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Bob Arum confirms he was pulled from Lomachenko v Russell conference call
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 11 Jun 2014
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum has informed World Boxing News that he was halted from participating in Tuesday's media conference call to talk about fighter Vasyl Lomachenko's upcoming world title fight with Gary Russell Jr.
Arum was due to be involved as both fighters discussed their upcoming vacant WBO Read Full Story >>>Is Gary Russell Jr.-Vasyl Lomachenko a thaw in the cold war?
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Wed, 11 Jun 2014
Gary Russell Jr. called his WBO title bout on June 21 against Top-Rank promoted Vasyl Lomachenko at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., a potential "breakthrough" in the long-running "Cold War" that has prevented Top Rank's fighters from facing those such as Russell who are promoted by Golden Boy and Read Full Story >>> Naazim Richardson: ?Hopkins shouldn?t have to wait five years after retirement, he should be able to go into the Hall of Fame right away!?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Wed, 11 Jun 2014
Trainer Naazim Richardon is widely regarded as one of the best strategists in the sport, and has helped craft the game plans that have seen fighters such as Bernard Hopkins and many others overcome the odds time and time again. Richardson is now set to do that more, as Bernard Hopkins seems set for Read Full Story >>> Boxing and Politics
By Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com, Wed, 11 Jun 2014
There are similarities between boxing and politics. Both are about winning. Both are about power. Both are blood sports?
No sport embodies individuality as thoroughly as boxing. Fighters may have trainers and cutmen, managers and promoters, nutritionists, mascots and hangers-on, but as the grea Read Full Story >>> PROVODNIKOV vs. ALGIERI MEDIA LUNCHEON QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 11 Jun 2014
BROOKLYN (June 10, 2014) - This past Saturday, WBO Jr. Welterweight champion Ruslan Provodnikov and undefeated challenger Chris Algieri met with a small group of journalists at Uncle Jack's Steakhouse in New York City to talk Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE TO TRAIN AT LEAST THREE MONTHS FOR HIS NEXT FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Five division world champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire is set to train for at least three months for his next fight in which he is eyeing either a rematch with Simpiwe Vetyeka from whom he won the WBA featherweig Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto, Champion: Post-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Miguel Cotto has won belts before.
In purist terms, on Saturday night he became one of history?s genuine champions for the first time. If anyone had predicted when Cotto was struggling with DeMarcus Corley and Ricardo Torres at 140 that he would one day hold the Middleweight crown, it would have Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao facing an identity crisis?
ESPN.com, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Does anyone - including Manny Pacquiao - know who he is trying to be any more? The man, formerly best known as a boxer, has announced he is moving into a new line of work, taking over as coach of a new professional basketball team in his native Philippines.
He is already a serving politician as Read Full Story >>> Sonsona needs work: Gello-ani
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
DESPITE the win, Sammy Gello-ani believes that Marvin Sonsona needs a bit of tweaking before moving on to challenge for another world championship.
?Sonsona's performance was unsatisfactory, knowing he can do more than that. The early rounds were impressive but in the latter rounds he faded. I ad Read Full Story >>> Roach, Arum Dismissive Of Pacquiao-Cotto Rematch
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
NEW YORK ? A second fight against Manny Pacquiao is one rematch Miguel Cotto apparently won?t entertain.
Trainer Freddie Roach and promoter Bob Arum appear to be against the possibility of Cotto taking a shot at avenging his 12th-round technical knockout loss to Pacquiao in November 2009. Cotto h Read Full Story >>> Cotto win hands Mayweather path to sixth-weight world title
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
A huge amount of possibilities have opened up in the wake of light-middleweight contender Miguel Cotto jumping up to 160 to claim the WBC title as the Puerto Rican cruised past veteran Sergio Martinez in New York.
Cotto, 33, could only make 155lbs of the 159lb stipulated catchweight clash and has Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Legless Martinez no match for Cotto
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
THEY say that the devil is in the details. In Sergio Martinez? case, almost everyone who predicted he would win against Miguel Cotto, (this Last Rounder included) completely overlooked the devilish little detail that he had surgery on his right knee after each of his last two fights.
For a fighte Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto & This Week in Boxing
By Michael McCarthy , Pundit Arena, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Boxing can be a cruel game. It tests every aspect of a fighter?s makeup. If there is a flaw or fault in a fighter, physically or mentally, stepping into the ring is one good way of exposing it. On Saturday night, at New York?s famous Madison Square Garden, Sergio Martinez found that out first hand.
Read Full Story >>> Is Manny Pacquiao focusing on coaching Kia Motors and giving up on bid to play in PBA? Look again
By Snow Badua, Spin.ph, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
MANNY Pacquiao isn't telegraphing his punches as far as his PBA plans are concerned, but the possibility of the boxing hero coaching and playing for Kia Motors isn?t far-fetched.
In his press conference on Monday where he was officially named head coach of the expansion team, the eight-division w Read Full Story >>> Glen Tapia Returns Saturday
By Sevak Sarkisian, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Jr. middleweight boxer Glen Tapia (20-1 12KO?s) will be making his return to the ring after suffering a brutal loss at the hands of James Kirkland in December of last year. Tapia will be facing journeyman Keenan Collins (15-8 8KO?s) on June 14th at Bally?s in Atlantic City New Jersey.
Since suffe Read Full Story >>> Filipino Boxer Manny Pacquiao Courts a New Role in Basketball
By Cris Larano, The Wall Street Journal, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
MANILA, The Philippines?World boxing champ Manny Pacquiao was not pulling a fake out when he said he would be moving into basketball, the Philippines? most popular sport.
The fighting icon, who also serves as a congressman for the southern province of Saranggani, recently agreed to coach one of t Read Full Story >>> Foolish Pick Opens Door To Super Fight Possibilities
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
It?s one thing to be wrong.
It?s another thing to be so preposterously wrong that you breathe deeply and thank God for the restraint that kept you from making a really stupid wager on what you saw as a sure thing.
Such was the case with me, Miguel Cotto and Sergio Martinez on Saturday night.
Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather is shot, Miguel Cotto rematch won't happen, insists Freddie Roach
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
After Miguel Cotto?s sensational, title winning effort against Sergio Martinez this past Saturday night, head trainer Freddie Roach had more than a few words to say to the media in attendance about a potential rematch between the newly crowned 160 pound champion and pound for pound king Floyd Maywea Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto proves a man with a plan can become THE MAN
By Warren Tasker, Edmonton Journal, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
Boxing is a beautiful thing.
Logic and predictability are always trying to tame the beast, to get the damn thing under control. The Sweet Science turns sour when forces of any kind attempt to give the fight game an order or two.
On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City boxin Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya: "We, the promoters, must stop carrying petty grudges..."
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Tue, 10 Jun 2014
On Sunday, June 8th, five division world champion and leader of the largest promotional outfit within the fight community Oscar De la Hoya was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his athletic achievements in the sport of boxing.
During his acceptance speech in Canastota, New Y Read Full Story >>>
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