Juan Manuel Marquez's new physique casts shadow over his win over Manny Pacquiao
By Jack Hirsch, BoxingNews, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ is a great fighter and a future hall of famer. He is also 39 years old. At this age virtually all boxers have retired or at the very least are in decline. However, Marquez seems to have become stronger and more powerful while retaining his considerable skills. How does he do it?   Read Full Story >>>

Buboy Fernandez stays in LA, apologizes to US photographer
By Joey Villar, The Philippine Star, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
MANILA, Philippines ? Buboy Fernandez, Manny Pacquiao's longtime buddy, opted to intentionally not accompany the former home and stayed in Los Angeles to get a message across. ?I decided to stay to clear the air before I left LA even spending money to re-book my flight back to Manila," Fernandez   Read Full Story >>>

Timothy Bradley Eyes Rios if No Pacquiao or Marquez
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley is tentatively scheduled to return to the ring on February 9th against an opponent to be determined in a fight televised by HBO. His ultimate goal is to secure a rematch against Manny Pacquiao or face Juan Manuel Marquez who knocked Pacquiao on Saturday in L  Read Full Story >>>

Oscar De La Hoya praises Floyd Mayweather Sr. as the game?s best trainer
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
On Tuesday, while at a media workout in conjunction with this weekend?s Amir Khan-Carlos Molina headlined-show at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya spent some time speaking with members of the media about various topics in the sport. The conversation e  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez: Winners and Losers
By Alex Groberman, Opposing Views, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Last Saturday?s showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez was important for a number of reasons. Obviously, on a micro level, it went some ways in stabilizing the debate regarding who was the superior fighter was. Prior to that Marquez knockout, it was hard to make the case that he   Read Full Story >>>

Groves Determined to Prove He?s World Class Against Teak-Tough Johnson
By Adrian Back, International Business Times, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
When George Groves takes to the ring on Saturday night at the Excel Arena he will be looking to channel a year of frustration through his fights and onto the head and body of Glen Johnson. The veteran Jamaican has been stopped just once in his career but he will be facing a fighter determined to pro  Read Full Story >>>

Dougie's Friday mailbag
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
DONARIE-ARCE What's up Dougie?! Just wanna know your thoughts on the upcoming fight between Nonito Donaire and Jorge Arce. I don't think it would be an easy fight although this is a potentially disastrous matchup stylistically for Arce. And I like how the guy fights. All action, all heart, a  Read Full Story >>>

Donaire?s personal accountability offers a way out of the PED swamp
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Personal accountability is the only way out of the deepening PED swamp. Nonito Donaire understands that. Few do. Donaire was proactive in addressing suspicions he knew would be there when he hired Victor Conte, the BALCO founder who spent four years in prison for his role in the scheme to dist  Read Full Story >>>

HBO Boxing preview: Donaire vs. Arce & Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym
By Scott Levinson, ProBoxing-fans.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Looking Ahead to Saturday: Donaire vs. Arce and Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym Previews On Saturday from Houston, pound-for-pound entrant Nonito Donaire looks to cap off a productive 2012 with a win over longtime standout Jorge Arce. In the main supporting bout, fellow-122-pound titlist Guillermo  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Marquez 4 - Who Dared Won...and Lost
By Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
It was violent, frightening, dramatic, and beautiful. Nothing can quite encompass all those feelings in one 17 minute 59 second segment of time, but Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao managed to do it in the best and most exhilarating of their four fights last Saturday night. And that's what   Read Full Story >>>

Marquez To Present Pacquiao Win Gloves To Mexico Prez
By Salvador Rodríguez, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez will present the gloves he wore against Manny Pacquiao, last Saturday in Las Vegas, to the President of Mexico, Enrique Pe?a Nieto. Marquez knocked out Pacquiao in the sixth round of their fourth meeting at the MGM Grand. If Marquez, 39-years-old, dec  Read Full Story >>>

Virgil Hunter: "If Khan wants a stay of execution, he will have to maintain his composure"
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
2011 Trainer of the Year Virgil Hunter has proven what many always question in a trainer of merit: he can mold from a fighter from scratch. The trainer of Andre Ward, Olympic gold medalist and current super middleweight kingpin, Hunter is now enjoying the kind of credit and name recognition that yea  Read Full Story >>>

Why so many Pacquiao haters?
By Darren Barcomb, 8countnews, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
As the dust has settled from last weekend?s brutal KO of Manny Pacquiao by Juan Manuel Marquez, the boxing world has been quick to smear the Pac Man, and I for one am not impressed by the disrespect going out to the former multi-division champ. Yes, Pacquiao walked into one and found himself moti  Read Full Story >>>

Leo Santa Cruz fights to win father's pride
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Leo Santa Cruz loves his father and he loves boxing. But sometimes, he said laughingly, his father's passion for the sport is too much even for him. Leo Santa Cruz will defend his IBF bantamweight title against Alberto Guevara. (Getty Images)Leo Santa Cruz is the IBF bantamweight champion and   Read Full Story >>>

Larry Merchant Leaving HBO Analyst Seat, After 35 Years
The Sweet Science, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
Larry Merchant will end his unprecedented 35-year run as a ringside boxing commentator for HBO Sports with the season finale of World Championship Boxing? this Saturday night (9:30 p.m. ET/PT) from Houston. Following the telecast, Merchant will be moving into another phase of his wide-ranging career  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing Back On CBS, NBC This Weekend And Next: What It Means, What You Need To Know
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
If you read boxing ignoramuses like ESPN's Scoop Jackson, boxing died this past weekend, just like critics have taken any occasion over the last 100 years-plus to declare it dead. So it must come as some kind of shock to Scoop and anyone who believes his tripe that, this weekend, and then again next  Read Full Story >>>

Fernando Jose of 'Rosalinda' wants to meet Pacquiao
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 14 Dec 2012
MANILA, Philippines - Venezuelan actor Fernando Carrillo, known to Filipinos for his role as Fernando Jose of the hit series "Rosalinda", expressed his desire to meet boxer Manny Pacquiao. Fernando Carrillo "One thing I really want is to meet Manny Pacquiao. So Manny, if you are a real man, I   Read Full Story >>>

The curious case of Buboy Fernandez
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012

CHICAGO -- At about 4:52 pm Thursday afternoon here in Chicago, I was able to get hold of Mr. Al Bello, the decorated Getty Images photographer who was allegedly assaulted by two key Pacquiao aides last Saturday night atop the  Read Full Story >>>

DONAIRE, ARCE BOTH WANT A KNOCKOUT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Dec 2012

HOUSTON, TX -- WBO and Ring Magazine super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire and Mexican warrior Jorge " Travieso" Arce both want a knockout in their battle at the sprawling Toyota Center here i  Read Full Story >>>

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