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CHOCOLATITO COMPLAINS OF SMALL PURSE OFFERED FOR CUADRAS REMATCH
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 23 Dec 2016
WBC President Mauricio Sulaim?n said at the Miami Convention that he wanted a rematch between Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez and Carlos Cuadras. But the world's top pound-for-pound fighter reacted to the offer citing Read Full Story >>>TRIPLE WBO TITLE BOUTS IN SUZHOU DEC. 23
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 23 Dec 2016
SUZHOU, CHINA ? Ismayl Sillah of the United States and Andrey Knyazev of Russia made weight for their twelve round battle for the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific cruiserweight title.
Sillah (24W-3L,19KO?s) was at 196.75 lbs while Knyazev Read Full Story >>> Nietes faces Thai for vacant IBF ?fly? crown
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Former world minimumweight and light-fly champion Donnie Nietes will fight for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title vacated by fellow Cebu-based puncher Johnriel Casimero.
Nietes (39-1-4 with 22 KOs) has been eyed to battle Thailand?s Eaktawan Krungthepthonburi (22-3 with 15 Read Full Story >>> Kovalev ranked #2 by WBC, door ajar for Stevenson challenge
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Former light-heavyweight king Sergey Kovalev has something to fall back on should an immediate rematch with Andre Ward fail to materialize in the coming months.
The big-hitting Russian has been rated at number two by the World Boxing Council in their December announcement now that he?s no longer Read Full Story >>> ?Those who allowed Muhammad Ali to fight on have a lot to answer for?
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 23 Dec 2016
Sir Michael Parkinson, one of the UK interviewers lucky enough to share significant time with Muhammad Ali during his peak, has criticized those around the three-weight world champion who supported his fighting into the 1980?s.
Clearly bereft of the great attributes that took him to the heights o Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO FOR PRESIDENT
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
?When he?s 35, he can run for Senate,? boxing promoter Bob Arum declared of his prized ward, Manny Paquiao following the Filipino icon?s winning a congressional seat in the 2010 elections.
On the same occasion, the 85-y Read Full Story >>> A Blast from the Past, 1958 - Part 3
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
Elorde had a good 1958 winning all of his fights and collecting the Philippines and OPBF light titles.
A major difference between 1958 and the present time was the absence of any world sanctioning bodies. The only organi Read Full Story >>> Melindo wants to fight Yaegashi next year
By Josef T. Ramos, The Manila Times, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight interim champion Milan ?El Metodico? Melindo of Cebu City said that he is keen on fighting Japanese IBF regular champion Akira Yaegashi next year.
Melindo, 28, said the IBF is preparing to set up a mandatory fight against Yaegashi to determine Read Full Story >>> 2016?s Fighter of the Year is?
By Matthew N. Becher, Boxing Insider, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
Another boxing calendar is coming to an end and that means year end award conversations are taking place. In a year that has seen a lot of craziness, from PED use at an all-time high, to the Heavyweight champion being stripped of his belts, a year with 0 Floyd Mayweather Jr. fights and sharp decline Read Full Story >>> Boxing: 21 Fights That Would Make 2017 A Banner Year For The Sport
By Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
Many of the top fighters and some of boxing's promoters are beginning to deliver the types of fights fans have wanted. Fights like Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev, Jermall Charlo vs. Julian Williams and Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Nicholas Walters closed out 2016, and they all looked good on paper.
Only t Read Full Story >>> Zhou vs Nietes
By Conrad Cariño, The Manila Times, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
While it is not yet official, the bout between our very own Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes and China?s Zhou Shiming is one interesting subject.
Nietes is the very antithesis of Shiming, because the Filipino does not have an amateur career while the Chinese has won two Olympic gold medals (2008 and 2012) an Read Full Story >>> Jack Reiss speaks on Joe Smith Jr.-Bernard Hopkins result
By Francisco Salazar, RingTV.com, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
?Boxing is the theater of the unexpected.?
That quote from Larry Merchant was appropriately applied last Saturday night, when Joe Smith Jr. knocked out Bernard Hopkins before a shocked crowd of 6,513.
Hopkins fell through the ropes and landed on his back onto the floor of The Forum in Inglewoo Read Full Story >>> Decorated amateur boxer Mohammed Rabii To make pro debut Feb. 18 at home in Morocco
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
CASABLANCA, Morocco (December 21, 2016) - Moroccan amateur boxing sensation Mohammed Rabii will make his long anticipated professional debut February 18, fighting at home in Casablanca, at the Complexe de Sportif Mohammed V Arena.
Th Read Full Story >>> Santa Cruz has one track mind - focused on Frampton redemption
World Boxing News, Thu, 22 Dec 2016
Former world champion Leo Santa Cruz is aiming to regain his position at featherweight following a close defeat to Carl Frampton over the summer.
The Mexican-American star was worried about the health of his ill father in the build-up to the first fight with Frampton and wants to prove he can bea Read Full Story >>> A Blast from the Past,1958 - Part 2
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
Sugar Ray Robinson arguably the greatest fighter in the history of boxing.
In part one I set the scene for the state of boxing in 1958 and briefly covered a few of the differences between the sport then and now so I Read Full Story >>> SANTISIMA, A STAR IN THE MAKING
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
Currently sporting 11 knockout wins out of the 12 he has in record, 20-year old Boxing prospect Jeo ?Santino? Santisima looks forward to the next career challenge ahead of him.
A native of Aroroy Masbate, Philippines, S Read Full Story >>> Hopkins' career undented as TV ratings breed Smith rematch talk
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
On reflection, Bernard Hopkins? decision to fight one last time looks a bad one as the 51 year-old bowed out of the sport on his back and literally six feet below his opponent on the arena floor.
?The Executioner? turned out to be unable to claim one last victory as Joe Smith Jr. trapped him on t Read Full Story >>> Boxers of 2016
By Cain Bradley, Boxing.com, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
2016 has perhaps not been a banner year for the sport. There was a lot of jostling for the crown that Mayweather vacated?
2016 has perhaps not been a banner year for the sport. There was a lot of jostling for the crown that Mayweather vacated. But in terms of big fights, there were only a few. Wh Read Full Story >>> Povetkin Hits a New Low in Moscow; In L.A., Hopkins Couldn?t Stay Away
By Eric Lunger, Boxing Insider, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
It was a weekend of regret, as two bouts on different continents made a mockery of professional boxing. Karl Marx once observed that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. In Russia, Alexander Povetkin, by failing PED screening for a second time in less than a year, made a farce of Read Full Story >>> IBF ORDERS NIETES-KRUNGTHEPTHONBURI WORLD FLYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 21 Dec 2016
In the aftermath of former IBF world flyweight champion Johnriel Casimero of the Philippines vacating his belt, the IBF has ordered its highest ranked contenders No. 3 rated flyweight Donnie Nietes of the Philippines to Read Full Story >>>
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