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SALUDAR IS GAB BOXER OF THE MONTH
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Vic Saludar (R).
NEWLY-CROWNED WBO Oriental minimumweight champion Vic ?Vicious? Saludar of Polomolok, South Cotabato was chosen as the ?Boxer of the Month for October? by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB).
G Read Full Story >>>Kovalev-Ward: A Superb, If Not Capital "S" Super, Fight
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
If you?re a boxing fan, this Saturday is a date that has been circled on the calendar for months.
Two of the three best light heavyweights in the world will lock horns. They sport a combined record of 60-0-1. The former unified and lineal super middleweight king, the last American man to win a Go Read Full Story >>> Kovalev vs. Ward: Sergey Kovalev loves America, but it didn't exactly love him back
By Jerry Izenberg, nj.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS ? If Egis Klimas, a Russian fight manager, hadn't taken an amateur fighter named Sergey Kovalev to Kazakstan, Don Turner, a brilliant American trainer of fighters, never would have seen him spar. If that hadn't happened, Turner never would have telephoned Kathy Duva, the CEO of Main Events Read Full Story >>> Trainers for Sergey Kovalev, Andre Ward talk up fight
By Sam Gordon, Las Vegas Review Journal, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Light heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev and longtime trainer John David Jackson broke their nine-week training camp and arrived in Las Vegas this week in advance of their megafight against undefeated Andre Ward on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden.
Jackson and Virgil Hunter, who has traine Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev Predictions: Experts, Boxers Make Their Picks
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Ever since the Andre Ward vs. Sergey Kovalev fight was announced, it?s been difficult for boxing observers to make a definitive prediction about what will occur Saturday night in Las Vegas on HBO pay-per-view.
The general consensus is this: Kovalev?s power could overwhelm Ward and eventually lead Read Full Story >>> Watch: Mayweather brands Pacquiao 75% chance false, rules out fighting McGregor
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Recent comments in the media regarding a fight with Manny Pacquiao have been branded as untrue by undefeated superstar of the sport, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The 39 year-old, speaking at the Badou Jack v James DeGale press conference on Wednesday, said a statement made by Top Rank boss Bob Arum on th Read Full Story >>> 2 Omega Gym fighters battle for titles
By Calvin Cordova, Cebu Daily News, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
TWO Omega Boxing Gym fighters will be gunning for separate titles next week.
Jerry Castroverde (9W-3L-7 KOs) will fight Russian Shavkat Rakhimov (6W-0L, 4 Kos) for the vacant World Boxing Organization (WBO) Youth Intercontinental super featherweight championship on Nov. 18 in DIVS, Ekatirenburg, Read Full Story >>> HBO's Jim Lampley Rips Possible Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao Rematch, Says It's 'For-Profit-Only'
By Josh Katzowitz, Forbes.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Floyd Mayweather can?t stop giving mixed signals, attending Manny Pacquiao?s win vs. Jessie Vargas last Saturday and then telling reporters Wednesday that he?s still retired, saying ?I?m a promoter. I?m here to help these fighters get to the next level. That?s what it?s about.? But that hasn?t stopp Read Full Story >>> Column: From Russia with love, boxer Kovalev finds his place in US
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press, The Daily Courier, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
LAS VEGAS ? Sergey Kovalev was knocking out everyone put in front of him when his handlers went to HBO a few years back asking for a coveted spot on one of the network's boxing shows.
Not so fast, the network said.
"You got two problems with this guy," promoter Kathy Duva remembers an HBO exec Read Full Story >>> Cornermen for Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev talk about their light-heavyweight showdown
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
Sergey Kovalev?s face of rage and Andre Ward?s calm expression of calculation paint the promotional posters featuring Saturday night?s light-heavyweight title fighters.
Both men are unbeaten and will enter the ring at T Mobile Arena in this pay-per-view showdown with a championship and their leg Read Full Story >>> Kovalev vs. Ward: Expert Picks for the Main Event
BleacherReport.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
If you?re a fan, it?s time to sit back and enjoy.
Because when Sergey Kovalev and Andre Ward get together this weekend in Las Vegas, it?ll mark one of the rare times on the 2016 boxing calendar where the hyperbole matches the product.
Kovalev?s IBF, WBA and WBO light heavyweight belts will be Read Full Story >>> Matthews: Mayweather Tunes Out the Noise About Fighting Again
By Wallace Matthews, NY Sports Day, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
There?s a lot of noise around Floyd Mayweather these days, but all of it is coming from the needy side of the room.
You know what side I?m talking about: The side that needs Floyd Mayweather a lot more than Floyd Mayweather needs them.
That means Conor McGregor and Manny Pacquiao might as well Read Full Story >>> Video: Floyd Mayweather Talks Pacquiao, McGregor, Career, More
By Victor Salazar, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
BROOKLYN - A star-studded press conference took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Wednesday, as Floyd Mayweather, along with several New York boxing "ambassadors," signified the return of boxing to New York by announcing the super middleweight world championship unification fight featuring Bad Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao told to think twice
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
He was the reigning WBO welterweight champion, but was clearly not in the league of the legendary challenger, thereby making some pundits swear Jessie Vargas could hope to deliver a reversal only if a different, or inferior, Read Full Story >>> The Past Week In Action 16 November 2016
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
November 10
Read Full Story >>>Boxer Sergey Kovalev prefers more action and less talk
By John Henry, Star Telegram, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
The highly anticipated collision of styles between unbeaten boxers Andre Ward and Sergey Kovalev arrives at the City of Lights on Saturday night.
A fender bender would almost certainly mean Ward, 32, has successfully dictated the pace of the fight using what many see as a skills gap in his favor. Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao/Vargas does lowest PPV buys in 8 years; Arum ?pleased?
By Fraser Coffeen , Bloody Elbow, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
PPV buyrate estimates are in for Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas and, as expected, the numbers are low. In an interview with Ring TV, Top Rank head Bob Arum says the numbers are ?a little over 300[thousand]? also noting that they are ?still coming in.?
If this number holds, it would make it the Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya: 'Bleed for This' as real as it gets
By Oscar de la Hoya, ESPN.com, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
It's difficult to make a boxing movie that feels real to regular audiences, let alone to actual fighters themselves. In recent years, as many of these films have come to the big screen, far too many have focused on the spectacle of the megafight that very few boxers ever experience and a glossy vers Read Full Story >>> Omega boxers seek titles
By Rico Navarro, The Freeman, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
CEBU, Philippines - Two of Omega Boxing Gym?s fighters face the odds as they go for regional titles outside of Cebu.
Jerry Castroverde is now in Russia to face undefeated Russian Shavkat Rakhimov for the vacant WBO Youth Intercontinental super featherweight crown on November 18 in DIVS, Ekaterinb Read Full Story >>> Castoverde: I won?t stop punching
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 17 Nov 2016
JERRY Castroverde has learned his lesson, after losing a controversial unanimous decision in his first international fight four months ago in South Africa.
That?s why on his second stint overseas, the 19-year-old Cebuano pug won?t stop until he gets the knockout to cut the possibility of a hometo Read Full Story >>>
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