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RUSSIA BLASTS DOUBLE STANDARDS BUT WON'T BOYCOTT OLYMPICS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Bolt and Gatlin.
In a clear case of double standards the International Amateur Athletic Federation has allowed a trio of American sprinters tainted by previous bans due to failed drug tests to compete in Rio de Janeiro?s Ol Read Full Story >>>Featherweights: A sign the business will go from bust back to boom
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
A compelling clash between Leo Santa Cruz and Carl Frampton Saturday in Brooklyn one week after Oscar Valdez Jr.?s ongoing emergence is a sure sign that the featherweights are a loaded division rich with reasons for optimism in a business otherwise clouded by doom and gloom.
In boxing?s boom-and- Read Full Story >>> Carl Frampton looks to win title in second weight class
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Thirty-one years ago, June 8, 1985 to be exact, Irish hero Barry McGuigan ended the seven-year featherweight title reign of fellow Hall of Famer Eusebio Pedroza by winning a 15-round decision, the greatest triumph of his career.
That was nearly two years before Carl Frampton was born. Frampton, o Read Full Story >>> Leo Santa Cruz's biggest fight became much tougher with news of his father's cancer
By Mike Coppinger, USA Today, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
NEW YORK ? One word immediately sprung to his mind: death.
Tears welled up in Leo Santa Cruz?s eyes as he learned in April that his father (and longtime trainer), Jose, was set for the biggest battle of all ? cancer. Stage 3 myeloma to be exact, bone cancer at the spine.
The 56-year-old underw Read Full Story >>> Carl Frampton reveals his secret weapon ahead of Leo Santa Cruz showdown
By Steve Brenner, Daily Star (UK), Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Frampton is tuning up for the biggest night of his career tomorrow night with a mystery sparring partner who has the inside track on WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz.
Thanks to his manager Barry McGuigan and trainer son Shane, ?The Jackal? has been having daily dust ups with a fighter wh Read Full Story >>> Commentary: Will Terence Crawford become a superstar?
By Andreas Hale, RingTV.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
When you watch Terence Crawford in the ring, some see a little bit of Floyd Mayweather Jr. Not necessarily in his style of fighting, but in the way he calculates his opponents? strengths and weaknesses and makes slight adjustments to methodically dismantle them. Crawford is a bit more offense-minded Read Full Story >>> Lively Ricky Hatton talks Kell Brook-Gennady Golovkin fight, plus Canelo and Mayweather
By Lance Pugmire, Baltimore Sun, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
The one and only Ricky Hatton, who created two of the more festive fight weeks of the last decade in Las Vegas, showed again Thursday that he knows how to stir things up.
The Englishman and former fighter was asked about countryman Kell Brook?s longshot attempt to defeat middleweight champion Gen Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM CEBU: TEPORA ? 122 LBS, CAPANGPANGAN ? 120. 5 LBS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
CEBU CITY ? The weighin for Omega Pro-Sports' International's Who's Next 2 boxing event got underway today at the Robinson's Mall in Fuente Osmena with all 18 fighters for tomorrow's 9-bout event at Robinson-s G Read Full Story >>> Tapales, Tabanao relit fire of RWS Stable
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Take a quick visit at the RWS Gym of Cebuano impresario Rex "Wakee" Salud just beside his home in Barangay Prunta Princesa, Cebu City and you will see a few boxers diligently training sans fanfare and away from t Read Full Story >>> Leo Santa Cruz vs. Carl Frampton Final Press Conference Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Stacked Night of Boxing at Barclays Center in Brooklyn Highlighted by SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING?Tripleheader
Live On SHOWTIME?, This Saturday, July 30 At 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT
Preliminary Fights Begin At 7 p.m. Read Full Story >>> Mark Anthony Barriga: A short guy with huge possibilities
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
MANILA, Philippines ? In little over a week, the Olympic boxers will take the ring in Rio de Janeiro with the dreams of gold becoming more vivid with each passing night.
Mark Anthony Barriga knows that feeling, of fighting with an elevated purpose, not for a purse but for flag and country. In 201 Read Full Story >>> ?The Making of Manny Pacquiao vs. Terence Crawford? ? High Stakes Poker?
By John Gatling, Real Combat Media, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
The cards are all over the table and the stage is set for Nov 5. But will Manny Pacquiao play or fold?
Following Terence Crawford?s uber-athletic rinsing of Viktor Postol
to become the ruler of the super lightweight division, the cattle call began for a duel between Crawford and the iconic form Read Full Story >>> Putdown that fueled Tapales
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Pinoy boxer was once told he?d never become world champion.
I didn?t forget his words and used them as a challenge ? Tapales.
BANGKOK ? An incident in Japan several years ago involving a former Philippine champion played a pivotal role in Marlon Tapales? smashing knockout victory over Pungluan Read Full Story >>> Tapales excited to join ALA Promotions stable
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Marlon Tapales, the country?s newly-minted WBO World bantamweight champion, arrived in Cebu almost unnoticed yesterday, as only his stablemates from the RWS Boxing Gym and some supporters laid out the red carpet.
Tapales dethroned erstwhile champion Pongluang Sor Singyu last Wednesday with a stu Read Full Story >>> Jhack eyes No. 18
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
UNDEFEATED Jhack Tepora of Omega Boxing Gym will defend his WBO Asia Pacific Youth Super Bantamweight title in the main event of Who?s Next? Pro Boxing Series at the Robinsons Galleria tomorrow.
Tepora (17-0, 12KOs) faces Iligan City?s Bryan Capangpangan (10-2-1, 7KOs) in a 10-rounder fight. This Read Full Story >>> ?Who?s Next?? Pro Boxing Series ties up with TV giant
By Calvin Cordova, Cebu Daily News, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
THE ?Who?s Next?? Pro Boxing Series has just gotten bigger as it forged a partnership with television giant, GMA Network.
?It is the ultimate dream of any promotional outfit to have a TV partner. And we are very happy to have GMA-7 as our partner in showcasing exciting boxing fights,? said Chad Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather tells Roach: "I haven?t worked out a day"
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Although eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is still very much absorbed with his duties as a Senator of his beloved Philippines, rumors have been circulating throughout the boxing community of a potential November 5 return to the ring.
According to longtime promoter Bob Arum, the Pacman Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Carson Jones discusses return, airs views on GGG v Brook
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Competitive puncher Carson Jones has informed WBN of his next fight date as a return to the lower welterweight limit looms for the Oklahoma native.
At 29 years old, Jones has already fought 52 times during his career, having traded blows with the likes of Roberto Garcia, Ricardo Williams Jr, Alfo Read Full Story >>> Boxing's five best fights of 2016 (so far)
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 29 Jul 2016
Los Angeles has hosted three of boxing?s top fights this year, with an eye toward at least one more likely entry by the time the calendar turns for good.
Talks are in progress to stage a Vasyl Lomachenko super-featherweight title defense with a rematch against Mexican warrior Orlando Salido in Oc Read Full Story >>> Wakee Salud reprises role as boxing kingmaker
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 28 Jul 2016
The resounding triumph of Filipino boxer Marlon 'The Nightmare' Tapales just two days ago in Thailand did not only add spark to the already glittering Philippine boxing scene, it also reprise the role of Cebuano topnotch Read Full Story >>>
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