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Straight Rights and Straight A?s: The Joey Veazey Story
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
Baltimore, MD (May 3, 2016) ? In the movie Coach Carter, Samuel L. Jackson famously quipped to his team of academically struggling players ?you are student athletes, student comes first.?
Unfortunately, some standout athletes be Read Full Story >>>Canelo Alvarez wants to be the new face of boxing
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 04 May 2016
Mexican star Saul "Canelo" Alvarez let it be known nearly two years ago that despite his youth, he was seeking to elbow Floyd Mayweather Jr. out of the big Cinco de Mayo boxing weekend in Las Vegas and make the big event his own.
On Tuesday, Alvarez arrived to officially open a fight week that wi Read Full Story >>> Teddy Atlas: ?Manny Pacquiao is a freak. There?s very few athletes that can combine speed and power?
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Wed, 04 May 2016
Teddy Atlas is a trainer, author and boxing commentator for ESPN. Atlas also is the founder of the Dr. Theodore Atlas foundation which is a charity that was started in memory of his father. In part 1 of my interview with Teddy Atlas, he speaks in depth about the foundation and what programs it suppo Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Amir Khan accepting Canelo Alvarez fight a bad idea
By Keith Idec, NorthJersey.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
Amir Khan deserves credit for embracing this dangerous assignment.
When Khan couldn?t land the fights he really wanted against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, the ambitious British star accepted a fight against Canelo Alvarez.
Khan could walk away from their WBC middleweight title fi Read Full Story >>> Pinoy pugs could earn P27M bonus for Rio gold
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 04 May 2016
MANILA, Philippines ? Win the gold medal in Rio and come home a multi-millionaire.
This once-in-a-lifetime prospect faced Filipino boxers Rogen Ladon and Charly Suarez yesterday when they appeared before the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at Shakey?s Malate.
Under the Incent Read Full Story >>> A fight for Randy
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 04 May 2016
IN AN attempt to soothe the wounds of a highly controversial decision loss of interim world champion Randy Petalcorin to Omari Kimweri, the World Boxing Council (WBC) has given him mandatory status to face WBC Silver light flyweight champion Ricardo Perez.
Though it was a good move by the WBC to Read Full Story >>> Timothy Bradley appears motivated to fight again
By Andrew L. John, The Desert Sun, Wed, 04 May 2016
Timothy Bradley sat behind a microphone last month unsure of what the future held. He had just lost to Manny Pacquiao for the second time in two years, and it was reasonable to wonder about Bradley's future in boxing.
But when asked whether he would fight again, the Coachella Valley boxer didn?t Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya: Canelo-Khan Easily Beats Pac-Bradley 3 PPV Numbers
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
MGM Grand Casino & Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. - BoxingScene.com caught up with Golden Boy chief Oscar De La Hoya shortly after Canelo Alvarez and Amir Khan made their Grand Arrivals to officially kick off fight week at the MGM Grand.
De La Hoya is very confident that the promotion will do a big numbe Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan hoping for astonishing victory over Canelo Alvarez as Floyd Mayweather fuels speculation of a return to the ring
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Wed, 04 May 2016
When Amir Khan looks out of the window of his hotel here the first thing he sets eyes upon is a giant image of himself glaring out from an electronic screen on the opposite side of the Las Vegas Strip.
That visage occupies the prime hoarding outside the MGM Grand Hotel which used to belong exclus Read Full Story >>> Looking back at the biggest fights of Canelo Alvarez's career
By Salvador Rodríguez, ESPN.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
As Canelo Alvarez prepares to face welterweight Amir Khan on Saturday at the new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday, there's no better time to reflect on the five best performances of the middleweight champion's career.
Alvarez, who meets Khan in a 155-pound catchweight bout, has not had an Read Full Story >>> CANELO VS. KHAN GRAND ARRIVALS QUOTES & PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
CANELO VS. KHAN LIVE FROM THE NEW T-MOBILE ARENA IN LAS VEGAS PRESENTED BY HBO PAY-PER-VIEW?
LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2016) -WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) and Read Full Story >>> SPORTS MEDIA CANELO-KHAN PREDICTIONS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
CANELO VS. KHAN: WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS ON MAY 7?
SPORTS MEDIA GIVE THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR WHO WILL PREVAIL IN SPEED VS. POWER BATTLE
LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2016) -WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight Wo Read Full Story >>> SABILLO NOW IN MANILA, NO PROBLEM WITH WEIGHT
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
FORMER world champion Merlito ?Tiger? Sabillo is now in Manila ready and fit for his upcoming title-fight against young Japanese Riku Kano on May 8 at the Bunka Center in Sanda, Hyogo, Japan.
?I am now 105 lbs. flat and excit Read Full Story >>> DORONEO TO CHALLENGE RUSSIAN CHAMP
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
FILIPINO challenger Leonardo ?Toto? Doroneo will be facing Russian champion Vyacheslav Gusey for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) Inter-Continental super welterweight title on May 28 at the Korston Club in Moscow.
Read Full Story >>> VIDEO: Christopher Brooker and Antowyan Aikens joint interview before their Super Middleweight showdown THIS FRIDAY NIGHT at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
Weigh-in this Thursday at Chickie's & Pete's in South Philadelphia at 6 PM
Philadelphia, PA (May 3, 2016)--THIS Friday night, May 6th, a terrific night of boxing returns the 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia as King's Promotions presents a ten-bout card.
In the main event, rising super middlew Read Full Story >>> BIOSSE HOPES TO CARRY ON TRADITION FOR THE CITY HE CALLS HOME WHEN HE FACES MANFREDO JR. MAY 13TH AT TWIN RIVER
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 3rd, 2016) -- For Vladine Biosse, "Mr. Providence" is more than just a clever nickname stitched onto a pair of shorts.
"Being 'Mr. Providence' is about carrying on a legacy," says Biosse, who faces the toughes Read Full Story >>> On Target: Team Gunn goes 2-0 in Indiana!
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 04 May 2016
Hackensack, NJ (May 3, 2016) ? Undefeated middleweight Bobby Gunn Jr. and debuting cruiserweight Henry Stewart, both of Hackensack, NJ, scored victories last Saturday at the Tyndall Armory in Indianapolis, IN.
Coming off more than a year layoff, Gunn Jr. met hardcore veteran Guy Packer. Gunn Jr., Read Full Story >>> Why Canelo-Khan isn?t exactly a classic speed vs. power matchup
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 04 May 2016
LAS VEGAS ? There?s no reason to be cynical, even though it would be easy to do so when examining Saturday?s middleweight title bout at T-Mobile Arena between WBC champion Canelo Alvarez and challenger Amir Khan.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya has tried, almost desperately at times, to frame the bout Read Full Story >>> Canelo vs Khan: Prediction and keys to fight
By Jason Leach , Fight Saga, Wed, 04 May 2016
This Saturday night in Las Vegas WBC / RING Magazine middleweight champion Saul Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) will take on former two division champion Amir Khan (31-3,19 KOs).
Given it will be Khan?s first fight above 147 pounds and the fact he has been knocked out and down against much s Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan: Saul Alvarez showdown can be my defining fight
By Gareth A Davies, The Telegraph, Wed, 04 May 2016
here have been cold, hard truths repeated to Amir Khan from trainer and team in the last 24 hours. There is, after all, no way to sugarcoat it. The 29-year-old?s opponent in Saturday?s world middleweight title fight in Las Vegas, Sa?l ?lvarez, is a naturally bigger man who has only been outpointed o Read Full Story >>>
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