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The Pugilist - Ten Greatest Stadium Fights
By Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
On Saturday, Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman revive a great New York City boxing tradition, squaring off against one another before a packed house at Yankee Stadium. From the 1930s to late 1950s, these summer stadium fights were nearly as common as playoff baseball, and not just in New York City. Some Read Full Story >>>MEMORABLE FIGHTS AT NEW YORK?S YANKEE STADIUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
As fight fans around the world eagerly look forward to an intriguing light middleweight title fight between WBA champion Yuri Foreman and former WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto this Sunday, Manila Time at the state-of- Read Full Story >>> Cotto confident with Steward at the helm
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
NEW YORK -- Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has been touting Miguel Cotto, the former welterweight and junior welterweight titlist, as New York's No. 1 boxing attraction.
After all, the pride of Puerto Rico has sold approximately 93,000 tickets for his six headline fights at Madison Square Garden, Read Full Story >>> Miguel Diaz? unadulterated look at Miguel Cotto (2 of 2): Defeat, fallout, and a date with Foreman
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
In the first part of my interview with Miguel Diaz the wise Argentinean told me that from the minute Top Rank signed Miguel Cotto that he knew the Puerto Rican would be a star. Cotto would go on to make those proclamations true with a fine run of success at 140 pounds that included six defenses of h Read Full Story >>> Exclusive 8CN interview: Nonito Donaire
By Kenneth Ragpala, 8countnews, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Nonito Donaire, Jr. is one of Philippine?s most prolific boxing icons, no doubt. With an impressive record of 23 wins against one defeat, 15 wins by way of knockout, there is no way to go but up for the fighter whom pundits dubbed as the Filipino Flash. Currently ranked #4 by The Ring magazine in th Read Full Story >>> Arum: Cotto-Foreman at Yankee Stadium has spirit of Louis-Schmelling
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Yuri Foreman, the man who has in his soul the appetite to punch faces for a living but in his spirit a rabbinical calling, finds himself in a collision on Saturday night with teak-tough Puerto Rican talisman Miguel Cotto in New York.
Cotto, the three time world champion, will attempt to take the Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto: A Legacy Cemented?
By Brian Gorman, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
It was June of 2008, and several boxing writers noted the 25th anniversary of one of the most notorious crimes in pugilistic history, the June 1983 assault by Luis Resto of undefeated Bob Arum prospect ?Irish? Billy Collins by way of Panama Lewis? removal of the stuffing from Resto?s gloves.
Eve Read Full Story >>> Exclusive interview and photos Part I: Rachel Donaire leaves Nonito...not for long
By Granville Ampong, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Celebrity Headlines Examiner Exclusive, Hollywood, California, June 4, 2010 - Love and fashion, not passion, are sometimes strange companions. But in the case of rising fashion Read Full Story >>> Mayweather gives back gets hate in return
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Recently Floyd Mayweather Jr made a wish come true for an 18 year old fan. The Make a Wish Foundation is a wonderful organization that grants wishes for kids who are fighting cancer. Floyd made a dream come true for a young man, and it's a beautiful gesture no matter how some of his detractors wan Read Full Story >>> TKO In Manny Pacquiao Camp: 'Lizardo' Salvador put smackdown on Koncz
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
While the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao camps keep talking about a fight between the two superstars, there is a fight result to report from within the Pacman inner circle.
Several sources have confirmed that veteran Pinoy actor and onetime political candidate Philllip Salvador, a popular, Read Full Story >>> 5 Questions For ... Jim Lampley
By Justin Terranova, American Chronicle, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
BIG-TIME boxing is back in The Bronx. Yuri Foreman will defend his junior middleweight championship against Miguel Cotto at the new Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. HBO play-by-play man Jim Lampley talks about the significance of calling the first fight at a Yankee Stadium since 1976 and the import Read Full Story >>> RON FRAZIER: "FOREMAN OUTBOXES HIM...ARUM KNOWS THAT"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
"I think Foreman outboxes him. Yuri is a natural 154-pounder and Miguel Cotto is not. People forget, he wasn't a big welterweight. This is a guy that has spent most of his career at 140. I think 28 of his bouts were at 140 pounds, where I think he was at his best. He moved up to 147 and he fought ot Read Full Story >>> COTTO'S LAST STAND
By Danny Howard, FightHype.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
This Saturday, the WBA Junior Middleweight title will be on the line when Miguel Cotto faces off against champion Yuri Foreman in the first boxing event in Yankee Stadium since Muhammad Ali's third encounter with Ken Norton. This match has an intriguing backdrop, with Cotto attempting to win a title Read Full Story >>> Round And Round: Next For Joe Calzaghe, Yonnhy Perez, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Danny Green, Amir Khan, Fernando Guerrero And More
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
There's not much Quick Jabbing material this week, other than:
This interview with Virgil Hunter, the trainer of super middleweight Andre Ward (paired at right), who's fast become one of my favorite interviews in the sport;
A worthy Lou DiBella rant against the sanctioning organization that st Read Full Story >>> In former champion Cotto, Steward sees room for improvement
By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
NEW YORK -- The black SUV eased around a corner and settled into spot just in front of the Trinity Boxing Club. First out of the car was Miguel Cotto, the ex-welterweight king wearing a familiar Puerto Rican colored jacket and even more familiar cool expression. Trailing him is his longtime friend a Read Full Story >>> Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto: Boxing Analysis and Prediction
By Joseph 'The Mad Boxing Genius' Torres, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Traditionally, ethnic boxers have had the best followings in boxing. Look no further than fighters like Felix Trinidad, Manny Pacquiao and Julio Cesar Chavez, all whom had more than just the everyday ?boxing fan? by their side ? they had entire countries behind them. On June 5th, 2010, Bob Arum is a Read Full Story >>> It's time for Floyd Mayweather Jr to move onto 'Plan B': Sergio Martinez
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
Summer is upon us and we're nowhere near signing the 'Fight of the Century' between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao. Whether it's in the public or in secret, both sides are at an impasse. Mayweather Jr refuses to compromise and is standing firm on his demands of drug testing and wanting a lar Read Full Story >>> Sinatra, Mancini, and how Bob Arum discovered the Latino market
By Jerry Izenberg, nj.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
NEW YORK -- If it weren't for Boom Boom Mancini's bad shoulder, Frank Sinatra's feeling for Italian-American boxers, a posh casino in Bophuthatswana, Africa, and Nelson Mandela's vision, who is to say where promoter Bob Arum would be Saturday night?
The answer almost certainly isn't Yankee Stadiu Read Full Story >>> The wider implications of Cotto vs. Foreman
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Sat, 05 Jun 2010
On the face of it, Yuri Foreman vs. Miguel Cotto this weekend is just one more example of a young untested champion defending his title against a veteran making one last challenge before his retirement.
Look a little closer though, and the fight could have much wider ramifications not only at lig Read Full Story >>> ?Pasalamat sa Diretso 3? Boxing in Lapu-lapu City This Sunday
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 04 Jun 2010
Promoters Rex ?Wakee? Salud, Aljoe Jaro and Naris Singwangcha of Thailand will stage a boxing event this June 6 Sunday at the Lapu-lapu City Auditorium. The event billed as ?Pasalamat sa Diretso 3? is headlined by a double main event - a ten round bout between superflyweights Marco Demecillo of Ilig Read Full Story >>>
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