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A remarkable boxing journey like no other 1972 Olympic gold medalist "Sugar" Ray Seales
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Apr 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 9, 2020) -- Imagine being the lone boxer from your country to capture an Olympic gold medal, only days after the infamous Munich massacre. Now imagine also having won a remarkable 338 of 350 amateur matche Read Full Story >>>EXCLUSIVE: Amir Khan wonders if Manny Pacquiao will ever fight again
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 10 Apr 2020
British star Amir Khan has questioned whether the sport has now seen the last fight of former training partner Manny Pacquiao.
Having been out of the ring for seven months before coronavirus hit, it could now mean at least 13 months out of action for the Filipino Senator.
Once boxing resumes, Read Full Story >>> What should be boxing's next tournament? We take a look at the options
ESPN.com, Fri, 10 Apr 2020
There have been attempts at tournaments in boxing through the years, to varying degrees of success. Over the past 20 years, a few tournaments in particular stick out.
There was the Middleweight World Championship Series in 2001, a four-man tournament that crowned Bernard Hopkins as the undisputed Read Full Story >>> Top Rank Prez: Crawford Wants Spence or Pacquiao, Brook is Option
BoxingScene.com, Fri, 10 Apr 2020
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford would like to get in the ring for a unification with WBC, IBF champion Errol Spence or WBA champion Manny Pacquiao, according to Top Rank President Todd DuBoef.
And another option is former welterweight champion Kell Brook, who is pushing to face Crawfor Read Full Story >>> Boxing Will Be Back, But How Much Will It Cost?
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
For now, the fighting is for headlines.
Boxing’s biggest names are in a competition to keep their names present and it’s the smart thing to do. The announcement of moving dates, or call outs for fights to be, serve to remind fans where the sport’s status quo left off and that it will be bac Read Full Story >>> Vargas to US promoter: Let Marcial fulfill his Olympic dreams first
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Ricky Vargas, president of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) yesterday appealed to “certain individuals and entities” to allow middleweight Eumir Felix Marcial to fulfill his Olympic dreams before signing him up for the pros.
“I appeal to everyone to please allow Read Full Story >>> Title fights on hold
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Five Filipino boxers in line for world title bouts are in cold storage for the moment while the world grapples with the coronavirus crisis but they’re staying safe and healthy to make sure when the fight dates are confirmed, it Read Full Story >>> The Friends of Tony Veranis: Part One
By Ted Sares, The Sweet Science, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
The Friends of Tony Veranis: Part One
I suspect that every writer at one time or another wished that some playwright or film maker took a liking to one of his or her articles and ran with it. Unlikely for sure, but hope springs eternal. The following piece is one that carries that hope—that one Read Full Story >>> STORY OF PHILIPPINE BOXING PART IX: FLASH ELORDE VS. SANDY SADDLER
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde surprised the boxing globe when in July 20, 1955 he outpointed world featherweight champion Sandy Saddler over 10 rounds in a non-title fight in Manila. The unexpected victory catapulted Elorde to the wo Read Full Story >>> Marcial likes Charly’s chances
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Charly Suarez (L) in action.
Olympic middleweight boxing qualifier Eumir Marcial expects at least four more fighters from the ABAP pool to make it to the postponed Tokyo Games next year and recently singled out Charly Read Full Story >>> Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz Receives Promoter’s License in Arizona; Ready to Promote WBC Super Middleweight Champion David Benavidez Homecoming Title Defense in Phoenix when Pandemic Ends
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Promoter Sampson Lewkowicz has secured a promoter’s license from the Arizona Department of Gaming with the aim of Sampson Boxing promoting undefeated WBC Super Middleweight World Champion David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez’s virus-postponed homecoming defense against Roamer Alexis Angulo as s Read Full Story >>> Errol Spence Jr targets super-fight with Manny Pacquiao at Cowboys Stadium once coronavirus pandemic is over
By Simon Maguire, The Irish Sun, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
ERROL SPENCE JR isn't looking for a tune-up fight when boxing gets back under way once the coronavirus pandemic is under control.
A global sports lockdown has been in place for weeks as authorities struggle to contain the covid-19 outbreak.
Spence survived a horrific car-crash last October - w Read Full Story >>> Keith Thurman Welcomes Rematch With 'Predictable' Danny Garcia
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
A potential rematch means more to Danny Garcia than Keith Thurman because Garcia wants to avenge his first professional loss.
Garcia still would rather fight Manny Pacquiao or Errol Spence Jr. whenever the boxing business resumes, but a rematch with Thurman remains one of the biggest fights avail Read Full Story >>> Boxing on Combat Island?
By Paul Magno, Overtime Heroics, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Up until a day or two ago, UFC spokesperson Dana White was talking about staging his company’s UFC 249 event, April 18, on a privately-owned island, beyond the reach of authorities clamping down on live events due to the Covid-19 global health crisis.
White Plowing On
Despite main-event star Read Full Story >>> Kubrat Pulev maps Redemption Road
By Robert Ecksel, BoxingNoir, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
When Kubrat Pulev last made news, it wasn’t because he had signed to fight WBA/WBO/IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on June 20 for a reported £4 million. It was because a year earlier he “forcibly” kissed a female reporter, Jenny “SuShe” Ravalo, on the Read Full Story >>> Kubrat Pulev team want Anthony Joshua event staged soon with no fans
World Boxing News, Thu, 09 Apr 2020
Kubrat Pulev and his team want promoter Eddie Hearn to find a way to stage the Anthony Joshua mandatory fight sooner rather than later.
Boxing remains on lockdown due to coronavirus, although more and more events are taking place despite the warnings.
Wrestlemania was held over two nights last Read Full Story >>> Boxers score ahead of drivers
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Apr 2020
THE message, said an expert advice, is we should not wait.
A new study by disease modelers at the University of Texas (Austin) says even counties with just a single reported case have more than 50 percent likelihood that a sust Read Full Story >>> Sultan home empty-handed
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Apr 2020
Jonas Sultan (C) with trainers Edmund Villamor (L) and Edito Villamor.
It’s been three weeks since Jonas Sultan returned home from South Africa where he was booked to battle Ricardo Malajika in a 10-round superflywe Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao vs Errol Spence? WBC/IBF welterweight champ says Filipino boxing icon would be the ‘perfect opponent’
EconoTimes, Wed, 08 Apr 2020
Boxing fans rooting for a Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr. fight in 2020 would be delighted to know what both fighters have said about each other. More recently, Spence said the Filipino boxing icon would be a “perfect opponent” for him.
Manny Pacquiao: Spence eyes Pac Man for his anticipa Read Full Story >>> Boxers Who Made a Difference Outside the Square Ring
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 08 Apr 2020
Like Flash Elorde before him, Manny Pacquiao from the time he made it big in professional boxing has always been known as a man of compassion who will do the utmost, to the best of his ability, generosity and extent of his reso Read Full Story >>>
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