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Miguel Cotto, Canelo ?lvarez, and Boxing?s New Era
By Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
This past September, Floyd Mayweather, Jr., announced his retirement, and although plenty of boxing fans won?t miss him, a number of boxing executives surely will. The Mayweather era was also the pay-per-view era: in the United States, his last fourteen fights were broadcast only to viewers willing Read Full Story >>>Canelo Alvarez is now boxing's biggest star as Gennady Golovkin looms
By Bryan Armen Graham, guardian.co.uk, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
The first weekend of May and the second weekend of September represent the most important dates on the boxing calendar, the traditional stomping grounds of the sport?s biggest star. Most recently that?s been Floyd Mayweather, whose last 10 fights have taken place exclusively on the Saturdays of Cinc Read Full Story >>> Canelo Angling for Pacquiao or Mayweather, May Have to Settle with Golovkin
By Dennis Cruz, The Boxing Tribune, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
By defeating Miguel Cotto last Saturday, Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez has gained entry into the land of the boxing giants?Population (at the moment): Two.
The 25-year-old from Guadalajara, Mexico has earned his spot among the very elite of the sport when it comes to both in ring achievement and money ge Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Why Mayweather would pick Pacquiao over Alvarez for return fight
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
If Floyd Mayweather finally decides to come out of retirement and do one last fight to break Rocky Marciano's career record of 49 wins without a single loss, who would he pick for his next foe?
With Saul "Canelo" Alvarez winning over Miguel Cotto last weekend at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto reacts to Canelo Alvarez loss
By Nick Bond, BoxingNews, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
MIGUEL COTTO broke his silence after losing a thrilling, but close fight with Canelo Alvarez on Saturday (November 21) night in Las Vegas.
The Puerto Rican icon left the ring without talking to any media and also failed to attend the post-fight press conference.
His trainer, Freddie Roach, was Read Full Story >>> Rigondeaux Lacks the Spark
By Roland McCall, Boxing Buzz, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
?Rigondeaux?s plight will enrage many, but it?s the reality of boxing in the 21st century.??Kevin Iole (Yahoo Sports, July 17, 2013)
?Every time I mention him (Rigondeaux), they (HBO) throw up.??Bob Arum
Guillermo Rigondeaux (16-0) beat overmatched Drian Francisco (28-4-1) in a dreary and dead Read Full Story >>> Kellerman Needs a Reverse ala the Pats
By Roland McCall, Boxing Buzz, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
?If you walk down a street and see a man putting a golf ball on one corner, two guys shooting hoops on another corner, a couple of guys playing stickball on a third corner and two guys in a fistfight on the fourth corner, where do you expect to see the crowd???Max Kellerman *ESPN)
?Lomachenko mig Read Full Story >>> Sheriff Foster: The King with the Killer Punch
By Mike Casey, Boxing.com, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
Life has finally shot the sheriff, but I don?t doubt that he will rest in peace and be fondly remembered?
He was the deputy sheriff of the Albuquerque Police Department in New Mexico but the undisputed sheriff of the world during his explosive reign as light heavyweight champion between 1968 and Read Full Story >>> MELINDO'S OPPONENT 'DIVINO' FONTES DOWN WITH DENGUE, REPLACED BY UNDEFEATED VICTOR EMMANUEL OLIVO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Nov 2015
The opponent of light flyweight Milan Melindo, Carlos ?Divino? Fontes is down with dengue and has been replaced by undefeated Victor Emmanuel Olivo, resulting in the downgrading of Melindo?s scheduled WBO Intern Read Full Story >>> Boxing Insight: Francisco Vargas Versus Takashi Miura
By Mark F. Villanueva, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Takashi Miura was on his way down in the first round of his fifth title defense. Francisco Vargas, a lanky Mexican challenger, confident, and undefeated in 21 fights, got him hard off an exchange with a looping right hand Read Full Story >>> Teasing the strippers: Canelo becomes lineal middleweight champion of the world
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Saturday at Mandalay Bay, Mexican junior middleweight Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez widely decisioned Puerto Rican junior middleweight Miguel Cotto to become the lineal middleweight champion of the world. If there were any surprises during the pay-HBO telecast, they came on the undercard ? Guillermo Rigonde Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: ? Pacquiao bust De La Hoya up and stopped him and little Floyd beat Pacquiao up like he was nobody!?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has retired, the news surrounding him are no longer about what fights are next, but instead replaced with other well known athletes mentioning him in the press, to get attention for themselves. In recent weeks Mayweather received press during a big MMA promotion and fro Read Full Story >>> Klitschko / Fury: Skill and Power vs. Zig-Zags and The Almighty
By Jeff Weston , Boxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Klitschko is a fine architect, calmly deconstructing faces, subtly carving through the resolve of the man opposite?
The boxing fraternity loses its mind at times. Four-to-one underdogs suddenly become credible challengers. What should be wise words from people on the inside morph into dopey a Read Full Story >>> FRANCISCO IS RIGHT ? RIGONDEAUX IS A RUNNER NOT A FIGHTER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
In one of the most boring fights in recent years where the fans at the Mandalay Bay Events Center booed during the bout and raised it a few decibels when the ten round bout between undefeated two-time Cuban Olympic gold me Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez?s victory wasn?t spectacular but it was important: Weekend Review
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
BIGGEST WINNER
Canelo Alvarez: The new RING middleweight champ deserves a lot of credit after defeating Miguel Cotto by a wide unanimous decision on Saturday night in Las Vegas. He beat convincingly a future Hall of Famer who remains a very good fighter at 35 years old, the most important victory Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire gears up for crucial battle against Cesar Juarez
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Five-division world champion Nonito Donaire is making sure that he is physically prepared and mentally focused on his upcoming fight against Cesar Juarez on December 11 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Donaire (35-3-0, 23 KOs) is coming off two knockout wins since his st Read Full Story >>> Canelo Next Fight Vs Pacquiao Possible But New WBC Middleweight Champ Will Fight GGG ?Right Now!?
By Malcolm Hyde , Yibada, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez feels like he's on top of the world now, but the boxing world is quick to ask, "What's next?"
The obvious and actually, mandatory answer if Gennady Golovkin, but there are other possibilities.
Manny Pacquiao has declared that he wanted a fight scheduled in April. As the p Read Full Story >>> Canelo Alvarez looks to be next pay-per-view sensation
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
The world title he had just won seemed like a secondary feat. Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez now believes he has the platform to become boxing?s top attraction.
Combining adept power punching and solid boxing skills, Alvarez scored a lopsided unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto in their middleweight-titl Read Full Story >>> Alvarez cements elite status with victory
By Brian Campbell, ESPN.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
LAS VEGAS -- You can forgive Canelo Alvarez's most cynical critics for believing that until Saturday night, he was just another pretty face.
The Mexican star was barely an adult when his good looks and marketable red locks earned him recognition as the face of boxing's most passionate fan base. B Read Full Story >>> REMEMBERING EMIL ZATOPEK
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 23 Nov 2015
Remember Emil Zatopek, the all-time great Czech long distance runner who ran to an unprecedented Triple Crown in the 1952 Summer Olympic Games held in Helsinki?
Zatopek, the teeth-gnashing, arm-waving Czech Army captain a Read Full Story >>>
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