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Stiverne picks Oregon over Ohio St. In 2015 College Football National Championship Game
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
LAS VEGAS (January 9, 2014) - If not for a career-changing injury, World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title-holder Bermane "B. Ware" Stiverne (24-1, 21 KOs) may have been a professional football player instead of becoming champion of the world in professional boxing.
The 6' 2", 248-pound Stiv Read Full Story >>>Op-Ed: More boxers lining up for lucrative Pacquiao fight
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
For an aspiring fighter who has the credential to challenge WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, the mere mention of his name in the shortlist of possible opponents can be a life-changing career opportunity.
A boxer who has an unbeaten record in his pro career could languish in his corner if Read Full Story >>> Remembering Smokin? Joe
By Percy D. Della, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
IT MUST have been in the early ?80s or later?I don?t remember the exact year?when a group of expatriate journalists in the United States, including myself, got together at the old Press Club on 555 Post Street, San Francisco.
I drove up from Los Angeles since the clique seldom rendezvoused, and w Read Full Story >>> Cinco De Mayo is Mayweather?s day, and Canelo wants to take it
By Tim Harrison, The Boxing Tribune, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
Recent times have seen the weekend of Cinco De Mayo lay its claim to being one of boxing?s biggest weekends. It has become the holiest of holies, the grand poohbah, the 10-point buck, call it what you will. Since 2007, Cinco De Mayo weekend has featured boxing?s biggest attractions each year; from O Read Full Story >>> When Harry meets Manny
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao is going to London ? not to visit the Queen but to chat with her grandson Prince Harry.
Organizers of the meeting, however, said there?s a chance that the Filipino boxing idol will get to meet Queen Elizabeth II, after whom Pacquiao and his wife Jinkee named o Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach says Mayweather fight 'very close'
By Marcus Hondro , Digital Journal, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
We've been down the path of saying that a Mayweather-Pacquiao superfight is close before. But this time it sounds really close. Why? Because Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Freddie Roach says it is "closer than ever."
Freddie Roach says fight close
It appears that there are negotiations going on Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach: ?The Mayweather Fight Right Now Is Looking Pretty Good but It?s Still Up in the Air?
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
The world still waits what Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao decide to do. As boxing fans wait, so does the rest of the boxing world as the rest of the dominoes for 2015 fall in terms of making fights. Freddie Roach, Pacquiao?s trainer is very optimistic about a possible mega fight between Mayweat Read Full Story >>> Stiverne vs. Wilder: High stakes for the heavyweights
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
"Where the Heavyweights go, so goes boxing," is an adage which describes a sport that has survived more scrutiny and controversy than Charlie Sheen, Kanye West and Lindsay Lohan combined.
While most fight fans and critics would argue that the time honored saying is a bit outdated, the current exc Read Full Story >>> Sherdog.com?s 2014 Year-End Boxing Awards
By Mike Sloan, Sherdog.com, Sat, 10 Jan 2015
While it may seem laughable to see these words in print, professional boxing is not dead or even on life support. Though the Sweet Science may only have two legitimate mainstream superstars in Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao at the moment, the sport annually produces dozens of superb matchup Read Full Story >>> If No Floyd, What Next For Manny? Khan's An Option, Says Roach
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
And what if a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather fight doesn't get made for May? What then? Who does The Congressman select for his next violent waltz?
I posed that query to Freddie Roach, in town for a Friday night fight with his welterweight, Chris Van Heerden, who scraps on the first Roc nation c Read Full Story >>> Mayweather and Marquez: Justified in Avoiding Manny Pacquiao?
By Dennis Cruz, Boxing Buzz, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
By just casually following the natural flow of headlines in boxing, it would appear that eight-division world champ Manny Pacquiao is one of the most feared elite-level fighters in the business-- at least in terms of being unable to land certain high-profile fights his team appears to be pursuing.
Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya signs Mercito Gesta, Yoshihiro Kamegai
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Lightweight title challenger Mercito Gesta of the Philippines and hard-hitting Japanese welterweight Yoshihiro Kamegai are among several fighters signed to exclusive promotional contracts by Golden Boy Promotions, according to Oscar De La Hoya.
Gesta (28-1-1, 16 knockouts), 27, has scored two con Read Full Story >>> Froch: If I beat Chavez in style, why would I retire? DeGale is a massive UK fight
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
WBA and IBF super-middleweight champion Carl Froch is keeping his options open as the Nottingham fighter awaits news of a potential pay-per-view clash in Las Vegas against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
Contrasting reports have been doing the rounds that Froch is set to retire if the Chavez fight fails t Read Full Story >>> Shannon Briggs: ?Pacquiao is a hell of a fighter, he?s probably one of the greatest fighters in history?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Shannon ?The Cannon? Briggs has already cemented his return to the sport and made a fight between himself and Wladimir Klitschko one of the most anticipated fights for 2015. Besides that heavyweight encounter, the bout the boxing fans are most hoping to see happen this year is still Mayweather-Pacqu Read Full Story >>> Roach On What He Thinks Main Reason Floyd Hasn't Embraced Manny Fight
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Freddie Roach was asked what he thought was the top reason why we haven't seen Floyd Mayweather go after that Manny Pacquiao fight with gusto, sending a message with words and deeds and actions that he wants to give the fans what they want, this Super Fight. Me, I have thought over the course of the Read Full Story >>> Cotto's Adviser: There is Movement By Canelo's Side
By Miguel Rivera, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Gaby Penagarciano, legal adviser to WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (39-4, 32KOs), has revealed that there has been some movement on side of Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (44-1-1, 31KOs) to satisfy the Puerto Rican champion's demands for a May 2nd HBO Pay-Per-View showdown.
Penagar?cano also said Read Full Story >>> GGG Rx: Golovkin is the relief to boxing?s never-never land
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Gennady Golovkin?s stop in Los Angeles Wednesday at the end of an international tour for his Feb. 21 bout with Martin Murray in Monaco was an anti-dote, timely relief from speculation about what?s happening or not happening in negotiations for Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Canelo Alvarez-M Read Full Story >>> Joe Goosen: ?I Think Amir Khan Is Going to Give a Lot of People Trouble?
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Amir Khan is impatiently waiting like the rest of the world when it comes to the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotations. Khan wants Mayweather but if he can?t get a Mayweather fight, he issued a challenge to Manny Pacquiao. If he can?t get either, well then who knows, maybe he?ll fight Kell Bro Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton believes the loss to Floyd Mayweather changed his life
SkySports.com, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
Ricky Hatton admits that the rollercoaster ride that almost saw him take his own life began after his loss to Floyd Mayweather.
The former two-weight world champion revealed that his "ups and downs" started after that memorable night in Las Vegas, in December 2007.
Hatton, who split with train Read Full Story >>> The Marciano Interviews?Part Three
Boxing.com, Fri, 09 Jan 2015
This is the third installment of interviews that Rocky Marciano conducted among the 30 episodes of his 1961 television program, Main Event?
Main Event TV Series 1961
Guests: Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, George Raft
16mm Sound Transfer, 14 Minutes
This is the third installment of interviews Read Full Story >>>
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