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Pacquiao declines Olympic spot to focus on Senate duties
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
Manny Pacquiao has decided to remain retired and will not be competing at the 2016 Olympics.
The 37-year-old boxer declined an invitation for a wild card entry from AIBA and will instead focus on his duties in the Philippine Senate. Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 knockouts) had announced his retirement fol Read Full Story >>>Garcia promises to end Nietes? reign
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Fri, 27 May 2016
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines ? In his reign as world champion for eight years now, ALA Boxing Gym star Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes (37-1-4, 21 KOs) has barreled through 14 Mexicans that stood on his way.
That record streak, however, may soon come to an end, with Raul ?Rayito? Garcia vowing to do everything Read Full Story >>> The Big Fight Preview: Keith 'One-Time' Thurman vs. Shawn 'Showtime' Porter
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
I changed lanes/ skidded / I hydroplaned on some black sh*t / my critics is Kris Kross, y'all backwards...
While scribbling on a note pad, I referenced a line with WBA welterweight champion Keith 'One-Time' Thurman (26-0, 22 KOs) in mind, as he actually ate criticism while having to sip from a st Read Full Story >>> Why Mayweather vs. McGregor Actually Makes Sense
By Paul Magno, The Boxing Tribune, Fri, 27 May 2016
In a world of cheap publicity stunts, this ?super? fight between combat sports? two biggest stars just may be the cheapest publicity stunt of all-time. It?s easy to understand why Mayweather, McGregor, and their respective management teams support this fight, but if anyone without a monetary interes Read Full Story >>> For Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, the time is now
By Wallace Matthews, ESPN.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
On March 8, 1971, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought one of the all-time great fights in boxing history. The action was brutal enough, and the decision close enough, that a swift rematch might very well have exceeded the first one, in hype and revenue if not in artistry.
But a funny thing happen Read Full Story >>> John Riel Casimero gets revenge over Amnat Ruenroeng to win flyweight title
By George Gigney , BoxingNews, Fri, 27 May 2016
JOHN RIEL CASIMERO knocked out Amnat Ruenroeng in four rounds last night to lift the IBF world flyweight title.
Ruenroeng had outpointed Casimero 11 months earlier in a foul-filled affair, but the defiant Filipino dropped Amnat twice before he was counted out.
After a cagey opening three rou Read Full Story >>> CBS Sports Net Boxing Preview: Mosley vs. Avanesyan
By William Holmes, Boxing Insider, Fri, 27 May 2016
On Saturday night ?Sugar? Shane Mosley?s GoBox Promotions will present a televised card on CBS Sports Net live from the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
Shane Mosley will be featured in the main event of the evening when he takes on David Avanesyan for Avanesyan?s WBA Interim Welterweight T Read Full Story >>> Lucian Bute tests positive for banned substance after draw with Jack
By Mitch Abramson, RingTV.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
Another day has brought the news of another case of doping in boxing.
Lucian Bute tested positive for the banned substance Ostarine in a post-fight drug test after he fought to a draw with WBC super middleweight titleholder Badou Jack on April 30 at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C.
The WBC Read Full Story >>> NIETES HAPPY OVER CASIMERO'S WIN, CLAIMS HE WON THE FIRST FIGHT AGAINST AMNAT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes is happy over the 4th round knockout victory of countryman John Reil Casimero over Thai world champion Amnat Ruenroeng and claims Casimero even won their first fight which th Read Full Story >>> SUAREZ, LADON TO TRAIN IN THE US PRIOR TO RIO OLYMPICS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
Lightweight Charly Suarez and light flyweight Rogen Ladon will train in the U.S prior to the Olympic boxing competition in Rio de Janeiro from August 6 to 21, 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.
ABAP Read Full Story >>> Nietes facing the better twin
By Ed C. Tolentino, The Manila Times, Fri, 27 May 2016
It?s one of the strange twists in pro boxing, a champion defending against the twin brother of the fighter he had previously defeated. For his own safety, World Boxing Association (WBO) light flyweight (108 lbs.) champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes should be reminded that he is facing arguably the better Read Full Story >>> Cruiserweight contender Nick Kisner ready for Boardwalk debut
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 27 May 2016
Isiah Seldon battles Eddie Edmond in main event / Chuck Mussachio takes on Willis Lockett in Light Heavyweight rematch / Plus undefeated Heavyweight Quian Davis / The pro debut of former United States amateur sensation LeRoy Davila
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ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (May 26, 2016)--T Read Full Story >>> Nietes? foe vows 5th round KO
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 27 May 2016
BACOLOD City ?Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes?s star had already shined brightest, making him the envy to his challengers and an inspiration to his followers.
Nietes, who once worked as a gym boy and an-all around help at the fabled ALA gym, has become the institution?s biggest boxing star and source of pri Read Full Story >>> Badou Jack: ?Manny Pacquiao had the excuse that he had a shoulder injury, but Floyd is the better boxer, the better fighter?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 27 May 2016
WBC super middleweight champion, Badou Jack, is looking to unify the super middleweight division. The last unified champion of the weight class was Carl Froch and Jack will need to defeat the fighter that took Froch?s vacant title, James DeGale in order to achieve his goal. The two fighters fought o Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Sulaiman in the dark on Mayweather v McGregor, but says Floyd win could count as 50-0
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 27 May 2016
Talk of a possible clash of codes between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC star Conor McGregor has dominated the headlines this month as fans brace themselves for a possible agreement between the pair.
Mayweather seems ready to end his retirement in a bid to make another nine-figure check a Read Full Story >>> 'RAYITO' GARCIA: ?I WON'T BE NIETES' 15TH MEXICAN VICTIM? (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 26 May 2016
BACOLOD CITY ? ?That will not happen.?
That was what former world champion Raul 'Rayito' Garcia answered when asked point blank if he would be Donnie Nietes's 15th Mexican victim as Nietes and Garcia met for the Read Full Story >>> TEAM CASIMERO ARRIVES TOMORROW EVENING
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 26 May 2016
Newly crowned IBF flyweight champion John Reil Casimero who was extensively featured in two, one hour specials on the top-rating Viva Sports weekly program ?The Main Event? on Pinoy Box Office over SkyCable is scheduled Read Full Story >>> Shakeup: John Riel Casimero Gives Flyweight a Fresh Spark
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 26 May 2016
Every weight class gets its turn under the spotlight.
For some, it?s hard to turn the spotlight off. Try to find a lull period at welterweight that lasted more than a year in the last few decades. It might not always have the best fighters but it does often enough that it is hard to avert one?s g Read Full Story >>> Nietes-Garcia bout heats up
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Thu, 26 May 2016
BACOLOD CITY?- The rivalry between reigning WBO world light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes and challenger former world champion Raul ? Rayito? Garcia is heating up just days before their fight.
Both clash in the main event of the Pinoy Pride 36: A Legend In the Making at the University o Read Full Story >>> Nietes feels no pressure in facing Garcia
By Nida Buenafe, Visayan Daily Star, Thu, 26 May 2016
World Boxing Organization super champion and reigning world light flyweight titlist Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes is focused on keeping his title against the challenger Mexican Raul Garcia when the two fighters clash Saturday at the St. La Salle Coliseum in Bacolod City.
While Garcia hopes to knockout Ni Read Full Story >>>
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