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TQBR Roundtable, True Bromance Edition: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Vs Miguel Cotto
By Scott Kraus, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 04 May 2012
There was a lot of love in the air in the weeks leading up to the first blockbuster PPV of the year, headlined by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Miguel Cotto. We saw, via 24/7, the unusually close relationship between Cotto and his manager, Bryan Perez. On the same show, we have endured another edition o Read Full Story >>>Manny Pacquiao NEWS ? Randall Bailey RETURNS ? BOXING NEWS
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Two-time world champion Randall ?The Knock-out King? Bailey, arguably the biggest pound-for-pound single puncher in boxing, finally gets an opportunity to exorcise years of demon-like frustrations on June 9, when he takes on unbeaten Mike Jones for the vacant International Boxing Federation (?IBF?) Read Full Story >>> The Fight Before the Fight for Ponce de Leon
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Tonight, featherweight contender Daniel Ponce de Leon takes on Eduardo Lazcano at the Joint inside the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. But perhaps the biggest battle this week for Ponce de Leon, a former 122-pound beltholder, is not looking too far ahead to bigger and more significant fights against t Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: Alvarez seeks golden opportunity against Mosley
By Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Fri, 04 May 2012
LAS VEGAS -- Thursday's final press conferece at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theater began with Golden Boy Promotions' CEO Richard Schaefer displaying a red-haired doll given to him by the late boxing writer Burt Sugar, who likened it to rising WBC junior middleweight beltholder Saul Alvarez.
Late Read Full Story >>> Time for Alvarez to shine
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 04 May 2012
It's one of the sad realities of boxing in the early 21st century that holding a major world title isn't necessarily an indicator of a fighter's ability.
Politics play into what happens with sanctioning body titles as much as punching power.
Canelo Alvarez is Exhibit 1-A of this boxing oddity. Read Full Story >>> Sugar Shane Mosley's Last Stand or a New Beginning?
By Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Shane Mosley never made it to 39-0 like his Saturday opponent, Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez, who also has a draw on that otherwise spotless record. But when he entered the ring at Madison Square Garden?s Theater to face Vernon Forrest in January of 2002, 38-0 was enough to make the then-welterweight and fo Read Full Story >>> THE BREAKDOWN: Saul Alvarez-Shane Mosley
By Lee Wylie , The Sweet Science, Fri, 04 May 2012
Saul Alvarez-Shane Mosley:
at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, on HBO PPV
12 rounds, for Alvarez's WBC junior middleweight title
No matter how you slice it, things do not look promising for Shane Mosley as he heads into his bout with Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez. At nearly 41 years-old, Mosley 46-7-1-1 {39 Read Full Story >>> Brian Viloria: Drug Testing Should Be Mandatory, Not just in Championship Fights
By Shawn Craddick, Boxing Socialist, Fri, 04 May 2012
Boxingsocialist had a chance to catch up with the champion Brian Viloria to discuss his upcoming fight with Omar Romero. Brian will be defending his WBO Flyweight title in the Philippines. This will be the Trilogy between Brian and Omar Romero in which Romero won the first fight, second fight was or Read Full Story >>> VILLANUEVA "READY TO DIE" IN TITLE FIGHT
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Singapore--Although unbeaten in 24 pro fights, power-punching Lorenzo Villanueva promises nothing special when he clashes with a sharp, stylish Indonesian for the world featherweight boxing title today at the fabulo Read Full Story >>> CABALQUINTO FACES IGNACIO IN APARRI ON MAY 11
By Chito Yu Katangkatang, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Philippine GAB Light Welterweight Champion Adones "The Undertaker" Cabalquinto will take another challenge as he faces the more experienced Jaypee Ignacio in a ten round non-title fight. The event is one of the featured hi Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS -- LeBron shines, Heat leads Knicks 3-0
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
THE good news is that after surrendering 204 points in their Games 1 and 2 defeats, the New York Knicks held the Miami Heat to a mere 87 points Thursday night at the Madison Square Garden in New York.
The bad news is that Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS - Bulls seek redemption in Game 3
By Fakhouri Amjid, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
CHICAGO -- The Bulls did not just lose Game 2 of their series against Philadelphia last Tuesday night at the United Center, the No.1 overall seed in these NBA playoffs also lost homecourt advantage, a perk they got by finishing Read Full Story >>> Abner Mares says Donaire is on his list; talks Mayweather-Cotto, Alvarez-Mosley
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Yet another fight week has hit Las Vegas and the boxing luminaries have been spotted in abundance.
During Wednesday?s press conference featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto?s pa Read Full Story >>> I'm no coward but cheating PacMan could ruin my life, says Mayweather
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Fri, 04 May 2012
The fight the world wants to see is disappearing into the shadowy and menacing recesses of Floyd Mayweather's brutally deprived childhood.
Behind the flashy facade and the wads of $100 bills thrown like confetti to grovelling night-clubbers here in party city, the boxer so rich that he calls hims Read Full Story >>> Worth the weight for Floyd, Cotto
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
LAS VEGAS -- One of the main talking points surrounding the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Miguel Cotto fight on Saturday night at the MGM Grand is the weight limit.
The fight is contracted at a maximum of 154 pounds for Cotto's junior middleweight title, which means that Mayweather, a reigning welterweig Read Full Story >>> Mayweather To Cotto: I'm Not Margarito, I'm Not Foreman
By Osman Rodriguez, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26KOs) is hoping that Pedro Diaz, the Cuban trainer of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-2, 30KOs), is not filling his boxer's head with the idea of expecting an easy fight on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
During a few recent interviews Read Full Story >>> Cinco de Mayo: Five from 5/5
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
On Saturday, boxing fans will celebrate the Mexican festival of Cinco de Mayo by watching an American and a Puerto Rican do battle in the Nevada desert. More than anybody else, Oscar De La Hoya popularized Cinco de Mayo (or the Saturday nearest to it) as a big fight weekend in Las Vegas, but since h Read Full Story >>> Top 3 Final Questions to Ask Before Mayweather Vs. Cotto: Fan Preview
By Jake Emen, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 04 May 2012
The highly anticipated Floyd Mayweather vs. Miguel Cotto fight will finally take place on Cinco de Mayo, televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
If you're considering buying the fight, or you simply want to know more about how things may play out, then take a Read Full Story >>> Alvarez vows ?victory for Mexico?
By Anthony Springer Jr., FightNews.com, Fri, 04 May 2012
While the eyes of boxing?s casual fans will undoubtedly be on Mayweather and Cotto come fight night, boxing aficionados will be paying great attention to the evening?s co-main event.
The matchup between Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and ?Sugar? Shane Mosley is a tale of two fighters at the opposite ends Read Full Story >>> Q&A: Ward eyes Dawson, picks Mayweather and Mosley
By Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Fri, 04 May 2012
LAS VEGAS -- RING super middleweight champion Andre Ward spoke to RingTV.com concerning a potential bout with RING light heavyweight king Chad Dawson, and also shared his view on Saturday night's junior middleweight title bouts featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. against Miguel Cotto, and Saul Alvarez op Read Full Story >>>
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