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The two fights that changed the definition of boxing ?greatness?
By Lee Groves, RingTV.com, Thu, 26 May 2016
In sports the word ?greatness? is a singular concept that carries enormous power and influence. Ideally, it?s also a word that should be used sparingly, for if too many athletes and achievements are defined as such, the impact of the genuine article would be unfairly diminished.
Like beauty, howe Read Full Story >>>Exclusive: Van Heerden discusses McGregor's chances vs Mayweather following sparring session
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Thu, 26 May 2016
Former IBO welterweight title holder Chris Van Heerden has lifted the lid on his recent sparring sessions with UFC star and former youth boxer Conor McGregor.
?The Heat? was called upon to go some rounds with McGregor in a taster session for the ex-MMA champion in regards to a possible fight agai Read Full Story >>> Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury talks begin
By Danny Flexen, BoxingNews, Thu, 26 May 2016
IT?S Anthony Joshua v Tyson Fury that ?AJ?s? promoter Eddie Hearn insists is the priority for later this year ? rather than a showdown with the comebacking David Haye who won his second, facile fight following a three-and-a-half-year hiatus last weekend. Hearn admits Haye is a potential future oppo Read Full Story >>> JOHNREIL CASIMERO AVENGES HIS LOSS TO AMNAT, WINS BY DRAMATIC 4TH ROUND KNOCKOUT STOPPAGE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
Casimero.
Filipino flyweight John Reil Casimero who vowed to avenge his previous loss to IBF world champion Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand in a foul-infested title fight some eleven months ago, did just that at the Diamond Court in Read Full Story >>> BREAKING NEWS: CASIMERO KO'S RUENROENG
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
CHINA ? It was sweet vengeance for Johnriel Casimero of the Philippines when he dropped Thai Amnat Ruenroeng twice in round four at the Diamond court in Beijing and took Ruenroeng's IBF world flyweight title.
Casimero was the aggr Read Full Story >>> NIETES TRAINER LAUGHS AT MEXICAN CHALLENGER ?RAYITO? GARCIA?S BOAST HE WILL LOOK FOR A KNOCKOUT OF NIETES IN FIVE ROUNDS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
The trainer of WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, the longest reigning Filipino world champion, has laughed off the claim by Mexican challenger Raul ?Rayito? Garcia that he is looking to knock out Nietes in five Read Full Story >>> BOXING'S TOP WOMEN TO HONOR KATHY DUVA WITH "RAGING BABE LUMINARY" AWARD AT RAGING BABE BRUNCH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
NEW YORK - May 24, 2016 - The weekend of June 11th, boxing's most influential women will gather for brunch in the Big Apple for the 7th Raging Babe event of its kind, dubbed New York, New York. Attendees will include promoters, network executives, public relations representatives, referees, fighters Read Full Story >>> To fight or not to fight in Rio: ABAP will respect Pacquiao's call
GMA News Online, Wed, 25 May 2016
The Association of Boxing Alliances of the Philippines (ABAP) will respect whatever decision Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao will arrive at as the deadline looms for the submission of entries to the last Olympic qualifier in Baku, Azerbaijan.
?Senator (elect) Pacquiao has already given so mu Read Full Story >>> Canelo?s Conscience: To GGG or not to GGG?
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 25 May 2016
Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez remains in the corner he backed himself into on May 7 as the former world champion weighs up a massive fight with middleweight rival Gennady Golovkin.
Despite making bold claims in the ring after his victory over Amir Khan in Golovkin's presence, Canelo chose to v Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez fights a lawsuit while a fight with GGG remains uncertain
By Mitch Abramson, RingTV.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
On a day when Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin were supposed to be finalizing the details of a middleweight unification fight for the fall, Alvarez and his promoter found themselves staring down the barrel of a sticky lawsuit instead.
Alvarez and Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya sat in a Miami- Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Why Viktor Postol could halt Terence Crawford's winning streak
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 25 May 2016
Unbeaten Ukrainian boxer Viktor Postol has what it takes to end Terence Crawford's 28-fight winning streak when they collide on July 23 in a pay-per-view fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada for the WBC light welterweight title.
Crawford and Postol are both unbeaten in their pro Read Full Story >>> Francisco Vargas, tainted meat and the slippery PED slope in boxing
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 25 May 2016
LAS VEGAS ? Regulators attempting to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of sports are modern-day versions of Sisyphus, condemned to pushing an immense boulder up a hill, only to continually see it roll back down.
Chasing the drug cheats is hard but important work, particularly in combat sports Read Full Story >>> OMEGA BARES TWO BOXING EVENTS FOR JUNE AND JULY (PHOTOS)
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
CEBU CITY ? Omega Pro Sports, Inc. (OPSI) has bared two boxing events for the months of June and July as a follow-up to their 'Who's Next? Boxing Series' which launched early this year, this was announced during the press co Read Full Story >>> TACONING?S TRAINING DISRUPTED BY POSTPONEMENT OF WBC TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
Mandatory WBC light flyweight Jonathan Taconing?s training for his title fight against Mexican world champion Ganigan Lopez has been disrupted by the postponement of the fight set for June 11 to July 2.
The manager of Read Full Story >>> The Past Week in Action 24 May 2016
By Eric Armit, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
May 20
Paris, France: Cruiser: Yunier Dorticos (21-0) W TKO 10 Youri Kayembre Kalenga (22-3). Cruiser: Arsen Goulamirian (17-0) W PTS 12 Andrey Knyazev (13-3).
Dorticos vs. Kalenga
Cuban Do Read Full Story >>> NEW CHALLENGER NEEDED FOR JACK ASIS' WORLD TITLE
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
ASIS HUNTS NEW CHALLENGER
IBO SUPER FEATHER WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION JACK ASIS needs a new challenger for his title after Russian Vyachselav Gusev was forced to withdraw from their agreed August bout due to injury.
Gusev, w Read Full Story >>> Golovkin's Promoter: Canelo Talks Not Dead, Still Our Priority!
By Edward Chaykovsky, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
The team behind Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin is still fully focused on reaching an agreement for a fight with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on September 17th.
Earlier this year, the World Boxing Council ordered Canelo to make a mandatory defense of his WBC middleweight championship in the fall.
Canelo (47-1 Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson gives his views on Tyson Fury, Mayweather-McGregor
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 25 May 2016
Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson has aired his opinion on the current top division ruler as namesake Tyson Fury prepares to face Wladimir Klitschko for a second time.
Fury, who was born and named after Tyson in 1988 when ?The Baddest Man on the Planet? was at the height of Read Full Story >>> FARCICAL WEIGH-IN WHERE BOTH CASIMERO AND CHAMPION RUENROENG WERE OVER THE FLYWEIGHT LIMIT BUT IBF ALLOWS TITLE FIGHT TO GO ON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 25 May 2016
In what the Bangkok Post described as ?a farcical? weigh in which both IBF flyweight champion Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand and challenger and former light flyweight champion John Reil Casimero were overweight, the IBF reporte Read Full Story >>> Garcia: I?ll try to KO Nietes in 5 rounds
By Henry G. Doble, Sun.Star Bacolod, Wed, 25 May 2016
MEXICAN challenger and two-time world champion Raul ?Rayito? Garcia (36-3-1 with 22 KOs) will try to knockout defending champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes (37-1-4 with 21 KOs) on Saturday.
They will vie for the WBO Junior Flyweight championship belt in the Pinoy Pride 36: A Legend in the Making before Read Full Story >>>
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