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Irish boxer goes on expletive-fueled rant calling boxing officials ?cheats? after losing Olympic bout
By Associated Press, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 17 Aug 2016
Irish bantamweight 56 kilogram boxer Michael Conlan ripped Olympic boxing officials on Tuesday in Rio after he controversially lost his quarterfinal bout to Russia's Vladimir Nikitin, despite clearly having the edge in all three rounds.
"AIBA cheats, He f**king cheats. That's me, I'll never box Read Full Story >>>Bryan Viloria not done with boxing, plans comeback late this year
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 17 Aug 2016
Former WBO and WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria is eyeing a comeback fight after close to 10 months of inactivity following his knockout loss to Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez in October last year at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
Viloria (36-5-0, 22 KOs), did not say who will be his n Read Full Story >>> MUHAMMAD ALI HUMANITARIAN AWARDS TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
One of the most beloved humanitarians of our time, Muhammad Ali, who passed away not too long ago, will be remembered in the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards on September 17.
We who served as liaison officer for Ali during the famed Read Full Story >>> 2016 RIO OLYMPICS: MEN'S BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS SET
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
The unpredictable men?s Olympic basketball tournament quarterfinal cast was decided only on the final day of the group competitions.
Group A finished in a well ordered manner, but Group B plays resulted in a four-way tie Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to PSC: Nurture our athletes? talents, end corruption
By PNA, Sun.Star Philippines, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
MANILA -- On his first committee hearing as Chairman, Senator Emmanuel ?Manny? Pacquiao urged Tuesday, August 16, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to nurture the talents of Filipino athletes and end corruption within the committee.
Pacquiao, Chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, asked PS Read Full Story >>> Vargas to Pacquiao: I?ll beat you
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
World welterweight champion Jessie Vargas has a chilling message to Manny Pacquiao.
?Prepare yourself because I am going to beat you,? Vargas said just before he began training camp for his Nov. 5 clay with the Filipino eight-division champion at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.
?I wil Read Full Story >>> Arum: Pacquiao-Vargas Will Attract Hispanic Fans Worldwide!
By Edward Chaykovsky, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is anticipating the return of Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) to do very good business in the lucrative Hispanic market.
Pacquiao will return on November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center. He will challenge World Boxing Organization welterweight world champion Jessie Vargas Read Full Story >>> Out to dominate flyweight
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
DONNIE Nietes already has a hall-of-fame worthy career?a two-division world champion, the longest reigning Filipino world titleholder and a lineal world champion in the light flyweight division.
The 34-year-old janitor-turned-boxing star, however, is far from done. He?s hungry for more. He wants Read Full Story >>> ?I CAN DO MORE?
By Calvin Cordova, Cebu Daily News, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Longest-reigning Pinoy world champion Nietes explains reason for moving up weight class
He is a two-division world champion and owns the distinction of being the longest-reigning Filipino world champion.
Donnie Nietes has achieved a lot that to say he is an accomplished boxer is very much an u Read Full Story >>> Missing Mayweather
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
There?s no doubting that the boxing world isn?t the same without the presence of one of its greatest ambassadors of recent years as Floyd Mayweather continues to enjoy his almost year-long retirement.
With world championships in five different weight divisions, an undefeated record of 49-0 and a Read Full Story >>> Las Vegas hockey community mourns the passing of Eddie Samuels
By Ron Kantowski, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Lee Samuels, the affable and longtime boxing publicist for Las Vegas? Top Rank, Inc., was telling stories and sharing anecdotes about his hockey-playing son Eddie on Thursday. He was speaking at a chapel in a mortuary, which is the most difficult place for a grieving father to be telling stories and Read Full Story >>> NIETES RELINQUISHES WBO LIGHT FLYWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
The longest reigning Filipino world champion Donnie Nietes has relinquished his WBO light flyweight title as he prepares to move up in weight to face former world champion Edgar Sosa in a
flyweight bout at the StubHub Cen Read Full Story >>> Ed Levine: ?It doesn?t get any better than Golovkin vs. Brook. Two undefeated superstars, both champions!?
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
I recent had a chance to interview the president of the International Boxing Organization, Ed Levine. Ed is a partner of the IBO and has served as president since 1999. During the interview I discuss with Ed his thoughts on the belt organization and the some of the champions that hold the belt. Levi Read Full Story >>> Fight to watch in 2016: Past, present and future
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
We are more than halfway through the year, and it has not been a good one overall for boxing. There have been too many pointless mismatches, too many main events offered that are barely undercard worthy, an HBO budget that has clearly been hammered and too many fighters and/or promoters or managers Read Full Story >>> We must build our own boxing academy
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
When the current set of national amateur boxing officials took over nearly eight years ago, this reporter had mulled lending them the formula for a successful program adopted by world boxing power Mexico.
Unfortunately, we n Read Full Story >>> REMEMBERING LUISITO ESPINOSA'S SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE OF WBC FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST JUAN CARLOS RAMIREZ OF MEXICO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
The World Boxing Council remembers the successful defense of featherweight champion Luisito "Lindol" Espinosa in a clash with Mexico's Juan Carlos Ramirez at the County Coliseum in El Paso, Texas on August 17, 1998.
Es Read Full Story >>> Press conference for Donnie Nietes today
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
A press conference at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino today, Tuesday, August 16, has been set for longest-reigning Filipino world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes, where he will formally announce that he will vacat Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali's Grandson -- Marshawn Lynch Consoled Me ... After Boxing Legend's Death (VIDEO)
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Muhammad Ali's football star grandson says a call from his sports idol helped raise his spirits in the wake of his grandfather's death ... and that idol is Marshawn Lynch.
Biaggio Ali Walsh joined the guys on the "TMZ Read Full Story >>> Terence Crawford: A champion without a challenger
By Michael Woods, RingTV.com, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Terence Crawford snagged more eyes and turned those on-the-fence to full-on believing that this Nebraskan is in the Top 5 ? if not higher ? on pound-for-pound lists when he dominated Viktor Postol on July 23.
His total ownership of the skilled Postol didn?t surprise his crew, like trainer Brian Read Full Story >>> Distractions to bother Pacquiao during training for Vargas bout
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 16 Aug 2016
Manny Pacquiao has been struggling with training distractions in many of his major fights and in most cases he managed to live with it but in his upcoming fight against Jessie Vargas, he will have to deal with it seriously to stay fit for the fight
Pacquiao is facing Vargas on Nov. 5 at the Thom Read Full Story >>>
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