2020
I count myself as fortunate to possess a collection of boxing magazines dating back to the 1920s – though, admittedly, I have only a couple of that vintage. Those magazines open a window on what contemporary writers and fans thought of fighters who are legendary today. Or, as is more often the cas Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Vs Golovkin Why? Or Why Not?
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 07 Jun 2020
I have been asked many times about my take on the possibility of Manny Pacquiao taking on Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin for the latter's IBF world middleweight title in his comeback fight this year.
My first impulse was to a Read Full Story >>> Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy clash eyed for Christmas Day
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 07 Jun 2020
The huge Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy battle scheduled to be settled in the next six to nine months has another big pitch from a bidder down under.
Dean Lonergan, the man who worked with Bob Arum on Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn, has been in contact with Top Rank (Fury’s US promoter) abou Read Full Story >>> Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder trilogy fight could take place on Christmas Day
By Martin Domin, mirror.co.uk, Sun, 07 Jun 2020
Boxing fans could be in for a festive treat as Tyson Fury considers taking on Deontay Wilder on Christmas Day.
The heavyweight rivals are due to clash for a third time but the fight has been delayed by the coronavirus crisis.
Fury stopped Wilder in February to become world champion for the sec Read Full Story >>> Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder in Sydney, Bob Arum, Bankwest Stadium
By Ben Damon, Fox Sports, Sun, 07 Jun 2020
An audacious proposal to bring a historic heavyweight world title bout to Sydney has been revealed by legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum, with Bankwest Stadium emerging as a leading contender to host the trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.
Arum leaked the details in an interview wi Read Full Story >>> Shakur Stevenson insists he can be be better than Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Anthony Cocks, RingNews24, Sun, 07 Jun 2020
WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson 13-0 (7) believes he can be better than Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather retired with an impeccable record of 50-0 (27) in 2017 after winning world titles in five different weight classes.
“I want to outdo Floyd. And I think I’m, what, 13-0 right Read Full Story >>>
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