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Op-Ed: Manny Pacquiao likely to face Jeff Horn despite huge pay cut
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sat, 01 Apr 2017
After a failed attempt to secure a lucrative fight in the Middle East, reigning WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will most likely accept a substantial pay cut to face a relatively unknown challenger from Australia.
Pacquiao's longtime adviser Michael Koncz, who traveled to the United Arab Read Full Story >>>Arum: Ramirez Would 'Destroy' Golovkin; Would Do Winner-Take-All
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 01 Apr 2017
Count Bob Arum among those that think Gennady Golovkin began showing his age against Daniel Jacobs.
The 85-year-old Arum was in full promotional mode Friday, when during a conference call Arum claimed that Gilberto Ramirez would ?destroy? Golovkin if they fought. Arum?s company, Top Rank Inc., pr Read Full Story >>> Busy May & June for M-1 Global
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (March 31, 2017) - M-1 Global president Vadim Finkelchtein (pictured above) has announced five M-1 Challenge events to be held this May and June.
Below is a Q & A with the veteran MMA promoter:
Can you Read Full Story >>> Jason Canoy makes weight for South Africa challenge
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino boxer Jason Canoy and his South African foe Mzuvukile Magwaca came in well under the 118-pound weight limit for their fight in Cape Town on Friday, March 31 (Saturday Manila time).
Canoy (26-6-2, 19 knockouts) of Cebu City weighed 116 pounds while the undefeated Ma Read Full Story >>> Golovkin's Promoter: If Ward Returns To 168 - Fight Can Happen!
BoxingScene.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
A few days ago, trainer Virgil Hunter revealed that his star fighter - IBF, WBA, WBO light heavyweight champion Andre Ward (31-0, 15 KOs) - was still capable of getting down to the super middleweight limit of 168.
Ward officially moved up to the light heavyweight limit of 175 in early 2016, but h Read Full Story >>> Wanheng Menayothin wins six-rounder, closes on Mayweather / Marciano record at 46-0
World Boxing News, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
WBC minimumweight champion Wanheng Menayothin participated in a stay busy six rounder in Thailand to push towards Floyd Mayweather and Rocky Maricano's 49-0 record.
The 31 year-old, who defended his 105 pound title for the sixth time in January, defeated Jaysever Abcede via unanimous decision on Read Full Story >>> Jeff Horn close to sealing deal for mega fight against Manny Pacquiao - this time for real
By Phil Lutton, The Sydney Morning Herald, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
For Jeff Horn, patience has become a valuable virtue. The Brisbane fighter looks as if he will land his prized bout against Manny Pacquiao after all, with the Filipino great now likely to sign a deal to fight at Suncorp Stadium on July 2.
In what became a tiresome saga from the Pacquiao camp, the Read Full Story >>> Chavez Jr. Weighs in at 178, More Confident of Shocking Canelo
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
On Thursday, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. started his training day by weighing 178 pounds, 13.5 shy of his necessary contractual weight for May 5th, which is the day before his scheduled fight with countryman Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez at the T-Mobile Arena in Arena.
There were concerns that Chavez Jr. woul Read Full Story >>> Luis Ortiz vs. Derric Rossy: That?s Entertainment
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Derric Rossy is more tough and rugged than he is good. He?ll need a Buster Douglas kind of night if he hopes to pull an upset?
He has the makings of a champion. At 6?4 and 230 pounds he?s the right size for a heavyweight. He is undefeated at 27-0 with 23 knockouts. He?s a product the Cuban boxing Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS & NOTES FROM CAPE TOWN: CANOY - 116 LBS., MAGWACA - 116.6 LBS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Canoy (26-6-2,19 KOs) weighed in at 116 pounds while Magwaca (17-0-2, 10 KOs) weighed 116.6 pounds, Weigh-in was at the Oliver Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha, Cape Town.
Canoy: ?I?m thankful for this opportunity and will assure all of a good fight,? Canoy said.
