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WEIGHTS FROM BRISBANE: PACQUIAO - 146 LBS, HORN - 147 LBS
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Filipino boxing legend and WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 146 lbs (66.1kg) while Brisbane-native Jeff Horn, Pacquiao's No. 1 contender, came in at welterweight limit of 147 lbs (66.3kg) during Read Full Story >>>Fighting against the rising tide: Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn preview and prediction
By Richard Everett, Someones0hasgottogo.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Boxing always leaves clues.
Little insights foreshadowing the near future.
Oscar de la Hoya didn?t get ?old overnight? against Manny Pacquiao. Steve Forbes uncovered some hints of the Golden Boy?s deterioration six months previous.
Ali and Bernard Hopkins didn?t show up versus Larry Holmes Read Full Story >>> What is the one good about Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn?
By Steven Muehlhausen, SportingNews.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
On Saturday night, in front of an expected crowd of 60,000 people at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia, Manny Pacquiao will defend the WBO welterweight title against the unheralded Jeff Horn.
When you see Pacquiao fight, you normally expect to shell out between $65-$75 to watch the second-be Read Full Story >>> How Pacquiao and Horn?s lives stack up outside the boxing ring
By Phil Rothfield, The Daily Telegraph, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
ON the night before he steps into the ring for the biggest boxing match in Australia?s sporting history, Jeff Horn will stay in his modest $300,000 Brisbane suburban home.
The old 2004 Toyota Camry will be parked out the front.
It?s just Horn, his wife Jo and the pet dog Lexy.
Across town, Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn wants to prove he deserved fight with Manny Pacquiao
By Gilbert Manzano, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Jeff Horn was asked to name the toughest opponent he has fought. The Australian boxer paused for a second before saying he has faced plenty of tough opposition.
Horn eventually said Randall Bailey was the hardest puncher he has fought in his 17-bout career. He also mentioned Rico Mueller and Naou Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao versus Jeff Horn: Preview and prediction
By Justin Faux, The Roar, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
In the biggest boxing match held on Australian soil in decades, former Queensland-based school teacher Jeff Horn will look to knock out prizefighting royalty.
Horn, who represented his home nation at the 2012 Olympics in London, had the biggest opportunity of his young career last December in New Read Full Story >>> HBO not worried about Terence Crawford, Vasyl Lomachenko move to ESPN
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
HBO is taking in stride the loss of two of its marquee boxers -- unified junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford and junior lightweight titlist Vasyl Lomachenko, two of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world - to ESPN.
HBO has been involved in all but one of Lomachenko's nine profes Read Full Story >>> Holyfield vs. Tyson II?Bite Night Revisited
By Marc Livitz, Boxing.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
What happened in the first bout wasn?t supposed to happen and certainly wouldn?t happen again, or so the thinking went at the time?
Wednesday, June 28, 2017, marked the 20th anniversary of one of the most infamous boxing matches in recent memory. Without drawing much comparison to the second meet Read Full Story >>> ESPN to Exclusively Air Two Top Rank Championship Fights in August
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Vasyl Lomachenko to Defend WBO Jr. Lightweight Title Against Miguel Marriaga, Saturday, Aug. 5, at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles
Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo in Battle of Undefeated Jr. Welterweight World Cha Read Full Story >>> UFC's Robert Whittaker Shades Michael Bisping, Says Yoel Romero Is #1
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- UFC rising star Robert Whittaker is hungry to fight the best, and Michael Bisping AIN'T IT -- even though he's the champ in their division.
The way Whittaker sees it, Bisping's fragile ass hasn't done muc Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Horn kicks off a new era in boxing
By Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
There?s a fight this weekend. And it features Manny Pacquiao - the Filipino Senator who was one-half of the richest boxing match ever in 2015. And while the matchup against an undefeated-but-unknown Australian is nothing to get excited about, this weekend could nevertheless be a seminal moment in bo Read Full Story >>> Horn, Pacquiao could be really big
By Brent Read, The Australian, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
A word of warning for those who dare to dream. Only three years ago, another Australian went toe-to-toe with a legend. That fighter was Alex Leapai and those of us who accompanied the Lionheart on his trip to Germany to tackle then-heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko know only too well how peril Read Full Story >>> Mancuso: Slow Death of Pay-Per-View Begins With Pacquiao
By Rich Mancuso, NY Sports Day, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
It was inevitable and boxing promoters are beginning to see the picture when Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title tomorrow night from Australia. It has nothing to do with Pacquiao and his continued quest at boxing history when he steps in the ring with the undefeated 16-0- 1, Jeff Horn Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: 'We are still here and not done in boxing'
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Manny Pacquiao has made hundreds of millions of dollars, in large part because of the huge money his numerous pay-per-view fights have generated.
Make no mistake: Pacquiao still likes making tons of money, much of which he has used through the years to generously support numerous charitable cause Read Full Story >>> Breakdown: Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn fight preview and prediction
By Fraser Coffeen , Bloody Elbow, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
This Saturday night, it?s ESPN who takes the lead on presenting boxing, as they host the latest from boxing megastar Manny Pacquiao (59-6-2; 38 KO), as he takes on Australia?s Jeff Horn (16-0-1; 11 KO) The fight is for Pacquiao?s WBO Welterweight (147 pound) title. Ring Magazine puts Pacquiao at #4 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao v Horn: Switch to take Suncorp Stadium global
By Brent Read, The Australian, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Rugby league?s most celebrated stadium is about to become the centre of the boxing universe. Within hours of fulltime in Melbourne?s game against Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium last night, the goalposts were taken down and the line markings were being ?removed.
Matting was laid to protect the turf, Read Full Story >>> Horn v Pacquiao: the battler versus the gazillionaire
By Brent Read, The Australian, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Jeff Horn drives a Toyota Camry and has a home in the modest Brisbane suburb of Algester, where the median house price is about $500,000. He still has a mortgage, although he plans to pay it off with the pay cheque from his fight against Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao at Suncorp Stadium tomorrow aft Read Full Story >>> When The Gates Opened for the Great Flood of Eastern European Boxers
By Ted Sares, The Sweet Science, Sat, 01 Jul 2017
Difficult-to-pronounce Eastern European names that often end in a ?v? ?y? or ?o? now dot the boxing landscape. And there are plenty of imposing nicknames to accompany them like ?Zar,? ?The Eagle,? ?The Machine,? ?The Beast,? ?Russian Hammer,? Krusher,? and ?The Nail.?
One of the common denomina Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao confident of enduring Horn's best after beating heavy hitters Cotto, Margarito in the past
By Gerry Ramos, Spin.ph, Fri, 30 Jun 2017
BRISBANE, Australia ? Manny Pacquiao is not underestimating the punching power of Jeff Horn, although the boxing legend believes he?s very much capable of enduring the best the local hero could give in their world title fight on Sunday.
Pacquiao had gone to war against some of the men considered Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao v Horn: Australian Justin Fortune, who is on Pacquiao?s team, talks about beating cancer
By Jamie Pandaram, The Daily Telegraph, Fri, 30 Jun 2017
IT was in the midst of Justin Fortune?s chemotherapy treatment for throat and neck cancer.
?My wife took my guns away from me,? Fortune said.
?I would have easily put a bullet in my head. It wouldn?t have been a problem for me.
?And I?m not a pussy; that is just how much it debilitates you. Read Full Story >>>
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