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Pacquiao puts Macau on the fight map
By Agence France Press, Business Recorder, Tue, 14 May 2013
HONG KONG: Years ago Macau snatched the title of the world's biggest gambling hub from Las Vegas and now, it wants a slice of the boxing action too.
With Manny Pacquiao following Chinese star Zou Shiming to the glitzy casino haven near Hong Kong, Macau looks set to copy Vegas by becoming a boxing Read Full Story >>>One man's opinion: Ward still trumps Floyd
By Eric Raskin, ESPN.com, Tue, 14 May 2013
It was just a week ago that, along with everyone else with even a passing interest in the sport of basketball, I found myself asking, "Who is that idiot who voted for Carmelo Anthony over LeBron James for NBA Most Valuable Player?"
Turns out there were four fingers pointing back at me and I'm th Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Wants Canelo Alvarez to Fight at 147 Lbs.?
By Paul Magno, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 14 May 2013
One of boxing's most effective legal "cheats" involves forcing your opponent to fight at a weight above or below his own comfort level.
Obviously, a fighter competing at a weight well above his natural weight will be at a decided disadvantage against someone naturally bigger and stronger.
Read Full Story >>> Will Floyd Mayweather Ever Be Considered the Greatest of All Time?
By Andreas Hale, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 14 May 2013
Witnessing Floyd Mayweather completely dismantle Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero en route to a dominant, albeit uneventful, one-sided unanimous decision on Showtime's replay of the May 4th pay per view brought to the realization one very important thing: Floyd Mayweather had the potential to be the call Read Full Story >>> Robert Guerrero?s Next Opponent Could Be New York Court
Boxing Insider, Tue, 14 May 2013
Robert Guerrero has just finished a bit of a bruising battle in the ring with Floyd Mayweather. Now he may have to be ready for a battle that might, in its own way, be just as damaging, if not more so ? a battle with the justice system.
Guerrero had been gearing up for his May 4 fight, and was m Read Full Story >>> Rios won?t back down
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 14 May 2013
Brandon Rios doesn?t fight like Timothy Bradley or Juan Manuel Marquez and for Manny Pacquiao, that?s a relief. Rios is a come-forward slugger who fights without a reverse gear ? it?s an exciting style that Top Rank chairman Bob Arum believes will make for an explosive head-on battle against Pacquia Read Full Story >>> Darley Perez to face Yuriorkis Gamboa in Montreal June 8 on HBO
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 May 2013
PEREZ vs. GAMBOA CO-FEATURE ON DAWSON-STEVENSON SHOWDOWN IN MONTREAL JUNE 8 ON HBO
May 13, 2013 - Undefeated lightweight contender Darley Perez (28-0, 19 KOs) has signed on to fight explosive Cuban superstar Yuriorkis Read Full Story >>> Dec. 7 & Jan. 25 reserved for Postponed Bute vs. Pascal mega-fight
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 May 2013
MONTREAL (May 13, 2013) -- InterBox and Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM) have reserved the dates of Saturday, December 7 and Saturday, January 25 at the Montreal Bell Centre for the postponed Lucian Bute vs. Jean Pascal mega-fight.
The promoters reserved two dates in order to afford HBO options and they Read Full Story >>> NBA --Warriors win Game 4 thriller, tie series at 2-2
By Shelley Dano, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 14 May 2013
OAKLAND -- The Golden State Warriors showed grace under pressure and pulled a 97-97 overtime victory in Game 4 over the San Antonio Spurs Sunday afternoon at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.
Down by eight with five minutes left in regulation, the Warriors clawed back gallantly and matched the seasone Read Full Story >>> No catchweights or titles for Pacquiao v Rios in Macau
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Tue, 14 May 2013
WBN has been informed by Top Rank's Carl Moretti that the upcoming welterweight clash between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon Rios on November 24 will not have any weight stipulations or titles attached.
The possibility that the interim WBO title to Timothy Bradley's full version would be up for grabs Read Full Story >>> Trainer: Mayweather will only fight Canelo at 147 pounds
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 14 May 2013
Floyd Mayweather vs Canelo Alvarez may only be a dream, and if Canelo's trainer Chepo Reynoso is telling the truth, "Money" may be trying to avoid it by demanding that the young Mexican star make a weight he hasn't made in three years, or in his last 11 fights, to put it another way.
"Floyd wants Read Full Story >>> Is Mayweather-Canelo Ready for September?
By Mike Gallagher , Inside Fights, Tue, 14 May 2013
Hype turned to rumor actually turned towards fact last week as Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promtions, told Dan Rafael of ESPN that he is negotiating to make a fight between welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (44-0) and unified WBC/WBA junior middleweight titlist Saul ?Canelo? Alvare Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather and the weight issue: How much is too much to ask?
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Tue, 14 May 2013
loyd Mayweather is a lightning rod. No matter what he does, there is an audience that will slam him, and an audience that will defend his every decision, no matter how logically questionable it may be. To some, he can do nothing good enough. To others, he can do no wrong.
Mayweather, now 36 and c Read Full Story >>> Jinkee headed for easy win in Sarangani
ABS-CBN News, Tue, 14 May 2013
MANILA -- Filipino boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is merely waiting for his formal proclamation as congressman of Sarangani province in the mid-term elections after ru Read Full Story >>> Erap, GMA, Pacquiao
The Philippine Star, Tue, 14 May 2013
MANILA, Philippines - Former Presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the pack of candidates sprinting to victory as partial, official results of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) became available last night. Estrada was expected to be proclaimed Manila mayor, besting incumbent Read Full Story >>> ?JuanMa? Is Not Working With Ariza For Garcia, Says He?d Fight Donaire at 126
By Victor Salazar, Tha Boxing Voice, Tue, 14 May 2013
If you were to ever see Juan Manuel Lopez in between fights, you could see a major difference in his walk around weight from his fighting weight. After struggles to make 122, he moved up to 126. Seemingly again, he was poised to move up in weight to the 130 lb. division.
When ThaBoxingVoice.com s Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: Gamboa-Perez on Dawson-Stevenson card
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Tue, 14 May 2013
Colombia's Darley Perez has officially signed to face former featherweight titleholder Yuriorkis Gamboa in a battle of unbeatens on June 8 at Bell Centre in Montreal on HBO, Perez's promoter, Gary Shaw, announced on Monday.
"You have to understand that we've been waiting on an opportunity like t Read Full Story >>> Imelda Marcos, Manny Pacquiao running for office in Philippines elections
By Hrvoje Hranjski, Associated Press, Mon, 13 May 2013
MANILA, PHILIPPINES?Less violence than usual and expected glitches in voting machines marked Monday?s congressional and local elections in the Philippines, which will gauge popular support for the president?s anti-corr Read Full Story >>> What about a Mayweather-Pacquiao? A Mayweather-Leonard? A Mayweather-Duran?
Business Mirror, Mon, 13 May 2013
FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. is the face of boxing. Mayweather has won eight world titles in five weight classes and been called the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Mayweather is 44-0 with 269 knockouts. He?s never fought a boxer he couldn?t beat.
?I?d have knocked him out,? said Sugar Read Full Story >>> Who Needs Who More? Mayweather or Canelo?
By Julio Garcia, Tha Boxing Voice, Mon, 13 May 2013
Floyd ?Money? Mayweather easily disposed of his opponent Robert Guerrero by thoroughly out-boxing Guerrero throughout the entire fight. He faced and beat his mandatory challenger so who is there left for him to fight at 147 pounds? There is no chance of fighting Manny Pacquiao who fights for Top Ran Read Full Story >>>
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