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Boxing’s Biggest Fights Unlikely To Happen Without Fans In Attendance
Sports Illustrated, Wed, 13 May 2020
The UFC returned to action last Saturday night (May 9th) after a nearly two-month layoff. The promotion is scheduled to put on two more cards at an empty Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida over the next four days (May 13th & May 16th). It’s logical that MMA would be among the first s Read Full Story >>>Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford 'Could Be Possible,' Trainer Says
By John Tan , International Business Times, Wed, 13 May 2020
Errol Spence’s longtime trainer Derrick James said a fight with WBO welterweight champ Terence Crawford could be possible but not at this point.
The welterweight division has been stacked with exceptional fighters. Topping the list are Manny Pacquiao, Crawford and Spence. The three names are to Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Testing Water For Planned Boxing Comeback
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 13 May 2020
The volume of chatters emanating from Floyd Mayweather Jr suggests not only that he indeed wants to return to boxing but would want to know who the public wants and would accept as his comeback opponent.
Hence he has been f Read Full Story >>> LOVERRO: UFC blueprint for sports' reopening only raises more questions
By Thom Loverro, The Washington Times, Wed, 13 May 2020
UFC and Dana White leading the way in the age of coronavirus for the return of professional sports to the American landscape is like Hell’s Angels kicking off a Fourth of July parade.
The notion that the purported success of last weekend’s UFC 249 event without fans in a Jacksonville, Florida Read Full Story >>> Ryan Garcia Headlines Episode Two of “Stars and Champions” on Impact Network
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 13 May 2020
DETROIT, MI (May 12, 2020) – Golden Boy Promotions undefeated rising lightweight contender, 21-year old Ryan Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs), will be the featured guest on the second episode of “Stars and Champions Read Full Story >>> Will Pacquiao fight again?
By Al S. Mendoza, Business Mirror, Wed, 13 May 2020
WILL Manny Pacquiao ever fight again?
No one can tell.
Only Pacquiao can tell.
Before Covid-19 knocked down the world—definitely no knockout—Pacquiao was reportedly set to fight either Errol Spence Jr. of Dallas, Texas, or Mikey Garcia of Oxnard, California.
Spence and Garcia, both u Read Full Story >>> The final mythical match-up: Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Allan Cerf, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 13 May 2020
This is the final mythical matchup in 2020 – we hope you enjoyed the series. If you have suggestions for next year’s six mythical fights – let us know!
In the case of our sixth classic bout, we’re going back in time for one boxer, Floyd “Money” Mayweather. He’s meeting Sugar Ra Read Full Story >>> '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 >>>
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