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Azad Championship Report - Mayweather Plays Moneyball
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
This Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the superlative skills of Floyd Mayweather make their annual appearance when he faces WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto in the first truly anticipated fight of 2012. There is no doubt that ?Money? and the Puerto Rican star are two of the Read Full Story >>>?Fighting Words? ? The Three Legacies of Bernard Hopkins
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Perhaps Bernard Hopkins never truly cared what we thought of him, this rebel who had defied a system stacked against him. He lived by his own standards, thrived through his own principles, acted as his own judge, jury and, appropriately, executioner.
There he was, a free man decades after a priso Read Full Story >>> End of the Road for Hopkins?
By Matt Richardson, FightNews.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
In the end, there were no miracles left for Bernard Hopkins. No age-defying win. No proving the critics wrong. On Saturday night in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the 47-year old Hopkins finally did what the experts have been predicting for almost his whole career ? he lost (legitimately) to a younger o Read Full Story >>> Weekend Review: Dawson gets it done
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
BIGGEST WINNER
Chad Dawson: One might be tempted to focus on the negatives in Dawson?s majority-decision victory over Bernard Hopkins on Saturday night in Atlantic City, N.J. Boring fight. Dawson?s relative inactivity. The fact his 47-year-old opponent was competitive. The new RING light heavywei Read Full Story >>> Time for El Paso to act like a big city
By Ramón Rentería, El Paso Times, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Dear Francisco Cigarroa,
Do you mind if I instead call you Pancho like maybe your mother or grandmother did down in Laredo?
I'd call you Dr. Cigarroa, but that's so hard to pronounce, especially when some of us are still working on disguising our Mexican accents. (Those double rolling R's are Read Full Story >>> Title fight fallout: El Paso's reputation sullied after boxing snub
By Cindy Ramirez, El Paso Times, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Whoever said there's no such thing as bad publicity hadn't come across a mob of passionate El Pasoans upset over the misrepresentation of their city -- some who are now worried about the long-term effects of last week's cancellation of a boxing match in Sun Bowl Stadium.
"These false claims about Read Full Story >>> TO BRIAN VILORIA, THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria (30-3, 17 KO?s) says ?This time it's personal? in reference to his third title fight against Mexico?s Omar Nino Romero (31-4-2, 13 KO?s) on the morning of May 13 at the Ynares Sports Aren Read Full Story >>> THE MAYOL-?PINGO? MIRANDA FIGHT IS ON AFTER ALL
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
The ten round non-title clash between former champions Rodel Mayol and Julio Cesar ?Pingo? Miranda on the undercard of the ?Island Assault? trilogy between WBO flyweight champion Brian Viloria and Omar Nino Romero is on after Read Full Story >>> Pride of Negros fighters arrive tomorrow; official weigh-in set May 3 at L? Fisher Hotel
By Jerome S. Galunan Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Sabillo.
Member of the Negros team seeing action in the ALA Promotions? boxing spectacular ?Pride of Negros? will be arriving tomorrow here in Bacolod City.
These Negrense boxers, who are based in Cebu, will be fighting Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS -- Lakers open postseason with a bang
By Nicholai R. Roska, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
LOS ANGELES -- Unlike their previous campaigns, when they were heavy favorites to win it all, the LA Lakers are a mere No.3 seed in the Western Conference of this year's NBA playoffs.
But the back--to-back 200 Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS -- Bynum plays big in Lakers opener
By Jose Roberto Meza, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
LOS ANGELES -- As usual, Kobe Bryant came up big when the LA Lakers opened their 2012 NBA playoffs run Sunday afteroon before a fullhouse crowd of 18,997 at the Staples Center here in dowtown Los Angeles.
Bryant Read Full Story >>> Ishe Smith discusses his May 4th return, Camp Mayweather, Sergio Martinez, more
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
The past two years have definitely been a test of junior middleweight contender Ishe Smith?s patience.
In the summer of 2010 I kept tabs on Smith as he trained in Las Vegas for a Showtime Read Full Story >>> Column: Mayweather still making fans pay
By Associated Press, Arizona Daily Star, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Floyd Mayweather Jr. didn't exactly plan for it to happen this way. The thought of sitting in a jail cell for two months can't be a pleasant one, especially while the entourage enjoys life without him at the Big Boy house.
But there's a fight to sell, and once again it doesn't include Manny Pacqu Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather ready for junior-middleweight match
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
If there has been any hint of vulnerability linked to the outcome of a Floyd Mayweather Jr. bout, it was in his only fight above the welterweight division. When Mayweather fought Oscar De La Hoya five years ago, he faced the now-retired, six-division world champion at the 154-pound, junior-middlewei Read Full Story >>> Canelo Eyes Sweet Victory Against Mosley
By Raymundo Dioses, 3MoreRounds.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
In what could be described as the highest profile ?crossroads? type fight in quite some time in the sport of boxing, Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez has been training in Mexico, within one mile from his opponents headquarters in Big Bear, California, and finally at the location of the fight, Las Vegas, as he Read Full Story >>> OBSERVE AND FIGHT: DOES COTTO OR MOSLEY HAVE THE BETTER CHANCE OF VICTORY ON MAY 5?
By David Kassel , FightHype.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
It's Monday. Welcome back for another edition of Observe and Fight, The Boxing Observer's compilation of observations and random thoughts from the week that was in boxing. Get caught up on some of the most recent events you may have missed out on, including episode 3 of Mayweather/Cotto 24/7, the ne Read Full Story >>> Julaton returns this weekend in Mexico; seeks redemption and Nava's belt
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
Three-time female boxing World Champion Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton hits the road again in her return to action this weekend in Kanasin, Yucatan, Mexico to face hard-hitting M Read Full Story >>> GONZALEZ LOOKS FORWARD TO UNIFICATION FIGHT AGAINST NIETES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
WBA light flyweight champion Roman ?Chocolatito? Gonzalez, one of the best of the smaller men in boxing, is looking forward to a possible unification title bout against WBO champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes who defe Read Full Story >>> THE REAL GENARO GARCIA TO BATTLE SERVANIA ON JUNE 2
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
The real Genaro ?Poblantino? Garcia, the Mexican super bantamweight not the fake Genaro ?Panterita? Garcia who got knocked out by Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista in a farcical fight is coming to Manila to Read Full Story >>> NBA PLAYOFFS - Heat looking like beast in the East
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 30 Apr 2012
AGAINST the No.2 seed in the Eastern Conference, the No.7 seed New York Knicks were given a puncher's chance to topple the mighty Miami Heat when the 2012 NBA playoffs unreeled Saturday afternoon.
Instead, the high- Read Full Story >>>
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