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What’s the IOC waiting for?
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 22 Mar 2020
The IOC remains in denial that the coronavirus pandemic will force a decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to start on July 24. IOC president Thomas Bach has admitted that “different scenarios” are Read Full Story >>>Eddie Hearn questions if WBC should strip Tyson Fury of heavyweight title
World Boxing News, Sun, 22 Mar 2020
Eddie Hearn believes the WBC should consider stripping Tyson Fury of the heavyweight title in the same way Dillian Whyte was suspended when under investigation by UKAD.
Whyte lost his number one and interim champion status with the WBC when the UK Anti-Doping Agency looked into an adverse finding Read Full Story >>> Virus shoves boxing on the ropes
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
AS the coronavirus spreads out death and menace, world boxing rolls with the punches, with many major bouts being cancelled and postponed.
Boxing, brutalized, continued to suffer with postponed fights put indefinitel Read Full Story >>> Remembering the First Pacquiao-Morales Bout
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
I think it was from Muhammad Ali that I heard the saying the greatness of a man is measured not solely by the heights of his achievements but also from the depths of his climb back from miseries and defeats.
I was reminded Read Full Story >>> Coronavirus: Muay Thai event of 5000 people spread virus to over 100 in Thailand
By Associated Press, Stuff NZ, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Combat sport fans and fighters came from all over Thailand to attend a major Muay Thai match at Bangkok's indoor Lumpini Stadium on March 6. More than 100 went home unknowingly carrying the coronavirus.
The wayward fans led an inevitable rise in infections this month that forced the government to Read Full Story >>> Marvin vows to bounce back
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
John Marvin (right) in action for the British Army (photo from England Boxing through Boxing News, London)">
Lightheavyweight contender John Marvin was the only fighter in the Philippines’ 13-strong contingent no Read Full Story >>> How Pacquiao Got His Groove Back
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
It wasn’t too long ago that Manny Pacquiao was practically being begged to retire.
Just a little over two years ago, following his points loss to Australia’s Jeff Horn, the future first ballot Hall of Famer was considered by some to be so far gone and so deeply diminished that he should retir Read Full Story >>> George Foreman and Manny Pacquiao Dodge the Trend of Brain Damage Amongst Boxing Stars
By Zack Willis, Sportscasting, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
While many focus on brain damage concerning football, other sports endure similar if not greater risks. Some of the most egregious examples involve boxing and other fighting sports. From Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson, many boxers experience conditions linked with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), Read Full Story >>> Stay home to stay safe
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
It’s heartening to know that the world has come together to battle a common enemy. There is a virtual ceasefire in the firefights that have caused much anguish, unjustified loss of lives and fragmentation on the planet as nation Read Full Story >>> WBC Australasian Champion Steve Gago signs a new long term deal with Dragon Fire Boxing
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Steve Gago has followed up from his WBC Australasian title victory in his hometown of Perth by resigning a long term deal with Tony Tolj's Dragon Fire Boxing.
Gago has won multiple titles with various governing bodies whils Read Full Story >>> Pinoy chess wizard Butch Villavieja wins 2020 Alberta, Canada Rapid Chess Championship
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Filipino chess wizard Butch Villavieja pocketed the top honors in the just concluded 2020 Alberta, Canada Rapid Chess Championship in Alberta, Canada.
The Canada based Villavieja collected six points in seven outings.
Villavieja, a former top player of the famous Rizal Chess Park in Luneta, Ma Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao donates five buses for use of health workers, frontliners
Spin.ph, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
SENATOR Manny Pacquiao donated five buses to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to be used for transporting health workers and frontliners fighting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
The buses that will be used for MMDA’s free rides were formally turned over on Friday, Read Full Story >>> Paulie Malignaggi previews Manny Pacquiao against Mikey or Danny Garcia
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Former two-division titleholder Paulie Malignaggi is now one of the sport’s more respected analysts, a role he fills on Showtime’s boxing broadcasts, and our partners at Fight Hub TV asked him his thoughts on two potential Manny Pacquiao fights against someone whose surname is Garcia.
As for Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao should postpone his ring return until the coronavirus is under control
By Erwin Lastimosa, NowBoxing.com, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
The world is currently in a serious pandemic with the COVID-19 coronavirus spreading all across the globe and people getting seriously sick, so sick that the majority of international and local sporting events are all being canceled or postponed.
Safety and health of the worlds population is the Read Full Story >>> Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
BoxingNoir, Sat, 21 Mar 2020
Jack Johnson was an avatar of black advancement, in addition to being the first African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World. His mockery of white opponents, no less than his determination live life as he saw fit, caused race riots in the early 20th century. Eventually the State employed its i Read Full Story >>> Back to camp for Jerwin
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Mar 2020
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas with trainer/manager Joven Jimenez and MP Promotions head Sean Gibbons.
IBF superflyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas is back training at the Survival Camp in Magallanes, Read Full Story >>> STATEMENT FROM OSCAR DE LA HOYA ON THE WBO’S DECISION TO REINSTATE FRANCHON CREWS-DEZURN AS ITS 168-POUND CHAMPION
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Mar 2020
LOS ANGELES (March 20, 2020) – Oscar De La Hoya, Chairman and CEO of Golden Boy, has issued the following statement in response to World Boxing Organization’s decision to reinstate Franchon Crews-Dezurn as its Super Middleweight World Champion:
“Justice has been served. The WBO has made th Read Full Story >>> March Was Lucky Month for Iron Mike Tyson
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 20 Mar 2020
Fighters are generally not superstitious and would fight in any month or date they are scheduled to fight or most suitable or viable given the requirements of the organizers, the fans or the networks.
However, for major bout Read Full Story >>> The Boxing Superfights We Need to See Happen This Year
By Kelsey McCarson, BleacherReport.com, Fri, 20 Mar 2020
With professional boxing's schedule on the ropes because of the coronavirus outbreak, there's no better time than now to look ahead to what the rest of the year's schedule could be if boxing's best promoters and biggest television networks put their differences aside in order to work together to mak Read Full Story >>> Eddie Hearn eyeing Fury vs Wilder III force majeure due to virus outbreak
World Boxing News, Fri, 20 Mar 2020
Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn has seemingly found a positive in the current climate as the world continues to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead of plowing on with plans for Anthony Joshua to fight his mandatory challenger in Kubrat Pulev, Hearn is hoping the outbreak could lead to a UK blo Read Full Story >>>
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