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Pacquiao confirms McGregor contact, hopes to negotiate fight
World Boxing News, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Manny Pacquiao could be willing to wait for Conor McGregor talks to blossom before agreeing to a rematch with Jeff Horn this coming April.
The Filipino Congressman was granted mandatory status for Horn following a controversial loss to the Australian in Brisbane in the summer, but Pacquiao wants Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor in talks over April fight
SkySports.com, Sat, 09 Dec 2017
Manny Pacquiao has revealed he and Conor McGregor have held preliminary talks about a possible fight in April.
Pacquiao, a senator in his native Philippines, was asked on Friday if he had approached McGregor's representatives about a fight.
"Initially," Pacquiao said. "But we have not yet had Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM RUSSIA: ELORDE - 133.7 LBS, 134 LBS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
WBO Inter-Continental lightweight champion and WBO No. 6 ranked lightweight Juan Martin 'Bai' Elorde of the Philippines weighed in at 133.7 lbs while IBF Inter-Continental lightweight champion Isa Chaniev of Russia Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Mark Cuban: "Dirk is the Mavs. The Mavs are Dirk"
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
CHICAGO -- At 39 years of age and campaigning in his 20th NBA season, the twilight is dawning on Dirk Nowitzki, inarguably the best player to ever put on a Dallas Mavericks jersey.
Whether retirement comes after this sea Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko vs. Rigondeaux: Traditional Kung Fu vs. Jeet Kune Do
By Caryn A. Tate, Boxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
No boxer wins an Olympic gold medal, much less two of them, without being a tremendous fighter?
On Saturday, December 9, two of boxing?s most skillful artists collide. Two-time Olympic gold medalist and current WBA super bantamweight world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is moving up two weight Read Full Story >>> Four Olympic golds, 885 victories and a defection across shark-infested waters... Vasyl Lomachenko-Guillermo Rigondeaux is a fight not to be missed
By Daniel Matthews, Mail Online (UK), Fri, 08 Dec 2017
It is a fight befitting of the most iconic of boxing halls. Across a combined 899 fights, Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux have tasted only 14 defeats.
At Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, they clash for the WBO super featherweight world title in one the most highly-anticipated bo Read Full Story >>> Lomachenko v Rigondeaux: A golden fight for boxing purists
By Kevin Garside, GIVEMESPORT, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
According to Roy Jones Junior Saturday?s Madison Square Garden congress between WBO junior lightweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko and WBA junior featherweight king Guillermo Rigondeaux is arguably the greatest in history on paper. Unprecedented, certainly, since it features two double Olympic and Wor Read Full Story >>> Nietes vs. Reveco in neutral ground
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
ALA Promotions is looking at a neutral country for Donnie Nietes? title defense against Juan Carlos Reveco next year.
?The target month is February. That is what we are working on. What we agreed on with the promoter of Reveco is a neutral venue. So the fight will not be in the Philippines or Arg Read Full Story >>> Crawford: Spence Is a Good Fighter, But He's Not Indestructible
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
Terence Crawford respects Errol Spence Jr.
The former undisputed 140-pound champion is impressed by what the unbeaten Spence has shown thus far throughout his rise in the welterweight division. Crawford also has noticed flaws in Spence that make him confident he can beat the powerful southpaw whe Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn?s trainer predicts knockout win over Gary Corcoran
By Brent Read, The Australian, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
The man who masterminded Jeff Horn?s shock win over Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao still has a trick or two up his sleeve. Not just for Englishman Gary Corcoran, who will attempt to steal Horn?s WBO welterweight title in Brisbane next week, but also undefeated American Terence Crawford, a man many c Read Full Story >>> Arum picks a new Manny Pacquiao
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
Manny Pacquiao has suddenly announced he?s not done with boxing yet and would be fighting again in the first half of 2018.
?Siguro sa (Maybe in) April,? the fighting senator told boxing commentator Dyan Castillejo o Read Full Story >>> Examining Loma-Rigo: Can the Ultimate Fight Fan's Fight Deliver?
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
NEW YORK ? Two truly great boxers will square off Saturday night in a 130-pound showdown that has generated incredible buzz among hardcore fight fans.
That much is indisputable.
Ukraine?s Vasyl Lomachenko (9-1, 7 KOs) and Cuba?s Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs, 1 NC) are ranked among the to Read Full Story >>> Melindo gets champion sparring from Nietes
By Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
MANILA -- Milan Melindo needs all the help he could get for his upcoming junior flyweight title unification bout.
Thankfully, fellow world champion Donnie Nietes is one of his stablemates.
ALA Boxing coach Edito Villamor said the reigning IBF flyweight king is among Melindo?s sparring partners Read Full Story >>> Demetrius Andrade: ?If a fight with Golovkin can happen, why not have my second fight against one of the best of the weight class?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
Demetrius Andrade is a former WBO light middleweight champion who is currently undefeated. Recently Andrade returned to the ring and made a successful move to the middleweight division. Demetrius is one of many fighters looking to follow in the footsteps of the mega stars like Floyd Mayweather and M Read Full Story >>> LOMACHENKO: I WILL NOT BE SURPRISED IF RIGONDEAUX QUITS LIKE WALTERS
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko says he wouldn?t be surprised if Guillermo Rigondeaux decides to quit the fight like what Nicholas Walters did. The Ukrainian southpaw boasted that he believes he can make the Cuban foe Rigondeaux surrend Read Full Story >>> Basketball is art ? Timmons
By Robbie Pangilinan, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
LAS VEGAS -?To me, basketball is like art. It takes discipline and focus to create art,? says 24-year-old William Kristopher Timmons of Durham, North Carolina.
The 6?7? tall, 180-pound guard from Shaw University has been playin Read Full Story >>> Back to the Future: Can Rigondeaux Play Spoiler Again?
By Eric Lunger, Boxing Insider, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
In early April 2013, it looked like things were finally going well for the supremely talented Guillermo Rigondeaux, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and one of the finest products of the vaunted Cuban boxing program. He had a solid three-year contract with Bob Arum?s Top Rank Promotions, and HBO app Read Full Story >>> Anthony Mundine says Jeff Horn has limited talent while calling out boxing?s superstars
By Jamie Pandaram, news.com.au, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
ANTHONY Mundine says a showdown against Jeff Horn next year ?makes sense?, but has set his sights even higher and believes he can lure superstars Canelo Alvarez or Gennady Golovkin to Australia.
After confirming that he will fight Tommy Browne on January 17 at Sydney?s Star Casino, with the winne Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum Very Open To Do Talent "Trades" With Showtime
BoxingScene.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum has made it no secret that he's no fan of the current leadership at HBO Sports, but he's more than willing to have a working relationship with Showtime and their parent company, CBS.
Earlier this year, Arum's company parted ways with HBO and signed an exclusive multi-year Read Full Story >>> Snips and Snipes 7 December 2017
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Dec 2017
The retirement of Miguel Cotto sees one of the modern greats move to the wings leaving a secure legacy behind him. His achievement have been outstanding, They started 20 years ago with a gold medal at the Pan American Cham Read Full Story >>>
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