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First bet placed on Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather
news.com.au, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
HE prospect of a Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight has created a mega-buzz about megabucks.
UFC boss Dana White was on The Herd on Friday, countering the boxer?s $15 million offer to the UFC superstar with one of $25 million to each combatant in a proposed boxing bout.
The superfight l Read Full Story >>>Mayweather: Facing McGregor Makes Sense, But No One Else Does
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues to be asked about a potential fight with mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor. Of course, Mayweather helps fan the flames by expressing interest in that bout happening.
?I?m a businessman, when it?s all said and done,? Mayweather said in a televised interview Read Full Story >>> Jack, DeGale fight out entertaining draw, Mayweather says no rematch
World Boxing News, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
Badou Jack and James DeGale each scored a knockdown apiece as the two super-middleweight champions fought out a majority draw in New York.
In an early contender for Fight of the Year, Jack and DeGale produced a spectacular contest to begin 2017 with a bang.
DeGale dropped Jack in the first rou Read Full Story >>> A star is born as Gervonta Davis wins first world title with TKO
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
Floyd Mayweather's newest star Gervonta Davis gave a performance beyond his years as the young Baltimore fighter won the IBF super-featherweight title in style.
The 22 year-old, who went into the fight with a big-punching reputation, proved his strength was no joke as he pummelled the Puerto Rica Read Full Story >>> LEAGUE OF FISTS SEMIS SIZZLE AT ONE SHOW SPACE
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
SHANGHAI, CHINA- The League of Fists professional boxing tournament had their second of a back to back weekend fight card at One Show Space featuring three semi-final bouts.
Fu Kaisheng survived a knockdown in the second round courtesy Read Full Story >>> Ancajas aims to impress
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
Filipino fighter Jerwin Ancajas has found a major backer in his bid to retain the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super-flyweight title versus Mexican Jose Alfredo Rodriguez on Jan. 29 at the Studio City Hotel in Macau.
Ancajas, who fights out of the Manny Pacquiao?s MP Promotions, was given the Read Full Story >>> Lara KOs Foreman
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
There?s some doubt, and not for the first time, about what Foreman has to offer, and what he has to gain, by continuing to fight?
Friday night at Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami, Florida, WBA Super World super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara (24-2-2, 14 KOs), the clever southpaw Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao asks DOT for P3 billion to stage fifth Marquez fight
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
Manny Pacquiao is looking for a financial boost of P3 billion ($60m) in order to stage a fifth meeting with arch-rival Juan Manuel Marquez at the back end of 2017.
Despite promoter Bob Arum laying the foundations of a four-fight plan culminating in a massive US clash with Terence Crawford in Nove Read Full Story >>> Mendoza: Mayweather in Pacquiao gimmick, too
By Al S. Mendoza, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 15 Jan 2017
FLOYD Mayweather Jr., sure knows when to butt in.
So that while Manny Pacquiao has become hot news again, haven?t you noticed Mayweather?s reentry into the spotlight, too?
If Mayweather could sneak in a jab in a blur, he could also grab a piece of any action anytime he wants to.
Pacquiao ve Read Full Story >>> Jack vs DeGale, Pedraza vs Davis Live on Showtime Tonight
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Badou Jack and James DeGale will each walk into a boxing ring tonight with 168-pound world titles draped over their shoulders. One man will exit the ring with both titles and a sky's-the-limit future. The other will exit Read Full Story >>> Win Autographed Roy Jones Jr. and Bobby Gunn Memorabilia
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
As the date nears for the highly anticipated showdown between former world champions Roy Jones Jr. and Bobby Gunn, fans who plan on attending the fight live in Wilmington, Delaware will have a chance to win personalized autographed memorabilia from the pugilists.
Anyone who has purchased a ticke Read Full Story >>> 8-BALL TAKES CENTER STAGE WITH THE WORLD POOL SERIES
By Ted Lerner, WPS Media Officer, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Jayson Shaw
Jayson Shaw is the hot favorite as the sport?s newest pool tour gets ready to kick off in New York City.
(New York City)?It?s common at big international pool tournaments wherever the greats of the game come toget Read Full Story >>> Chavez Jr. Warns Canelo: This Will Be a War, It Will End in a KO!
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32 KOs) predicts that his HBO Pay-Per-View fight with fellow Mexican superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will end with a knockout.
Their showdown was officially announced on Friday, for the Cinco De Mayo date of May 6th Read Full Story >>> Brisbane boxer Jeff Horn confident ahead of Manny Pacquiao bout
By Phil Lutton, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Jeff Horn isn't quite sure how he's landed here, in a fight that could propel him to stardom or, even in failure, begin a path that sets him up financially for the rest of his life.
He's already moved past the contemplation stage. Duco Events found him, legendary Top Rank promoter Bob Arum seems Read Full Story >>> The Manny Pacquiao story
BoxingNews, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
EARLY DAYS
BORN in Kibawe in the Philippines, eight days before Christmas in 1978, Manny Pacquiao?s childhood was not filled with cheer. His family struggled to survive such was the poverty, and Pacquiao has told tales of eating just once a day and sleeping in the street. Exactly what he ate on Read Full Story >>> This Week In Boxing Biz: James DeGale-Badou Jack, Pacquiao-Horn on HBO?, Chris Brown-Soulja Boy Odds
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Neither James DeGale nor Badou Jack are big names in the U.S. Yes, both own super middleweight world titles, and yes, both have beaten tough opponents. But DeGale, from London, and Jack, who was born in Sweden, don?t have much name recognition outside their respective places of residence.
But whe Read Full Story >>> Dana White Tells Floyd Mayweather He's Dumb to Turn Down McGregor Fight (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
TMZ SPORTS -- Dana White could not be clearer ... Floyd Mayweather has stupid written on his forehead for dismissing his $25 million offer to fight Conor McGregor.
Dana thinks Floyd should be grateful to him for offeri Read Full Story >>> Erislandy Lara KOs Yuri Foreman with vicious uppercut to retain title
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
On a night of mismatches Friday night, the main event might have been the biggest mismatch of all at the Amphitheater at Hialeah Park in South Florida.
WBA super welterweight champion Erislandy Lara cautiously coasted through the first three rounds, seeming to take measure of his opponent before Read Full Story >>> Is Horn tough enough to gore Pacquiao?
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
NO question about it, the $5 Million initially offered Manny Paquiao to fight the undefeated but obscure Jeff Horn of Australia was an insult, paltry sum properly brushed off as peanuts.
Pacquiao definitely deserves more tha Read Full Story >>> SHOWTIME EXECUTIVE SAYS "PACQUIAO IS STILL A NAME"
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Jan 2017
Showtime Sports general manager Stephen Espinoza is interested to televise the Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn WBO welterweight title fight due to Top Rank boss Bob Arum?s proposal to show it on free television instead of airing the bo Read Full Story >>>
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