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Fight Club: Changing of the guard in boxing as new champions emerge
By Alex Rea, Sport 360, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
This was the year the boxing landscape changed dramatically. As one era came to an end in the first half of 2015, another sprang into life towards the end of it.
Overall, there?s been a tremendous change after we finally got what we wanted with the long-awaited ?Fight of the Century? coming toget Read Full Story >>>Eight Days a Weeks
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
Tony Weeks has a cool, relaxed, cordial, inviting manner. There?s no bluster or bombast. He has nothing to prove. He appears to be a man at peace?
I?m just a lucky so-and-so. Not only am I tall, dark and handsome, give or take a few inches, a couple of hues, and a grudging acceptance that beauty Read Full Story >>> MICHAEL ORTEGA TAKES OVER AS REFEREE IN WBO TITLE FIGHT BETWEEN CHAMPION KOSEI TANAKA AND FILIPINO CHALLENGER VIC SALUDAR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
At the request of the promoter of the WBO minimumweight title fight between champion Kosei Tanaka of Japan and Vic Saludar of the Philippines, WBO president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel has assigned Michael Ortega to tak Read Full Story >>> DELA TORRE TO TRAIN UNDER CUBAN COACH IN THE U.S.
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
Undefeated lightweight prospect Harmonito Dela Torre (17W-0L,12 KO?s) arrived in Miami, Florida last December 26 and will undergo a month long training session. Boxing promoter and manager Jim Claude Manangqui Read Full Story >>> 2015: The best of Philippine boxing
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
MANILA, Philippines - The calendar for 2015 included 365 days, but for Philippine boxing, everything centered around a single date.
May 2 (or May 3 if you were in the Philippines) was the day that the 5+ years of build-up for a clash between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr would be settle Read Full Story >>> 2015 Boxing Disappointment of the Year
By Jake Emen, ProBoxing-fans.com, Mon, 28 Dec 2015
The Biggest Disappointment in Boxing in 2015:
The biggest disappointment of the year can go to anything. It can be ?awarded? to a fighter who came up way short of expectations for one reason or another, or one who avoided the best competition. It can go to an entire aspect of the sport, a string Read Full Story >>> Garcia: Bradley Has a Shot To Beat Pacquiao For Real
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
The Manny Pacquiao sweepstakes continues to play out.
The Filipino superstar is returning to the ring, for what he says is the final time, on April 9th at the MGM arena in Las Vegas.
Several fighters are being considered. The two frontrunners are WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley and W Read Full Story >>> Nietes, Magsayo may fight in Donaire?s title defense in April
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
TWO-DIVISION world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes and unbeaten IBF youth featherweight king Mark ?Magnifico? Magsayo may join five-division world champion and current WBO Super bantamweight champion Nonito ?Filipino Flash? Donaire Jr. in his first title defense this April in Manila.
The Top Rank, Read Full Story >>> RON JACOBS ? A BRILLIANT COACH WITH A PASSION FOR BASKETBALL AND LOVE FOR THE PHILIPPINES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Ron Jacobs.
Ron Jacobs was unquestionably a brilliant coach whose passion for basketball and his abiding love for the Philippines was unquestioned.
When Ron passed away last Christmas eve it was painful to accept the r Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Blake Griffin out at least 2 weeks with quad injury
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
CHICAGO -- The Los Angeles Clippers, in an emailed press release, announced on Saturday that Blake Griffin has a partially torn left quad tendon and will be sidelined for at least two weeks.
The news is a big blow to the Clip Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Sixers eclipse Suns in rare road win
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
CHICAGO -- The last time the Philadelphia 76ers won on the road was March 29 this year, a brutal stretch the covers 23 games including 18 straight this season.
But like all streaks, good or bad, this too came to pass.
Read Full Story >>> WOMAN REFEREE SPARKLE LEE TO OFFICIATE TANAKA-SALUDAR TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Lee.
WBO president Francisco ?Paco? Valcarcel has appointed Sparkle Lee as referee for the minimumweight title fight between champion Kosei Tanaka of Japan and Vic Saludar of the Philippines which will take place on New Ye Read Full Story >>> WHILE BOXING WELCOMES COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE WBC AND THE UCLA BRAN RESEARCH CENTER, HOW COME NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT USE OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS?
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
As a boxing commentator for over 50 years we welcome the collaboration between the World Boxing Council and the UCLA Brain Injury Research Center but wonder why nothing is being done about the use of performance enhancing drugs.
Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Why Pacquiao-Bradley trilogy won't sell
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
For most boxing fans, the proposed Pacquiao-Bradley trilogy will no longer make it to the box office as it did in their last two fights and watching them in the ring for the third time would just be a waste of time and money.
Pacquiao and Bradley had fought twice in the past two years with the Read Full Story >>> VIC SALUDAR IN THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGHT OF HIS CAREER AGAINST WORLD CHAMPION TANAKA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Saludar (L) and Tanaka (R).
World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific minimumweight champion Vic Saludar who is ranked No. 4 in the world gets the biggest chance of his career when he battles Japan?s world champion Ko Read Full Story >>> MORE MAYWEATHER AND PACQUIAO LIMELIGHT IN 2015
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
In the year 2015 Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Manny Pacquiao were most frequently mentioned among sports celebrities in TV, broadcast, print and internet media. They continued making headlines after they fought in what was bi Read Full Story >>> Japan will ring in New Year with world title fights galore
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
For most of the world the boxing year ended with a slew of notable fights on Dec. 19, after which almost everyone went into holiday mode for a few weeks.
The one exception is Japan, where it has become tradition for there to be a bevy of world title fights to close the year and 2015 is no differe Read Full Story >>> Out of custody, heavyweight Ike Ibeabuchi plans comeback at 43
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Ike Ibeabuchi was once one of boxing's greatest championship prospects, a massive heavyweight with quickness and incredible punching power. The Nigerian was 20-0 with 15 knockouts while competing from 1994 through March 20, 1999, and had notable victories over David Tua and Chris Byrd.
But Ibeabu Read Full Story >>> Mayweather wants to work with former GBP CEO Richard Schaefer
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Schaefer, who has worked with boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya for over a decade as CEO of Golden Boy Promotions resigned from the company last year and has since remained silent on his new career path. But speculations are high he will eventually join or partner with Al Haymon and Floyd Mayweather.
Read Full Story >>> Marquez: I Never Like To Lose, That Helped Keep Me Going
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 27 Dec 2015
Former four division world cahmpion Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs), 42-years-old, has yet to officially announce his retirement from the sport.
The Mexican veteran has been away from the ring since May 2014, when he won a twelve round decision over Mike Alvarado. Since that bout, Marquez has Read Full Story >>>
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