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Depsite the 'Mayweather-Mosley' PPV numbers, Floyd Mayweather Jr is still not the 'PPV King'?
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
If you ask Floyd Mayweather Jr who the PPV king is, without hesitation, he'll tell you that it's "Money May". And after his fight with Shane Mosley, Floyd Jr has 1.4 million more reasons why he thinks so. The fight drew monster numbers for PPV buys.
On the flip side of this, Floyd Jr is using th Read Full Story >>>Why is it so hard to have undisputed boxing champions?
By Chris Summers, BBC Sport, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
Boxing fans have been yearning for years for a single champion in each weight category but with four main governing bodies - the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO - there seems little chance of it happening. What can be done?
Amir Khan said recently he intended to become the undisputed light-welterweight cha Read Full Story >>> PINOY GEARS UP FOR WORLD MEMORY CHAMPIONSHIPS; VIES FOR COVETED GRANDMASTER TITLE
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
READY and confident. That?s how Roberto Racasa and Johann Randall Abrina described their condition in the forthcoming World Memory Championships slated Aug. 21-27 in Guangzhou, China.
?I will do my very best for flag and country,? said Racasa, a former top board player of Polytechnic University o Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto: New York's Mr. Manhattan
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
The last time Miguel Cotto fought in New York was a little more than a year ago in June, when the Cuagas, Puerto Rico native scored a disputed, 12-round, split-decision victory over Bronx resident Joshua Clottey of Ghana at Madison Square Garden.
Cotto appeared to be infused with energy during wh Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao off to U.S. to mix business, pleasure
GMA News Online, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
Manny Pacquiao mixes pleasure and work when he leaves with his family and small entourage for the United States Tuesday night.
Aside from attending the 85th banquet awards of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) where he will be honored with the Boxer of the Decade honor, the newly-el Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao prepares to receive US accolades
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
Aside from the Fighter of the Year (2009) award that he will receive this Friday from the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, Manny Pacquiao is also going to be feted by the elite group as the recipient of the Fighter of the Decade honor.
This will be Read Full Story >>> Interview Tips And Techniques: A Fighter's Guide
By Andrew Harrison, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 01 Jun 2010
Malignaggi, Hamed, Tyson good. Cotto, Oscar, Lennox bad.
Everything about being a prize fighter is tough, not least the part which comes directly after the fight, when an erudite guy in a penguin suit sticks a mic in your grill and wants you to waffle like "The Greatest."
Some take to it like Read Full Story >>> Casimero vs Hirales moved to July 3
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
Johnriel Casimero?s upcoming fight against Ramon Garcia Hirales of Mexico has been moved to July. Promoter Sammy Gello-ani informed through e-mail that he just got a confirmation from Sampson Lewkowicz of Sampson Boxing, LLC that m Read Full Story >>> Larry Merchants hints at Pacquiao - Mayweather being close to done
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
On Sunday night one of boxing's legendary media figures Larry Merchant made an innuendo that a bout between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao may be close to being finalized.
While appearing on The Boxing Truth Radio, Merchant made the following statement regarding the proposed fight:
"Yes, Read Full Story >>> Sports' biggest rivalries and fans' evolving interest in sports
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
If there is a big catalyst for spurring fan interest in a particular sport, it is a great rivarly. The media landscape is saturated with sporting events.
PHOTOS: Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN DETERMINED TO AVENGE LOSS TO ROSALES
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
Junior welterweight Mark Jason Melligen (17-2, 13 KO?s) of the famed ALA Gym is determined to avenge his split decision loss to Michel "El Bravo" Rosales (27-3, 23 KO's) last November when they meet Read Full Story >>> Lolito Sonsona Defeats Anacaya in Lucena Boxing
By Salvador Lopez, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
Fighting in the shadow of his older brother Eden, currently the Philippine bantamweight champion and who figured successfully in the undercard of Manny Pacquiao?s last two fights and of his cousin Marvin, who was the WBO super-flyweight champion not too long ago, is what Lolito Sonsona is doing thes Read Full Story >>> Joe Greene: A Contender To Be?
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
Junior-middleweight contender Joe Greene Jr is not the type of fighter that generates much hype. It's not that he doesn't know how to fight - he's simply a low-key guy that doesn't draw much attention to himself away from the ring.
Read Full Story >>> Tommy Rainone Ready for "Stadium Slugfest" at Yankee Stadium on June 5
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
Long Island, New York (May 31, 2010) - It still hasn't hit welterweight boxer Tommy Rainone how big his next fight is. His opponent - Terry Buterbough of Colorado - has a record of 5-3 (3 KO), and isn't going to ring any bells with his name recognition.
The six-round welterweight bout will, howe Read Full Story >>> Should Mayweather be Number One?
By Christopher Cruz, Sportales, Mon, 31 May 2010
A number of respected sportswriters and boxing journalists have bestowed the pound-for-pound top spot to Floyd Mayweather Junior (41-0, 25 KO?s) following his thorough domination of ?Sugar? Shane Mosley last May 1, 2010.
Floyd was already the pound-for-pound king just before going into semi-r Read Full Story >>> ?Fighting Words? ? Free Fights, Pugilistic Piracy: Boxing, Broadcasts and Bootlegs
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
It is the night of Antonio Margarito?s fight against Roberto Garcia. I find an online stream of what is otherwise being shown on pay-per-view for $40.
It is the day after UFC 101. I search on YouTube for video of Anderson Silva?s destruction of Forrest Griffin, which was the co-feature bout on a Read Full Story >>> While We Wait for Manny Pacquiao Vs Floyd Mayweather JR: Thoughts on the ?Other? Stories in Boxing
By Jeff Stoyanoff, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
While the world of boxing waits to see what transpires in the ongoing saga of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight negotiations other fighters continue to exist. I am just as interested as the next guy in seeing what may prove to be the biggest fight in the history of boxing, but we won?t know anything for Read Full Story >>> Inside the Ropes 05.31.10: Klitschko Brothers, Kelly Pavlik, Cotto vs. Foreman, More
By Ramon Aranda, 411mania.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
http://www.411mania.com/boxing/columns/140605/Inside-the-Ropes-05.31.10:-Klitschko-Brothers,-Kelly-Pavlik,-Cotto-vs.-Foreman,-More.htm
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's "probably won't be read as much" edition of Inside the Ropes. Yes, I'm sure plenty of you are still off enjoying your Me Read Full Story >>> Emmanuel Steward has Miguel Cotto primed for title shot against Yuri Foreman
By Santos A. Perez, The Miami Herald, Mon, 31 May 2010
With a track record of helping rebuild prominent fighters' careers, Emmanuel Steward raves about his new project.
Steward is in the final stages of preparing Miguel Cotto for Cotto's world junior-middleweight title fight against Yuri Foreman on Saturday night at Yankee Stadium in New York. Th Read Full Story >>> HEY ZANFER, NEED A GOOD FIGHT? HOW ABOUT FERNANDO MONTIEL VS. NONITO DONAIRE, JR.?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 31 May 2010
 
Reports indicate that Panama?s Rafael Concepcion turned down the offer by Fernando Beltran?s Zanfer Promotions to be matched against Fernando Montiel on July Read Full Story >>>
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