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Nelson Mandela, ex-fighter who KO'd apartheid, remembered by countryman Kushner
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
To say that Nelson Mandela, the man who led the fight to crush the racist system of apartheid in South Africa, was a great boxing fan is an understatement.
By all accounts, boxing was the freedom fighter's favorite sport with soccer perhaps being a distant second.
Mandela, age 95, died on Thursd Read Full Story >>>PAULIE MALIGNAGGI VS. ZAB JUDAH FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Zab Judah, Former Five-Time and Two-Division World Champion
"I'm the real Brooklyn, New York.
"This is my office. They built this arena for me and on Saturday night I'm going to show the world why.
"We Read Full Story >>> VILORIA READY FOR A REMATCH WITH ESTRADA IN MACAU ON FEBRUARY 22
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Former WBO/WBA flyweight champion Brian Viloria is ready for a rematch with Mexico?s Juan Francisco Estrada in Macau on February 22 on a Top Rank fight card of promoter Bob Arum.
In an overseas telephone conversation w Read Full Story >>> Arizona Boxing News & Notes With Don Smith: Pacquiao Back To Winning, Garcia In Phoenix, Martell Retires
By Don Smith, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Boxing Fans,
After two consecutive losses, 34 year old Manny Pacquiao returned to winning with a unanimous victory over a game but out manned Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios to capture the vacant WBO International Welterweight Title on S Read Full Story >>> Top Rank Will Kiss Off HBO to Get Floyd Mayweather Deal with Manny Pacquiao
By Ivan G. Goldman, Boxing Insider, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
If Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather get it on next year, the U.S. network that carries the Big Kahuna of all money fights will be Showtime, not HBO. That much is settled.
I determined this in a conversation today with Todd DuBoef, president of Top Rank, which promotes Pacquiao?s boxing events Read Full Story >>> Money talks for the Dragon
By Neil Devey, thewest.com.au, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Chris John?s team says simple economics are the reason the star boxer is punching in Perth and not Las Vegas.
?The Dragon? has his 19th world title fight when he defends his World Boxing Association featherweight belt against Simpiwe Vetyeka at Metro City tonight.
The bout will be watched by m Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Bulls brace for rival Heat's visit
By Marco Del Castillo, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
CHICAGO -- In one of the fiercest rivalries in the Eastern Conference, the Chicago Bulls will square off with the two-time defending champions Miami Heat Thursday night at the United Center.
Tip off is 8:30 pm local t Read Full Story >>> NBA -- Pacers tune out Jazz, 95-86
By Joan Secuya-Medida, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Indiana Pacers improved their league-best record to 17-2 Wednesday night by coming from behind to beat the Utah Jazz, 95-86, at the Energy Solutions Arena.
Six Indy players scored in double figures with Paul George leading the way with 19. Lance Stephenson added 15 while Read Full Story >>> ALL ACCESS: BRONER vs MAIDANA Episode 1 Clip
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
"They don't know what I went through to get to where I am." - Adrien Broner
"Polarizing." "Colorful." "Outspoken". Those are just three of the many adjectives used to describe Adrien Broner. But, regardless of your Read Full Story >>> WBC Officials Named For "World Championship Boxing: Wlodarczyk vs. Fragomeni 3"
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
The WBC has announced the officials for "World Championship Boxing: Wlodarczyk vs. Fragomeni 3" this Friday night (December 6) at UIC Pavilion in Chicago.
Referee Rocky Burke and Judges Nathan Palmer, Mauro DiFiore and Bill Lerch will be in charge during the 12-round main event when WBC World Cru Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson's blue-chip welterweight prospect Erickson Lubin is future of boxing
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (Dec. 5, 2013) - Last week's much-anticipated professional debut of blue-chip welterweight prospect Erickson "Hammer" Lubin (1-0, 1 KO) launched what promises to be a special boxing career for the multi-tal Read Full Story >>> Diaz vs. Ellison headlining 50 Cent's Big Apple Boxing show Dec. 20
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Undefeated prospects Joel Diaz, Jr. vs. Wanzell Ellison Headline 50 Cent's 'Big Apple Boxing' event Dec. 20 at Resorts World Casino NYC
NEW YORK CITY (December 5, 2013) - Unbeaten junior lightweight prospects Joel Diaz, Jr. (13-0, 11 KOs) and Wanzell Ellison (9-0-1, 5 KOs) headline "Big Apple Box Read Full Story >>> Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame a knockout success
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
9th annual Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame A knockout night at Mohegan Sun
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Dec. 5, 2013) - The ninth annual Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame (CBHOF) Gala Induction Dinner, held November 9 at the Uncas Ballr Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios fight sells 475,000 PPVs, according to HBO Sports
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Manny Pacquiao's trip to China to fight Brandon Rios on Nov. 23 in Macau was a success on many levels, but not on the pay-per-view front.
Mark Taffet, the senior vice president of HBO Sports, told Yahoo Sports on Thursday the Nov. 23 bout sold 475,000 pay-per-view units and generated roughly $30 Read Full Story >>> Ranking the Weekend Fights
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
As you?re probably fully aware of, this weekend, there are fight cards broadcast on both Showtime and HBO. But unlike past conflicts, the starting times of the two shows are separated to a point where you almost wouldn?t call them conflicting or counter-programmed versus each other. Showtime, which Read Full Story >>> The Rigolution Will Be Televised: Rigondeaux-Agbeko, Tapia-Kirkland Preview
By Peter Clarke, Tha Boxing Voice, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
Tomorrow, HBO with Top Rank Promotions will be putting on a good boxing card from Atlantic City. Guillermo Rigondeaux will be fighting his 1st fight since defeating Nonito Donaire in April, as he puts his WBO and WBA super bantamweight belts on the line as he squares off against Joseph Agbeko. Also Read Full Story >>> Is this James Kirkland?s last resurrection?
By Joseph Santoliquito, RingTV.com, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
You would like to believe James Kirkland can see them coming these days; that the trapped doors that have always ensnared him -- the ones he constantly saw, yet opted to walk over anyway ? are behind him.
You would like to think that. So would Kirkland.
Saturday marks a return to the ring Read Full Story >>> Paquio, BIR in out-of-court negotiation
By Michelle V. Remo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
MANILA, Philippines?The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the camp of boxing champ Manny Pacquiao have agreed to pursue an out-of-court negotiation over the P2.2-billion tax case of the boxer.
?Both parties agreed to explore further negotiations over the matter,? Claro Ortiz, the BIR lawyer h Read Full Story >>> Tax amnesty for billionaire Pacquiao? Why?
By Neal H. Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
What, tax amnesty for Manny Pacquiao? For heaven?s sake, why? Pacquiao is a billionaire who can afford to pay, and should pay, the correct income taxes. Is this what we have come to, a billionaire tries to cheat on his taxes and he is granted tax amnesty?
The clerk or janitor or teacher earning Read Full Story >>> ?Pacman exemption?
Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 06 Dec 2013
MANILA ? Amid the legal woe over Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao?s supposed unpaid taxes, one of the boxing icon?s colleagues in Congress has proposed a law granting a lifetime tax exemption on Pacquiao.
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) had earlier issued a warrant of garnishment on Pacquiao?s Read Full Story >>>
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