Read Full Story >>>RINGWALKS FOR JOSHUA vs. KLITSCHKO HEAVYWEIGHT BLOCKBUSTER EVENT SET FOR APPROXIMATELY 4:35 p.m. ET/1:35 p.m. PT; FIRST BELL SET FOR 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING? begins LIVE on SHOWTIME? at 4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. PT with Interviews, Special Features & Live Coverage of Pre-Fight Pageantry At Sold-Out Wembley Stadium in London
The ringwalks for Satur Read Full Story >>>
SAC DECRIES DISCRIMINATION OF PROMDI PRESS IN PALARONG PAMBANSA
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Statement from Mike Limpag, President, Sportswriters Aassociation of Cebu (SAC):
The Palarong Pambansa is an annual activity gathering not only representatives from all over the country, but community-based journalists too.
So it is very disappointing to learn that the media center of the Pal Read Full Story >>>
?The Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko winner can be the next genuine world heavyweight champion?
By James Slater, BoxingNews, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
NEW JERSEY?S Jerry Izenberg has covered boxing since the 1950s. The long-time columnist for The Newark Star-Ledger has seen them all: Sugar Ray Robinson, Sonny Liston, Roberto Duran, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson. But it is the heavyweights, and the Golden Era of the division, that Izenberg focuses on in Read Full Story >>>
Renaissance men: Current crop may make heavyweights boxing's kings again
By Greg Bishop, Sports Illustrated, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
It wasn?t that long ago when the most important, famous and celebrated athletes on the planet threw no touchdowns and dunked no basketballs. These men were heavyweight boxers, champions of champions, and they ruled over sports with iron, oversized fists. Even just the phrase heavyweight champion of Read Full Story >>>
Hall of Fame author's new book explores heavyweight boxing's rise and fall
By Amber Dixon, News 3 Las Vegas, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Veteran sportswriter and International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee Jerry Izenberg sits down with News 3 sports anchor Amber Dixon to discuss his new book, "Once There Were Giants: The Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing."
In the book, Izenberg, a boxing scribe for more than 60 years, explores heavy Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao and Horn meet at Suncorp Stadium
By Ray Wheatley, FightNews.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and WBO#2 Jeff Horn came face to face with each other it was reported by Grantlee Kieza of the Courier Mail at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Wednesday where they will clash on July 2.
?I know what it is like to be young and hungry,?? Pacquiao said. ?M Read Full Story >>>
Manny Pacquiao likely to retire in 2021
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
WBO Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao won't be retiring anytime soon or at least after one year before his six-year term as Philippine senator ends in 2022.
Pacquiao's longtime trainer Freddie Roach spoke to Boxing News saying the fighting senator will give up boxing when he seeks a higher off Read Full Story >>>
IBF HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION ANTHONY JOSHUA MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Undefeated IBF Champion Anthony Joshua hosted a media conference call to give his thoughts on Saturday?s heavyweight blockbuster between him and long-reigning kingpin Wladimir Klitschko live on SHOWTIME? (4:15 p.m. ET/1:15 p.m. P Read Full Story >>>
Senator Pacquiao vows to push for passage of Death Penalty Bill
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
-- Says shabu and ecstasy are poison, not drugs.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Senator Manny Pacquiao believes the death penalty bill is not yet dead contrary to the pronouncement of Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednes Read Full Story >>>
MANUEL "TINO" AVILA MEDIA DAY QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
AVILA FACES JOSEPH DIAZ, JR. ON THE CANELO VS. CHAVEZ, JR. UNDERCARD MAY 6 AT T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS PRESENTED LIVE BY HBO PAY-PER-VIEW?
APRIL 26, 2017 - Unbeaten defeated prospect Manuel "Tino" Avila (22-0, 8 KOs) is making Read Full Story >>>
NBA PLAYOFFS -- Without Blake Griffin Clippers face uphill climb
By Sean Yu, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Los Angeles -- Down 3-2, the Los Angeles Clippers still have playoff life. But without their injured forward Blake Griffin and with Game 6 on the road in Utah, the Clips are facing certain elimination
Sure, Read Full Story >>>
LABOR DAY CHESSFEST IN SAN MATEO MAY 1
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
The 2nd Cayetano "Jun" R. Santos Jr. Open Chess Tournament dubbed as Labor Day Chessfest kicks off on May 1, 2017 (Monday), nine am at the JRS chess club in Ampid 1, San Mateo, Rizal.
The champion will receive Chess Trophy + P3,000, 2nd place Chess Trophy + P2,000 and 3rd place Chess Trophy + P1, Read Full Story >>>
Young Thai says: I can beat old Nietes
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
COMING in as a huge underdog, Thai prospect Komgrich Nantapech is confident that he?ll score a big upset over one of the best boxers that the Philippines has ever produced, Donnie Nietes.
?There is no pressure. I have prepared really well for this fight,? Nantapech said in Thai, translated in by Read Full Story >>>
Nietes is old, says Thai foe
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
KOMGRICH Nantapech of Thailand believes he has a huge advantage over two-division world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes when both fight for the vacant IBF world flyweight this Saturday in the Pinoy Pride 40: Domination fight card at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
?Nietes is old. That?s Read Full Story >>>
Record crowd predicted in Pacquiao fight
By Associated Press, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Brisbane, Australia ? Manny Pacquiao has had bigger, more significant fights while compiling world titles in an unprecedented eight divisions.
The 38-year-old senator from the Philippines may not have fought in front of a bigger crowd, though, than what promoters are predicting for Pacquiao?s ?Ba Read Full Story >>>
US warming to Pacquiao-Horn, says Arum
By AAP, SBS, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
Bob Arum believes overseas boxing fans are starting to change their minds on Manny Pacquiao's fight against Australian Jeff Horn.
Bob Arum believes skeptical US boxing fans are warming to the idea of Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn's 'Battle of Brisbane'.
The fight, set for July 2 at Suncorp Stad Read Full Story >>>
EXCLUSIVE ?Manny Pacquiao will retire when he runs for president!?
By John Dennen, BoxingNews, Thu, 27 Apr 2017
TRAINER Freddie Roach knows that Manny Pacquiao?s boxing career will draw to an end soon. But just not yet.
He is convinced that ?Pacman? can continue to compete with the best and that his fight against significant underdog Jeff Horn in July will prove the level where Manny belongs.
?I would Read Full Story >>>
