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Mickey Ward: Friend, rival Arturo Gatti would have liked 'The Fighter'
By Bob Velin, USA Today, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Micky Ward remembers the last conversation he had with his friend and former foe, Arturo Gatti, with whom Ward fought one of the great trilogies in boxing history in 2002-03.
"I was coming back from Mark Wahlberg's house; Read Full Story >>>Amir Khan thankful for having the chance to learn from Filipino phenomenon Manny Pacquiao
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
For two years, the 24 year-old from Bolton has been testing himself against boxing?s emeritus champion Manny Pacquiao ? and of late a Filipino Congressman too ? in Los Angeles, progressing under his masterful shadow.
It has seen Khan improve from flashy fighter to a champion whose skills are bei Read Full Story >>> No holiday rest for Boom-boom
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
THERE will be no holiday break for Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista as he meticulously prepares for a rematch with Mexican Alejandro Barrera next month.
In the fighters? first meeting last Aug. 28, Bautista was luckily awarded with a controversial fourth-round technical knockout win over the 31-year-ol Read Full Story >>> Rainman: Money makes the world go around
By Gary Walsh, BigPond Sport, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Last week, Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitski signed a 10-year contract worth $US157.75 million. With performance bonuses and various add-ons, he could potentially earn considerably more than that, but his contract comes in only eighth in the list of biggest all-time Major League Baseball de Read Full Story >>> Crazy Talk: Manny Pacquiao Bigger than Muhammad Ali
By Alex Groberman, Opposing Views, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
It?s no secret boxing promotion is a business built on empty statements, false proclamations and general deceit. Thanks to Bob Arum, Michael Koncz and the rest of Manny Pacquiao?s Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Beware: Floyd Mayweather Will Poke You To Death!
By Brian Ethridge, MyBoxing, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
All this time we?ve been calling Floyd Mayweather the master of ducking opponents, but today we find out we have been wrong all along. As great as he is at avoiding opponents who pose a threat to his undefeated record, he?s even better at poking the hell out of random security guards!
Above is a Read Full Story >>> A changed Tyson gets his day in the sun
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
It was a great day for Mike Tyson on Tuesday.
He was still around, by all accounts, at 44 years old, happy, and very much healthy to receive the news that he had been elected to the Internation Read Full Story >>> Drian Francisco looking at another fight before talking to Golden Boy Promotions
By Carlo Pamintuan, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
News broke out yesterday that Drian Francisco?s manager, Elmer Anuran, was heading to the United States to meet with representatives from the Oscar de la Hoya?s Golden Boy Promotions.
I talked to Anuran earlier and he Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley and promoter on outs, but he may be in with Manny Pacquiao
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Shane Mosley said he'd received a $1,000 check from Golden Boy Promotions representing the interest he'd owned in Oscar De La Hoya's company, and if he pocketed the money, it'd likely legally seal the split between the 39-year-old Pomona fighter and his onetime rival.
De La Hoya has said it's bee Read Full Story >>> Docs say Manny knows best
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Dr. Domenic Coletta and Dr. Ray Monsell, leading exponents of safety in boxing, said recently that Manny Pacquiao ? nobody else ? is in the best position to know when to retire from the ring but strongly suggested he consider hanging up his gloves sooner than later.
Dr. Cole Read Full Story >>> Business as Usual for Birthday Boys Amir Khan, Bob Arum
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, and WBA junior welterweight (140 pounds) champion, Amir Khan, will share something in common on Wednesday, Dec. 8 -- a couple of very busy days for each of them in Las Vegas, as well as, the days on which each of them was born.
Arum will turn 79 years young, and Khan, 24, Read Full Story >>> 'The Unification' - Shumenov-Braehmer Jan. 8
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Los Angeles (Dec. 8, 2010) - Goossen Tutor Promotions and KZ Event Productions announced today that WBA and IBA World Champion Beibut Shumenov and WBO World Champion Juergen Braehmer will meet in a Light Heavyweight World Championship Unification showdown January 8, 2011 at the Ice Mansion in Shymke Read Full Story >>> Adviser: Manny Pacquiao's More Popular Than Muhammad Ali
By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum's more than 44 years has included promoting Muhammad Ali, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather. Jr, and George Foreman, the latter of whom became the oldest man to win a heavyweight championship when he knocked Read Full Story >>> Lamont Peterson hoping for big win over Ortiz
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
I remember when I first saw Lamont Peterson. He was the talk of the town in the Memphis, TN area, a former homeless kid who just like his brother Anthony had to fight on the streets. He had to learn to live on the streets as well. I mention Memphis, TN because he and his brother both built their f Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao and His Most Worthy Opponents
By Jayson Charpied, MyBoxing, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Unfortunately, boxing is a business just like any other. There are politics involved and just like any successful business it has one main ambition, money. So it doesn?t necessarily matter what fights make the most sense to us writers and fans. Unless, of course, the most legitimate fight is also th Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Accuser -- The Face-Poked Damage
TMZ.com, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
TMZ obtained these pics -- taken moments after private security guard Shayne Smith claimed Floyd poked him in the cheekbone during a parking dispute in the boxer's private Las Vegas co Read Full Story >>> Boxer Ricky Hatton settles ?1.4m trainer wages claim
BBC Sport, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Boxer Ricky Hatton has settled a ?1.4m claim for unpaid wages from his former trainer.
The ex-light welterweight world boxing champion was being sued by Billy Graham for money he claimed he was owed after being sacked in 2008.
Both parties reached an undisclosed but "mutually acceptable" deal Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER SR. STILL HAS HIS SUSPICIONS, BUT PICKS PACQUIAO TO BEAT SHANE
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Never one to hold his tongue, Floyd Mayweather Sr. shared his thoughts about the possibility of pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao facing three-division world champion Shane Mosley. ?They gonna check Shane good and not Pacquiao. Watch what I tell you. Shane is going to have to go through all ki Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao hits US fund-raisers for misuse of his name, image
GMA News Online, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Wednesday arrested three Americans, including a Filipino naturalized US citizen, for allegedly using the name of Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao in their campaign to raise donations to fight dengue and malaria.
In an interview, Pacquiao said he sought t Read Full Story >>> 10 & Counting: On Nonito Donaire, Saul Alvarez, Derek Chisora, & Soto-Antillon
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Thu, 09 Dec 2010
Nonito Donaire played Godzilla in downtown Tokyo against Wladimir Sidorenko at the Honda Center last Saturday night, scoring a brutal fourth round stoppage that left Sidorenko looking like the victim of something truly awful.
Well, he was, actually?a bantamweight reenactment of Dempsey-Willard.
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