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ABNER MARES SET TO SIGN WITH AL HAYMON
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Fri, 06 Jun 2014
ources close to the information have informed us that former WBC featherweight champion Abner Mares is on the verge of signing with influential adviser Al Haymon. Mares would join former welterweight champion Luis Collazo and light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson as the newest additions to Hay Read Full Story >>>SONSONA GETS ENDORSEMENT DEAL
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Jun 2014
NEW YORK ? As a sign of things to come, Filipino knockout artist Marvin Sonsona got his first endorsement in a one-off deal with Mitsubishi Motors where the former world champion had to carry the carmaker logo during t Read Full Story >>> GANDIONCO, ENRIQUEZ MAKE WEIGHT FOR THEIR IBO TITLE FIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA (WEIGH-IN PHOTOS)
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Jun 2014
Despite arriving in South Africa just 24 hours before the weigh-in ceremony, Filipino warriors Gandionco and Enriquez were successful at the scales Thursday afternoon in East London.
The first one to step on was u Read Full Story >>> Cotto vs Martinez: The Ringcraft of Miguel Cotto
By Connor Ruebusch , Bloody Elbow, Fri, 06 Jun 2014
ver since Miguel Cotto vs. Sergio Martinez was first announced, there has been one question dominating public perception of the contest: will Sergio Martinez be healthy enough to beat Miguel Cotto? At 39 years of age, Martinez has walked away from both of his last two fights with injuries to his lef Read Full Story >>> The state of HBO Boxing: A sit-down with president Ken Hershman
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Fri, 06 Jun 2014
It has been a solid first half of the year for HBO Boxing. The network continued to lead the industry in ratings, drawing in the top six largest audiences for fights this year, topped by the 1.39 million viewers who watched Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.'s rematch against Bryan Vera in March. To date, ratin Read Full Story >>> Oscar De la Hoya Reflects on His Past, Present and Future
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
This week, all eyes have been on Oscar De la Hoya for reasons beyond the main. Depending on who you talk to, his company, Golden Boy Promotions, named for his ring moniker, on the verge of falling apart, healing the promotional ?Cold War? or was ransacked from within by newly-resigned CEO Dick Schae Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: De la Hoya needs to disclose GBP fighters after Schaefer breakup
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) owner Oscar de la Hoya needs to disclose the official list of fighters who are still under contract with GBP following his breakup with long-time business partner and CEO Richard Schaefer.
Schaefer resigned early this week as CEO of GBP after steering the company for mo Read Full Story >>> Cotto vs. Martinez: Prediction
By Ted Sares, RingNews24, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
It would be impossible for me to be at a higher level. No human being can be more powerful than I am. That?s what Cotto?s going up against. He?s facing me at my best in the ring. I?m sure Cotto only took the fight after seeing my fight against Martin Murray.??Sergio Martinez
?I think we win in f Read Full Story >>> Big fight in Dubai?
By Jonathan Perez, Business Mirror, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
PRINCE Amir Shafipour, a fight promoter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is hoping to accomplish what Top Rank and Golden Boy just could not seem to pull off?get Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. to finally fight each other.
Shafipour told the Dubai-based Gulf News, that he is ?dead ser Read Full Story >>> Andy Lee ready for MSG challenge against John Jackson
By Declan O'Kelly, Irish Central, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
Light middleweight Andy Lee (32-2, 22 KOs) will fight John Jackson (18-1, 15 KOs) for the vacant NABF light middleweight title at Madison Square Garden this Saturday night. The fight is scheduled for 10 rounds and will feature on the HBO PPV televised undercard of the middleweight fight between Migu Read Full Story >>> Boxing revival in Gensan
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
While resurgence of boxing in this city took its inspiration from favorite son Manny Pacquiao, it isn?t the 8-division world boxing champion that is spearheading a revival of the sports that has produced a long line of world and Philippine champions for General Santos City.
It is the tandem of yo Read Full Story >>> SONSONA CONFIDENT OF MAKING WEIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
?Marvelous? Marvin Sonsona is confident of making the 126 pound featherweight limit by the time of the official weigh-in at 3:00 p.m. on Friday (Saturday in Manila) for his rematch against former Wilfredo Vazquez Jr of Puert Read Full Story >>> For whom the bell tolls
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
The confusion on why Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon ordered the ringing of the bell to start the fifth round in the WBA featherweight title bout between Nonito Donaire, Jr. and Simpiwe Vetyeka in Macau last weekend has p Read Full Story >>> DONNIE CELEBRATES
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
WBO light flyweight and Ring magazine lineal world champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes is back in Cebu after a well deserved vacation. His victory party was a bit overdue. Nietes also turned 32 three days after his all-important re Read Full Story >>> NAVARRO KNOCKS OUT MOSQUERA TO WIN THE WBC FECARBOX TITLE IN PANAMA
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
In an exciting Wednesday night boxing card at the plush Riu Hotel in Calle 50, Ciudad de Panam?, tough Venezuelan welterweight fighter Charlie Navarro (24-7, 19 KO's) came from behind to score an impressive win over previou Read Full Story >>> RUSLAN PROVODNIKOV ? CHRIS ALGIERI CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
Marc Abrams: The ?Siberian Rocky? Ruslan Provodnikov will defend his WBO Junior Welterweight Championship against undefeated New Yorker Chris Algieri Saturday night, June 14, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and it will Read Full Story >>> Trifecta: Gunn Jr scores third straight first round blowout
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
Hackensack, NJ (June 4, 2014) ?Fast rising prospect Bobby Gunn Jr. continued his path of destruction last Saturday at the Birchwood Manor in Whippany, NJ, taking out Christopher Strootman in 129 seconds.
After briefly feeling his opponent out, Gunn Jr. decked Strootman with a crisp overhand righ Read Full Story >>> Kings of the Ring: A Conversation with Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes at Turning Stone
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
VERONA, NY (June 4, 2014) -- Turning Stone hosted "Kings of the Ring: A Conversation with Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes" today to promoted this week's ESPN Friday Night Fights (see fact sheet below), promoted by Iron Read Full Story >>> Cotto-Martinez gamesmanship shows fighters will still do anything for an edge
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
NEW YORK ? Gamesmanship has been a part of boxing for as long as there have been ropes pulled tightly around four ring posts. Popular boxers have regularly leveraged their notoriety to gain some sort of edge, real or imagined.
Sugar Ray Leonard famously used his influence to land all sorts of adv Read Full Story >>> Back to Basics
By Steve Kim, Sports on Earth, Thu, 05 Jun 2014
LOS ANGELES -- Miguel Cotto has employed various trainers in his distinguished career, ranging from the obscure to the distinguished. As he prepares to face middleweight king Sergio Martinez this Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, in a bid to become the first Puerto Rican to win championships Read Full Story >>>
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