Zou Shiming & Vasyl Lomachenko: Two Great Amateurs, One Solid Looking Professional
By Sergio Luis Martinez, Boxing Insider, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
Boxing, like any other business, is about positioning and having the commodity in highest demand by the consumers. There are many streams from which boxing?s top promoters regularly cultivate fighters but history has shown that Olympic stars can turn into big draws in the paid ranks. There have been  Read Full Story >>>

The Pittsburgh Kid: ?You could have been another Billy Conn??
By Norman Marcus , Boxing.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
?You need to fight Louis every minute of every round, you need someone who can take his punches and give him some back?? Actor Rod Steiger spoke that line in the 1954 movie, ?On the Waterfront.? It has become a part of our pop culture. So has our memory of Billy Conn. William David ?Billy? Conn,   Read Full Story >>>

Fitness expert joins Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
When Manny Pacquiao reports for training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood next month, he will be welcomed there by a familiar face, someone who played a part in his ascension to superstardom. Former fighter Justin Fortune, who now owns and operates a gym several blocks from the Wild Card  Read Full Story >>>

Will there be a home landing for this great Pinoy?
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2014

LOUIE Sanyano, a shortish marketplace sports devotee with two front teeth missing, wanted to know when Filipino figure skating wonderboy Michael Christian Martinez would be coming home. The wiry, overworked meat cleaver   Read Full Story >>>

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: Mixers tie series; something's wrong with Best Player of Conference race process
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
There are many ways to address the problem of fatigue in an athlete, or, for that matter, an entire team. One of them is water therapy being resorted to by many conditioning coaches in all sports. OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, in fact, has encountered several cases of individual athletes and teams encounte  Read Full Story >>>

TALISAY CITY OPEN BOXING, 18TH FEB.
By Felman Gingoyon, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
True to it's tradition of being a rich and fertile spawning grounds of boxing champions, Barangay Lagtang in Talisay City, Cebu, will again be hosting an open (amateur) boxing event in line with the annual fiesta celebration. The city boasts of having former WBA flyweight champion Bernabe Villacampo  Read Full Story >>>

Roger Mayweather pays his respect to Manny Pacquiao as dangerous rematch with Bradley nears
By Chris Robinson, Hustle Boss, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
It?s been well-documented that WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley doesn?t feel Manny Pacquiao is the same fighter who he faced in June of 2012. On April 12, inside of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Bradley will face Pacquiao in a crucial rematch an effort to erase the bad taste that w  Read Full Story >>>

Amir Khan versus Marcos Maidana: Breaking down who is the most appealing option for Floyd Mayweather
BoxingNews, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
On and on (and on and on) it goes. Both Amir Khan and Marcos Maidana are waiting to discover who gets the golden ticket - a May 3 superfight with Floyd Mayweather. We break down the pros and cons of both potential opponents for the pound-for-pound king... AMIR KHAN The case against: - He?  Read Full Story >>>

Marcos Maidana and Floyd Mayweather Jr. advisors in talks
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
Marcos Maidana's manager told RingTV.com on Monday that he expects to talk today with Al Haymon, the advisor of both Maidana and Floyd Mayweather Jr., regarding a potential fight against Mayweather. Amir Khan also is in the running for the May 3 bout. Khan said in December that he already has si  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather thrashing leaves Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez with a lot to prove against Alfredo Angulo
By Blair Newman, BoxingNews, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
EXACTLY how good is Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez? It's a question that has often been asked since the flame-haired Mexican emerged as a prodigy fresh off a gruelling circuit which had seen him fight more than 30 times before his 20th birthday. Now a star at just 23 years of age, Alvarez seems to have c  Read Full Story >>>

Khan and Maidana are playing Mayweather?s waiting game
By Agence France Press, The National, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
LAS VEGAS // Undefeated welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr is making England?s Amir Khan and Argentina?s Marcos Maidana wait to learn which of them he will fight in May. The WBC welterweight champion, 45-0 with 26 knockouts, has a scheduled May 3 bout in Las Vegas but has yet to identify w  Read Full Story >>>

Friendship Aside, Wilder Says He?s Coming To Destroy Scott
By Peter Clarke, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 18 Feb 2014
On March 15th in Puerto Rico, heavyweights Deontay Wilder (30-0 with 30 KOs) and Malik Scott (36-1-1 with 13 KOs) will square off on the Danny Garcia ? Mauricio Herrera undercard. The 2 are both friends that are hoping a win against each other will propel themselves into a bigger fight, possibly for  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO?S SPARRING PARTNER RHODES SAYS HE?S FASTER AND HITS HARDER THAN BRADLEY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014

Rhodes. ?Fighter of the Decade? Manny Pacquiao?s sparring partner, undefeated Lydell Rhodes (19-0, 9 KO?s) in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with the Manila Standard some hours after he arrived on Sunday said ?I bring   Read Full Story >>>

Ramirez Injured; Montoya camp steps up to challenge Farenas
By Mike Angel Lopez, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014

The much awaited fight on March 14 between the world ranked Michael ?Hammer Fist? Farenas (37-4-29KO) and Mexican Jose ?Negro? Ramirez (25-4-15KO) for the prestigious WBO Oriental Super Featherweight Championship was put on hol  Read Full Story >>>

World Champs Elcock & Oakey Headline Special UK Charity Event This Saturday
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Former World Boxing Union (WBU) Champions Wayne Elcock and Tony ?Oakey Kokey? Oakey are set to go toe to toe this coming Saturday, when they headline the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym, in association with the World Boxing Union, special Charity Spar-Box event, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, at the Menzies Pr  Read Full Story >>>

NBA All-Star Weekend - Pinoy cager sizzles in Special Olympics Game
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014

NEW ORLEANS -- A Flipino was chosen to take part in an NBA Cares event dubbed as the Special Olympics Unified Sports Basketball here at the Jam Sessions' Sprint Arena. Ronald Macaspac, a 6-foot-3 Ilocano, did not d  Read Full Story >>>

OBSERVE AND FIGHT: PACQUIAO VS. BRADLEY 2 DRUG TESTING FINALLY RESOLVED
By David Kassel , FightHype.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014
It's Monday. Welcome back for another edition of Observe and Fight, The Boxing Observer's compilation of observations and random thoughts from the week that was in boxing. Get caught up on some of the most recent events you may have missed out on, including the drug testing issue finally being solve  Read Full Story >>>

No deal yet for Mayweather's next fight
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Amir Khan or Marcos Maidana? Marcos Maidana or Amir Khan? They are who it is down to for welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s next fight on May 3 (Showtime PPV) -- unless he pulls a shocker out of his hat. Rumors circulate daily as to who will get the fight. Fight fans are going crazy about  Read Full Story >>>

Requiem for a Repeat
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 17 Feb 2014
I have to be honest; I had no clue whatsoever that Vivian Harris was scheduled to fight this past weekend in the U.K. I was more than relieved to find that his scheduled bout versus Bradley Skeete was scrapped after he failed a pre-fight medical (boxingnewsonline.net/vivian-harris) but the beat - or  Read Full Story >>>

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