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Fighting Words: The Good News Out of Klitschko-Mormeck
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
So, this is what it?s come to.
A voluntary defense against undersized, over-the-hill, outgunned, inactive, and out of his element.
Jean Marc Mormeck is 5-foot-11, 39 years old, a former cruiserweight who had not fought in 15 months, more than a year removed from this third consecutive win over Read Full Story >>>Weekend Review: Sonny Boy is the man
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Sonny Boy Jaro: Filipino boxing fans have a new hero. Jaro, 29, was always a pretty good fighter, having earned contender status but falling short in two previous attempts to win major belts. No one saw this coming, though. He was a long shot to beat RING flyweight titleholder Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Read Full Story >>> IT?S GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO ROOT FOR AMIR KHAN
By Darrell La Montre, Rope-A-Dope Radio, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
As reported recently, former WBA/IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Amir Khan (26-2 with 18 KOs) tweeted that he had been reinstated by the WBA as their ?Super Champion? and would be defending the belt in his rematch with Lamont Peterson (30-1 with 15 KOs) on May 19th in Las Vegas. The same day, WBA V Read Full Story >>> Good boxing news and bad
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
HE was more than welcome, but Manny Pacquiao was nevertheless reported to have gate-crashed the PSA Awards Night at the Manila Hotel on Saturday.
The Pacman, as could only be expected, became the core of the celebratio Read Full Story >>> VARGAS PLEASED WITH OPENING DAY FIGHTS IN NATIONAL AMATEUR BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
The president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines, Ricky Vargas, who was cited as the ?Executive of the Year? by the Philippine Sportswriters Association at its annual awards last Saturday said h Read Full Story >>> Officials disclosed for Julaton-Marcos title fight in Argentina
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Promoter Allan Tremblay disclosed to me the names of the neutral officials assigned for Ana Julaton's WBO super bantamweight title defens Read Full Story >>> REY LABAO WINS PHILIPPINE LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Southpaw Rey Labao has won the Philippine lightweight title with a stunning 1st round TKO over fancied Jay Solmiano in a fight card of well-known promoter Sammy Gello-ani at the Cebu Coliseum on Sunday.
In a battle of Read Full Story >>> NBA stars shine in Sunday spectacular
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
IT was just another Sunday, another day in the NBA when eight regular season games were in the calendar.
But this one went for the ages, one that will go in the books as perhaps the finest of them all as All-Stars and future Read Full Story >>> KO TV BOXING SHOW OF PETER MANIATIS CELEBRATES 400TH PROGRAM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Peter Maniatis.
Well known Australian boxing promoter Peter Maniatis who hosts the popular weekly show KO Boxing on Channel 31 will soon celebrate its 400th program which airs on Tuesday nights and on Saturdays at noon Read Full Story >>> GM GOMEZ SECURES 2ND DRAW IN VIETNAM CHESS TOURNEY
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Filipino Grandmaster (GM) John Paul Gomez scored his 2nd straight draw against Vietnamese International Master (IM) Nguyen Van Huy in the fifth round of the 2nd HD Bank Cup International Open Chess tournament 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam yesterday.
The Binan, Laguna based Gomez earlier drew Read Full Story >>> Time to move on
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Forget Floyd Mayweather, Jr. If the man who speaks with forked tongue continues to make a mockery of the fight game by insulting the intelligence of the boxing public, he deserves to be ignored. Manny Pacquiao has more than enough on his plate to move forward without Mayweather pulling him back.
Read Full Story >>> Master Instigator: Will Floyd Start Insulting Cotto Or Continue To Remain Civil?
By Raj Parmar, 3MoreRounds.com, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Boxing fans across the world were in for a bit of a twist during the Floyd Mayweather-Miguel Cotto press conferences to promote their super-fight. Instead of being his normal agitated and energetic self during these types of gatherings, Mayweather instead seemed pretty laid back and did not seem to Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera could retire
Express & Star, Tue, 06 Mar 2012
Marco Antonio Barrera used a hotel in Wolverhampton to vow that his illustrious career will be made or broken by the time this year draws to a close.
Barrera insisted that he will retire if his next big fight doesn?t come to pass in 2012, at the Mount Hotel in Tettenhall on Saturday night.
To Read Full Story >>> Mikey Garcia says Nonito Donaire is at a different level than Rigondeaux or Arce
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
On March 10th, unbeaten featherweight contender Miguel Garcia, better known as ?Mikey?, faces off with former title challenger Bernabe Concepcion on Showtime?s airwaves in San Read Full Story >>> ALA PROMOTIONS WANT TO GET THE ?REAL? GENARO GARCIA TO FIGHT ?BOOM BOOM? ON MAY 26
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
Genaro 'Poblanito' Garcia.
ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer wants to get the ?real? Genaro ?Poblanito? Garcia who fought eight world champions and scored a 2nd round knockout over fancied Rafael Marquez to fi Read Full Story >>> IS THIS ANOTHER JOKE - MERLIN VS KRATINGDAENGGYM?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
Reports just posted by Carlos Costa from Thailand indicates that a Filipino with a dismal record will be fighting a veteran Thai with a far superior record for the PABA Super bantamweight title at Chiang May today.
The Filipino is Jilo Merlin, an Agusan del Sur native who now makes Trinidad Valle Read Full Story >>> Exclusive photos: Mikey Garcia?s final sparring before Bernabe Concepcion bout
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
A recent swing through California saw me catch up and chronicle several fighters and boxing luminaries prepping for their next big assignments in one way or another.
On Tuesday morning I paid Read Full Story >>> Unheralded Filipino Jilo Merlin in tough battle against former world champ Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym today in Chiang Mai
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
This afternoon in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, the PABA super bantamweight title fight will take place between former WBA world title holder and defending PABA champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (45-2, 31KOs), and un Read Full Story >>> WBC PRESIDENT SULAIMAN STUNNED BY SONNY BOY JARO?S KO WIN OVER PONGSAKLEK
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman says he was ?stunned? by the victory of hard-hitting Filipino Sonny Boy Jaro who dropped longtime champion and Thai hero Pongsaklek Wonjongkam three times to win the WBC f Read Full Story >>> ?He should never have brought my name in his mouth? ? Brandon Rios on Gamboa
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 05 Mar 2012
This past week a definite stir was created when it was revealed that Cuban marvel Yuriorkis Gamboa had come out of the gates a slight favorite ahead of his April 14th date with former ligh Read Full Story >>>
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