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Keith Thurman: 'We're going for the knockout' of Shawn Porter on Saturday
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
It was the old black-and-white pictures of boxers taped to the walls of head custodian Ben Getty?s cramped office at Belleair (Fla.) Elementary School that first intrigued seven-year-old Keith Thurman.
So when Getty, a short, stocky Italian man the kids called ?Ben Spaghetti,? started an aftersch Read Full Story >>>Las Vegas? Shawn Porter ready to put past behind in Keith Thurman bout
By Gilbert Manzano, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Shawn Porter grimaced when he heard ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. uttered the words ?And the new? to crown Kell Brook the winner by majority decision against Porter in 2014.
Porter lowered his head into his father?s shoulder as the realization sunk in that he wasn?t the welterweight Internation Read Full Story >>> Showtime and Top Rank Slug It out over "Fight of the Century"
The National Law Review, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Who said boxing was dead?
Fight fans still bitter over the May 2015 Floyd Mayweather?Manny Pacquiao bout that was far more mega-bore than mega-brawl may at long last get the slugfest they have been waiting for. A couple of small caveats: Mayweather has ceded the spotlight to his home television n Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum eyeing return fight for Manny Pacquiao in October
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Veteran promoter Bob Arum is now looking for Manny Pacquiao's next foe ahead of his impending decision to continue fighting after he gets his job in the senate sorted out to give way for an eight-week training camp to culminate in October planned fight
In an exclusive interview with Boxing Scene Read Full Story >>> ANTHONY JOSHUA vs. DOMINIC BREAZEALE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
"You're in my jungle now" ? Anthony Joshua
?I came across the pond to get my belt and take it back home with me? ? Dominic Breazeale
LONDON (June 23, 2016) ? Undefeated IBF Heavyweight World Champion Anthony Read Full Story >>> SILVANO EYES CAREER REJUVENATION IN PALICTE REMATCH
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
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Vergilio Silvano of the Omega Boxing Gym of Cebu will be looking to turn the tables on Aston Palicte when they meet once again June 24 at the Jurado Hall of Philippine Marine Corp, in Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City.
Read Full Story >>> Prince Albert confident of a win
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
In his career?s make-or-break fight, undefeated ?Prince? Albert Pagara anticipates a knockout win come July 9 at the San Mateo Event Center for Pinoy Pride 37: Fists of the Future.
The second US edition of ALA Promotions Int Read Full Story >>> ANTHONY OGOGO TARGETS BIG NAMES AS HE VOWS TO STOP FRANE RADNIC ON SATURDAY, JUNE 25
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
LONDON (June 23, 2016) - Anthony Ogogo (9-0, 5 KOs) is aiming for a stoppage victory against Frane Radnic (11-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at The O2 in London, live on Sky Sports Box Office.
The Olympic Bronze medalist returns to action following an impressive third-round technical knockout vic Read Full Story >>> Major statement made by Undefeated Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
PROVIDENCE (June 23, 2016) - A year after he was stripped of his world super welterweight title by the World Boxing Organization (WBO), undefeated super welterweight Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade has repositioned himself off of his sen Read Full Story >>> Shawn Porter ready to seize spotlight after years of being 'the other guy'
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Shawn Porter is one of the great guys in boxing, a genuine and unassuming man who is as likeable as he is talented. He was an extraordinary amateur, winning 276 of 290 fights and just missed out on making the U.S. Olympic boxing team.
As a pro, he?s won a world title and is 26-1-1, and has the k Read Full Story >>> Keith Thurman's long, thoughtful plan continues against Shawn Porter
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
It didn?t take a high school education for a teenage Keith Thurman to deduce where he wanted to be in life.
So in his freshman year he began a practice of leaving his backpack and textbooks at home, in favor of carrying just one favored book to class for reading pleasure.
?I didn?t pay attenti Read Full Story >>> Thurman, Porter have no complaints about fight delay
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
Welterweight titlist Keith Thurman and former titleholder Shawn Porter were deep into their respective training camps and just a few weeks away from their big fight, which was scheduled for March 12.
But one day in late February, Thurman got into a one-car accident during a rainstorm near his hom Read Full Story >>> Dominic Breazeale: ?I expect to knock Anthony Joshua out?
By John Dennen, BoxingNews, Fri, 24 Jun 2016
The IBF heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) and fellow unbeaten American challenger Dominic Breazeale (17-0, 15 KOs) were participating in their final press conference on Thursday at Sky Sports Studios in London, just two days before their showdown this Saturday.
Anthony Joshua sa Read Full Story >>> Pagara-Juarez Redwood City Press Conference
By Byron Spurlock, FightNews.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
WBO Intercontinental jr featherweight champion ?Prince? Albert Pagara (26-0, 18 KOs) battles Mexican warrior Cesar Juarez (17-5, 13 KOs) on July 9th at the San Mateo Event Center in San Mateo, CA. The ?Fists of the Future? press conference kicked off on Wednesday afternoon at the ABS-CBN Internation Read Full Story >>> FREDDIE ROACH THINKS PRINCE ALBERT PAGARA MAY BE A FUTURE WORLD CHAMPION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
Hall of Fame trainer Freddien Roach thinks unbeaten Filipino super bantamweight Prince Albert Pagara may be a future world champion which is a view expressed some time ago by ?Dodong? Donaire, trainer/farther of five divisio Read Full Story >>> TRIPLE WBO REGIONAL FIGHT CARD IN NANNING
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
NANNING, CHINA ? Fight fans in this southern China city will get to witness a heavyweight clash between Ian Lewison (11-2-1,7KO?s) of the U.K. and China?s Wu Zhiyu (7-0,1KO) for the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific heavyweight title Read Full Story >>> Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Q & A with Wily Borchert, Fight Schedule & Much More
By Don Smith, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
Boxing Fans, Boxing trainer Wily Borchert made his boxing career mark as a Phoenix, Arizona gym owner and trainer after opening Wily?s boxing in 1970 until his retirement in 2005. His prestigious list of highly motivated prot?g??s included world champions Louie Espinoza, Paul Banke, Di Read Full Story >>> Shawn Porter Putting Legacy Before Friendship in Title Bout with Keith Thurman
By Kevin McRae, BleacherReport.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
Shawn Porter made it very clear that friendships will go out the window when he challenges Keith Thurman for the WBA Welterweight Championship Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Showtime Championship Boxing on CBS.
It?s a matchup of two of the best welterweights in th Read Full Story >>> Arum: If Pacquiao keeps fighting, Lomachenko possible in 2017!
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is still buzzing over newly crowned WBO super featherweight champion Vasyl Lomachenko's June 11th 5th round knockout of Rocky Martinez.
Lomachenko landed a left uppercut, right hook combination which dropped and finished off the normally durable Martinez in spectac Read Full Story >>> Richard Schaefer seeks fighters for new company Ringstar Sports, open working with Bob Arum again
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Thu, 23 Jun 2016
Former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is back in boxing following an 18-month absence with the formation of forthcoming operation Ringstar Sports.
The one-time right hand man of Oscar De La Hoya parted company with the fighting legend-turned promoter in last 2014 and had vowed to retu Read Full Story >>>
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