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Red Applegate: Going the Distance
By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Applegate should be remembered for going the distance with Rocky Marciano, one of the heaviest hitters in the history of the heavyweight division?
?There should be a little star or something by the names of the guys who did it the hard way.??Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Willis ?Red? Applegat Read Full Story >>>FORGET BRONER, PACQUIAO LIKELY TO FIGHT BRADLEY FOR A THIRD TIME
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum tells us to ?forget? about a fight between eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner following a meeting with Pacquiao?s adviser Michael Koncz in Arum?s home yesterday with Read Full Story >>> TRAINER/FATHER ?DODONG? DONAIRE PREDICTS NONITO?S TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST GRADOVICH WILL BE A GREAT FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
The trainer/father of Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire predicts his son?s title defense against former featherweight champion Evgeny Gradovich will be a ?great fight.?
The fight will headline a Top Rank card which wi Read Full Story >>> WBA #6 Super-Featherweight Contender Oliver Flores Q & A Before His World Title Fight With Champion Takashi Uchiyama
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
LEON, NICARAGUA (December 28, 2015) - With just a few days away from his first world title opportunity, WBA #6 rated super-featherweight contender, Oliver Flores (27-1-2, 17 KOS) talks about his upcoming fight with WBA world champion Takashi Uchiyama (23-0-1, 19 KOs). Uchiyama vs. Flores is set to Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum Squashes Pacquiao vs. Broner Possibility
By Steve Kim, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
As Top Rank CEO Bob Arum was away on vacation last week, the name of Adrien Broner came up as a possibility as Manny Pacquiao's opponent on April 9th. Admittedly, this was news to the veteran promoter.
Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, phoned Broner directly to see if he would entertain the idea Read Full Story >>> Filipino boxer Harmonito Dela Torre makes US debut January 22
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
MANILA, Philippines - Unbeaten Filipino prospect Harmonito Dela Torre will make his American debut on January 22 when he faces Mexican Rafael Guzman in an 8-round junior lightweight fight at Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona.
The news was announced in a press release from American television netw Read Full Story >>> Boxing: Top 5 world champions who may retire in 2016
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
At least five elite boxing champions are expected to join a shortlist of retirees from the sport in 2016 after enjoying their reign and making tons of money during their professional careers.
The list of potential retirees who have made a fortune from the sport for at least two decades as profes Read Full Story >>> KEITH THURMAN VS. SHAWN PORTER UPDATE: FEBRUARY PRIME TIME SHOWDOWN LOOMS
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Sources close to the situation have informed us that a showdown between undefeated welterweight champion Keith Thurman and former world champion Shawn Porter is definitely taking place in early 2016. Fans have been itching for the fight to be finalized ever since FightHype.com first broke the news b Read Full Story >>> Iceman John Scully's Boxing Year in Review
By Amy Green, Boxing Buzz, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Charles Dickens got it right. For boxing, the year 2015 could be summed up as ?it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.? Boxing returned to network television courtesy of Al Haymon and his PBC series; Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao finally engaged in their long anticipated bout. So, Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner: It Actually Makes Good Sense
By Tony Deebs, The Boxing Tribune, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
When the rumor started circulating that Adrien Broner had become a candidate for the April 9 Manny Pacquiao opponent slot, it almost seemed as though somebody was playing a joke on us. After all, Al Haymon?s Broner and Bob Arum?s Pacquiao are separated by layer after layer of fight-stifling boxing p Read Full Story >>> 2015 A Year of Transition in Boxing
By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
SONAHR: December 28, 2015 - In future annals of boxing history, the year 2015 will be remembered as one in which the old order ? ?old? meaning a status quo that had lasted at least a decade ? ended, and a new era began to emerge. At the beginning of the year, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Gradovich returns, but not necessarily with Donaire in mind
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
MANILA, Philippines ? Instead of a Christmas tree, Evgeny Gradovich had a punching bag. Instead of mistletoe hanging overhead, there was a speedbag.
The former IBF featherweight titleholder is spending the holidays training at the Robert Garcia Boxing Academy in Oxnard, California, training for a Read Full Story >>> Floyd Patterson ? The Shy Champion
By Nick Bond, BoxingNews, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
ONE thing fight fans probably never really forgave Floyd Patterson for was that, when he held the heavyweight title, he didn?t defend against either Eddie Machen or Zora Folley.
Machen and Folley were the two outstanding contenders. Instead of meeting them, Patterson defended against the likes of Read Full Story >>> UNBEATEN 43 YEAR OLD HEAVYWEIGHT IKE IBEABUCHI HIRES MICHAEL KONCZ AS HIS ADVISER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Ibeabuchi.
Unbeaten 43 year old one-time top heavyweight, former Nigerian Ike ?The President? Ibeabuchi has hired Michael Koncz as his adviser as he plans to make a comeback beginning with a fight on the April 9 card of eigh Read Full Story >>> Inoue, Parrenas Make Weight For Super Flyweight Title Tilt
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
It will have been exactly 52 weeks since the last time Naoya Inoue and Akira Yaegashi appeared on the same card. The night ended with Inoue knocking out long-reigning super flyweight champ Omar Narvaez to wrap up a 2014 campaign that landed BoxingScene.com Fighter of the Year honors, while Yaegashi Read Full Story >>> The Year's Best in Philippine Boxing
By JM Siasat, GMA News Online, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
As the year of 2015 comes to a close, we take a look back at the highlights of our proud Filipino warriors competing in the Sweet Science.
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR: Donnie Nietes
The two-division Filipino world champion had a pretty busy year, competing in a total of three fights this 2015. Now th Read Full Story >>> 2015 Fighter of the year: Canelo Alvarez
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
In 2013, Canelo Alvarez, Mexico's biggest boxing star, turned back a stiff challenge from Austin Trout to win a decision and unify two junior middleweight belts but then lost them, along with his undefeated record, by decision to Floyd Mayweather in a fight that generated more money than any boxing Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Sr: Pacquiao Would Land Well on Crawford
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
The next opponent for Manny Pacquiao is still up in the air. The eight division former champion is scheduled to return on April 9th in Las Vegas. Pacquiao was going to announce his opponent on December 11th, but then delayed his decision until an undetermined date.
The three candidates being ment Read Full Story >>> The Seductive Id of Boxing?
By Peter Wood, Boxing.com, Tue, 29 Dec 2015
Norman Mailer once called the rarest athlete in sports ?The Big Toe of God.? Certainly a lofty honorific ? sublime and sacred?
In 1949, when Joe Louis reigned, there were only eight living former heavyweight champions ? Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling, Jack Sharkey, Primo C Read Full Story >>> "Fighting Words" - Five Big Stories to Follow in 2016
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
The early weeks of the year tend to be a slower time for the sport, and 2016 appears as if it will be no different.
The schedule for the first part of next year is still being fleshed out, but so far January?s highlights look to include the heavyweight title doubleheader on Jan. 16 featuring Deon Read Full Story >>>
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