Magwaca: ?I was born ready,? drawin Read Full Story >>> Pound-for-Pound: There?s a vacancy at the top of this debate
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Pound-for-pound, it might be the most overrated argument in the debate business. Who is No. 1? Who?s No. 2? Who cares? Most of these guys won?t fight each other any way. But it?s still a way to fill the dead time and there?s been plenty of that since the top of the argument, Roman Gonzalez, lost a c Read Full Story >>> 30 years later, Tim Ryan on Leonard-Hagler and the Golden Age
By Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
It may have been one of the few things Tim Ryan and Gil Clancy ever disagreed on, but unlike some fans and pundits over the years, the dynamic duo that was synonymous with televised boxing back in its last Golden Age didn?t get too heated about the result of the 1987 bout between Sugar Ray Leonard a Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford against an Olympic Gold Medalist in May
By Unofre Pili, Sports World News, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
The search for the next opponent for Terence Crawford (30-0, 21 KOs) for his next fight has narrowed down to the former decorated Olympian from the Caribbean country of the Dominican Republic. To challenge Crawford for his WBC, WBO, The Ring, and lineal light welterweight titles is the 33-year-old F Read Full Story >>> COMPLETE UNDERCARD LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOR NIETES-NANTAPECH TITLE FIGHT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Cebu City ? The full undercard lineup has been released by ALA Promotions for their upcoming 'Pinoy Pride 40' event on April 29 at the Waterfront Hotel & Casino here headlined by longest Filipino world champion Donnie ' Read Full Story >>> OROZCO VS. GIBSON QUOTES AND ACTION PACKED UNDERCARD AHEAD OF APRIL 1 SHOWDOWN
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Orozco (L) against Soto.
GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS UPS THE ANTE WITH TOP-NOTCH CONTENDERS AND PROSPECTS FEATURED ON GOLDEN BOY BOXING ON ESPN ON APRIL 1 FROM THE COSMOPOLITAN OF LAS VEGAS AND BROADCAST LIVE ON ESPN DEPORTES Read Full Story >>> April 22 Undercard Announced: Heavyweight Luis Ortiz vs. Derric Rossy, Plus Amanda Serrano Fights For Title In Fifth Weight Class
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Undefeated Heavyweight Contender Luis Ortiz Battles Long Island?s Derric Rossy Saturday, April 22 in Premier Boxing Champions Event from Barclays Center in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN (March 30, 2017) - Unbeaten heavyweight contender Read Full Story >>> Undefeated Glenn Dezurn and Leroy Davila To Meet In ShoBox Telecast Opener - Friday, April 14, Live on SHO
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
NEW YORK (March 30, 2017) - Undefeated super bantamweight prospect Glenn Dezurn will meet unbeaten two-time national amateur champion Leroy Davila in the eight-round telecast opener of ShoBox: The New Generation on Friday, April 14 live on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT) from MGM National Harbor, Md., just Read Full Story >>> Golden Gloves Ring Brawl ... Fans Attack at Boxing Event (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- Pandemonium occurred at a Golden Gloves boxing event in L.A. on Wednesday -- when fans stormed the ring at a youth tournament and fought it out ... with one guy catching a haymaker right in the face Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao v Jeff Horn: Deal almost done as deadline looms
By Grantlee Kieza, CourierMail.com.au, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
MANNY Pacquiao is at last ?finalising the terms?? for his superfight with Jeff Horn at Brisbane?s Suncorp Stadium according to his long-term adviser Michael Koncz.
A month after initially abandoning the Brisbane deal to chase a $A49 million purse in the United Arab Emirates, Pacquiao ?looks like? Read Full Story >>> Magwaca-Canoy clash for vacant WBF belt
By Ron Jackson, FightNews.com, Fri, 31 Mar 2017
Mzuvukile Magwaca from South Africa faces Filipino Jason Canoy in a clash for the vacant WBF bantamweight belt in Khayelitsha near Cape Town on Friday night. Magwaca (17-0-2, 10 KOs) who has been fighting as a pro for nearly eight years won the vacant IBO Inter-Continental flyweight title in June 20 Read Full Story >>>
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