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Huck vs. Afolabi as Tables Turn By Ted Sares, Boxing Buzz, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 "Veteran savvy" isn't just a thing commentators say when they're trying to justify pitting a washed-up old man against the newest Neo-Tyson, Patrick L. Steinberg.
Cruiserweight Ola ?Kryptonite? Afolabi (22-4-4) has gone 0-2-1 with Marco K?pt?n Huck (38-3-1). The fights occurred in 2009, 2012, and Read Full Story >>>Carmine Fatta: Fighting Fury By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 Given his 95 fights over what really amounted to only six years (an average of 16 bouts a year), it?s no surprise Fatta took on all comers?
?It is nice to know they remember me.??Carmine Fatta
Born Louis J. Muratore on March 31, 1919, on Manhattan?s tough Lower East Side, the equally tough Car Read Full Story >>> Former amateur sensation Devin Haney makes the leap to the pro ranks with 35-second KO victory in debut By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 On Friday night, in Tijuana, Mexico, former amateur standout Devin ?The Dream? Haney made a successful professional debut in Tijuana, Mexico.
Haney has been creating a huge buzz in the Las Vegas area as one of the top amateurs to look out for and his sparring sessions are always eye-catching and Read Full Story >>> Deadline extended as Canelo, GGG come closer to deal By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 Although a Friday deadline loomed for the camps of middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez and unified titleholder Gennady Golovkin to make a deal for a highly-anticipated showdown, the WBC announced on Saturday that the deadline has been extended until Monday because the sides are making good progress Read Full Story >>> Evgany Gradovich Targets Nonito Donaire Bout in 2016 By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 On October 24th, former IBF featherweight champion Evgany Gradovich (20-1-1) bounced back from his first career defeat with a points victory over Aldimar Santos. In May he lost his title via technical decision to Lee Selby.
With all of the featherweight champions besides stablemate Vasyl Lomachen Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch in Dubai? By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 For a guaranteed sum of $200 million for Floyd Mayweather and $100 million for Manny Pacquiao plus an enticing offer from enterprising tycoons in UAE for the handlers of both camps, there is a possibility that the rematch could happen in Dubai next year.
It appears that Manny Pacquiao is still ho Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Bucks foil Warriors' streak at 24 By Nick Osen, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015

MILWAUKEE -- Before a sold-out crowd of 18,717 fans at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, the Milwaukee Bucks upset Golden State 108-95, ending the Warriors' historic 24 Read Full Story >>> BRUNO ESCALANTE LOSES CLOSE DECISION IN NABF TITLE FIGHT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015

International Boxing Association super flyweight champion Bruno Escalante from Cebu who has been fighting out of Redwood City, California lost a close if not questionable unanimous decision in a North American Boxing Fe Read Full Story >>> Roy Jones Jr.?s Long Goodbye By Brin-Jonathan Butler , BleacherReport.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 ?What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.?
? Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
ROUND 1.
Ba Read Full Story >>> A Warrior?s heart with an old Man?s Body By Benny Henderson Jr, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 Anybody who follows any contact sport knows that it is a young man?s game. Professional football players rarely play on when they reach their mid to late thirties. The average age of a pro player is the mid-twenties. As you get older your skills start to decline, the speed goes first, your legs get Read Full Story >>> Anthony Joshua reacts to ?street fight? with Dillian Whyte By Matt Christie , BoxingNews, Mon, 14 Dec 2015 ANTHONY JOSHUA likened the early stages of his thrilling war with Dillian Whyte to ?a street fight?, but refused to admit that he now respects his bitter rival after flattening him in the seventh round. The contest exploded from the midway point of the opening round with Whyte looking on the brink o Read Full Story >>> INTERNATIONAL SCRIBES' REACTIONS ON DONAIRE'S VICTORY By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

Filipino sportswriters praised Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire for his unanimous decision win over Cesar Juarez of Mexico. But international sports scribes who may had seen Donaire as the winner, had varied reacti Read Full Story >>> BARRERA STOPS MURAT IN GLENDALE, CA (PHOTOS) By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

GLENDALE, CA -- Top Rank ands its associated sponsors, held a fight card Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium of this beautiful city just north of Los Angeles. HBO Latino carried it live.
Headlining the card was a lig Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Chess Opens in Gensan By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

What is turning out to be the biggest gathering of Filipino chess giants to be assembled in one room -- the Second Manny Pacquiao Chess Championships -- unwraps today at the SM Mall in General Santos City.
As of early Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Celtics slip past Hornets, 98-93 By Eric Biasbas, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

CHARLOTTE -- Coming off a heartbreaking double overtime loss a night before against league leader Golden State Warriors, the Boston Celtics showed resiliency and managed to pull out a thrilling victory over the Charlo Read Full Story >>> NBA -- The changing of the guard By Adeline Deladisma, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

SAN ANTONIO -- In what was likely his penultimate game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, a sellout crowd showed up on a Friday night (Saturday morning Manila time) to watch the Lakers' future Hall of Famer as he cl Read Full Story >>> A Vacated Crown: The Next Pay-Per-View King By Cain Bradley, Boxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015 The death of PPV is likely coming soon, but whilst it exists in its current form we have to see someone take the crown?
The lineage that goes through Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been left unclaimed in the boxing wor Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather in Dubai: Boxer checks in to Armani, Burj Khalifa By Gareth Butler, GulfNews.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015 Mega-rich boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has touched down in the UAE with his entourage as he continues to enjoy his retirement.
The American, who has a net worth in the region of $400 million (Dh1.5 billion), is putting up himself and 24 others in the Burj Khalifa's Armani hotel for 'a few da Read Full Story >>> UFC 194: Conor McGregor says 'I'll do Mayweather numbers' after 13-second KO of Jose Aldo By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sun, 13 Dec 2015 Conor McGregor's sensational 13-second knockout of Jose Aldo had been visualised time and again explained the Irishman who became a record-breaking UFC featherweight champion.
And the 27-year-old then pledged that he will "bring Floyd Mayweather numbers" to the UFC as her moves forward. "Im just Read Full Story >>> Does Manny Pacquiao care to fight? By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 13 Dec 2015

SOMETHING funny happened on the way to San Juan, Puerto Rico where a major announcement was supposed to be made shortly on Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent.
The messenger lost his way.
?Manny Pacquiao cannot make up his m Read Full Story >>>
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