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Cassius Clay vs. Sonny Liston and the fights that molded a champion
By Tom Gray, RingTV.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
?Courage is grace under pressure.? ? Ernest Hemmingway
The fight was like a dream for the young Cassius Clay who, at 22 years of age, dethroned a terrifying heavyweight champion in Sonny Liston, before legally changing his name to Muhammad Ali and forging a path to greatness.
Clay w Read Full Story >>>Carl Froch: ?Mayweather-Khan would have been a mismatch. Mayweather is #1 in the world and rightly so. I think Amir Khan is ranked 68th!?
By Jenna Jay, OTR Boxing Radio, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
In what will be one of the most anticipated fights of 2014, Carl Froch and George Groves will meet once again in a rematch that will take place on May 31st. The first bout was an exciting encounter that saw the heavy favorite Froch, shockingly hit the canvas in the very first round, and getting up o Read Full Story >>> Why is Miguel Cotto joining Pacquiao's camp in Gensan
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Puerto Rican boxing champ Miguel Cotto is reported to be joining Manny Pacquiao in his General Santos City (Gensan) training camp while the Filipino star is preparing for his crucial rematch with Timothy Bradley on April 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Boxing fans are asking why Cotto will be training alo Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Pelicans brace for Clippers visit
By Absalon Inocian, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
NEW ORLEANS -- After a disappointing 94-93 loss at the hands of the Washington Wizards last Saturday in Washington D.C., the New Orleans Pelicans hope to bounce back when they host the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night at the Smoothie King Center.
Since hosting the NBA All-Star Weekend last Febru Read Full Story >>> ?Solo Boxeo? Boxing Results: Sonsona, Tso, and Murata Victorious in Macau
By Sergio Luis Martinez, Boxing Insider, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
A special ?Solo Boxeo? from Macao, China featured bouts from the ?Fists of Gold? undercard boxing event promoted by Top Rank. The televised fights showcased the promotional giant?s younger and relatively unknown stable of fighters. There was plenty of excitement and potential on exhibition.
The Read Full Story >>> SONSONA NEWS BYTES AND PHOTOS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Marvin Sonsona, now back as marvelous again, told the international media gathered at the Venetian Theatre Thursday afternoon: ?I will make this a good fight so you will know that I am Marvin Sonsona.? Read Full Story >>>Marvin Sonsona: The new ?Bad Boy from Dadiangas?
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
MACAU - Marvin Sonsona knew the moment his fist connected with Akifumi Shimoda?s jaw that the fight was over. The punch - a perfectly timed left uppercut that landed square on Shimoda?s jaw - sent an audible crack through the Venetian Resort?s Cotai Arena in Macau, reversing two rounds of listlessne Read Full Story >>> Marvin Sonsona marvelous again
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
MANILA, Philippines - Marvin Sonsona is looking marvelous once more.
The Filipino boxer, who became world champion at age 19 and just months after said he wanted to quit boxing, yesterday scored a sensational knockout win at the Cotain Arena in Macau.
Sonsona, the former WBO super flyweight ch Read Full Story >>> Measuring ?Azukal?
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
It must have been about two years ago when we first (and last) came face-to-face with boxer Genesis Servania for a one-on-one interview, along with his ALA stablemates Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes and Milan ?El Methodico? Melindo, who top-billed an international triple main event at Resorts World Hotel and Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Pacers breeze past Bucks, 110-100
By Marco Del Castillo, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
MILWAUKEE -- In a match-up between the Eastern Conference's best and worst teams, the Indiana Pacers easily dispatched the Milwaukee Bucks, 110-100, Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Led by All-Star Pa Read Full Story >>> Celebrity Birthdays Today, February 24: Steve Jobs, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kristin Davis, Jaymi Hensley, Earl Sweatshirt, Pooja Bhatt
By Martin Cid, Yareah.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Well, today we have no doubt at all in our choice. Our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today is for a man who, in certain sense, change the world. Co-founder of Apple Inc with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, Steve Jobs was born in California in 1955 and, like many people there before him, he started a differ Read Full Story >>> GELLO-ANI WILL FINALIZE DETAILS OF SONSONA?S NEXT FIGHT IN TWO WEEKS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Newly crowned WBO International featherweight champion ?Marvelous? Marvin Sonsona was scheduled to leave for his hometown of General Santos City on Monday but promised to return in a week and to get back to the gym to Read Full Story >>> COTTO WON?T SPAR WITH PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
?Trainer of the Year? Freddie Roach who was scheduled to leave on Monday to join ?Fighter of the Decade? Manny Pacquiao at his training camp in General Santos City disclosed that even if Miguel Cotto trains alon Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto seeks title in fourth weight class, will fight Sergio Martinez on June 7
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
One of the most intriguing matches of the year will be held on June 7 at Madison Square Garden in New York, when Miguel Cotto moves up to middleweight to challenge Sergio Martinez for the WBC 160-pound title in the main event of a card to be televised on HBO Pay-Per-View.
Cotto, who is coming off Read Full Story >>> Roach opens GenSan camp sans Somodio
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
MANILA, Philippines - Freddie Roach will go it alone without Filipino chief assistant Marvin Somodio in Manny Pacquiao?s training camp in General Santos City but the entire team reunites at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles tentatively in two weeks.
No date is set for Pacquiao?s departure for the Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Why Timothy Bradley won't engage Manny Pacquiao toe-to-toe
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
It is almost unthinkable to see Timothy Bradley engaging Manny Pacquiao toe-to-toe when they face each other in a rematch on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
For Bradley to wander around Pacquiao's territory even in the early rounds would be disastrous if not outright suicidal, know Read Full Story >>> Reggie Johnson: ?I don?t understand why Mayweather & Pacquiao don?t want to break every PPV record and give the fight fans what they want!?
By Frank Walsh, OTR Boxing Radio, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Reggie Johnson?s career spanned 52 fights (44-7-1) 25KO, amounting to 374 rounds boxed as a professional. Facing many of his era?s best fighters, Johnson won the WBA Middleweight and IBF Light Heavyweight titles. Reggie we appreciate taking the time out to speak with us.
Frank Walsh: Three year Read Full Story >>> Glen Johnson is not Bernard Hopkins
By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Mon, 24 Feb 2014
the surface, former two-time light-heavyweight champion Glengoffe Johnson?s recent four-round knockout win over on Jaime Velasquez looks impressive. Johnson is, after all, 45 ? only a few years younger than his fellow light-heavyweight Methuselah, Bernard Hopkins. And Velasquez came into the fight w Read Full Story >>> DANNY FLORES LOOMS AS OPPONENT FOR VILLANUEVA AFTER JUAN HERNANDEZ WAS INJURED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 23 Feb 2014
23 year old Mexican Danny ?Venado? Flores looms as an opponent for undefeated WBO International super flyweight champion ?King Arthur? Villanueva (24-0, 14 KO?s) after Juan Hernandez had to pull-out followi Read Full Story >>> Ronda Rousey KO?s Sara McMann in Round 1 at UFC 170
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 23 Feb 2014
As the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi comes to a close, two former Olympic medal winners continued the tradition of the games, this time in the dangerous world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA).
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UF Read Full Story >>>
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