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Father Time creeping up on Manny Pacquiao a real possibility
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Mon, 02 Jan 2012
I remember watching a relatively unheard of Manny Pacquiao tear into Marco Antonio Barrera in their first meeting very well. I was with a friend of mine, Stan Nichols. Stan at the time was the chief of officials for the state of Mississippi. I remember the look on Stan's face as he watched Pacquiao Read Full Story >>>Readers vote Andre Ward the "Fighter of the Year" for 2011
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Mon, 02 Jan 2012
It can be argued that no active fighter has advanced as much as Andre Ward has in the past two years.
Thanks to his involvement in Showtime?s Super Six World Boxing Classic, the boxing world has watched the 27-year-old super middleweight advance from talented-but-untested prospect to top contend Read Full Story >>> 2011 Boxing Awards Pu Pu Platter, Part II
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Best/Worst Excuse For Losing A Fight. There's nothing more I like than a good excuse when a fighter comes up short. The more improbable, the better. I loved the excuse from Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr.'s camp that he was blinded by Jorge Arce's hair gel. I loved laughing at the "cheating foot-stomper" excu Read Full Story >>> Robert Garcia on Freddie Roach?s bad luck, Rios-Peterson, and training Donaire
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
For the next month it looks like trainer Robert Garcia will be dividing his time between his bases in Oxnard, California and the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Garcia will be working with former lightw Read Full Story >>> More hits than misses for boxing in eventful 2011
By John Whisler, San Antonio Express, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
It's the fight that never was and, perhaps, never will be. For the past three years now, the specter of a Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. mega-bout has hung over boxing like a bad dream.
Nevertheless, 2011 was a good year for the sport. Well, memorable anyway.
As usual, there was no sh Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao keeps boxing above all sports in 2011
By Lily O. Ramos, Tempo, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
MANILA, Philippines (PNA) ? World boxing icon Manny Pacquiao had a controversial win over Mexico?s Juan Manuel Marquez in their World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight match last November but, just the same, the first-ever boxer to hold eight division titles kept the Philippines on top of the s Read Full Story >>> Bradley: Nacho Stop Making Excuses, I'll Beat Marquez!
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
On Friday BoxingScene.com ran articles in which Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39KOs) and Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12KOs) both expressed interest in facing each other in the event that neither fighter wins the lucrative Manny Pacquiao sweepstakes.
Earlier today in an article by BoxingScene's Miguel R Read Full Story >>> British boxing has great expectaions in 2012
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Boxing will hit the headlines early in the year for vastly contrasting reasons: Floyd Mayweather Jnr will take up 90 days? residence in a Las Vegas jail on a charge of domestic violence, while Muhammad Ali celebrates his 70th birthday on Jan 17 with a gathering of the greats in Louisville, Kentucky. Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach eyeing other options, says Pacquiao will not wait for Mayweather
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
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With Floyd Mayweather soon to be facing some time behind bars, Manny Pacquiao is anxiously looking at other options with his career.
The 33-year old WBO welterweight ch Read Full Story >>> CELESTINO CABALLERO RETAINS HIS WBA WORLD TITLE IN YOKOHAMA
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Panamanian star fighter Celestino "Pelenchin" Caballero successfully retained his WBA featherweight championship by scoring a unanimous decision victory over brave Japanese challenger Satoshi Hosono on new year's even in Read Full Story >>> IOKA KEEPS HIS PROMISE, RETAINS WBC LIGHT FLYWEIGHT TITLE WITH 1ST ROUND TKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Classy 22 year old Japanese youngster Kazuto Ioka has retained his WBO light flyweight title with a quick first round TKO of Thai challenger and WBC Youth champion Yodgoen Tor Chalermchai in Osaka Japan.
Ioka connected with a solid combination and then dropped the Thai challenger with a cracking Read Full Story >>> PEDRAZA KO'S QUARTEY TO WIN WORLD YOUTH TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Undefeated Jose "Sniper" Pedraza (6-0, 5KO's) scored a 5th round TKO over Ghana's Herbert Quartey (7-7, 5 KO's) to win the WBC World Youth super featherweight title at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California Read Full Story >>> BOXING WAS THE SAVIOR OF PHILIPPINE SPORTS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Inspired by the incredible achievements of Ring Magazine pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao through the years, boxing has once again been the savior of Philippine sports in the international competitive arena.
Four world Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER AVOIDS ANOTHER PRISON TERM BY PAYING $1,000 FINE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Floyd Mayweather Jr, faced with the prospect of an additional stint in prison following a 90-day sentence which he will begin serving at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on January 6, paid a $1,000 fine to stay out Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao not waiting for Mayweather; Bradley plan could be best bet
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
With Floyd Mayweather Jr. going to jail for a domestic violence conviction, it's doubtful he will be able to participate in a fight with welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao until perhaps the latter part of 2012.
Mayweather's sentence, which is slated to begin Friday in Nevada, is for 90 days aft Read Full Story >>> What we?re wishing for as bell rings in new year
By George Willis, New York Post, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
When it comes to flying fists, 2011 was a good year. Andre Ward won the Super Six super middleweight boxing tournament; Nonito Donaire, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Saul Canelo Alvarez, Lucian Bute and Lamont Peterson each had breakthrough years; and veterans such as Miguel Cotto, Manny Read Full Story >>> List of rivals down to four
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
MANILA, Philippines - They?re no longer accepting entries to the Manny Pacquiao Derby.
And it?s a four-cornered race as to who gets the million-dollar shot at the Filipino boxing superstar who plans to return to the ring in May or June of 2012.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who?s going to jail, has be Read Full Story >>> THREE BIG WORLD TITLE FIGHTS IN JAPAN TODAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Three big world title fights will be staged in Japan today as professional boxing continues to thrive in the Asian nation.
Classy little man, unbeaten 22 year old WBC minimum weight champion Kazuto Ioka (8-0, 5 KOs) defends his title against unbeaten Thai Yodgoen Tor Chalermchai (8-0, 4 KOs) in Read Full Story >>> Dirrel And Taylor Return Victorious
MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Jermain Taylor and Andre Dirrell made triumphant returns to the ring on Friday evening , both winning by knockout during a special edition of ShoBox: The New Generation on Showtime.
Taylor (29-4-1, 18 KOs), of Little Rock, Ark., registered an eighth-round knockout over game but outclassed Jessie Read Full Story >>> Readers vote Ortiz-Berto the "Fight of the Year" for 2011
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Sat, 31 Dec 2011
Before Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz reached the halfway point of their April 16 welterweight title bout, fans were already texting, tweeting and posting that the eventual 12-round thriller was a fight-of-the-year candidate.
Thanks to a breathtaking sixth round, in which the welterweight bombers Read Full Story >>>
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