Sugar Ray Leonard -- 5 Year Restraining Order Against Stalker ... My Life's In Danger
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016

TMZ SPORTS -- Sugar Ray Leonard just got EVEN MORE protection from a man who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill the boxer and his family ... TMZ Sports has learned. We broke the story ... Leonard had previously obtain  Read Full Story >>>

Canelo Alvarez vs Amir Khan: Referee may play big role in outcome (Video)
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Does the smaller, presumably faster Amir Khan plan to use aggressive and/ or excessive pushing as a defensive tactic against lineal middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez on May 7? The answer may very well shape the outcome as many are curious to see how Amir Khan will cope with Canelo Alvarez's ag  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao 'shocked' by alleged kidnapping plot against him
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Manny Pacquiao, the recently retired eight-division boxing champion, said Thursday he was shocked by the claim that Islamic militants planned to kidnap him, and told Agence France-Presse that the alleged plot should not have been made public. Philippines President Benigno Aquino III released a s  Read Full Story >>>

Donaire?s ?choice cuts?
By Ed C. Tolentino, The Manila Times, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Following his three-round annihilation of Hungarian challenger Zsolt Bedak, reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior featherweight (122 lbs.) champion Nonito Donaire Jr. raised the clarion and called out the other champions in his weight class for unification duels. Donaire made it clear t  Read Full Story >>>

De La Hoya: I Won't Over-Martinate Canelo-Golovkin, It Will Happen
By Francisco Salazar, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
In the wake of Gennady Golovkin?s expected knockout win over Dominic Wade this past Saturday, more and more fans have been clamoring for the popular Kazakh fighter to face Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez. Those fans will likely get louder should Alvarez get by Amir Khan on May 7 in Las Vegas, Nev. Socia  Read Full Story >>>

Arum softens hopes for Crawford-Postol PPV with 100,000 buys
By Mitch Abramson, RingTV.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum downplayed expectations for the junior welterweight unification match between titleholders Terence Crawford and Viktor Postol on July 23 on HBO PPV in Las Vegas, suggesting it would draw in the 100,000 range. The matchup has drawn rave reviews for the elite nature of the fig  Read Full Story >>>

Amir Khan stepping up 2 divisions to fight Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez
By Colin Hart, The Sun, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
STANLEY KETCHEL, according to some boxing historians the greatest ever world middleweight champion, has been dead for 106 years. Yet surprising as it may seem, Amir Khan, more than a century later, has something in common with the tearaway they called the Michigan Assassin. Khan is reckoned to  Read Full Story >>>

Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto promise another barnburner
By George Gigney , BoxingNews, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
VICTOR ORTIZ and Andre Berto served up 12 rounds of hellacious action when they met in 2011 and are promising more of the same in their better-late-than-never rematch this Saturday. Both men hit the deck three times each in 2011, with Ortiz earning victory on the scorecards unanimously. Orti  Read Full Story >>>

Carl Frampton vs Leo Santa Cruz fight date revealed
BoxingNews, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
BELFAST?S undefeated Carl Frampton will take on California?s undefeated Leo Santa Cruz for the latter?s WBA Super World featherweight title on Saturday July 30 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Frampton makes the career defining step up in weight to the featherweight division ha  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather Jr.: ?Stay Away? From Gennady Golovkin, Floyd Advises Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, Report Says
By Jonathan Vankin, The Inquisitr, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has dispensed some advice to Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez when it comes to fighting undefeated middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. And that advice is, ?stay away!? That, anyway, is the word from another potential future opponent for Alvarez ? or Mayweather if the 49-0 retired ch  Read Full Story >>>

Don?t blame the media for boxing's growing issues
By Chris Mannix, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Nobody blames the media quite like boxers. And boxing promoters. And boxing managers. A fight tanks in the ratings? Blame the media. A pay-per-view doesn?t sell? Blame the media. A negative narrative overwhelms a big event? You guessed it: Blame the media. Take this week. There were three examp  Read Full Story >>>

Rejuvenated Lucian Bute looks to turn back clock against Badou Jack
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Sometimes in boxing, you can win even if you lose. Case in point is former super middleweight titleholder Lucian Bute, who is coming off a loss to world titlist James DeGale but looked so good it secured him another shot at a major belt. Bute won a 168-pound world title in 2007 and made nine succ  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao responds to reported kidnap plot: 'I have no fear. God is with me'
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Manny Pacquiao continued his campaign to become a senator in the Philippines Thursday, a day after his country?s president said terrorists who beheaded a Canadian hostage possibly sought to kidnap Pacquiao and his family and kill the president. "I was alarmed when he announced... the Abu Sayyaf [  Read Full Story >>>

ISIS Affiliate ?Hatched Plot? to Kidnap Manny Pacquiao
By Jack Moore , Newsweek.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
An Islamist militant group based in the Philippines that is suspected of beheading a Canadian hostage earlier this week plotted to kidnap boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao, the country?s president said. Filipino President Benigno Aquino III said the Abu Sayyaf group, which has had a number of unit  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao Presses Senatorial Campaign Despite Kidnap Threat
By Associated Press, Voice of America, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
SAN PABLO, PHILIPPINES? Boxing star Manny Pacquiao pressed on with his campaign for a seat in the Philippine Senate on Thursday, barnstorming in a province south of Manila despite a reported militant plot to kidnap him. Pacquiao had few visible security escorts as he campaigned in Laguna pr  Read Full Story >>>

Oscar De La Hoya Looks to the Future of Boxing and His Business Ventures
By Matthew Rocco , Fox News, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Oscar De La Hoya, the legendary boxer and 10-time world champion, is now busy working on several business ventures and revolutionizing the way boxing fans follow the sport. The megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao was a huge hit for pay-per-view, setting a new record with 4.4  Read Full Story >>>

Roach: When Canelo Lands, Khan Will Have A lot of Problems
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach respects Amir Khan's courage in accepting the opportunity to challenge WBC middleweight champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. The HBO Pay-Per-View fight takes place on May 7 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Khan (31-3, 19KOs) is moving up by eight-pounds to a ca  Read Full Story >>>

Nietes tries to score ?twin? win in Bacolod
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 29 Apr 2016
Long-reigning world champion Donnie Nietes gets the rare opportunity to complete a double kill when he defends the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-flyweight title against Raul Garcia of Mexico on May 28 in Bacolod City. Raul is the twin of Ramon, whom Nietes beat to win the WBO 108-lb crown  Read Full Story >>>

Undefeated Metuda, Duno to vie for separate WBO belts in Russia
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 28 Apr 2016

UNDEFEATED Romero ?Ruthless? Duno and Rimar ?Terminator? Metuda both from the Sanman Promotions of General Santos City are fighting in Russia for separate title-fights on May 6 at the DIVS in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Duno (9W-8KOs)  Read Full Story >>>

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