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YEAR IN REVIEW: January '14 Got Off To A "Shady" Start
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
As always, we aspired to start the new year in boxing 2014 with something approximating a blank slate, with our default setting switched to OPTIMISTIC, or, at least, measured skepticism, instead of jaded pessimism.
Sigh?
After twelve months, we are again back in the mode of attempting to summo Read Full Story >>>Fans Keep Killing Hopes For Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao
By Dennis Cruz, Boxing Buzz, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
When the official axe finally came crashing down hard on the talks between Team Mayweather and Team Pacquiao in early 2010, negotiations had been already dead for weeks.
When the two sides clashed over random blood testing and the possible schedule regarding such testing, things got ugly real qu Read Full Story >>> WBC SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION LEO SANTA CRUZ TO DEFEND AGAINST JESUS RUIZ
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
WBC SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION LEO SANTA CRUZ TO DEFEND AGAINST JESUS RUIZ; TALENTED AMIR IMAM RISKS UNDEFEATED RECORD AGAINST FIDEL MALDONADO JR. SATURDAY, JAN. 17, LIVE ON SHOWTIME? FROM THE MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA Read Full Story >>> Undefeated Jr. Middleweight Prichard Colon takes on Jonathan Batista on January 31 at Harrahs Philadelphia
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
Plus New Kings Promotions singees to be in action
Chester, PA -- On Saturday night, January 31, undefeated Jr. Middleweight Prichard Colon will take on Jonathan Batista
in the featured bout on a 10 bout card at Harrahs Philadelphia.
The show is promoted by Kings Promotions and XFE.
Colon o Read Full Story >>> ALA eyes US market
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
NEXY year will be a busy one for ALA Promotions, as it tries to break into the US market.
After making its first international event in Dubai this year, ALA Promotions will invade the US with three events planned for 2015.
ALA Promotions will hold two smaller Idol events, one in May headlined Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum: ?Donaire Will Fight Either in March in Manila or May in Macau?
By Mario Mungia, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
Nonito Donaire will attempt to come back strong after suffering a tough TKO loss to Nicholas Walters in October of 2014. Top Rank will need to be careful in their matchmaking selection as Donaire attempts to revive a career that once saw him as a top five pound for pound fighter. The Filipino fighte Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr ignores Manny Pacquiao jibes to flaunt wealth
By Shane Callaghan, Sports Mole, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
Floyd Mayweather Jr has put his verbal feud with Manny Pacquiao to one side for the time being and flashed his luxurious shoe and sunglasses collection.
The 37-year-old, whose nickname is 'money', gave fans a glimpse of his wealth by posting a picture of more than 70 pairs of shoes on his Instagr Read Full Story >>> Guillermo Rigondeaux takes aim at Frampton, Santa Cruz, Quigg
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 Jan 2015
RING junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux said he intentionally mixed it up with Hisashi Amagasa, who dropped him twice in Round 7 of his entertaining title defense against the Japanese slugger. Rigondeaux stopped Amagasa after 11 rounds on New Year?s Eve in Osaka, Japan.
?The boxi Read Full Story >>> Ring Muggings ? Part Ten
By Ted Sares, The Boxing Tribune, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
I can recall exactly where I was when JFK was assassinated in 1963 and when 9/11 occurred. I also knew where I was when Buster beat Tyson. However, when ?Hollywood? Anthony Hembrick fought Booker T. Word in 1990, all I can recall was that it was on television, but I do remember the fight itself beca Read Full Story >>> Pacturds vs. Flomos: The Biggest Non-Money Fight of All-Time
By John Gatling, Examiner.com, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
They sleep on "Money" pillow cases and wear "Pac-Man" draws, giving new meaning to being on someone's mind or on their ass. They pontificate as if part of their lives and know every aspect of anything ever negotiated between them.
They argue facts and decipher fiction with uncanny precision.
T Read Full Story >>> 2014 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
Sick of the drip-drip-drip of year end boxing awards yet? Hard to blame you, hard to blame you. So we?ll bring out two enormous platters to conclude our 2014 awards.
In the first installment, that flavor is heavy and serious. In the second one, that flavor is light and fluffy. Just add ?of the ye Read Full Story >>> Javan ?Sugar? Hill: ?Manny Pacquiao can try to put a lot of pressure on Floyd Mayweather and just be smart to have a good chance of beating him?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
The 2015 boxing year is now here and fans are again looking forward to potential super fights between the sport?s biggest stars. In this ?On The Ropes? interview with trainer Javan ?Sugar? Hill, I discuss some of those fights, as I get Hill?s view on his fighter, Adonis Stevenson, and a possible fig Read Full Story >>> Inside Boxing: A new generation ready to rule the ring
By Bob Hanna, SouthCoastToday.com, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
The old familiar faces are still around, but 2014 saw the start of a changing of the guard that hopefully will brighten your TV viewing in 2015.
Ring Magazine did a survey of more than 10,000 readers in its January issue that asked the question, ?Who is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world Read Full Story >>> HBO?s ?Boxing?s Best?: Assessed & Undressed
By Joe Masterleo , Boxing.com, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
As serfs before kings, the vanquished fighters in all of these HBO ?standouts? maintained tail-tucking ?strategies? throughout?
In a so-called ?holiday treat? for boxing fans over a four day stretch, HBO has replayed eight of what is has deemed its select or ?standout? fights of 2014. This writer Read Full Story >>> Vegan Diet: Is meat-eating boxer weaker without it?
By Wilson Smith Jr, Fight Saga, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
Someone may make Vegan dieting his New Year's resolution.
Boxing star Timothy Bradley (31-1, 12 KO), once the proverbial poster boy for the Vegan Diet, announced last fall he was a meat-eater again, much to the chagrin of die-hard vegans who may have put him on a pedestal.
In Spring 2012 and p Read Full Story >>> Keith Thurman Says a Fight Between Him and Floyd Mayweather Is a 50/50 Fight
By Ryan O'Hara, Tha Boxing Voice, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
Keith Thurman is young and talented, but to his advantage, he?s also a hybrid boxer.
The interim WBA welterweight champion has one of the most powerful left hooks in boxing and it has helped make him one of the sport?s most popular rising stars, but also proved that he can box, as he displayed ag Read Full Story >>> Lennox Lewis: Stop Madness, Make Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Luke Furman, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
It took several years and both fighters were past their best, but heavyweights Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson came together to make the biggest fight in boxing in 2002. At the time, it was the highest grossing fight in boxing history and made enormous revenue with nearly 2 million purchases on pay-per- Read Full Story >>> ANNOYED CANELO ALVAREZ DEMANDS MIGUEL COTTO TO MAKE A DECISION: "DECIDE ALREADY...DO NOT WASTE ANY MORE TIME"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
It appears Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya isn't the only one getting antsy as they await a decision from WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto. Former jr. middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez recently sent a personal letter to select members of the media to voice his frustrat Read Full Story >>> Boxing Match of the Year: Salido vs. Kokietgym
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
To a large segment of American sports fans, boxing is Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and perhaps Canelo Alvarez. And that's it.
To those fans, 2014 may have been a disappointment.
And this year was disappointing, in a way, in that the two best fights by far were far from the eyes of the majo Read Full Story >>> 2014 in Boxing: A Look Back Part 2
By Samuel Chen , Bad Left Hook, Fri, 02 Jan 2015
Let's talk about the significant matches in the second half of the year.
July 26th: No Brakes on the Kazakh Pain Train
Gennady Golovkin is perhaps the most feared man in boxing right now. The imposing Kazakh possesses nearly legendary punching power and before his bout with former champion Danie Read Full Story >>>
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