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Boxing?s champions, contenders, prospects and bums By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011

It?s a macho sport with macho men sitting ringside, and macho, armchair experts sitting in front of their TVs and computers, while weighing in on ever Read Full Story >>>Video: Michael Koncz Answers Manny Pacquiao's Critics By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Eight-division king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts), who also holds the WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds), has taken criticism for selecting to defend his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against 39-year-old, three-division, five-time titlist, Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), in an HBO pay Read Full Story >>> No end in sight to Golden Boy-Top Rank divide By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 One of the haunting criticisms of boxing is that the best fights don't get made.
Outside the obstacles that have kept the sport's super-fight -- Manny Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. -- on hold, there is a devastating cold war that exists in the silence between the sport's top two promoters, Read Full Story >>> Will Manny Paquiao And Nonito Donaire Fight on The Same Card? By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Thu, 13 Jan 2011
On Feb. 19 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, an HBO-televised clash will be promoted by Top Rank Promotions featuring WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 knockouts) of the Philippines and WBO and WBC bantamweight (118 pounds) king Fernando Montiel (44-2- Read Full Story >>> Robert Duvall Immortalized in Hollywood The Epoch Times, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Hollywood, CA?Robert Duvall was honored with a hand and footprint ceremony on January 5, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to ?celebrate his 50 years of excellence in film.? Despite the chilly overcast morning, the press and many onlookers came to see Duvall's ceremony. Previously, he receiv Read Full Story >>> Beyond Tiny Tim Bradley, Devon Alexander seeks Pacquiao, Mayweather By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Showing some imagination, undefeated WBC junior welterweight champion Devon Alexander's manager-trainer, Kevin Cunningham, compared Jan. 29 HBO foe, the also unbeaten 140 pound beltholder Tim "Desert Storm" Bradley, to ukelele virtuoso and national joke Tiny Tim.
The ex-St. Louis police officer s Read Full Story >>> Andre Ward & the Shocks and Surprises of the Super Six By Gina Caliboso, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 It?s only January and I already feel like it?s a year to look forward to ? sort of ? in boxing, but first, some business still needs to be taken care of.
From 2010, the Showtime ?Super 6? Super Middleweight Tournament still remains and with the semifinal rounds to take place, followed by, gulp ? Read Full Story >>> Bradley Vs. Alexander Conference Call AUDIO Podcast By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 8CountNews listened into today's big media press conference where both champions Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander were on hand. This big fight is scheduled to take place on January 29th, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan on HBO World Championship Boxing. Listen into what the expert Read Full Story >>> Bernard Hopkins: Black Fighters, We Are Built Differently By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Bernard Hopkins is at it again. During a recent interview with Lem Satterfield of FanHouse/BoxingScene.com, the 45-year-old veteran made some interesting comments reagrding the issue of race, and how it relates to boxing and the big fight between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, which happens on May Read Full Story >>> Manfredo Jr Vs. Daniel Edouard ESPN FNF - Podcast By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 This Friday night on ESPN2 IBO middleweight world champion Peter Manfredo Jr (36-6-20KO) will square off against Daniel Edouard (23-3-14) This fight is huge for Manfredo because an impressive win could possibly set the stage for a big payday fight Vs. a Sergio Martinez in the near future. Manfredo Read Full Story >>> Sugar too sweet for Pacman? By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Jan 2011

MANILA, Philippines - Sugar Shane Mosley is expected to battle Manny Pacquiao the same way he outfought Oscar de la Hoya in their two meetings in 2000 and 2003. That means Mosley will try to be at his sweetest Read Full Story >>> Smokin' Joe Frazier turns 67: 'Me and Muhammad, we had a lot of fun' By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011

(Editor's Note: Joe Frazier's chronic unresolved relationship with Muhammad Ali seems resolved and happily so. There's more sweetness than bitterness Read Full Story >>> Showtime?s Al Bernstein: ?I am a complete believer in Nonito Donaire? By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011

During Monday's presser to announce the Fernando Montiel - Nonito Donaire bantamweight title bout I ran into Showtime analyst Al Bernstein Read Full Story >>> The Top Rank/Pacquiao Stimulus Package for Las Vegas By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 From January 22nd (with the 2011 premiere of ?Top Rank Live? from the Texas Station Casino) to May 7th at the MGM Grand when Manny Pacquiao faces Shane Mosley, a bulk of Top Rank?s first half-of-2011 schedule takes place in Las Vegas. It?s a far cry from the previous few years when they did just a h Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao IS the people's champ regardless of what some say By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Isn't it amazing how fast some people have forgotten some of the epic wars that Manny Pacquiao had to get through in order to get where he is at today. In a recent article written by Alex Groberman, he calls Pacquiao a "paper champion" and accuses him of "selling out" the fans, and "milking his fa Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum: Manny Pacquiao's 'Never' Faced Shane Mosley's Style By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 During a November interview with FanHouse, former undisputed middleweight champion, Bernard Hopkins, asserted that eight-division champion, Manny Pacquiao, never has faced a top notch African American boxer -- this despite the Filipino superstar's having vanquished non-American black fighters such a Read Full Story >>> Exclusive: Introducing the Fighter that Donaire, Jr. Will Never Ever Fight By Granville Ampong, Associated Content, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Casual talk form Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, California - In an exclusive interview Tuesday at a press conference, Nonito 'Filipino Flash' Donaire, Jr. showed considerable confidence to win by way
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Organization/World Boxing Council Bantamweight Champion Read Full Story >>> QUOTE ON QUOTE: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH MOSLEY?" By Vivek Wallace, FightHype.com, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 What's wrong with Mosley"..."He lies about everything"...""Tim fought a guy with a trumped record"...all recent comments made by some of the biggest names in the sport. Looking back at this week's key quotes of note, Boxing Scribe Vivek Wallace offers his own unique perspective, giving fight fans "a Read Full Story >>> MONTIEL-DONAIRE TAKES CENTRE STAGE By Mark Staniforth, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Boxing ended 2010 mired in what-might-have-been's following the respective failures of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, and David Haye and the Klitschko brothers, to sign for fights the public craved.
But if the early success of 2011 is anything to go by, it could turn out to be quite a new y Read Full Story >>> Phenomenon of longevity By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Jan 2011 Nicola Scevola, writing in L?Uomo Vogue (Nov. 2010), described Sugar Shane Mosley as ?a phenomenon of longevity? and quoted the former three-time world boxing champion as saying, ?People have tried to put limits on my career for a long time...I know I don?t have much time but I want to make the most Read Full Story >>>
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