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LEONARD VS. DURAN I: 35 YEARS AGO
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran fought three of the most popular fights in world boxing history. In fact their trilogy is one of the most sought-after triple fights among the world's greatest boxers.
Their first fig Read Full Story >>>Nominees for the 2015 Straight Pool Hall of Fame
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
New York City, NY - The 5th Annual 14.1 Hall of Fame nominees have been announced via selection process from the World 141 Club in a row. We are please to announce this year's ballot list which includes Wor Read Full Story >>> Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter: 99 problems but 'A.B.' ain't one
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
It was a roll of the dice to decide just which video to feature in this article of Adrien Broner making a complete ass out of himself.
Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for SHOWTIME
The other clip features Broner literally banging the gaming table as if a prostitute courtesy of a comp Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Whatever happened to meritocracy?
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
YOU know it?s a sad day in boxing when the sport?s best fighter becomes giddy about fighting a retired 42-year-old former world champion in his swansong before he hangs up his gloves.
It sends a wrong message to the fans, and all but confirms what Floyd Mayweather?s critics have been saying all Read Full Story >>> Smith Jnr weighs heavy again, loses total of $60k from Ward purse
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
British super middleweight contender Paul Smith Jnr tipped the scales just over 184lbs today, a full three pounds over the agreed limit of 181lbs for his imminent clash with Andre Ward.
Smith had already scaled 4.4lbs over the catchweight of 172lbs for his bout opposite the former pound for pound Read Full Story >>> Mikey Garcia, Top Rank Legal Battle Has No End in Sight
By Steve Kim, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 21 Jun 2015
The last time Mikey Garcia (34-0, 28KOs) was in the ring was on the night of January 25th, 2014. Since that period he's been sidelined and in litigation versus his promoter Top Rank. And it doesn't look like he'll be fighting anytime soon until this legal situation is cleared up.
"Well, they're t Read Full Story >>> VILLANUEVA BRACES FOR ARROYO
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
CEBU CITY ? Will Arthur become a King?
Arthur Villanueva is in the midst of preparations for the biggest fight of his six year pro career when he battles McJoe Arroyo of Puerto Rico for the vacant IBF world superfl Read Full Story >>> NEBRAN FIGHTS GAMELY BUT LOSES LOPSIDED DECISION TO EX-WORLD CHAMPION MIJARES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Mijares.
Unranked Filipino featherweight Vergel Nebran battled gamely but lost a lopsided decision to former world super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares in Campeche, Mexico today.
Nebran, the slugger from the Gabri Read Full Story >>> 18 year-old Milton Santiago has busy week as he takes on Jose Miguel Castro TONIGHT at Valley Forge Casino Resort
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
From High School Graduation to the ring in two days
Valley Forge, PA (June 20 2015)--Most professional fighters try to make their fight week as uneventful as possible. With the exception of sweating out the final few pounds to make weight and media obligations, boxers tend to stay in their hotel Read Full Story >>> Postscript to the 2015 NBA Finals (PHOTOS)
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
CHICAGO -- Like the 11 other NBA Finals that I have covered on-site, last week's just-concluded 2015 championships was a thing of beauty, one that left indelible memories to last a lifetime.
LeBron James turned out t Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Bulls' Gibson out for four months
By Anthony Rozic, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
CHICAGO -- Taj Gibson will be sidelined for at least four months after undergoing "arthroscopy and repair of the ankle," the Chicago Bulls said in a press statement.
The 6-foot-9, 230-pound Gibson was treated by Dr. David Porter Read Full Story >>> Adrien Broner vs. Shawn Porter Preview
By Sean Ness , Boxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
The controversial and egotistical with flashes of brilliance Adrien Broner will face his toughest fight to date?
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past 20 years you will know that the MGM Grand is where the premier names in boxing go head-to-head. Situated on the Las Vegas Strip in Read Full Story >>> The Battle for Boxing: Cotto-Alvarez-Golovkin
By Jeff Pryor, The Queensberry Rules, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
With the boxing megafight to end all fights fully fizzled and fading from our unsatisfied palates, Floyd Mayweather calling Oscar De La Hoya out from retirement for a September showdown, and Manny Pacquiao quietly on the mend and unable to rotate his cuff, boxing loyalists are left to ponder who wil Read Full Story >>> Thurman: Mayweather Needs 'Retirement' Angle For PPV
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - WBA 'regular' welterweight champion Keith "One Time" Thurman (25-0, 21KOs) is still very hungry to get his hands on pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs).
Thurman defends his WBA 'regular' welterweight title against Luis Collazo on July 11th. Mayweather ho Read Full Story >>> PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS SHOW MODEL
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
MGM Grand, Las Vegas:- It is perfectly good that Al Haymon?s new organization, the Premier Boxing Champions, is out to a good start in so far as creating its own brand is concerned.
The new outfit has successfully delivered in Read Full Story >>> Weights from Valley Forge, PA
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Valley Forge, PA (June 20, 2015)-Weights for Saturday Night's King's Promotions card at the Valley Forge Casino Resort that will feature the Pennsylvania State Cruiserweight title fight between Garrett Wilson and Anthony Caputo Smith.
Garrett Wilson 195 - Anthony Caputo Smith 197.2
(Pennsylvania Read Full Story >>> CASIMERO WANTS TO UNIFY FLYWEIGHT TITLES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani who handles former IBF light flyweight champion and current mandatory challenger to the flyweight title held by Thailand?s Amnat Ruenroeng is determined to pursue his goal of unifying the Read Full Story >>> STEPHEN CURRY CAN DO ALL THINGS
By Reni M. Valenzuela, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
But why is he admired except by atheists?
The Golden State Warriors did more than winning the NBA championship. They won souls for Jesus Christ and continue to capture imaginations with their bold faith and performance par e Read Full Story >>> Why Adrien Broner?s wild antics won?t be an issue for Shawn Porter
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
LAS VEGAS ? There is one competition in which Shawn Porter doesn?t have, nor did he ever have, a chance against Adrien Broner:
Talking.
When it comes to making outrageous boasts, ridiculous self-comparisons and general off-the-wall comments, Broner is an all-time great.
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Read Full Story >>> What Mayweather-Pacquiao Could've Been: Duran-Leonard I 35 Years Later
By Jonathan Snowden, BleacherReport.com, Sat, 20 Jun 2015
When Manny Pacquiao finally stepped into the ring with Floyd Mayweather Jr., a bout five years in the making, it was widely proclaimed the Fight of the Century, a throwback to the kind of superfights that made boxing a pillar of the mainstream sports scene for decades. But, while it was compared to Read Full Story >>>
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