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Chris Algieri believes he can make Manny Pacquiao fight a good sell
By Greg Logan, NewsDay.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
When the time comes to sell little-known Chris Algieri's improbable challenge to WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and HBO, which will produce the pay-per-view telecast on Nov. 22, won't have to ask Algieri twice if he's ready for his close-up.
The Huntington b Read Full Story >>>Algieri Has Been Watching Tape To Get Ready For Pacquiao...Tape of 24/7!
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
I cracked up when I was questioning Chris Algieri, who scored the opportunity of his fighting lifetime when he signed to fight Manny Pacquiao in Macau on Nov. 22, after I asked him if he had started watching tape of Pacman, to help his prep.
"I've been watching the HBO 24/7, the last fight betwee Read Full Story >>> Mayweather salutes ?real man who built Golden Boy?
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
LOS ANGELES ? As Floyd Mayweather Jr. was holding court with reporters Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel, he looked over his shoulder and saw a familiar, friendly face.
It was Richard Schaefer.
Schaefer, who quit June 2 as the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions and is looking to start his own business, Read Full Story >>> Canelo vs. Lara, Lopez vs. Vargas & The Premiere Of ALL ACCESS: Canelo vs. Lara Epilogue Premieres Saturday on SHOWTIME
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
??.Just don?t expect the spicy discussions about Saturday night?s split decision to subside anytime soon.? - Mark Whicker, Boxing Scene
PLUS, THE PREMIERE OF ?ALL ACCESS: CANELO VS. LARA EPILOGUE?
Relive All The Drama Of Read Full Story >>> Minnesota's Caleb Truax Out for Redemption against Derek Ennis on Friday, July 25, at UIC Pavilion in Chicago
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
WBA #15, IBF #13, and WBO #11-rated Caleb "Golden" Truax (23-1-2, 14 KOs) of Osseo, Minnesota, admits he didn't look so great in his last fight.
Paired up against notorious spoiler Ossie Duran in January of this year, live worldwide on ESPN Friday Night Fights, Truax's red-hot streak of victories Read Full Story >>> How Sure Is Algieri He Will Beat Pacquiao? "ONE HUNDRED PERCENT"
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Twitter, I like to say, was built to exemplify the phrase "contempt prior to investigation."
People will fire off a half baked, fully furious critique of an issue or a person they know almost nothing about with the certainty possessed by someone with a Master's degree in the matter.
So it was Read Full Story >>> Zou Shiming, still grasping pro game, in first 10-rounder Saturday against Luis De La Rosa
By Robert Morales, L.A. Daily News, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Trainer Freddie Roach has made an indelible mark on the world of boxing. But it?s quite a task even for someone like Roach to turn a lifelong amateur into a world-champion prize-fighter.
With Zou Shiming, that?s Roach?s challenge. It?s a tough one. Roach must take the two-time Olympic gold-medal Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr. opens door to chasing 50-0 record
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Thursday hedged on ending his boxing career at the close of his six-fight Showtime contract that is scheduled to expire after a planned bout in September 2015.
Now that he?s only 14 months away from that time, with the opportunity to surpass late heavyweight champion Rocky Read Full Story >>> Unflappable Maidana Saying, Doing All The Right Things Ahead of Mayweather Rematch
By Dennis Cruz, Boxing Buzz, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Leading up to his first match with Floyd Mayweather last May, it was charming the way Maidana seemed above it all when it came to the magnitude of the event awaiting him. Through it all- the exhaustive press conferences and TV, print, and internet scrutiny?Maidana remained unflappable and completely Read Full Story >>> Boxing politics ease the way for Floyd Mayweather
By Mark Whicker, USA Today, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is undefeated and, like Rocky Marciano, hopes to retire that way.
Since he is not in a conference and does not put himself into brackets, he is likely to.
An impenetrable DMZ divides boxing. Mayweather has been on the side of Golden Boy Promotions, which never crosses path Read Full Story >>> Gennady Golovkin: ?I Understand My Situation.?
By Sean Crose, Boxing Insider, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
?No,? Gennady Golovkin said to me after I asked if he felt boxing?s biggest names were avoiding him. ?I understand my situation.?
How many other fighters in Golovkin?s position would be as reasonable, or as humble? The man is a monster in the ring, after all, the most feared fighter in the world, Read Full Story >>> Who Would Make Bert Sugar?s Top 100 List Today?
By Aaron Tallent, The Sweet Science, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
?Who was the greatest?? and ?Who was better, fighter #1 or fighter #2?? are the questions that begin two timeless conversations between boxing fans. These arguments that take place in venues varying from barbershops to bars always need fodder. Whether you loved or hated him, Bert Randolph Sugar fill Read Full Story >>> PBA: The ring champ is a rookie
By Waylon Galvez, Tempo, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Manila, Philippines ? Sixteen years after he was tabbed with the No. 1 overall pick in the Rookie Draft, Danny Ildefonso was again plucked first as newcomer Blackwater Sports named the two-time PBA MVP No. 1 overall in the Expansion Draft yesterday at Microtel?s Tito Chef in Libis, Quezon City.
S Read Full Story >>> Outside the Ring: Kathy Duva
By Jill Diamond , Boxing.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Kathy Duva?s apprehension about the fate of boxing is fueled by her concerns about its diminishing fan base?
Sports and Philanthropy: A series of articles dedicated to those who?ve given their all and still give more. Each article will feature a different community champion; no belts, no medals, Read Full Story >>> WHO IS CHRIS ALGIERI?
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Christopher Mark Algieri was born March 2, 1984 in Huntington, New York and is the current WBO world lightwelterweight champion. Chris will face the biggest fight of his career against Manny Pacquiao on November 22, 2014 at the Cotai A Read Full Story >>> Why Chris Algieri is Not a Hard Sell
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Raise your hand if you are excited that Manny Pacquiao is returning to the ring to fight Chris Algieri later this November in Macao? Not many people are too happy that this is Manny Pacquiao?s next opponent and are even more upset because it will be a card that you will have to shell out 60-70 bucks Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Maidana divert focus
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
The media tour is over, and now it's off to training camp as Floyd Mayweather Jr. heads home to his gym in Las Vegas and Marcos Maidana heads to trainer Robert Garcia's gym in Oxnard, California.
Pound-for-pound king/unified welterweight champion Mayweather and former titlist Maidana hit five Read Full Story >>> One more chance to shine for Rigo
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Junior featherweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux is as dominant as any fighter in boxing, but for all his talent he has provided precious little entertainment, which is why he is essentially banned from HBO. The network, which works closely with his promoter, Top Rank, simply has no interest in bu Read Full Story >>> Schaefer surprises Mayweather in LA, is branded 'The Real Man of Golden Boy'
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
Former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer made his return to the spotlight since leaving his post at the promotional outfit as he turned up at Floyd Mayweather's press conference in LA on Thursday.
Schaefer, who has been linked to a position with Mayweather's own company, The Money Team, surprised t Read Full Story >>> Smoger: Without Rose Colored Glasses
By Ted Sares, The Boxing Tribune, Sat, 19 Jul 2014
?My proclivity is to allow the fight to go to its natural conclusion, and to let them solve it and to let them resolve it?Sometimes, there comes a time when I have to make the call. But if I can prolong it and give them every opportunity, so be it? ? Steve Smoger.
Back on March 6, 1999 in Atlanti Read Full Story >>>
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