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Howard Davis, most outstanding boxer at 1976 Olympics, dead at 59
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 01 Jan 2016
Howard Davis Jr., who was voted the most outstanding fighter at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in a year in which the U.S. may have fielded its greatest team ever, died Wednesday at 59 after a short battle with cancer.
His brother, Kenny Davis, confirmed the news.
Davis won the lightweight gold Read Full Story >>>Ringside pass ? 2015 through the eyes of Boxing News
By John Dennen, BoxingNews, Fri, 01 Jan 2016
Best fight you?ve seen
Kevin Mitchell versus Jorge Linares. It had all the ingredients for a great fight, ascendancy swung from one to the other and, though he was doomed to lose, seeing Mitchell fight his way out of a corner with a huge swelling over one eye will stay with me.
Best fighter yo Read Full Story >>> 2015 round of the year: Krzysztof Glowacki-Marco Huck produces memorable sixth round
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 01 Jan 2016
Poland's Krzysztof Glowacki was an afterthought leading up to the fight.
Although unbeaten, he was also an unknown mandatory challenger and supposedly going to be the answer to a trivia question: Whom did cruiserweight titleholder Marco Huck beat to retain the title for the 15th consecutive time Read Full Story >>> WBN Pound for Pound Top 50: Final Standings for 2015
World Boxing News, Fri, 01 Jan 2016
WBN Pound 4 Pound Top 50 as of December 31, 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr once again tops the World Boxing New P4P list following two victories in the past year. The veteran defeated Manny Pacquiao on May 2 in the most lucrative bout of all time before retiring in September, but will remain at the hel Read Full Story >>> 2015 PHILIPPINE BOXING YEAREND REVIEW (PART II)
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Donnie Nietes extended his reign further during the second half of the year. Nonito Donaire saved the best for last with a ?Fight of the Year? candidate and another world title belt.
June 27 ? Johnriel Casimero L UD 12 Amna Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao to return in April to fight Timothy Bradley
By Associated Press, The Guardian, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring April 9 for the first time since losing to Floyd Mayweather, and it will be against a familiar foe.
Promoter Bob Arum said that Pacquiao will fight Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for a third time in his first bout since losing a decision to Ma Read Full Story >>> Stacked Japanese Cards Includes Late FOTY Contender
By Matt McGrain, The Sweet Science, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
An extraordinary day of boxing in Japan today produced a desperately late contender for the fight of the year as many of Japan?s best fighters gathered under two separate roofs to put on a show of boxing as good as anything seen in the west this year.
First up was the absurdly talented prospect K Read Full Story >>> Uchiyama, Taguchi, Ioka, Tanaka retain titles; Takayama dethroned
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Takashi Uchiyama remains undefeated following a third round stoppage win over Oliver Flores in Tokyo, Japan.
The 36 year-old WBA 'super' title holder at 130 pounds made an eleventh successful defense of his belt to move to 24-0-1 and cement his place in the WBN P4P Top 50.
In the co-feature at Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Bulls squeak past Pacers in OT, 102-100
By Kristy Gonowon, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
CHICAGO -- It was a tale of two halves (plus an overtime) Wednesday night as the Chicago Bulls bid farewell to 2015 in front of 22,206 fans at the United Center with an overtime win against the Indiana Pacers, 102-10 Read Full Story >>> Marketability the clincher for Pacquiao-Bradley III
By Randolph B. Leongson, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
At the end of the day, money matters.
Top Rank boss Bob Arum explained that marketability was the biggest factor when WBO welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley was picked over WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford for Manny Pacquiao?s April 9 fight.
In a report of Las Vegas Review J Read Full Story >>> While Pacquiao flops, Nietes shops in 2015
By Dale Rosal, Cebu Daily News, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
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7 men nabbed, firearms s Read Full Story >>> MAASIN CITY SPORTS 2015 YEARENDER PART II
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
The National Youth Games of the Philippine Sports Commission also known as Batang Pinoy conducted its Visayas Qualifying Leg 2015 in the island municipality of Romblon also the capital town of the Province of Romblon. It st Read Full Story >>> Broner: People Want Me vs. Pacquiao; Arum Too Greedy!
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Adrien Broner blasted Bob Arum on Wednesday for matching Manny Pacquiao against Timothy Bradley a third time.
Broner lobbied hard to land an April 9 fight against Pacquiao, but Arum made Pacquiao-Bradley III, a seemingly pointless pay-per-view event that has been bombarded with immense criticism Read Full Story >>> Tanaka weathers knockdown, stops Saludar in six to retain title
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
WBO strawweight titleholder Kosei Tanaka overcame a fifth-round knockdown to stop Filipino challenger Vic Saludar in round six at the Aichi Prefectural Gym in Nagoya, Japan, on New Year?s Eve.
The 25-year-old Saludar (11-2, 9 knockouts) was ahead by the tallies of 50-44 on two scorecards and 49-4 Read Full Story >>> When Boxing Was a Catholic Sport
By Clarence George, Boxing.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Though Manny Pacquiao is now an apostate, Tyson Fury remains a hardcore believer and practitioner. Sorta?
?Other sports such as baseball, tennis and squash racquets have their place, but their common drawback is that their players get to strike each other only inadvertently.??Father George Rutler Read Full Story >>> Kosei Tanaka Climbs Off Canvas To Stop Vic Saludar In Six
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Kosei Tanaka continues to prove well advanced beyond his 20 years of age, surviving a tough challenge from Vic Saludar to score a 6th round stoppage win Thursday evening in Nagoya, Japan.
The defending strawweight titlist was down in round five and under siege in round six before a left hook to Read Full Story >>> Tanaka keeps WBO 105lb belt with come-from-behind KO
By Joe Koizumi, FightNews.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
Unbeaten Japanese who won the belt in his fifth pro bout, WBO minimumweight champ Kosei Tanaka (6-0, 3 KOs), 104.75, barely retained his belt as he came off the canvas in the fifth and sank Filipino challenger Vic Saludar (11-2, 9 KOs) for the count at 2:15 of the sixth round in Nagoya, Japan, on Ne Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Bradley III: 'Pac-Man' whirls to 'Desert Storm' in Las Vegas`
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
After taking his time to decide on who he'll face in what is being called the final fight of his legendary career, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao chose a third encounter with a resurgent Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9, 2016. It is not the fight that he nor trainer Freddie Roa Read Full Story >>> Is the Third Time the Charm?
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
A third fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley won?t resolve anything that hasn?t already been resolved?
When is a rubber match not a rubber match? A rubber match is not a rubber match when one of the fighters won the first two fights. The record books may say otherwise, but record Read Full Story >>> Teddy Atlas says Bradley will have right plan, mindset for Pacquiao
By Michael Woods, RingTV.com, Thu, 31 Dec 2015
He hasn?t heard from his fighter, so until he does, and gets the thumbs up, Teddy Atlas isn?t booking his room in Vegas. But he has been told that yep, his guy Tim Bradley will get a chance to break that 1-1 tie and send Manny Pacquiao off into retirement with an ersatz Rolex as a gift. A loss as a Read Full Story >>>
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