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Boxing champ Nietes faces legacy enhancing challenge vs Rodriguez
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
CEBU CITY, Philippines - Like the best boxing champions, Donnie Nietes? nickname Ahas - Tagalog for snake - was earned, not given.
Nietes, who started as the ALA Boxing Gym?s janitor, sweeping the floors of the open-aired sweat shop before becoming ALA?s first world champion, was one of the few f Read Full Story >>>Could Mayweather?s next fight be free to watch?
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Leslie Moonves did Floyd Mayweather Jr. a good turn in making the May 2 megafight with Manny Pacquiao, a fight that made Mayweather more than $230 million.
Now Mayweather is considering paying the chairman of CBS back by appearing on Moonves? flagship network rather than on pay per view for his n Read Full Story >>> Leo Santa Cruz, Abner Mares will fight in Los Angeles on Aug. 29
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Featherweights Leo Santa Cruz and Abner Mares have both been in exciting fights and won world titles in multiple divisions -- two for Santa Cruz, three for Mares -- but lately they have taken an onslaught of criticism from fight fans for their very soft recent opposition.
That figures to change d Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO VISITS MARY JANE VELOSO TODAY
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? World eight-division boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao confirmed he?s going to visit death convict Mary Jane Veloso in Indonesian jail.
Veloso was scheduled to be executed by firing squad Read Full Story >>> JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR., ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ JR., CHRIS ARREOLA, JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ SR., & TRAINER ROBERT GARCIA MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Chavez Jr. Looks To Get Back On Track Against Marcos Reyes Next Saturday, July 18 At The Don Haskins Center, Live On SHOWTIME?
?I feel like I am in a good place now. I need to have a dominant performan Read Full Story >>> Roy Jones Jr. Vs Tony Moran Press Conference Set for Wednesday 22nd July
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Liverpool ? Thursday 9th July 2015
Roy Jones Jr. Vs Tony Moran Press Conference Set for Wednesday 22nd July.
Promoter Stephen Vaughan Jr. today announced that the press conference for the Roy Jones Jr. versus Tony Moran Championship bout, that takes place at the Aintree Equestrian Centre, in L Read Full Story >>> SERGIY DEREVYANCHENKO TAKES ON ELVIN AYALA ON SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION TRIPLEHEADER
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Plus, Undefeated Ievgen Khytrov Returns Against Nick Brinson in Co-Feature and Knockout Artists Regis Prograis and Amos Cowart Clash In Telecast Opener
Live On SHOWTIME ? Friday, August 7 At 10 p.m. ET/PT From Bally?s Atlantic City
NEW YORK (July 9, 2015) ?Boxing returns to the Ballroom at Bal Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao: the night that Sin City came to Manhattan
By Rick Shackleton, Newsweek.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
It was the beginning of a hot weekend in May and the night of a big fight. Though the fight itself was in Las Vegas, New York had a cacodaemonic whiff. The screens and the bars and the fans were on edge. Sin City had come to Manhattan and taken possession of its public spaces. The sophisticated, the Read Full Story >>> Rodriguez means serious business
By Ed C. Tolentino, The Manila Times, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
World Boxing Organization (WBO) light flyweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes figures to have his hands full when he makes his seventh defense of the 108-pound diadem against Mexican challenger Francisco Rodriguez Jr. this Saturday at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
Since upending t Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Needs To Retire Or Pass The Torch
By Tan Wang, NowBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Manny Pacquiao winning his next fight will be a great disservice to the boxing world. He needs to retire for good or someone needs to knock him out again to bring he delusional Filipino congressman back down to reality. Its time for him to retire and leave boxing for good, he doesn?t care about the Read Full Story >>> The absurdity of sanctioning fees
By Raymundo Dioses, 3MoreRounds.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
?The WBA wanted $40,000. I have no idea for what,?
?And then there was $18,000 to the WBO. We understand that. It?s their title fight. But to pay out $58,000 in sanction fees on a $600,000 purse? Are you crazy? That?s a lot of money.?
These words are from fight manager Cameron Dunkin while dis Read Full Story >>> Women?s Boxing Hall of Fame 2015 Inductees
By Ted Sares, Boxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
In a highly anticipated and nostalgic moment, Christy Martin may present Deirdre Gogarty to the Women?s Boxing Hall of Fame?
?It was very important [to make a name for myself]?I never worried about living up to my father?s name. I was too focused trying to live up to my own expectations of my Read Full Story >>> 'KING' ARTHUR VILLANUEVA CONFIDENT OF WINNING IBF SUPER FLYWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST MCJOE ARROYO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Undefeated Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation super flyweight champion"King" Arthur Vilanueva is confident of winning the vacant IBF title when he clashes with unbeaten Puerto Rican southpaw McJoe Arroyo at t Read Full Story >>> Mauricio Herrera vs. Hank Lundy Final Media Workout Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
HERRERA TO FACE LUNDY JULY 11 AT THE LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL SPORTS ARENA AND TELECAST LIVE ON HBO LATINO? BOXING
LOS ANGELES (July 8) - Fighters on the July 11 HBO Latino ? card held a final media workout today at Read Full Story >>> I want his crown?
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
DONNIE Nietes is one of the best, if not the best in boxing?s lower weight divisions in years. He has dominated both 105 and 108 pounds and in the last few years, has become a force to be reckoned with in the light flyweight class, where he?s the lineal champion.
There is an old saying, ?Out with Read Full Story >>> ?Pacman? thanks Jokowi on maiden RI visit
The Jakarta Post, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Superstar Philippine boxer Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao on Wednesday arrived in Semarang, Central Java, for his first visit to the country. Pacquiao expressed his desire to meet President Joko ?Jokowi? Widodo to personally thank him for postponing the execution of compatriot Mary Jane Veloso, who is on d Read Full Story >>> Ego trip cost Floyd Mayweather Jr. his WBO welterweight crown
By Ed C. Tolentino, Spin.ph, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
HAVING an ego the size of China?s massive reclamation projects in the West Philippine Sea is the primary reason why American Floyd Mayweather Jr. no longer sleeps with the World Boxing Organization?s (WBO) welterweight (147 pounds) belt at his bedside.
Mayweather Jr. bankrolled more than US$220 m Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan favourite to be Floyd Mayweather?s next opponent
BoxingNews, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Could Amir Khan be on the brink of fighting Floyd Mayweather? The bookies think so
AMIR KHAN is likely to be Floyd Mayweather?s next opponent according to Betway.
The date of September 12, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas has been set aside for Floyd Mayweather?s next bout, and Khan ? who has bee Read Full Story >>> Notes: Inactive Andrade eyeing return date
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
A few notes from around the boxing world:
? Junior middleweight titlist Demetrius Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs), 27, who has not fought in 13 months because of general contract unhappiness -- despite co-promoters Artie Pelullo and Joe DeGuardia offering him various fights for career-high six-figure purs Read Full Story >>> Vitali v Hughie: Peter Fury eyes Klitschko v Fury double in October
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 10 Jul 2015
Trainer Peter Fury has informed WBN that he wants former heavyweight great Vitali Klitschko to come out of retirement and face son Hughie on the same bill as his brother Wladimir on October 24.
Vitali, 43, retired in 2012 after ruling with an iron fist over the top division for almost a decade an Read Full Story >>>
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