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Young Filipinos box clever to emulate Pacquiao
By John O'Brien, Reuters, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Ed Picson can justifiably feel proud of his work at the Southeast Asian Games this week after the executive director of the Philippines amateur boxing board witnessed his 10-strong team of fighters all take home medals from Singapore.
Tasked with finding the archipelago's ge Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao's Future
Sports Blog, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
Manny Pacquiao has been a boxer in the spotlight for many years. He has made a lot of money, developed a titanic fan base, and has won plenty of fights. The future, however, does not bode well for the man they call Pac-Man. It was not that long ago that New York boxing scribe , the late Bill Gallo, Read Full Story >>> 2015 NBA Finals -- Delly declares himself ready for Game 4
By Anthony Rozic, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
CLEVELAND -- After a victorious, albeit suspenseful, Game 3 victory, the city of Cleveland heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday.
It's a day off in these 2015 NBA Finals, but both the Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors to Read Full Story >>> Giant Cav dwarfing over Warriors' bigs
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
CLEVELAND -- Even when sitting down, 7-foot-1 Timofey Mozgov is tall, almost as tall as myself, who is an inglorious 5-foot-nothing.
Extra large guys such as the 250-pound Mozgov are usually slow as a moron's IQ. But this Read Full Story >>> Walters-Lomachenko unification bout pursued for fall
By Ryan O'Hara, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
When Top Rank founder and CEO of Top Rank Bob Arum mentioned that he would want to make a Nicholas Walters-Vasyl Lomachenko unification fight in October or November this year, it was like a light went off in Walters?s eyes.
Walters holds the WBA Super World featherweight title.
The Jamaican ha Read Full Story >>> HBO Boxing: Jim Lampley sounds off on catch-weights
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
HBO commentator Jim Lampley, in the latest edition of his show 'The Fight Game,' expressed his displeasure with a growing phenomenon in boxing, catch-weights.
Lampley's comments, of course, are off the heels of last week's HBO Boxing middleweight title clash between champion Miguel Cotto and Dani Read Full Story >>> KEITH THURMAN DISCUSSES LUIS COLLAZO CLASH: "HE ACCEPTED THE FIGHT...I'D LOVE TO JUST BLOW HIM OUT OF THERE"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
"Collazo is a respectable opponent. He's been in the ring with a lot of champions. He's a true welterweight and he accepted the fight, you know. At the end of the day, we fight whoever signs that contract. I wasn't even given any names at all. I was only given Collazo...I'm going to give the best pe Read Full Story >>> Antonio Margarito Plans To Come Out of Retirement?
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
After 42 months of retirement, former world champion Antonio Margarito (38-8, 27KOs) is back in training and seriously considering the possibility of a comeback at either junior middleweight or middleweight.
Margarito was forced to retire due to an injury to his right eye, which was severely dam Read Full Story >>> Marquez likely to retire due to knee injury
By Ryan O'Hara, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
Former four-division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (57-6-1, 40 KO?s) wants nothing more than a world welterweight title, a title that he has been pursuing for the past four years.
Marquez turns 42 in August, but the injury to his right knee could be the nail in the coffin to his dreams.
I Read Full Story >>> SEA GAMES BOXING GOLD MEDAL QUEST ENDS IN SPECTACULAR FASHION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
Marcial wins gold.
The Philippines may not have captured the eight gold medals that ABAP president Ricky Vargas was hoping for, but the quest for glory ended in spectacular fashion when Eumir Felix Marcial knocked ou Read Full Story >>> Walters & Marriaga / Verdejo & Najera Media Workout Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
NICHOLAS WALTERS vs. MIGUEL MARRIAGA / FELIX VERDEJO vs. IV?N NAJERA NEW YORK CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT WEEK * MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES *
T-Minus Three Days and Counting! Saturday, June 13, Live on HBO?
The Theater at Madison Read Full Story >>> Team N'Dam objects to officials named for IBF middleweight world title fight in Montreal
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
N'Dam vs. Lemieux, June 20 in Montreal
CORK, Ireland (June 10, 2015) - Gary Hyde, manager of International Boxing Federation (IBF) No. 1-ranked, mandatory middleweight contender Hassan N'Dam (31-1, 18 KOs), has objected to two officials named to work the June 20th IBF world middleweight title fig Read Full Story >>> Fight of Century to bring in $600M; Mayweather top-paid athlete again
By Sean Wagner-McGough, CBS Sports, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
If you're someone who dished out close to $100 on pay-per-view to watch the Fight of the Century last month, congratulations are in order -- because it turns out you helped set a new record. Unfortunately, you won't benefit from this record, but you know who will? Floyd Mayweather Jr.
A little ov Read Full Story >>> An HBO coming-out party for the ages
By Michael Woods, RingTV.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
There will be replacements; history has told us that. Names come, flourish, get hyped; the fighters are on an assembly line because the sport dictates the need and innate desires and economic necessity aid in the process.
So Manny Pacquiao sees the finish line in clearer focus now; his body is no Read Full Story >>> Arum planning blockbuster card in UAE
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
Boxing writers through the years have regularly heard about big plans from Top Rank promoter Bob Arum, whose knack for exaggeration is well known.
For years, he talked about doing major fights in Macau, and many fans and media laughed about it, including yours truly. Just Arum had wishful thinkin Read Full Story >>> WBC President on Cotto-Canelo ?I think it?s close and will happen with the approval of the mandatory, Golovkin.?
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
So just how big is the fight between Miguel Cotto and Canelo Alvarez. Most industry experts would predict a 7 figure pay-per-view buy rate with a massive gate depending on the venue. It is the classic Mexico versus Puerto Rico rivalry. Cotto?s WBC Middleweight title would be on the line in what woul Read Full Story >>> ANDRE DIRRELL DESCRIBES FLAWS HE SEES IN GOLOVKIN; DOESN'T RECALL HIM HAVING BIG POWER AS AN AMATEUR
By Luis Sandoval, FightHype.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
"He shows hunger in knocking his opponent out and that creates so many flaws, man. You know, Gennady Golovkin, he's a tough cookie; will walk you down. When he slips, he slips forward. He doesn't slip back or have to start over. His head is always forward; he's always slippin'," stated super middlew Read Full Story >>> Leaping Lena Levy
By Pete Ehrmann, Boxing.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
She was as famous in the 1930s as her kid brother Harry, a screwball heavyweight contender known as Kingfish Levinsky?
Lena Krakow Levy didn?t exactly leap into eternity 61 years ago ? her heart quietly gave out on June 9, 1954 ? but then, she?d been out of practice for almost two decades. As ?Le Read Full Story >>> IBHOF inductee Steve Smoger has seen the world thanks to boxing
By Bernard Fernandez, RingTV.com, Thu, 11 Jun 2015
A recruiting slogan introduced in the 1920s urged young Americans who longed to visit exotic destinations to ?Join the Navy and See the World.? But for boxing-loving individuals who might not be attracted to the military life, a possible alternative to sailing the high seas might be to become licens Read Full Story >>> FIERY FERNANDEZ AND THE FEISTY PHIL SEAG BOXING SQUAD
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 10 Jun 2015
Mario Fernandez.
It was not the eight gold medal haul that we were waiting for but the Philippine amateur boxing team delivered with five and gave our medal tally a much needed boost in the ongoing 28th Southeast Read Full Story >>>
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