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Mexico, Puerto Rico risk national bragging rights in Cotto vs. Canelo
By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
The Puerto Rican salsa band and Mexican mariachi act alternated control of the Mandalay Bay casino floor?s sound waves.
Those wearing green, white and red on everything from wigs to tennis shoes swapped out spots closest to the boxing ring with a smaller group waving red, white and blue flags.
Read Full Story >>>Canelo a 3:1 favorite to beat Cotto
FightNews.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
All eyes will be on Las Vegas Saturday night as lineal middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto takes on Canelo Alvarez in a highly anticipated matchup. The younger Alvarez is running as about a -300 favorite in the bout, while Cotto backers can get +225. If Alvarez wins, he will be WBC champion. If Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan joins consortium to buy Bolton Wanderers FC
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Former world champion Amir Khan has joined a group of investors bidding to take control of English Football League side Bolton Wanderers FC.
The 28 year-old is part of Sports Shield, a company aiming to buy out the current owners in a move that would see chairman Phil Gartside leave the club afte Read Full Story >>> Richard Schaefer Getting "The Itch" To Return To Boxing
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Back in September, former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer was pondering the possibility of returning to the sport.
Schaefer co-founded Golden Boy with best friend Oscar De La Hoya. He served as CEO of the company for 14 years.
After months of internal friction with De La Hoya, Sc Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao setting in for noble ending
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
 
IF you get hit, then hit back. Hard.
That, says the unbeaten world light welterweight boxing champion Terence Crawford, was what his mother had taught him.
Read Full Story >>> MEXICAN SUPERSTAR CANELO REFUSES TO LOOK PAST WORLD CHAMPION COTTO AS HE PREPARES FOR ?50-50? MEGAFIGHT LIVE ON BOXNATION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
LONDON (17 Nov) ? Boxing superstar Canelo Alvarez has refused to look too far ahead as he prepares for his ?50-50? fight with WBC middleweight world champion Miguel Cotto.
The stacked 160-pound division is brimming with ta Read Full Story >>> Murray believes his time has come to be crowned World Champion
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Abraham - Murray part of a split-site championship doubleheader this Saturday on AWE-A Wealth of Entertainment at 3 PM ET / 12 noon PT
San Diego, CA - November, 17 2015 -Martin Murray (32-2-1, 15 KOs) believes the time has come for him to be crowned World Champion as he prepares for his fourth W Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya expects Canelo-Cotto fight to be PPV success
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
For an industry that has endured a lot of criticism and skepticism from boxing fans everywhere, the promoters and network producing Saturday's pay-per-view fight between Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto at Mandalay Bay on HBO PPV are optimistic the event will be a success ? inside and outside the rin Read Full Story >>> Sports and culture: Image and soul of the nation
By Senator Manny B. Villar, Tempo, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
More than a year after his bitter loss to Floyd Mayweather in what was dubbed ?the fight of the century,? which was watched by an estimated 400 million global audience, Manny Pacquiao remains a popular sports personality in international media.
And why not? He is the only boxer to have won the ch Read Full Story >>> Drian Francisco with the Opportunity of a Lifetime Against Rigondeaux
By Carlos Cinco, Yibada, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Rarely do fighters ever get the opportunity to compete at the highest levels of the sport. Most fighters dream of someday making it big in the squared circle. Special fighters like Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, or, Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire, or even Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria are able t Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Guillermo Rigondeaux needs to keep audience awake on fight night
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Cuban boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux needs to engage Filipino challenger Drian Fracisco in a toe-to-toe situation when they collide Saturday night in the undercard of the Cotto-Alvarez fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Rigondeaux (15-0-0, 10 KOs) will be struggling with b Read Full Story >>> Johnathon Banks: ?I feel Floyd Mayweather should have knocked Pacquiao out because Manny Pacquiao wasn?t doing anything!?
By Robert Brown, OTR Boxing Radio, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
I was recently afforded an opportunity to speak to trainer and former heavyweight contender, Johnathon Banks. Banks works with the reigning IBO heavyweight champion of the world, Wladimir Klitschko and in this interview he speaks about the upcoming challenge of Tyson Fury. Johnathon talks about how Read Full Story >>> Undefeated Gilberto Ramirez closing in on title shot
By Damian Calhoun, OCRegister.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Gilberto ?Zurdo? Ramirez is inching closer to a title opportunity and he hopes to take the final step with a victory Friday night.
The undefeated super middleweight, Ramirez (32-0, 24 KOs) headlines a Top Rank show from the Cosmopolitan when he faces Gevorg Khatchikian (22-1, 10 KOs) in a 10-rou Read Full Story >>> Ronda Rousey?s Fair Weather Friends
By Roland McCall, Boxing Buzz, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Ronda Rousey changed?indeed transcended MMA by becoming what the fans made he becomes: to wit: one of the most fascinating, most dominant athletes we have ever seen. And then she met skilled boxer Holly Holm and no longer was she seen as invincible.
All well and good, but one thing has not change Read Full Story >>> COTTO, CANELO MANDALAY BAY ARRIVAL PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
LAS VEGAS -- Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Miguel Cotto and Former WBC & WBA Super Welterweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez made their grand arrival at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino Tuesday ahea Read Full Story >>> Cotto Jabs The WBC, Tells De La Hoya To Pay $1.1 Million
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Las Vegas - As previously reported, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya was not a happy camper when he found out Tuesday morning that Miguel Cotto had dropped the WBC middleweight championship.
This coming Saturday night, De La Hoya's star fighter, Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, will face C Read Full Story >>> Arum sets weekend deadline for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
Manny Pacquiao is set to make a crucial decision this week and it?s not politics but boxing.
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has dispatched the fighter?s Canadian adviser to Israel to help speed things up.
?Mike Koncz left last night for Israel carrying videos of the three fighters,? Arum said. Read Full Story >>> MIGUEL COTTO VS. CANELO ALVAREZ - WHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS ON NOVEMBER 21?
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
CELEBRITIES, SPORTS FIGURES AND MEDIA WRITERS MAKE THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR THE EPIC PUERTO RICO VS. MEXICO SHOWDOWN
LIVE FROM THE MANDALAY BAY Events Center in Las Vegas AND produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View Read Full Story >>> LEAGUE OF FISTS TKO TUESDAY
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
SHANGHAI, CHINA ? The fiery action inside the Mixing Room was in sharp contrast with the chilly breeze and hazy sky covering Shanghai. The first of a back to back weekday fight card had enough abbreviated bouts to capture the Read Full Story >>> THIS THURSDAY! Verdejo & Donaire Las Vegas Media Workouts - 10 AM PT
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 18 Nov 2015
NONITO DONAIRE AND FELIX VERDEJO LAS VEGAS MEDIA WORKOUTS
This Thursday! November 19, at 10 A.M. PT
Top Rank Gym
LAS VEGAS, NV (November 17, 2015) -- The boxing gem of Puerto Rico, undefeated Top-Five world-rated lightweight contender FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO, and former five-division wo Read Full Story >>>
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