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Purses for the big fight weekend in Vegas
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Saturday is a huge boxing day in Las Vegas with two major cards: the Top Rank/HBO tripleheader at the Cosmopolitan and the Golden Boy/Showtime quadrupleheader at the MGM Grand.
Each card is stacked with name fighters and some nice matchups, but let?s take a look at how the fighters are making ou Read Full Story >>>Keith Thurman: Amir Khan is the most overrated welterweight
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
On 2015
"I'm really looking forward to getting the big names in boxing. But obviously we really have to take care of Saturday night, but as I look into the future, I see 2015 being my year."
On the most overrated fighter at welterweight
"Overrated fighter in my division? Right now, I would Read Full Story >>> Bradley not taking matchup with 'heavy-handed' Chaves lightly
By Allen Trieu, CBS Sports, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
After being in the ring with Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, there may be some question as to how Timothy Bradley Jr. can get up for Saturday's fight against Diego Chaves (10 p.m. ET, HBO).
But Bradley's most physically demanding fight was not with either future Hall of Famer, but with a Read Full Story >>> Checking In With Lampley, Getting Thoughts on Bradley-Chaves
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Jim Lampley has seen Tim Bradley at his best and his worst and he, like me, doesn't have a totally firm sense which Bradley will show up on Saturday night, in Las Vegas, and on the air on HBO.
I think it's fair to say we are both fairly certain that the A grade Bradley will strut his stuff, but t Read Full Story >>> Chaves says ?dirty fighter? reputation unwarranted
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
If enough people say something and their stories match up, one might tend to believe they?re telling the truth.
Bring up Diego Chaves? name to boxers who have fought him and the response is the same ? he?s a dirty fighter.
Brandon Rios is convinced after he almost had his eye gouged out and hi Read Full Story >>> BOB, OSCAR TOGETHER AGAIN
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Rival promoters Bob Arum of Top Rank (L) and Oscar de la Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions are together again after a long hiatus of not promoting fights together. Arum and De La Hoya were present during the final press confer Read Full Story >>> BRADLEY-CHAVES FINAL PC PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Dec. 11, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada --- (L-R) Former two-division champion Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley and Diego Chaves pose with undercard fighters during the final press conference Thursday for their upcoming 12-r Read Full Story >>> Weights From Holiday Boxing Bash in Chicago
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Rau'shee Warren 117.5 vs. Javier Gallo 118
Patryk Szymanski 156 vs. Gundrick King 155
Jose Felix Quezada 135.5 vs. Marlon Lewis 134.5
Eddie Ramirez 141 vs. Dedrick Bell 141
Ronald Hearns 164 vs. Roberto Ventura Read Full Story >>> LORETO-JOYI JR. FLYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE BOUT SCRAPPED
By Manny Piñol, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
The International Boxing Organization (IBO) World Junior Flyweight championship between defending champion Rey Loreto of Davao City and Nkosinathi Joyi of South Africa set tomorrow, Dec. 13, in East London, South Africa has b Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather -- Sued Over Head-On Collision ... After Bieber Rescued His Kids
TMZ.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Floyd Mayweather is being sued over a frightening head-on collision involving his kids -- and Justin Bieber -- even though the boxer was on a red carpet when the accident went down.
We broke the story ... Floyd's kids were in a vehicle that slammed into another car in L.A. back in June while Flo Read Full Story >>> Frank Warren column: Don't bet on Amir Khan landing pay day against Floyd Mayweather
By Frank Warren, The Independent, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Amir Khan seems confident that victory over Devon Alexander in Las Vegas on Saturday night will guarantee him a mega-bucks showdown with the Money Man himself, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, next year. I am not so sure.
Khan may consider this non-title welterweight 12-rounder at the MGM Grand a dress rehe Read Full Story >>> Timothy Bradley: Cotto-Canelo, Mayweather-Pacquaio, those are 50-50 fights
By José Manuel Martino, BoxeoMundial, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Yesterday afternoon Former two-division champion Timothy ?Desert Storm? Bradley held a media workout ahead of his return with Diego Chaves this coming, Saturday, Dec. 13, inside the Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Before getting in the ring and performing a light workout, Bradley answered Read Full Story >>> Purses: Tim Bradley $2MM, Diego Chaves $35K
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Timothy Bradley will make a $2 million purse for Saturday's HBO main event fight against Diego Chaves, who will bring in $35,000, according to the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Bradley (31-1, 12 KO) will be a heavy favorite against Chaves (23-2, 19 KO), whose last fight was a DQ loss in Augus Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Reportedly Faces Police Interview as Murder Witness, Car Accident Lawsuit
By Sean Crose, Boxing Insider, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
Floyd ?Money? Mayweather may be known as the world?s most famous boxer, but right now he?s attracting a lot of news outside the ring.
As has been endlessly reported, Mayweather seems to have been a witness, via FaceTime, to a horrific murder-suicide earlier this week.
Gossip website TMZ, whi Read Full Story >>> Algieri Wants To Get Back in the Ring Quickly
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
You noted the degree of sureness he had in himself before the Pacquiao scrap. What, you thought Chris Algieri was rendered into a shuffling shell of himself because one of the five best boxers on the planet heat him in Macau on Nov. 22?
Nah, the Long Islander, while humbled with the knowledge tha Read Full Story >>> Blame Boxing Fans for No Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight
By Ralph Rimpell, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
For the last five years Boxing Fans, Media, Fighters, and persons of interest have expressed a desire to see Floyd Mayweather (47-0, 26KOs) match up against Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2, 38 KOs).
There have been at least half a do Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao ? Still Not Close to Happening
Sportige, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
No matter how much past their prime they are, the prospect of putting Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the same boxing ring finally is still the best prospect a lot of boxing fans have going for them. Unfortunately, despite the increased teasing between the two, it?s not really close to ha Read Full Story >>> Biting back: Boxing must sort its credibility issues
By Declan Bogue, Belfast Telegraph, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
I have this friend?Well, friend may be stretching it somewhat. His main purpose in life, as it would seem to me right now, is to pooh-pooh everything I do in my training as inferior to his scientific, hi-tech, protein-swilling, Garmin-measured training.
If there is a loose comparison to made, it Read Full Story >>> Returning Bradley has legacy on his mind
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, CBS Sports, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
You want a resume? Timothy Bradley's got your resume right here.
Two world championship belts at 140 pounds and another at 147 pounds,
the latter of which came from his win (albeit a controversial one)
over perhaps the most recognizable active fighter on the planet.
Bradley's not competed Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan continues to fly the British flag in Vegas - but who else has shone on The Strip?
By James Dielhenn, SkySports.com, Fri, 12 Dec 2014
The latest chapter in Amir Khan's Las Vegas story will be written this weekend and before his bout with Devon Alexander, Sky Sports casts an eye over British flag-bearers fighting on the grandest stage...
Amir Khan
Khan has experienced the blur of emotions on the Las Vegas Strip that are a rit Read Full Story >>>
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