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Ex-boxing champion Jimmy Ellis dies at 74
By Associated Press, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 07 May 2014
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jimmy Ellis, a heavyweight champion who sparred with an up-and-coming Muhammad Ali and later fought some of the era's best boxers, died Tuesday. He was 74.
Ellis died at a Louisville hospital, brother Jerry Ellis said. Jimmy Ellis had Alzheimer's disease in recent years.
Read Full Story >>>Mayweather still unbeaten but no longer unbeatable
By Carlos Cinco, Solar Sports, Tue, 06 May 2014
jam-packed crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena witnessed greatness once again this past weekend, as Floyd ?Money? Mayweather Jr. (46-0, 26 knockouts) put on his perennial display of boxing prowess against a tough challenger in Argentina?s Marcos ?Chino? Maidana (35-4, 31 knockouts), Saturday, May 3 Read Full Story >>> Ali wants Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
When Muhammad Ali was heavyweight champ, there was no top contender he wouldn?t fight. In fact, Ali probably has the deepest resume of any heavyweight champion in history.
His greatest rival, of course, was Joe Frazier, a champion in his own right. Their trilogy is the most famous in boxing hist Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Maidana: A Maelstrom of Moments
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
?Marvelous technology is at our disposal but instead of reaching for new heights, we try to see how far down we can go...how deep into the muck we can immerse ourselves!?
- Eric Bogosian
?Talk Radio?
?Now I will believe that there are unicorns...?
- William Shakespeare
?The Tempest?
Read Full Story >>> Boxing coach Freddie Roach spars with sport's impact on health
CBS news, Tue, 06 May 2014
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- On the second floor of a modest strip mall in Hollywood, sits Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym. At $5 a day, it draws sweat-drenched boxers. There's a reason they all come here.
Roach is perhaps the best in the game, a six-time Trainer of the Year, who's worked with champions li Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan: My religious beliefs give Floyd Mayweather an excuse not to fight me
By David Anderson, mirror.co.uk, Tue, 06 May 2014
Amir Khan has accused Floyd Mayweather Junior of trying to duck him.
Khan shone in his unanimous points win over Luis Collazo on his welterweight debut to put himself in line for a shot at Mayweather.
But the world pound-for-pound king?s next contest will be in September when Khan cannot fight Read Full Story >>> FARENAS IN IBF JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT ELIMINATOR FOR NO. 2 SPOT IN RANKINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
Hard-hitting southpaw Michael Farenas will face American Mark Davis in an IBF junior lightweight eliminator for the No.2 spot
in the rankings in a fight card at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut on July 2.
Farenas, Read Full Story >>> SALUDAR LOOKS GOOD AS HE SPARS 12 ROUNDS IN PREPARATION FOR IBF TITLE ELIMINATOR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
Undefeated Froilan ?The Sniper? Saludar sparred twelve rounds for the first time in preparation for a scheduled IBF flyweight title eliminator against McWilliams Arroyo of Puerto Rico on May 31.
The 25 year old Saluda Read Full Story >>> PALARONG PAMBANSA 2014
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
STA. CRUZ , LAGUNA - The biggest sporting event of the country, the 57th edition of the Palarong Pambansa, opened Monday in this capital of Laguna province with 12,000 athletes and officials from 17 regions.
Gov. Jeorge Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Sr not sure about son's future after Maidana fight
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 06 May 2014
Floyd Mayweather Sr says he's not certain that his son will fight on, but says he'd be OK with a rematch with Marcos Maidana.
"It still was a good performance, probably wasn't one of his best, but it was a good performance. Floyd showed one thing, Floyd showed that he can fight the guy's fight, i Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Figures Out Argentina?s Marcos Maidana Late In Fight
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Tue, 06 May 2014
LAS VEGAS-Floyd ?Money? Mayweather sweated out a close victory over the rugged fighting Argentine Marcos ?Chino? Maidana by majority decision on Saturday.
A rematch may be in store.
Few expected the fight to be as closely fought but Mayweather (46-0, 26 Kos) had probably never seen b Read Full Story >>> ?THE GREAT WHITE? BRAYD SMITH TO DEFEND TITLE ON KATSIDIS VS EARL 2 UNDERCARD
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
It is shaping up to be one of the biggest cards in Toowoomba?s boxing history and now current WBC World youth silver featherweight champion ?The Great White? Brayd Smith is set to defend his title on the undercard of ?Smithy Brings the Big fights 7? on July 4 in Toowoomba.
This will mark the firs Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER EXPECTS TO EARN $70 MILLION AFTER WIN OVER MARCOS MAIDANA
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
He was guaranteed to earn a minimum of $32 million for his latest performance, but the man known as "Money" expects to get more than double that amount when the final numbers are tallied. "$32M for 36 minutes. I'm waiting for the PPV numbers to come in so I can make another $38M on the back-end. Mak Read Full Story >>> ROACH, MARVIN DISAGREE ON MARQUEZ FIGHT
By Joaquin Henson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
Freddie Roach and his chief assistant Marvin Somodio are conjuring different visions of how the fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado will end at the Forum in Los Angeles on May 17 but a Read Full Story >>> MAIDANA EXPOSES REASONS WHY PACQUIAO-MAYWEATHER FIGHT WILL NOT HAPPEN
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
Floyd Mayweather ?picked? Marcos Maidana thinking perhaps that the slugger from Argentina would be easy to dispose of. All he needs to do is run like he usually does, roll his shoulders when attacked and poke a f Read Full Story >>> MORE BOUTS ADDED TO THE M?RQUEZ - ALVARADO UNDERCARD AT THE "FABULOUS" FORUM
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
Saturday, May 17
New Start Time will be 3:15 P.M. PT
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA ? Boxing's return to the Forum (3900 West Manchester Blvd., Inglewood, Calif. 90305) will start a little sooner than originally announced Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER-MAIDANA ON SHOWTIME FREE PREVIEW WEEKEND AVAILABLE TO 74 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 May 2014
NEW YORK, NY (May 5, 2014) ? SHOWTIME will be available to 74 million households during a Free Preview Weekend this Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11. Viewers nationwide will be able to sample the network's awa Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: The Sore Winner
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 06 May 2014
Raise your hand if you thought Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Marcos Maidana would be that competitive and that entertaining? I didn?t either. I had predicted a fight that resembled something along the lines of Mayweather-Gatti as others thought as well. I?m glad I was wrong.
Another person who may hav Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan made to wait until May 2015 for Floyd Mayweather bout
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 06 May 2014
Amir Khan has been frozen out his dream fight with Floyd Mayweather Jnr until May 2015 due his observance of Ramadan and Mayweather's unwillingness to switch his next scheduled fight from September.
In the meantime, undefeated American Keith Thurman has told Telegraph Sport that he would happil Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan dominates Collazo but is unlikely to get Mayweather next. Manny Pacquiao fight in the future?
By Frank Walsh, OTR Boxing Radio, Tue, 06 May 2014
Amir Khan was scheduled to meet Luis Collazo in a crossroads fight for both men. Their paths may differ, but both men came into this bout knowing nothing less than victory would suffice. The last couple of years have been quite difficult for Amir Khan. Narrowly losing on the scorecards to Lamont Pet Read Full Story >>>
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