Izenberg: Miguel Cotto is fighting for all of Puerto Rico
By Jerry Izenberg, The Star- Ledger, Thu, 03 Jun 2010
NEW YORK -- Last year, a week before Miguel Cotto's challenge to what has become Manny Pacquiao's incredible march through a half-dozen weight divisions, Miguel Cotto Sr. sat in the lobby of the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas convinced that history was just a single left hook away from his son's grasp.   Read Full Story >>>

Emanuel Steward, Hall of Fame trainer, trying to revive Miguel Cotto's career
By Mitch Abramson, New York Daily News, Thu, 03 Jun 2010
The sport has taken its toll on Emanuel Steward, the Hall of Fame trainer. After his fights, he can usually be found walking around, "cooling off" because he is a nervous wreck. "I'm worse than the fighters," he says. "It takes a lot out of me." Sitting on a work bench as he ruffled through an  Read Full Story >>>

Promoter Bob Arum to be Honored at Friars Club
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Thu, 03 Jun 2010
Hall of Fame promoter, Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank Promotions, will be the guest of honor at Thursday night's tribute dinner to be hosted by The Friars' Club at No. 57, East 55th Street in New York. The 78-year-old Arum is in New York promoting Saturday night's WBA junior middleweight (154 pounds)   Read Full Story >>>

SERGIO MARTINEZ: "IT'S HBO'S CHOICE TO CHOOSE THE NEXT CHALLENGE FOR ME"
By Mike Juhas, FightHype.com, Thu, 03 Jun 2010
"I was very proud to be WBO champion. I appreciate the great opportunity Paco give me. To be champion is a privilege, but the belts are owned by the sanctioning bodies. Sometimes they make incorrect decisions. I feel that he was too strict with me and didn't give me the choice. It's HBO's choice to   Read Full Story >>>

A new era marks Memorial Day
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010

On June 1st, the Philippines' most popular citizen and newly-elected congressman Manny Pacquiao boarded an evening flight for the United States, at a time when the U.S. was observing   Read Full Story >>>

FRAZIER TO PRESENT ?FIGHTER OF THE YEAR? AWARD TO PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010

Joe Frazier. Former world heavyweight champion ?Smokin? Joe Frazier will present the coveted ?Fighter of the Year? award of the prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America to pound-for-pound king and ?Fighter of  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao: Fighter of the Decade
By Daniel Cann, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
The Boxing Writer?s Association of America (BWAA) has named Filipino boxer and seven weight world champion, Manny Pacquiao as ?Fighter of the Decade.? He won the award as a result of his ?dominating performances? over the last few years. BWAA president Jack Hirsch explained that ?Pacquiao?s wins wer  Read Full Story >>>

Veteran Miguel Diaz on Pacquiao-Mayweather: ?Economics will dictate where the fight belongs?
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
Very few people in the boxing world have gotten as many rewarding experiences out in Las Vegas as veteran corner man Miguel Diaz. Born in Argentina in 1932, Diaz would eventually make his way to the United States in search of a better life and soon was able to call California his home. A relocation   Read Full Story >>>

Foreman-Cotto: The Quest For A Competitve HBO Telecast
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010

It?s been more than 30 years since a boxing has been staged at Yankee Stadium, but this weekend?s featured attraction between Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto could potentially represent something else that hasn?t been seen in quite so  Read Full Story >>>

How close is Mayweather-Pacquiao from happening?
By Seanzky Ong, Enscriber.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
If that question isn?t going through your mind day and night, you might want to check your pulse. As boxing fans, it should be on everyone?s mind. After reading a few articles of Bob Arum showing signs of the fight negotiations reaching an agreement, I must say Arum would make one hell of a poker  Read Full Story >>>

Has Floyd Mayweather Jr become Manny Pacquiao's greatest rival?
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
No fighter has ever challenged Manny Pacquiao like Floyd Mayweather Jr has. The ironic thing to all of this, is the fact that Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao have never stepped foot in a ring to yet to fight each other. Yet, no fight has captured the boxing world quite like the potential   Read Full Story >>>

TREVOR WITTMAN: ?MAYWEATHER IS JUST TRYING TO GET INTO PACQUIAO?S HEAD?
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
?As far as the blood work, the rules are the rules. You don?t need to do any special blood testing. I think it?s a little bit of hype. I think Mayweather is just trying to get into Pacquiao?s head a little bit, like what we did to Rampage,? stated world-class MMA/boxing Trevor Wittman as he shared h  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather looking close, but what terms will both parties have agreed to?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
According to several sources close to the camps of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, the fight everyone has been waiting for looks to be close to finalized. The issues that stopped the fight from happening in the past appear to have been largely resolved, and from the sounds of things, and Bob  Read Full Story >>>

The history of boxing part 1: The ancient times
By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
Boxing is a sport that is in a category by itself. While it may seem simplistic and barbaric some. Boxing is only simplistic in theory. In reality the sweet science is filled with subtle complexities. Two pugilists face each other in the confinements of a small ring and land blows to the head and  Read Full Story >>>

Miguel Cotto shedding weight last minute?
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
Boxing returns to Yankee Stadium for the first time in 34 years Saturday night and most analysts are having a very difficult time predicting a winner between Miguel Cotto and Yuri Foreman. Does Cotto have anything left in his gas tank after brutal defeats at the fists of Antonio Margarito and Ma  Read Full Story >>>

Punching Above Their Weight: The Top 10 Pound-for-Pound List (Will the #1 be Manny Pacquiao?)
By Eoin Redahan, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
Any pound for pound list will inevitably be controversial. This specific list was compiled on the basis of all-around pugilistic skill, dominance, experience, and the caliber of opposition faced (where possible). The following are my top 10 pound-for-pound boxers in the world today: #10: Shane  Read Full Story >>>

THE PACQUIAO DECADE
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010

Manny Pacquiao?s ring exploits spanned a tumultuous decade in Philippine history. He entered the 21st century already an ex-flyweight champion and campaigning in the superbantamweight division. He would win his second world title (IBF  Read Full Story >>>

Lakers or Celtics, take your pick
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010
On record, California is, undeniably the favorite destination of Filipino migrant workers so many believe that in the coming NBA championship series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, it won?t be surprising that the former would be the heavy favorites among Filipinos back home to  Read Full Story >>>

BEST Fighter of All Time
By Robbie Pangilinan, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 Jun 2010

Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao receives on June 4 his Fighter of the Decade award from the Boxing Writers Association of America in New York City, but for his millions of fans all over the world, he is not only the fighter of t  Read Full Story >>>

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