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Pacquiao Horn rematch confirmed
By Reuters, Khmer Times, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
SYDNEY (Reuters) ? Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao?s rematch with Australian Jeff Horn has been confirmed for Brisbane later this year, the city?s mayor said yesterday.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk had earlier threatened to pull funding without confirmation from the Pacquiao camp but said he ha Read Full Story >>>Lomachenko ? Rigondeaux close for December 9th
By Marc Abrams, 15rounds.com, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
A deal to pit two-time Olympic Gold Medal winners Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux on December 9th in Madison Square Garden is close to being finalized, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
?It would be a historic milestone in my professional career,? said Lomachenko promoter Bob Arum, 8 Read Full Story >>> This Bud?s For You: In Appreciation of Terence Crawford
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
As America continues to overflow like a messy mug of beer at the ?bah? (we?re in the Charlestown area of Boston near the Navy yard), new undisputed super lightweight king Terence ?Bud? Crawford went from a classic beer to Anheuser-Busch.
Proving he?s Top Rank?s Midwest institution and a budding l Read Full Story >>> With Rocky Marciano in sight, Floyd Mayweather plans to party
By Gilbert Manzano, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
Floyd Mayweather doesn?t seem concerned about fighting Conor McGregor on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena after being away from the ring for close to two years.
The undefeated boxing superstar spent most of last week in Los Angeles making appearances on late-night talk shows. For fight week, Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn: I Can Beat Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor!
BoxingScene.com, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
FLOYD MAYWEATHER?S MEETING with UFC champion Conor McGregor is ?a circus? and WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn is confident he would beat either man in the ring.
The pair will clash in Las Vegas on Saturday for a showdown that has dominated the headlines since it was officially confirmed in Ju Read Full Story >>> Kavanagh says Conor McGregor will knock out Floyd Mayweather in sixth round
RTE Sport, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
Conor McGregor's coach John Kavanagh predicts that his fighter will defeat Floyd Mayweather in six rounds in Las Vegas on Saturday night.
McGregor, the reigning UFC Lightweight champion, is regarded as a huge outsider against the undefeated Mayweather.
Former Irish amateur boxing head coach Read Full Story >>> Sydney pubs to ban Mayweather-McGregor fight due to 'drunken Irish backpacker' fears
Independent.ie, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
A number of pubs across Sydney have banned the Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor 'fight of the century' from being shown this weekend because of concerns about drunken violence.
The Sunday Telegraph reports that publicans fear Irish backpackers will cause trouble if McGregor loses the billion- Read Full Story >>> The pursuit of cash separates Mayweather-McGregor from other sporting freak shows
By Tom Cary, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
W
hen Jesse Owens returned from the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he found his commercial opportunities in a Depression-era America limited. Despite having defied Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany by winning four gold medals at those Games, becoming a star in the process, Owens had had his amateur status r Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs McGregor: The boxing world is laughing at Conor McGregor, says Paulie Malignaggi
By Matt Horan, SkySports.com, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
Paulie Malignaggi says that the boxing world is laughing at Conor McGregor as he gave his account of what happened in their infamous sparring sessions.
Former two-weight world champion Malignaggi, who retired from the ring earlier this year, quit McGregor's training camp after photos appeared on Read Full Story >>> Cubans infiltrate Cambodia boxing
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Aug 2017
It?s not only a Cuban coach who?s made the five-man Cambodian boxing team a curious, if not dangerous, contender in the SEA Games but also a naturalized Cuban fighter out to derail the medal hopes of Fil-British lightheavyweight John Marvin in Kuala Lumpur tonight.
Cuban coach Rolando Read Full Story >>> Brisbane mayor confirms Manny Pacquiao rematch with Jeff Horn in Australia
By John McAuley, The National, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Manny Pacquiao looks set for a rematch with Australian Jeff Horn in Brisbane later this year, with the city?s mayor confirming on Monday the fight will take place there.
The Filipino boxer, 38, was surprisingly defeated by Horn last month, when a controversial judges? decision went against him. P Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-McGregor Is the Feel-Bad Fight of the Century
By Bryan Curtis, The Ringer, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Every so often, a boxing match comes along that just feels wrong. The matchup is a farce. The media is queasy about one or both of the fighters. And the marketing is commoditized scumminess; let?s say, to pick an example, a white combatant commands a black combatant to ?dance for me, boy!? Yet the f Read Full Story >>> How Mayweather-McGregor fight could impact the future of boxing
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
In the spring of 2015, boxing held the world?s attention. After years of failed negotiations, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally faced off, pitting the sport?s most popular stars in a battle for supremacy. Networks, from CNN to ESPN, provided saturating coverage, while traditional sports me Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather's technique will be too much for Conor McGregor, says former Irish boxing head coach Billy Walsh
By Cathal Austin, mirror.co.uk, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Former Irish amateur boxing head coach Billy Walsh has had his say on Conor McGregor's chances of beating Floyd Mayweather next week and he's not giving the Crumlin fighter much of a chance.
A 50th victory for Mayweather would move him past legendary heavyweight Rocky Marciano as the fighter boas Read Full Story >>> PH boxers Bautista, Fernandez, Marcial cruise at 2017 SEA Games
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
MANILA, Philippines ? Defending gold medalists Ian Clark Bautista, Mario Fernandez, and Eumir Marcial leapt over their opening day hurdles to give the Philippines a 3-0 start in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games preliminaries on Sunday, August 20.
Bautista had to overcome a determined challenge from Read Full Story >>> Chris Algieri: McGregor Loses, Took Me 10-15 Fights To Transition
BoxingScene.com, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Former WBO junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri knows what it takes to make the transition to professional boxing and fight on the highest level.
As a kid, Algieri trained in martial arts but he eventually took up kickboxing.
After a solid amateur run as a kickboxer, he turned profession Read Full Story >>> Junior lightweight is ready for mentor Floyd Mayweather ?to pass the torch on to me?
By Gabe Hiatt, Washington Post, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Gervonta Davis paused nearly imperceptibly during a drill earlier this month at the Upton Boxing Center in West Baltimore. The lightest touch of his red gloves had made the ball in the middle of a double-end striking bag a moving target. In between strikes and side-to-side dodges, Davis faced the ba Read Full Story >>> Fil-Brit out for boxing gold
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
John Marvin.
ABAP executive director Ed Picson said yesterday Fil-Brit boxer John Marvin, a late discovery from out of the blue, might just pull a surprise to win the gold medal in the lightheavyweight division at the comin Read Full Story >>> Qld in the ring for Horn v Pacquiao II
By Madeline Patrick, Normangee Star, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
Top Rank chief Bob Arum had told the Bulletin last week that the November 12 date is ideal since it falls during Pacquiao?s break in the Senate, allowing the Filipino legend to train for at least a month without having to report for work.
Cr Quirk said the opportunity was there for the rematch Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Angrily Breaks With Justin Bieber after Instagram Diss
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 21 Aug 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- Justin Bieber is not only off Floyd Mayweather's Money Team, he's now one of Floyd's mortal enemies ... TMZ has learned.
Sources connected to both Justin and Floyd tell us, the folks at the Hillsong Church hav Read Full Story >>>
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