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KO of the year: Stevenson-Dawson
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Then-light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson likely anticipated a June 8 challenge from Adonis Stevenson with less trepidation than his showdown nine months earlier with Andre Ward. He was back at a more comfortable weight, instead of shedding seven pounds to take on the super middleweight champion. And Read Full Story >>>Golden Boy/Showtime Best Union of 2013: Promoter and Network of the Year
By Victor Salazar, Boxing Insider, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Has anyone made a bigger impact then the union between Golden Boy Promotions and Showtime? It can?t be argued anymore, Golden Boy has the largest and biggest stable in the sport of boxing today and now that it basically has its own network to showcase their fights, they have certainly delivered.
Read Full Story >>> Ioka, Uchiyama, Miura retain titles in Japan; Miyazaka Upset
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
In what is becoming an annual tradition, Japan's best talents rang in the New Year with world title defenses on separate cards on opposite ends of the country.
At the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, WBA junior lightweight titleholder Takashi Uchiyama (21-0-1, 17 knockouts) made the eighth s Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather on Manny Pacquiao: Aristotelian Logic This Is Not
By Ivan G. Goldman, Boxing Insider, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Dear Kirk Jackson,
With all due respect, allow me to direct your attention to your recent column on this site titled ?Showtime is setting the standard for boxing commentary.? Your applause was so deafening I feared you might hurt yourself. I entreat you to step back and take a more thorough look. Read Full Story >>> MAASIN CITY 2013 BOXING YEARENDER
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
The year 2013 will end and it is but fitting to look back at some boxing hihglights in this city which has been the host of several events - both national and regional in scope. We also looked at the fights of some boxe Read Full Story >>> Mexican Amateur Star Jesus Cantua Debuts with KO Win
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Former Mexican amateur standout Jesus Cantua made a successful professional debut on Friday, December 20, knocking out Victor Ortiz (0-2) in the first round at the Salon Del Ayuntamiento in his hometown of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.
After dropping his foe with a right cross moments into the fight, Read Full Story >>> Doghouse Boxing's Fight of the Year: Timothy Bradley W 12 Ruslan Provodnikov
By John Raspanti, DogHouseBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Nobody saw this one coming.
Undefeated titleholder Timothy Bradley was coming off a highly-debatable decision win over Manny Pacquiao, while Ruslan Provodnikov was an unknown with the catchy nickname of the ?Siberian Rocky?
He quickly lived up to his moniker.
Still smarting from his vic Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Henares in shootfest
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
WHO WILL WIN? Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao accuses Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares of harassing him. But Henares claims Pacquiao did not declare his US income and underdeclared his Philippines income in 2008-2009. RICHARD BALONGLONG/INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON; ANDREW TADALAN/INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao ?Comeback Fighter of the Year? and prizes
By Aquiles Z. Zonio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines?Manny Pacquiao was named ?Comeback Fighter of the Year? at the 5th Annual ?On The Ropes? (OTR) Boxing Awards for his methodical conquest of Mexican-American Brandon Rios.
?I owe my success to God, family and the multitude of fans around the world. God and family Read Full Story >>> Sergio Martinez? Hatred For Cotto Stems From An Incident That Happened In Mexico In 2008
By Julio Garcia, Tha Boxing Voice, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Sergio Martinez hopes to get a fight with Miguel Cotto not just for a payday but to get the hate out of his system that he has for the former world champion.
The hatred began back in 2008 when Martinez was snubbed by Cotto. Not only was Martinez snubbed but Cotto?s arrogance and mistreatment towa Read Full Story >>> Fan majority collective in protest of Mayweather v Khan
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
Irate boxing fans have spoken via various mediums and one thing stands abundantly clear above all else....Floyd Mayweather v Amir Khan is not the fight that the overwhelming majority want to see.
Upon the announcement made by Khan in Dubai that he has signed his part of the deal to fight Mayweath Read Full Story >>> Quijano: Fighter of the Year 2013
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 01 Jan 2014
WELL, I?m glad that one was over. I won?t mince words in saying 2013 was full of aberrations. In Cebu alone you name it, we had it. Almost all calamities known to man visited us.
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake. A super typhoon dubbed as a real life ?Perfect Storm.? A freak tornado that sprung out of Read Full Story >>> AMIR KHAN READY TO FIGHT PACQUIAO IF HE CAN'T GET MAYWEATHER SHOWDOWN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
British fighter Amir Khan is willing to fight Manny Pacquiao if he can?t get a Floyd Mayweather Jr showdown planned for May 3 in Las Vegas.
Khan, in a story by Martin Domin in the London Daily Mail, voiced his frustration tha Read Full Story >>> 2014 Boxing Preview: The realistic options for Manny Pacquiao
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
We've said it a million times and can say it a million more. While it's perfectly understandable for boxing fans the world over to hope for, wish for, and even demand a long overdue fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, it's just not going to happen any time soon, and at this point, it' Read Full Story >>> TEAM MAIDANA ON FLOYD MAYWEATHER CLASH: "WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT IT...WILL NOT BE BEGGING"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
Not longer after former jr. welterweight champion Amir Khan revealed that he has signed a contract to face undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd "Money" Mayweather on May 3, newly-crowned WBA welterweight champion Marcos Maidana released the following statement on his social network pages to clarify Read Full Story >>> Las Vegas no longer undisputed champ as boxing capital; other venues join fray
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
Las Vegas, which used to claim to be the boxing capital of the world, is a capital under siege.
There?s competition from all over. The local economy is still fighting an uphill battle and promoters don?t get the deals from casinos they used to get. In 2013, just 16 fight cards were held in the ci Read Full Story >>> The Year in Boxing, Part 2
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
May belonged to Mayweather, as "Money" earned a b-load of it for his night of "toil" against Robert Guerrero.
The underdog challenger did the best he could to stir up the pot with misdeeds that were TMZ worthy in the run-up to the promotion, and then his pop, Ruben, tried to get under Floyd's ski Read Full Story >>> CASE FOR AMIR KHAN VS FLOYD MAYWEATHER
By Jason Brent , RingTalk.com, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
KHAN MORE OF A RISK THAN GUERRERO OR ALVAREZ?
San Francisco, CA- During the past couple of months, the most persistent rumors are that Amir ?King? Khan is the frontrunner to win the Cinco De Mayo weekend, Floyd Mayweather sweepstakes. Khan himself has confirmed this as has Richard Schaeffer of Read Full Story >>> 2013 THE YEAR IN PHILIPPINE BOXING (PART I)
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
It was not the best of times but Filipinos learned a long time ago to take the bad with the good. There were unexpected world title losses overseas but three world champs had successful defenses at home.
January 3- Filipino doctor?s Read Full Story >>> 2013 THE YEAR IN PHILIPPINE BOXING (PART II)
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 31 Dec 2013
The local professional boxing industry continued to prosper in the second half of the year. The country?s fight capital, Cebu, even hosted a world title fight that did not involve a Filipino boxer. Manny Pacquiao made a successful ret Read Full Story >>>
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