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Big Elmer Rush: A man of the ring By Pete Ehrmann, Boxing.com, Wed, 18 May 2016
?We want the public to know there will probably be more deaths. But we don?t want them to take our sport. We?re willing to take our own chances??
After Davey Moore died of a brain injury suffered in his unsuccessful featherweight title defense against Sugar Ramos on March 21, 1963, a headline Read Full Story >>>PAGARA PLANS TO USE HIS SPEED AND POWER AGAINST CESAR JUAREZ By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

Unbeaten 22 year old Prince Albert Pagara who is coming off a big win over Yesner Talavera to capture the WBO Intercontinental title last February 27 in a near shutout, told a well-attended press conference at Dencio?s ne Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS -- Thunder strikes first, seize Game 1 of West Finals By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

CHICAGO -- In what is expected to be a long and hard-fought Western Conference Finals series, the Oklahoma City Thunder drew first blood on Monday night and stunned the heavily favored defending champions Golden State Warri Read Full Story >>> Legendary Arum rips into Olympic boxing pros plan as 'madness' By Agence France Press, Emirates 24/7, Tue, 17 May 2016 Legendary boxing promoter Bob Arum has slammed as "total madness" a proposal to allow professional boxers to fight against amateurs in the Rio Olympics.
The 84-year-old American, who has arranged fights for ring greats from Muhammad Ali to Manny Pacquiao in a career spanning more than 50 years, b Read Full Story >>> TBE 50: Mayweather serious about hollow McGregor record breaker By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 17 May 2016 Floyd Mayweather has made the surprising announcement he will only fight UFC star Conor McGregor if the pound for pound king finally makes a comeback following a year out of action.
A massive encounter has dominated headlines since Canelo Alvarez v Amir Khan fight week and looks to be growing clo Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Of Crafty Southpaws and Identical Twins By Bernard Fernandez, Sherdog.com, Tue, 17 May 2016 The term ?crafty southpaw? has been a part of the baseball lexicon since the first left-handed pitcher served up a slow-moving, well-placed breaking ball that had the poor schnook in the batter?s box flailing like someone trying to catch butterflies while wearing boxing gloves. Prime examples of the Read Full Story >>> FLANAGAN vs CROLLA - WILL THE MANCHESTER WORLD CHAMPIONS MEET? PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

Both camps give their opinions on why and why not the big lightweight unification should happen now.
Since the brilliant Anthony 'Million Dollar' Crolla retained his WBA lightweight world title with a 7th round KO ove Read Full Story >>> PHOTOS: NIETES, MELINDO, VILLANUEVA BACOLOD WORKOUT PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

The Philippines' longest reigning world champion Donnie 'Ahas' Nietes who will defend his WBO junior flyweight title against Raul 'Rayito' Garcia of Mexico on May 28 at the La Salle Gym in Bacolod on Pinoy Pride 36, Read Full Story >>> Cris 'Cyborg' Justino -- 'Ronda, Don't Be Scared' ... Fight Me! (VIDEO) PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

TMZ SPORTS -- Cris "Cyborg" Justino has a message for Ronda Rousey -- STOP HIDING BEHIND YOUR PILLOW AND FIGHT ME!
Fresh off her dominating performance at UFC 198, Cyborg joined the guys on the "TMZ Sports" TV show Read Full Story >>> Towns wins Rookie of the Year honors By Daniel Quindao Guden, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

MINNEAPOLIS - Karl-Anthony "KAT Man" Towns was named the 2015-16 NBA Rookie of the Year on Monday.
The 20-year old center, who received his award during a press conference at the Target Center, w Read Full Story >>> Erislandy Lara, Vanes Martirosyan, Jermall Charlo, Austin Trout, Jermell Charlo & John Jackson Media Conference Call Transcript PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016

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I would like to thank everyone for joining us on the call today. We have an exciting tripleheader of Super Welterweight World Title fights. It will be headlined by Cuban sensation and WBA Super Welterweight Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS FEATURES TOP FIGHTERS FOR FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO ON MAY 20 PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016 LOS ANGELES (May 16, 2016) - Golden Boy Promotions is at it again with its commitment to bring the most exciting fights to its fans with this new addition of top talent undercard fights set for Eddie Gomez vs. John Karl Sosa on Friday, May 20 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif.
Bro Read Full Story >>> Boxcino champions and world title challengers face off as Willie Monroe Jr. battles John Thompson in a Middleweight bout on June 11 at Turning Stone Resort Casino PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 17 May 2016 PHILADELPHIA (May 16, 2016) -- It will be a battle of the Boxcino champions when former world title challengers, Willie Monroe Jr. and John Thompson, square off in a 10-round middleweight bout in the main event of SHOWTIME BOXING on SHO EXTREME on Saturday, June 11, live 7 p.m. ET/PT from The Turnin Read Full Story >>> Albert Pagara off to California for make-or-break tiff By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 17 May 2016 ?PRINCE? Albert Pagara saw how Cesar Juarez pushed Nonito Donaire Jr. to the limit before losing last December.
That didn?t make Pagara think twice of fighting Juarez, however. It only fueled his desire to tangle with the Mexican on July 9 at San Mateo Event Center in California.
According to Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr.: I'm only coming out of retirement to fight UFC's Conor McGregor By Elias Cepeda, Fox Sports, Tue, 17 May 2016 Many boxing observers and fans were dubious of Floyd Mayweather's announced plan to retire for good after tying Rocky Marciano's career record of 49-0. The former pound-for-pound champion insists that he is staying retired, however.
That is, unless he can make the fight with UFC featherweight cha Read Full Story >>> Canelo-GGG Update FightNews.com, Tue, 17 May 2016 Negotiations are ongoing between the camps of WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and WBA/IBF/WBC interim champion Gennady ?GGG? Golovkin. Fightnews.com? has learned that one of the proposals being discussed is that both fighters agree to have at least two or three interim fights each before th Read Full Story >>> Arum relishes double fourth-round KO in HK Macau Daily Times, Tue, 17 May 2016 Top Rank founder and CEO Bob Arum enjoyed a series of spectacular results in Hong Kong this weekend after Kuok Kun Ng a.k.a. ?The Macau Kid,? and Hong Kong?s Rex Tso both scored fourth-round knockouts. Arum?s Top Rank operates as a promoter for both boxers.
Kuok beat Weerachit Kitee of Thailand by Read Full Story >>> Meet the most dangerous man on the planet, Sergey Kovalev BoxingNews, Tue, 17 May 2016 WHEN people dream about what it would be like if they were one of the most dominant professional athletes on earth, they might picture a scene imbued with glamour. A scene loaded with million-dollar sports cars, living in vast, sprawling mansions, and hanging out with a large posse at ritzy, exclusi Read Full Story >>> Antonio Margarito likely to face Ramon Alvarez July 16 in Mexico By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 17 May 2016 Former WBA, WBO and IBF welterweight champion Antonio Margarito is likely to face welterweight challenger Ramon Alvarez, the older brother of Canelo Alvarez, in another tune-up fight following his unanimous decision win over Jorge Paez last March.
In his first comeback fight following four yea Read Full Story >>> Dirty Dozen: Boxing's 12 Worst Heavyweight Champions By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Tue, 17 May 2016 SONAHR: May 16, 2016 - Debates over who were the greatest heavyweight champions of all time have been raging since the gaslight era of John L. Sullivan and ?Gentleman Jim? Corbett. Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali ? these men are bright lights whose luster has not Read Full Story >>>
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