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Why Manny Pacquiao hasn't fought a top African-American boxer
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
In a perfect world, people are 'color-blind'. But this is America.
So to expect sports to be devoid of racial prejudices is unrealistic. It's like asking Floyd Mayweather J Read Full Story >>>SHOWTIME SPORTS? BANTAMWEIGHT TOURNMENT TO BE HELD AT EMERALD QUEEN CASINO IN TACOMA, WASH.
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
NEW YORK (Nov. 18, 2010)-SHOWTIME Sports officially announced today that The Bantamweight Tournament: Winner Takes All-the two-stage, single-elimination tournament of 118-pounders-will begin with two Semifinal bouts on Saturday, Dec. 11 at Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash. SHOWTIME will televise Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA SHOULD TARGET MARGARITO, NOT HATTON, FOR COMEBACK BID
By Danny Howard, FightHype.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Faced with the scenario that his promotional firm is out of marketable stars and the fighters they are grooming to be the next generation are moving slower than expected, it is expected that Oscar De La Hoya will be making a financially advisable return to the ring in the near future. Amidst rumblin Read Full Story >>> Hopkins Implies Black American Fighters Are The Best
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Bernard Hopkins is one who never shies away from speaking his mind. And naturally, the Executioner shared his viewpoint on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather: When Will It Happen? controversy.
?Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao because the styles that African-American fighters (use Read Full Story >>> Sergio Martinez Ready For War With Paul Williams
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
For a man who began his athletic career with his feet, Sergio Martinez (pictured at far right) sure does have some lethal fists.
In his past three ring outings, the 35-year-old Argentinian-born, resident of Oxnard, Calif., has virtually sliced the faces of his opponents into bloody ribbons, even Read Full Story >>> Weekly Dispatch: Pacquiao-Margarito, Williams-Martinez, Mosley-Conte, Hopkins-Pascal: A Beatdown, A Showdown, A Throwdown and An Execution
By Mike Colapietro, Boxing Dispatch, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
*If you winced in pain every time Antonio Margarito was hit by Manny Pacquiao on his swollen mess of a face, how much do you think it hurt Margarito?
*Who wouldn?t have paid an extra $10 to see Freddie Roach do a post-fight imitation of Margarito?
*As great as the main event was, the Kelly Pav Read Full Story >>> WEED: JUST HOW MANY FIGHTERS SMOKE?
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
MARIJUANA BUSTS BEATS STEROIDS NEARLY 200-1!
San Francisco, CA- Over the years, booze, prescription pills, cocaine, heroin, you name the drug, fighters, much like society as a whole have had drug issues since the beginning of time. In recent years, Performance Enhancing Drugs have taken over the Read Full Story >>> Who's Next for Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito?
By Ian Palmer, Opposing Views, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Now that Manny Pacquiao has silenced his critics by laying a beating on Antonio Margarito of Mexico to add the WBC Super Welterweight championship of the world to his WBO welterweight title, what?s next for the Filipino congressman and boxing sensation?
Well, he?s already won eight championships Read Full Story >>> Mike Tyson, Restauranteur?
By Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Mike Tyson might be getting into the restaurant and food business.
As reported in the Tuesday edition of The New York Post, the former heavyweight champ is in talks with Moshe Malamud of the Franklin Mint regarding the launch of a high-end restaurant chain. The report says Tyson, who started and Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao means perfection
By James Sprague, The News Record, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
If Manny Pacquiao didn't cement his status as not only the best boxer in the world, but one of the greatest of all time Saturday, I really don't know what would.
Pacquio captured his record eighth world title in eight weight classes when he surgically dismantled another bigger, reputedly stronger Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Adviser: We Won't Chase Floyd Mayweather
By Lem Satterfield, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Michael Koncz, adviser to Manny Pacquiao, would like to strike a deal for a 2011 mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Except this time around they are not going to chase after him. Negotiations for Mayweather-Pacquiao have twice fallen apart. The entire boxing world is hoping the fight will happen. Read Full Story >>> WBO ASIA PACIFIC YOUTH FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN IMUS, CAVITE ON SATURDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
A WBO Asia Pacific Youth flyweight championship battle between undefeated Froilan ?The Sniper? Saludar and rugged Remuel Obidos will be the main event on a fight card presented by promoter Sammy Gello-ani at the covered court in Imus, Ca Read Full Story >>> OPBF CHAMPION FUENTES DEFENDS TITLE IN CEBU
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Hard-hitting Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation champion Rocky Fuentes defends his title before hometown fans for the first time since becoming champion in the supporting main event of ?PINOY PRIDE 2: Best of the Best? at the Read Full Story >>> Paul Williams: Me and Manny Pacquiao is a Straight War!
By Lem Satterfield, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Former welterweight champion Paul Williams is a few days away from a possible "fight of the year" candidate. Williams challenges Sergio Martinez for the WBC middleweight title on Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Last December, they traded knockdowns in the first round and waged war Read Full Story >>> DANNY GREEN BEATS UNDEFEATED BJ FLORES TO RETAIN CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Danny Green.
Australia?s Danny Green retained his IBO cruiserweight title beating undefeated American BJ Flores at the Challenge Stadium in Western Australia, Thursday night.
Green clinched the hard-fought win with a unani Read Full Story >>> Is Manny Pacquiao ducking African-American fighters?
By Robert Przybylo, NewsOK.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Is he? No, not at all.
Whew, glad we got that controversy over with. Seriously, though, I don?t know what Bernard Hopkins was trying to imply by saying Manny Pacquiao is avoiding a tough fight against an African-American fighter.
In a way, I guess, I can see he is trying to say though he is go Read Full Story >>> And Now a Touch of Class: Paul Williams vs. Sergio Martinez
By Paul Magno, Inside Fights, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Unlike much that has happened recently in the world of boxing, Williams-Martinez is actually something to feel good about.
Looking at boxing?s last major fight, the Pacquiao-Margarito affair, The Unholy Trinity of Boxing (Bob Arum, WBC President for Life, Jose Sulaiman, and Texas Commission head, Read Full Story >>> BERNARD HOPKINS: "MAYWEATHER WOULD POT-SHOT PACQUIAO AND BUST HIM UP"
By Gary Reynolds, FightHype.com, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
Never one to hold his tongue, future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins was quick to share his thoughts on a potential showdown between Manny Pacquiao, fresh off of his victory over Antonio Margarito, and Floyd Mayweather. "Floyd Mayweather would beat Manny Pacquiao because the styles that African-Americ Read Full Story >>> Unbeaten Alexander eyes Pacquiao after Bradley
By Agence France Press, Google News, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
ST. LOUIS, Missouri ? Unbeaten World Boxing Council (WBC) light-welterweight champion Devon Alexander is already talking about fighting Manny Pacquiao, even though he has another foe to face first.
Alexander told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he is looking forward to meeting Filipino superstar Read Full Story >>> Manny greatest fighter ever
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 19 Nov 2010
In yesterday?s column, we discussed the boxing careers of Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Robinson, two of four fighters who were the only common choices of experts listing the world?s greatest boxers ever in five authoritative books.
The two others were Henry Armstrong and Jack Dempsey.
Armstrong Read Full Story >>>
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