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McGregor KOs Mayweather in popularity contest at sports books
By Todd Dewey, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Aside from a pair of $50,000 wagers placed on Floyd Mayweather Jr., virtually all of the action at Las Vegas sports books has been on Conor McGregor for their Aug. 26 boxing match at T-Mobile Arena.
In February, the Westgate sports book opened Mayweather as a minus-2,500 favorite over UFC star Mc Read Full Story >>>Op-Ed: Tony Weeks deserves credit for saving Kovalev from further injury
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Boxing referee Tony Weeks should be praised for his decision to stop the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev fight Saturday night to save Kovalev from further punishment following Ward's unrelenting body attack that sent Kovalev rolling down the ropes.
Ward's barrage of power shots to Kovalev's midsection Read Full Story >>> Sparring with sandals: A boxing trainer fights for support in Leyte
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
TANAUAN, Philippines - At the town plaza in Tanauan, Leyte, Manly Minguel lines up two teenagers and sets them up in their boxing pose. Right hands affixed to their chins, left hands held high out front poised to jab.
Back and forth, Mark James Lopera, 17, and Nevel Busipractice, 16, move in and Read Full Story >>> How the Mighty Have Fallen
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
One wonders how excited Top Rank really is that ESPN, which was not its first choice, is televising the fight?
The spin doctors are putting a positive gloss on the news that Manny Pacquiao?s July 1 fight at Suncorp Stadium in Australia against undefeated Jeff Horn will not be pay-per-view. Nor wi Read Full Story >>> COLUMN: NSAC SHOULD PUT MORE ATTENTION TO DETAILS
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
As the fans and media folks sat waiting for the weight-in to begin last Friday afternoon for the Ward-Kovalev fight card inside the cavernous Mandalay Bay Events Center media folks from the photo groups that came in early Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin mock Billy Joe Saunders after Briton's Las Vegas challenge: 'I suggest you lose a lot of pounds before you think about fighting anyone'
By Jeff Powell, Mail Online (UK), Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Two of the greatest boxers in the world ridiculed Billy Joe Saunders when he insulted them at the London launch of their forthcoming super fight in Las Vegas.
Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin mocked Britain's alternative world middleweight belt holder when he interrupted discussion of their h Read Full Story >>> Ward celebrates big win while Kovalev plans protest
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press, New Jersey Herald, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? After leaving no doubt who was the best light heavyweight around, Andre Ward talked about securing his place as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world and perhaps even one day moving up to heavyweight.
The talk in Sergey Kovalev's camp, meanwhile, was about protesti Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn bout will be televised live by ESPN
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Manny Pacquiao?s trek to Australia to meet that country?s 2012 Olympian Jeff Horn will be televised by ESPN, with the network and Pacquiao?s promoter expected to detail a more extensive relationship in the near future.
In the bout that will air in the U.S. July 1 at 7 p.m. PDT, Pacquiao (59-6-2, Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward: ?The Sergey Kovalev fight could have got ugly?
By John Dennen, BoxingNews, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
WHILE much of the debate after Andre Ward beat Sergey Kovalev focused on the timing of Tony Weeks? stoppage and the impact of the last punch drifting low, Ward had seized control of the contest in dramatic circumstances and had hurt the Russian in the eighth round.
?I don?t think they can disput Read Full Story >>> Ice Cube willing to change T-Mobile Arena booking for Mayweather-McGregor ? for the right price
By Simon Samano , MMA Junkie, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Oh, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor are fighting in a boxing match on Aug. 26 at T-Mobile Arena in Las vegas?
You better check yo self before you wreck yo self. Ice Cube already has the date and venue booked.
The rapper and actor, who runs the fledgling BIG3, finds himself in a standoff of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: I?m ready to rumble
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Barely two weeks before dealing with an ambitious challenger on hostile ground, Manny Pacquiao declared that he is ready and determined to defend the world welterweight crown against Jeff Horn in Brisbane.
?I am ready to fight, ready to defend my title,? Pacquiao said from General Santos City whe Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez expects knockout when he faces Gennady Golovkin
By Nick Parkinson, ESPN.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez expects a knockout when he challenges world middleweight No. 1 Gennady Golovkin on September 16.
The Mexican meets Golovkin for his WBC, IBF and WBA belts at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in one of the most significant fights in recent boxing history and the biggest since Read Full Story >>> Famed manager Stan Hoffman & World champion Regelio Tuur Ring 8's June Guest Speakers
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
NEW YORK (June 19, 2017) - New York State Boxing Hall-of-Fame manager Stan Hoffman and former world champion Regelio "Turbo" Tuur will be Ring 8 guest speakers tomorrow evening (Tues., June 20), starting at 7 p.m. ET, at O'Neill's Restaurant in Maspeth, New York.
This Ring 8 meeting is sponsored Read Full Story >>> Forget Mayweather vs McGregor, Gennady Golovkin's showdown with Canelo Alvarez promises a real spectacle
By Steve Bunce, Independent Online, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
There is an alarming sparkle in the eyes of Gennady Golovkin when he recalls his brief nights in the boxing ring and becomes oddly animated from about the same distance as he throws his lethal punches.
Golovkin was in London on Monday to promote his fight in September against the Mexican idol Sau Read Full Story >>> Dana White: If McGregor knocks out Mayweather ?he?ll be the biggest star in sports ever?
By Damon Martin, Fox Sports, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
UFC president Dana White can?t be sure what will happen when Conor McGregor meets Floyd Mayweather in a boxing match on Aug. 26, but he has an idea of the reaction will be depending on the outcome.
McGregor will step into a boxing ring as a professional for the first time ever when he faces Maywe Read Full Story >>> Mayweather v McGregor tickets selling fast despite huge prices
World Boxing News, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Tickets for Floyd Mayweather's return to the ring are in high demand already, according to ticket sellers at Viagogo.
After going on sale this week, prices ranging from $2,000 to $80,000 have been revealed, with ringside seats set to go for a lot more.
Most fees for a front row seat are yet to Read Full Story >>> A Bully Unmasked
By Johnathan Lee Iverson, Boxing.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
?Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,? so goes the quip made famous by Mike Tyson?
?Sports do not build character: they reveal it.??John Wooden
In no sport is character so vividly displayed than prize fighting. ?Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth,? so Read Full Story >>> ESPN fight saves Manny Pacquiao from another poor PPV performance
By Josh Slagter, mlive.com, Tue, 20 Jun 2017
Well, that's one way to avoid an underwhelming pay-per-view total.
Manny Pacquiao's next fight, July 1 against Jeff Horn in Australia, will be broadcast live on ESPN. It will be the first non-PPV fight for Pacquiao since 2005.
The fight card will begin at 9 p.m. ET in the U.S. A 14-hour time d Read Full Story >>> TODAY! Arum Live on ESPN Throughout the Day Talking Pacquiao vs Horn
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Jun 2017
HALL OF FAME PROMOTER BOB ARUM BARNSTORMS ESPN TODAY TO TALK UP "BATTLE OF BRISBANE"AND MANNY PACQUIAO'S FIRST NON-PPV FIGHT SINCE 2005!
Arum to Appear on Four Different ESPN Shows Today -- From 9 a.m. Through 4 p.m. E Read Full Story >>> "Veneno" Dominguez VS Jack Tepora for WBO Oriental July 7 in Bohol Postponed
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Araneta.
CEBU, Philippines - The much anticipated Bohol card featuring in the main event tough Mexican National Champion Emmanuel "Veneno" Dom?nguez against Undefeated Filipino WBO #12 Jack Tepora (20-0, 15 KO's) in dispute o Read Full Story >>>
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