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Fighters take different routes to title match
By Robert Morales, Whittier Daily News, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez is only 20, yet he has begun to take the boxing world by storm.
Particularly in his native Mexico, Alvarez is a hot commodity. According to his promotional company, Golden Boy Promotions, he gets incredible television ratings there.
It's been quite different for Matthew Read Full Story >>>February in Review: Donaire unknown no longer after KO win
By Bryan Armen Graham, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
He stood over the battered body of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel, arms raised, legs pumping his body into the air like a reflex. Indeed, this was Nonito D Read Full Story >>> Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini at 50: 'I was like Manny Pacquiao but on smaller scale'
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Certain celebrity names and words then attached to them just do not fit.
For example, Charlie Sheen and "abstinence" do not seem to belong paired in the same sentence, para Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO VS. GOLDEN BOY AND MAYWEATHER LAWSUIT UPDATE
By Scott Shaffer, BoxingTalk.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
The Manny Pacquiao vs. Golden Boy and Mayweather lawsuit is still pending in federal court in Nevada, and Manny Pacquiao won a small victory today when a portion of Golden Boy's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied. On December 30, 2009, after it became clear there no Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweath Read Full Story >>> Ring of Fire: Nonito Donaire Returning Soon, Cotto-Mayorga Card Gets Zbikowski and Loses Christy Martin, and More
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Back to Business for Nonito Donaire
Dan Rafael of ESPN.com reported a couple of days ago that Nonito Donaire appears headed for a May 28 return on HBO, where he would face Anselmo Moreno. Donaire (26-1, 18 KO) and Moreno (30-1-1, 10 KO) are by my tally the two best bantamweights in the world not Read Full Story >>> Alvarez heavy but Hatton bout still on
By Agence France Press, Google News, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
ANAHEIM, California ? Mexican sensation Saul Alvarez came in almost two pounds over the agreed weight limit Friday, but his world title clash with Britain's Matthew Hatton was still on for Saturday.
Alvarez, whose red hair and freckles account for his nickname Canelo -- "Cinnamon" in Spanish -- w Read Full Story >>> Yesterday, Maybe: Zab Judah-Kaizer Mabuza Preview
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Zab Judah tries to weave his way through the junior welterweight traffic jam when he faces Kaizer Mabuza for a vacant UNICEF title at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, tomorrow night. In a hazardous move, Main Events risks one of its two marquee names the other is Tomasz Adamek against an Read Full Story >>> Much fanfare surrounding Saul Alvarez's title shot regardless of circumstances
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
We don't know for sure yet if Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez is a special kind of fighter but we do know that he has a special kind of following. The Jalisco native is already a bona f Read Full Story >>> Donaire father-son estrangement ends
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Nonito Donaire Jr. and his father ended their two-year estrangment Thursday, a spokesman for the bantamweight champion confirmed Friday.
?Nonito and Rachel reached out,? said Ferdinand Piano, and the result was a meeting in the East Bay that included a leisurely dinner at a Japanese restaurant.
Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao ready for Baguio training camp
By Roderick Osis, Sun.Star Baguio, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
DESPITE not seeing the country's best festival, the Panagbenga 2011, Manny Pacquiao will push through with his plans to set up a training camp in the Summer Capital for his build-up against Sugar Shane Mosley.
This early, the eight weight class pound-for-pound champion and congressman of Sarangan Read Full Story >>> SAMPSON BOXING MOURNS DEATH OF BOXER'S SON
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Sampson Boxing is deeply saddened and is mourning to hear about the tragic passing of promising boxing prospect Bobby Dominguez? son last night in Lomita, California. The homicide has been reported to have occurred while in the custody of the mother?s boy friend, Daniel Vega.
Bobby Dominguez, Read Full Story >>> A Busy 2011 for Vanes Martirosyan
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Vanes Martirosyan's highly anticipated return to the ring takes place on March 19th in Montreal, Quebec, on the under card to Lucian Bute versus Brian Magee on March 19th.
Bute always receives tremendous fan support in his adopted hometown of Montreal. Bute won't be the only fighter with great Read Full Story >>> DANNY ?SWIFT? GARCIA CHOSEN BY FANS AS THE BOXER WITH THE MOST CAR?CTER
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Votes from ?S?lo Boxeo Tecate? Viewers Place Him Closer to Receiving ?Cintur?n Tecate? Award
NEW YORK (March 4, 2011) ? Not only was Danny Garcia the winner of his fight against John Figueroa during last week?s ?S?lo Boxeo Tecate? broadcast, but the judges at home also decided that he displayed Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Pacquiao may all be a Arum vs King showdown
By Carlo Guevara, 8countnews, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
In the past few days, some rumors began to circulate on the web and if it holds true, all personality involved in the sporting world, will rejoice. Michael Koncz, Pacquiao?s chief lieutenant, has stated that negotiations about a possible Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight for November have begun. Jeff Ma Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao vs. Edwin Valero the fight the God?s refused to Grant
By Mark Leroy, The Boxing Historian, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
One of life?s lessons is that dreams and fantasies are not bound by the same rules as reality, as hard hitting Venezuelan Edwin Valero continued his assault a few pounds below the sports pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao, many fans had already started playing out a possible bout between both fight Read Full Story >>> Breaking news: Alvarez comes in 1.8 pounds above contracted weight
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Saul Alvarez came in 1.8 pounds over the contracted weight of 150 pounds Friday for his fight against Matthew Hatton on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif., on HBO, perhaps leaving the fight in jeopardy.
Alvarez was given two hours from the time of the weigh in, which took place a little after noon, to l Read Full Story >>> Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez: Is There Steak to Go with the Sizzle?
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
What makes a champion? Is it the belt? A certain moment? Or a long and illustrious career? That?s been the debate leading up to the Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez and Mathew Hatton fight this weekend for the vacant WBC junior middleweight belt. The problem most critics have had with this fight is that Canelo Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Would Like A Redo Of The Last Nine Minutes With Trinidad
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
During the past week former six division champ Oscar De La Hoya has been making headlines. There have been rumors circulating about him returning to the ring to scratch the boxing itch he's developed since he last fought back in December of 2008. Let's hope that Oscar comes to his senses and decides Read Full Story >>> Matthew Hatton's fight with Sa?l 'Canello' Alvarez a cynical contest
guardian.co.uk, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
Matthew Hatton is a lucky boy and he knows it. When Ricky's bigger "little brother" joins the exciting young Mexican prospect Sa?l "Canelo" Alvarez in a Calfornian ring on Saturday night to contest the WBC's vacant light-middleweight title, neither fighter should be allowed to run away with the noti Read Full Story >>> The Mike Tyson Chronicles: Bruce Seldon
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Sat, 05 Mar 2011
On April 8th, 1995, a fight card would transpire where Larry Holmes attempted to repeat what George Foreman was able to do, and capture the heavyweight title. Holmes came within inches of achieving that feat, losing a close and debatable decision to the then WBC Heavyweight Champion, Oliver McCall. Read Full Story >>>
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