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McTAVISH NAMED 'REFEREE OF THE YEAR' BY WBC By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017

Long time Philippine resident Bruce McTavish, originally from New Zealand, was named 'Referee of the Year' in the just concluded 55th WBC Convention held in Baku, Azerbaijan Oct. 1 to 6. The WBC also honored McTavish w Read Full Story >>>TEVIN FARMER TO RECEIVE TWO BRISCOE AWARDS SUNDAY PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 PHILADELPHIA - Streaking junior lightweight Tevin Farmer, 25-4-1, 5 KOs, will go home with two awards at Sunday's 10th Annual Briscoe Awards on Sunday, October 15, 2017. The annual event will be held at Xfinity Live! in Philadelphia.
Farmer, currently riding an 18-bout winning streak, is looking Read Full Story >>> Bobby Cassidy, Sr. & Jr. Ring 8's October Guest Speakers PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Thursday, Oct. 19 at Plattdeutsch Park Restaurant in Franklin Square, NY
NEW YORK (October 9, 2017) - New York State Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Cassidy, Sr. and his son, Bobby Cassidy, Jr., will be the Ring 8 guest speakers at its next monthly meeting on Thursday night, October 19 (7 p.m. Read Full Story >>> Kronk Gym Burns By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Deindustrialization, neglect, mismanagement and criminality brought this once-great city and gym to its knees?
Over the weekend in Detroit, Michigan, the boxing gym Emanuel Steward once called home was destroyed by a suspicious fire.
Authorities believe arson may have been the cause.
In the Read Full Story >>> Hong Kong superstar Rex Tso beat Kohei Kono fair and square, says world-class referee By Unus Alladin, South China Morning Post, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 A world-class referee and judge has explained the rules that applied to a particular situation during last weekend?s Clash of Champions 3 extravaganza, saying it was ?absolutely correct? in awarding Hong Kong superstar Rex Tso Sing-yu victory against Japanese rival Kohei Kono.
The 30-year-old unb Read Full Story >>> Watch: Kell Brook calls out Amir 'Queen' Khan, begins groundwork for massive UK clash World Boxing News, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Former welterweight world champion Kell Brook has called on Amir Khan to agree a fight in 2018 as 'The Special One' aims for a return to the ring in the coming months.
Following a second eye-socket injury in succession, Brook is expected to be back in action early next year and wants Khan to step Read Full Story >>> DARKON DRYDEN TO LIGHT UP FOR TGW & SMITHY BRING THE BIG FIGHTS 18 SUPER8 TITLE ON NOV 25 PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017

HE'S YOUNG, BRASH, COCKY AND HE'S TALKED THE TALK NOW HE'S READY TO WALK THE WALK. Newcastle's Darkon Dryden has sparked the attention of the country with his comments in the lead up to the first Super8 tournament on the TGW & Smithy Br Read Full Story >>> Farewell, Miguel: Cotto, Sadam Ali verbally agree to fight Dec. 2 at MSG By Mike Coppinger, RingTV.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Miguel Cotto said all throughout 2017 that this would be his final year in boxing.
His farewell fight has been set for weeks: December 2 at Madison Square Garden, home of many of his biggest victories.
Just who the opponent would be was trickier to establish.
And in the end, it will be Sada Read Full Story >>> Naoya Inoue Not Likely To Appear on Next Superfly Card By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Japan's Naoya Inoue (14-0, 12 KOs), who is already regarded as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world, has requested not to be involved in the upcoming Superfly 2 card, which is being targeted for the first quarter on 2018 - because he wants to make another defense in Japan before ret Read Full Story >>> Emmett Rocco: The Nylon Jungle By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Something of a Rocky Marciano lookalike, Emmett Rocco, the ?Tarzan of the Connoquenessing,? fought out of his hometown from 1925 to 1933?
?By all accounts Rocco was someone you could count on.??Jeff Bales Jr.
Born on December 18, 1906, in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, heavyweight Emmett Rocco, t Read Full Story >>> CRAWFORD LOOKS TO FIGHT THE HORN-CORCORAN WINNER AND BEYOND By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum thinks Terence Crawford fights next in February or March, probably against WBO welterweight titlist Jeff Horn, who will possibly return to action in December. ?Terence Crawford, after he fights H Read Full Story >>> OUTSIDE LOOKIN IN: "PACQUIAO A COWARD?" By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Oct 2017

First, they said Filipino ring icon Many Pacquiao was scared of needles. That was at the height of the debate as to whether he would submit to a drug test as a pre-condition for fighting undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Read Full Story >>> Carl Frampton: Garcia will show me if I'm ready for title shot Belfast Telegraph, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Writing in his Sunday Life column, the champion boxer said: "Some have criticised the choice of Garcia as my next opponent but people have to understand that by the time the fight happens I will have been out of the ring for ten months and on top of that there has been a lot of things going on in th Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan: Comeback will draw excitement and concern By DeMarkus Jones, Fight Saga, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 Recently, Amir Khan, via Instagram, apologized for his lengthy absence and declared that he is ready for a ring return.
2017 has not been the best of years for Khan who suffered a scary knockout loss to Canelo Alvarez in May 2016 and hasn't fought since. Despite performing well early in that figh Read Full Story >>> Porter v Granados winner in line for Thurman in 2018 / Benavidez v Gavril II in the works World Boxing News, Mon, 09 Oct 2017 During the 55th WBC Convention in Baku, Azerbajain, the mandatory status of each division saw the confirmation of several mouth-watering matches in the future.
Below are statements regarding the welterweight, super-middleweight, light-heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions.
"At welterweight c Read Full Story >>> THRILLA ANIMOSITY By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Oct 2017

?Smokin? Joe Frazier must have, indeed, forgiven arch-rival Muhammad Ali for the latter?s continued verbal assault on his person, but he certainly, hadn?t forgotten.
Thirty six years after the final chapter of Read Full Story >>> Philippines Lee Van Corteza Takes on Germany's Thorsten Hohmann for World Straight Pool Championship Today PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Oct 2017

Thorsten Hohmann can get within 2 wins of tying Mosconi's 7 All Time World 14.1 wins today. Or Lee Van Corteza could become the first Asian World 14.1 Champion ever
The finals today will be played at 1:00pm EST/N Read Full Story >>> Eubank Jr. produces third-round knockout to defeat Yildirim PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Oct 2017

The 28-year-old Brit faces an Ali Trophy semi-final against WBA Super Champion George Groves or Jamie Cox, who meet at The SSE Arena, Wembley on October 14.
?I am not in the World Boxing Super Series to just partici Read Full Story >>> Ancajas ready for title defense vs Conlan By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Sun, 08 Oct 2017 Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas expressed readiness for his upcoming third world title defense against Irish Jamie Conlan on November 18 at the SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Trainer Joven Jimenez told The Manila Time Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Gary Corcoran confirms Jeff Horn world title clash, awaits contract finalization By Joe Hewlett, World Boxing News, Sun, 08 Oct 2017 Gary Corcoran has landed himself the biggest fight of his career after confirming he will take on WBO world champion Jeff Horn.
The Australian shocked the world as he overcame Manny Pacquiao to win via a controversial points decision back in July.
Corcoran, who is preparing for his maiden worl Read Full Story >>>
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