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Canelo vs Khan: Oscar predicting 1 million PPV buys, but what's the real expectation?
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
ith the shock of the Canelo Alvarez-Amir Khan announcement still fresh, there are angles upon angles being looked at, a billion things to consider, not the least of which is the fight itself. But what about this fight from a business standpoint? Amir Khan was no doubt chosen because he was a bigger Read Full Story >>>Amir Khan back to Golden Boy for Alvarez fight on May 7 in Vegas
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
Former WBA and IBF light welterweight titlist Amir Khan has returned to the fold of his former promoter Golden Boy Promotions to face Mexican boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez on May 7 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In a surprise announcement that caught boxing fans almost unaware of any ongoing talks abou Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez will face Amir Khan on May 7 for WBC middleweight title
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
Canelo Alvarez won't be fighting Gennady Golovkin next, the fight that is one of the best bouts that could be made in boxing, but fans got something of a consolation prize on Tuesday.
Golden Boy Promotions announced that Alvarez, who won the WBC middleweight title in November when he defeated M Read Full Story >>> CANELO ALVAREZ TO BATTLE AMIR KHAN FOR THE WBC, RING MAGAZINE, AND LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 2, 2016) - WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 against former two-time world champion and resurgent contender Read Full Story >>> PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL PREDICTS: ?TIM BRADLEY WILL AVENGE HIS ONLY LOSS!"
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
GOBBLER'S KNOB, (Groundhog Day 2016) -- At approximately 7:25 A.M. ET today, Punxsutawney Phil -- the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of Prognosticators -- emerged from his burrow at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, P Read Full Story >>> Lederman on Mayweather-Pacquiao 2: Manny Will Be Different!
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
There are those who don?t believe Floyd Mayweather Jr. will remain retired for long. There are also those who don?t believe Manny Pacquiao when he says his upcoming third bout with Timothy Bradley will be his last time in the ring.
And that?s why there are plenty who think there will be a second Read Full Story >>> Editor?s view: Pacquiao on a hiding to nothing with Bradley trilogy
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
Manny Pacquiao?s decision to fight Timothy Bradley for a third time is certainly a strange one.
With only one April bout option open until retirement, Pacquiao had the chance to bow out in style against exciting contenders Terence Crawford or Amir Khan, but instead opted for a man he effectively Read Full Story >>> No heavy training for Bradley
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
Tim Bradley will answer the bell in his April 9 showdown with Manny Pacquiao looking fresh as a daisy as Bradley trainer Teddy Atlas is not a stickler for heavy training leading to a big fight.
Instead of hiring a battery of sparring partners, Atlas takes a different approach in training camp, op Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Passing the Pacquiao torch (conclusion)
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 03 Feb 2016
BRIAN Viloria (36-5, 22 Kos) circa 2005 when he made short work of Mexican Eric Ortiz, eviscerating him in the very first round, was in prime consideration to be the country?s next flagship fighter.
After all,he possessed concussive power in that right hand, the kind of power that placed opponen Read Full Story >>> TRAINER OF EX-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO GIVES BRADLEY A GOOD SHOT AT KNOCKING OUT PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Banks.
The trainer of former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, Jonathan Banks, is giving Timothy Bradley a very good shot to score a knockout victory over Manny Pacquiao in their third meeting on April 9th at the MGM Gran Read Full Story >>> Tanallon to defend crown vs. Tejares
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
REIGNING Philippine Boxing Federation (PBF) minimumweight champion Ronnie ?Ultimate Warrior? Tanallon of General Santos City will make his first title-defense against veteran Rodel ?Hardworker? Tejares of Manila on February 13 at Read Full Story >>> DIALE DEFENDS OPBF TITLE AGAINST JONATHAN FRANCISCO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Diale.
Oriental PacificBoxing Federation flyweight champion Ardin Diale will defend his title against southpaw Jonathan Francisco on February 20 in either Taguig or Mandaluyong City.
The 27 year old Diale has a record o Read Full Story >>> Can Sergey Kovalev beat up 'Adonis Chickenson' like he did Pascal?
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Sergey Kovalev beat the absolute living daylights out of Jean Pascal at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada- bottom line.
It was the kind of beating you'd typically expect to see a world-class fighter put on an ESPN clubfighter, which is what Pascal either was already prior to the bell the other Read Full Story >>> Audley: Bruno fight discussed in 2003, never happens now
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
British heavyweight Audley Harrison has confirmed talks were held about possibly bringing Frank Bruno out of retirement thirteen years ago but has ruled out any meeting between the pair in 2016.
Bruno, 54, announced his intention to launch a comeback earlier this week when speaking to ITV's This Read Full Story >>> The incredibly shrinking Harry Wills
By Pete Ehrmann, Boxing.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Ted Rickard and fearful politicians ? reportedly including then-New York Gov. Al Smith ? made sure Wills never went for the big enchilada?
?I have had strange eating habits since I was a boy. It is nothing to be proud of, ashamed nor alarmed about. Bears don?t eat all winter and Harry Wills fasts Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather offered 'crazy numbers' but denies comeback
BBC Sport, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Floyd Mayweather says he has had "crazy numbers" thrown at him to fight again.
But despite offers of "nine-figure" sums of money, Mayweather, who retired after his 49th successive victory last September, is not planning a comeback.
"As of right now, I am out completely," said the 38-year-old m Read Full Story >>> A growing urgency for Pacquiao
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
HAS Timothy Bradley junked his predictable slap shots to start developing a spear punch similar to the one Juan Manuel Marquez threw in stopping the great Manny Pacquiao cold in 2012?
Latest info from the rival camp says Read Full Story >>> Kovalev's Manager Reveals The Terms For Stevenson Unification
By Steve Kim, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Egis Klimas, the manager of unified light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev, wasn't all that amused by the antics of WBC titlist, Adonis Stevenson, after his fighter stopped Jean Pascal in their rematch this past Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal.
Following Kovalev's seventh round s Read Full Story >>> Make Him More Pain: Sergey Kovalev TKO7 Jean Pascal
By Jimmy Tobin , The Cruelest Sport, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Sergey Kovalev did not, as he promised, retire Jean Pascal at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, on Saturday night. Pascal, kept on his stool at the end of the seventh round, will fight again; he will have as little difficulty finding a trainer willing to salvage and refurbish him as he will an op Read Full Story >>> Alvarado, Diaz penciled in for comebacks on same card
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2016
Two popular former world titleholders, Juan Diaz and Mike Alvarado, are being penciled in for their ring returns on the same card following lengthy layoffs.
They are being lined up for separate eight-round bouts on a ?Solo Boxeo Tecate? doubleheader on UniMas on March 19 in Diaz?s hometown of Hou Read Full Story >>>
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