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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao: Boxing's highest rated fighters, again, by 2015?
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
On the pound-for-pound list of most respectable boxing media outlets, Floyd Mayweather and Andre Ward are ranked Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.
However, Ward is in jeopardy of losing his rating - at least on some sites - due to inactivity.
THE RING Magazine, The Bible of Boxing, drops r Read Full Story >>>NBC?s Live Boxing Broadcast Delivers ? Sort Of
By Sean Crose, Boxing Insider, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
There once was a time when boxing was a staple of network sports on the weekends. Three decades or so ago, names like Ray Mancini, Hector Camacho, Michael Nunn and Donald Curry were sprinkled across the network sport?s landscape. That isn?t so much the case anymore. Boxing, as most fans know, has be Read Full Story >>> Long Island boxer Chris Algieri has movie star looks and brains, but does he have what it takes to make it?
By Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
It?s the final day of a grueling two-week press tour and Chris Algieri is getting a bit testy.
It?s Sept. 6, and he?s sitting in the backseat of a green Chevy Suburban as his dad chauffeurs him and his nephews to a local parade.
He?s the grand marshal.
The normally cool 30-year-old seems to Read Full Story >>> Lost in our own survival Olympics
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
THE New York Times on Saturday called the monster flooding caused by superstorm Mario a diluge that brought Manila to a standstill.
Correct, but not really a standstill, because the general scene was of soaked, shivering c Read Full Story >>> PINAY ABANIEL FAILS IN WBO TITLE BID IN OSAKA
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Abaniel.
OSAKA--Despite a spirited bid, gutsy Pinay Gretchen Abaniel fell short in her bid to add the WBO minimumweight title, losing via split decision to Japan's Kumiko Ikehara at the jampacked Azalea Taisho h Read Full Story >>> Chris Algieri gets his big break against Manny Pacquiao
By George Willis, New York Post, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Chris Algieri, then a junior welterweight prospect from Long Island, was among the crowd of 5,000 at the Garden Theater on Nov. 2, 2013, when Magomed Abdusalamov and Mike Perez engaged in a ferocious battle between unbeaten heavyweights that led to tragic consequences.
Abdusalamov, then 32, suffe Read Full Story >>> A likeable foe for Pacquiao
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
MANY Filipinos? loyalty will be torn between countryman Manny Pacquiao and opponent Chris Algieri when the two come face-to-face at Cotai Arena at The Venetian Macao Resort to fight for the WBO welterweight title which Pacquiao currently holds.
So far, I have yet to encounter som Read Full Story >>> Warren Buffett and Floyd Mayweather: Odd couple, perfect match or both?
By Lee Cleveland , Fight Saga, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
According to a Floyd Mayweather tweet sent in late August, investments icon Warren Buffett is part of the former's The Money Team (TMT).
(Image courtesy of TMZ)
One tweet stated, "Warren Buffett the 66.9 Billion dollar man joins The Money Team (TMT)."
Has Buffett joined TMT or is the 'Oracle Read Full Story >>> Hispanic Heritage Month: Boxing Legend Erik Morales Discusses Storied Career & New Broadcasting Job
By Edwin Molina, Latin Post, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Life after playing professional sports can be a strange phase for athletes, particularly for boxers, but Erik Morales, who retired in June, it has not been that bad for the former champion known as "El Terrible."
Since hanging the gloves up, Morales joined the Fox Deportes boxing team -- teaming Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao A Bigger Threat to Mayweather Now Than He Was Four Years Ago?
By Joe Habeeb, Tha Boxing Voice, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
There have been many fights in boxing history that we have received past their sell by date. Two top superstars in a division can only avoid each other for so long before the inevitable happens and they finally meet to decide who is truly superior. Ray Leonard finally fought Marvin Hagler in 1987 af Read Full Story >>> PPV FOR MAYWEATHER V MAIDANA 2: RUMOR OR FACT?
By Reni M. Valenzuela, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Rumors are sometimes shrewdly intentional.
Simple logic: If betting numbers for the ?Mayhem? is horribly down as reported and described by William Hill of trading Nick Bogdanovich, it is near zero probability that PPV Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Why Margarito was easier fight for Manny Pacquaio than Algieri
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Manny Pacquiao could find it a bit difficult to score a win over Chris Algieri on Nov. 22 in Macau China as the match won't be as easy as his fight against the towering Antonio Margarito in 2010, when he bagged his historic eighth division world title.
Algieri, who is unbeaten in 20 pro fights an Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Floyd?s longevity
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
THE numbers don?t lie. That is, if they are accurate. But assuming they are, Floyd Mayweather?s rematch with Marcos Maidana raked in impressive statistics: 925,000 pay per view buys and 14,859 fight tickets sold.
Not bad for somebody constantly pilloried in boxing websites. Perhaps fans were will Read Full Story >>> Arum Expects Piriyapinyo To Test Lomachenko 11/22
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 21 Sep 2014
Most American fight fans aren?t all that familiar with Thailand?s Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo.
Bob Arum knows, though, that Piriyapinyo is more than capable of testing Vasyl Lomachenko on the Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri pay-per-view undercard Nov. 22 in Macau, China, which was officially announced Th Read Full Story >>> BEAUTIFUL BRAWLERS
By Angela Woodall, Al Jazeerah, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. ? In this small town in Silicon Valley, two 15-year-old girls are trading punches. At first it?s Jessica Galvez controlling the fight, with a series of left hooks and straight rights aimed at her opponen Read Full Story >>> Matthew Aguilar: Mayweather needs Pacquiao
By Matthew Aguilar, El Paso Times, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
Since Cinco de Mayo 2007, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been boxing's "Money" man. And it's no wonder. Six, and perhaps seven, depending on who you ask, of his last 10 fights have produced more than one million pay-per-view buys apiece.
However, over his last four fights, only one has generated the ki Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight Looms Or Glooms, Depends On Mayweather's Moods, Pacquaio Responds With 'Stop Babbling' And Just Fight
By Ella Custado, Franchise Herald, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
The words of Lyle Fitzsimmons of CBSSports.com nailed it perfectly when he said Floyd Mayweather drifts "from cordial to combative to caustic" every time the question is about Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. This was proven true after his victory over Marcos Madiana on September 13, 2014 at MGM Grand whe Read Full Story >>> Mayweather sets new demands for Pacquiao fight
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
MANILA, Philippines - After Floyd Mayweather?s second consecutive victory over Marcos Maidana last week, the pool of potential opponents has grown smaller.
Still, the 37-year-old pound-for-pound best fighter in the world remains noncommittal on a fight with Manny Pacquiao, which boxing fans and Read Full Story >>> Roach Warns Algieri: Talk All You Want, It Won't Help!
By Luke Furman, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
Freddie Roach, trainer of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (56-5-2, 38KOs), is not threatened by the growing confidence of their next opponent, undefeated WBO 140-pound champion Chris Algieri (20-0, 8KOs). The fight is set for November 22nd at the Venetian in Macau, China.
In an earlier a Read Full Story >>> Rafael Garcia Walking Into the Sunset, Away from Team Mayweather
By Paul Magno, The Boxing Tribune, Sat, 20 Sep 2014
85-year-old cutman and handwrap virtuoso Rafael Garcia has spent more than seven decades in the sport he loves and has worked with the likes of Lupe Pintor, Roberto Duran, Alexis Arguello, Erik Morales, and Wilfredo Gomez, but Floyd Mayweather, according to him, will always occupy a special place in Read Full Story >>>
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