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Roach: Mayweather Got Embarrassed into Taking the Fight
By Carlos Boogs, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
According to Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. eventually succumbed to the extreme pressure from the fans - who were demanding that he fight WBO champion Manny Pacquiao (who Roach trains) on May 2nd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Before the two Read Full Story >>>Sergio Martinez: Manny is just breakfast for Floyd
By Wil Esco, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Sergio Martinez has kept himself busy by acting as a part-time comic as he gives his body some time to heal from his badly injured knee. Whether or not that knee can ever get back into performance condition, enabling him to continue as a top flight fighter is doubtful, although I certainly wish him Read Full Story >>> Nevada Commission to ?slowly integrate? tablet scoring system
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Bob Bennett has confirmed to WBN that tablet scoring is currently being assessed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and will be brought in at lower level with a view to eventually taking over from the current method of pen and paper.
The Executive Director, who took over from Keith Kizer alm Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Celtics end 3-game slide, blow out Nets, 110-91
By Vadim Atbashyan, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
BROOKLYN -- In a battle between playoff-contending teams, the Boston Celtics pounded the Brooklyn Nets, 110-91 on Monday night at the Barclays Center.
Evan Turner led the charge with a triple-double effort of 19 points Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Mirotic, Gasol star as Bulls nail playoffs berth
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
CHICAGO -- Nikola Mirotic and Pau Gasol provided the 1-2 punch that guaranteed the Chicago Bulls a playoffs spot.
Mirotic made 10 of 19 field goals for 28 points while Gasol sizzled with 27 and 12 boards to lead the B Read Full Story >>> Arum: Journalistic decline shaped Floyd-Manny perceptions
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Just when you think you know, you don?t.
Remember when all the geniuses of the sport ? you know, the so-called fight freaks and the lemmings who follow ? claimed it would never happen, and they were all sure that they knew why?
We know Bob Arum and Floyd Mayweather Jr. don?t get along, they in Read Full Story >>> MERCILESS AND RUTHLESS MANNY ON THE DECK
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
LOS ANGELES, Cal. ? Can the boxing world see a merciless and ruthless Manny Pacquiao when he fights undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr in the historic, multi-million-dollar confrontation five weeks from now at the MGM Read Full Story >>> Jhonny Gonzalez and Vanes Martirosyan Los Angeles Media Workout Quotes
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
WORLD CHAMPION JHONNY GONZALEZ & WORLD RANKED CONTENDER VANES MARTIROSYAN ARE POISED TO MAKE THEIR MARKS IN A BIG WAY ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28 AT THE PALMS CASINO RESORT LIVE ON SHOWTIME?
MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES AND PHOT Read Full Story >>> Said El Harrak to face Chris Pearson on Mayweather-Pacquiao Undercard!
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
El Harrak.
Los Angeles, CA (March 23, 2015) ? Said ?The Messenger? El Harrak will have a career changing opportunity when he faces unbeaten and highly regarded Chris Pearson Saturday, May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV.
Read Full Story >>> Why Mayweather-Pacquiao should still deliver despite fighters being past their prime
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
For five long, torturous years, the complaint about Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao was that they wouldn't fight each other.
Mayweather supporters blamed Pacquiao. Pacquiao supporters blamed Mayweather.
Each fighter said he was ready, and both got sick of answering questions about the oth Read Full Story >>> Commission promises ?best of the best? for Mayweather-Pacquiao fight
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
This is one test Bob Bennett can?t afford to fail.
The executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission is still a few weeks away from deciding who he will recommend to referee and judge the May 2 megafight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand Garden. But Bennett, Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach on Pacquiao knocking out Mayweather & being a greater fighter. Also with Terence Crawford and Tony Harrison ? On The Ropes #231
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
?On The Ropes? boxing radio is back this week with host Jenna J to talk about all the latest news and fights in boxing. In this episode I will be discussing the recent announcement regarding ESPN bringing in the ?Premier Boxing Champions? series. The first show of the series aired live March 7th and Read Full Story >>> Cotto Gives Pacquiao Good Shot To Shock Mayweather
By Edward Chaykovsky, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto is giving Manny Pacquiao a good shot to upset Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2nd from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Mayweather and Pacquiao will collide for the WBO/WBA/WBC welterweight titles on pay-per-view.
Cotto was stopped by Pacquiao in the twelfth round Read Full Story >>> Pacquiaos ?very happy? over Beverly Hills mansion
By Nimfa U. Rueda, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
LOS ANGELES?World boxing champ Manny Pacquiao on Sunday (Monday in Manila) brought his wife Jinkee and their five children?with family dog Pacman in tow?to their newly purchased home in Beverly Hills.
?I?m very happy that they all liked it,? said Pacquiao, who bought the 930-square-meter (10,000- Read Full Story >>> Undercard to feature Chris Pearson
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
Junior middleweight prospect Chris Pearson is a confident fighter so when he got the call that he was being given one of the coveted spots on the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao undercard on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas he was not all that surprised.
"When I got the call I ain't gonna Read Full Story >>> AMIR KHAN TO ADRIEN BRONER: "GROW INTO 147...DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW AGAIN"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
"The last time I checked, his trainer said he wanted him to stay at 140. I think that might be best for him; grow into 147 so you don't bite off more than you can chew again," stated former world champion Amir Khan, who recently contacted FightHype.com to send a message to multi-division former worl Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao gate soaring
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
The money that will be generated by the welterweight title unification fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao -- already expected to be a slam dunk to break every revenue record in combat sports history -- is growing by the day and could easily surpass $400 million.
The live gate f Read Full Story >>> Drinking in the May 2 excitement
By Jay Cronley, ESPN.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. They got that right. That would be the money staying in Vegas.
May 2 will be one of the biggest days ever in Las Vegas. That's the date of the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight and the Kentucky Derby.
Boxing is in a strange place. It is the stated goal Read Full Story >>> FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTIST MAKES IT BIG IN THE U.S.
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
LOS ANGELES ? An elite Filipino martial artist is making it big in the field of fitness and martial arts here.
Despite his success, however, George Ta?on Edillor, 45, a native of Virac, Catanduanes, remains humble.
He Read Full Story >>> Incredible news from middle of nowhere
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 24 Mar 2015
THERE?S the great news about a tiny Filipino boxer, who practically had to be pulled out from the hospital where he had undergone an appendectomy last month, winning in a world boxing championship bout in far-away Africa.
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