17 years is a long time to wait for anything, let alone revenge on a hated rival. Since 1993, Bernard Hopkins has brooded over his decision loss to Roy Jones, Jr. In 2002 talks of a rematch collapsed over what Ho  

Amir Khan tells Ricky Hatton to hang the gloves up
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Los Angeles - Amir Khan realizes a fight between himself, a young up and coming British super star, and Ricky Hatton, the fading Union Jack favorite, would be good money, but he recommends Ricky calls it a career. "The fight with Ricky Hatton, that is the fight everyone is talking about," said Kh  Read Full Story >>>

Brian?s Boxing Mailbag (Manny Pacquiao vs Alexis Arguello? Who Wins? Arthur Abraham Banned from Boxing?
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Though there were no blockbuster PPV boxing matches, Saturday night was filled with significant results in the fight game. Allow me to run through the results and weigh their significance. The Super Six bout between hometown Andre Dirrell and Arthur Abraham played out very unexpectedly. Abraha  Read Full Story >>>

Delray Raines to fight son of Thomas ?Hitman? Hearns: says ?Pacquiao is my idol!?
By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
23 year old Paris, Arkansas resident, Delray ?The Rainmaker? Raines is preparing for the toughest fight of his career against Ronald ?The Chosen One? Hearns (24-1, 18 KOs). He claims that he draws the most inspiration from his idol, Manny Pacquiao. Raines's career has been a tough road so far, l  Read Full Story >>>

411 Boxing Fact or Fiction 03.30.10: Abraham vs. Dirrell, Morales, Maidana, More
By Ramon Aranda, 411mania.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Should Arthur Abraham be suspended for his illegal blow against Andre Dirrell from Saturday night? Would Dirrell have won anyway? Are you more interested in seeing Hopkins vs. Jones II or Haye vs. Ruiz? These questions answered and more on this week?s edition of Fact or Fiction, featuring Igor Frank  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010

World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao waves to supporters while campaigning in Sarangani province in southern Philippines March 26, 2010. Local campaigning began on Friday with colourful personalities like Pacquiao w  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao sticking to his guns over Mayweather lawsuit, and rightly so
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010

It was suggested recently that team Pacquiao was ready to cancel his lawsuit against Floyd Mayweather and Golden Boy promotions if the testing demands were drop  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO WATCH: What the Antoninos did in Gensan, Manny hopes to do in Sarangani
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
PHILIPPINE political exercises, past and present, have always been characterized by guns, gold and goons. Or as Mindanew?s Carolyn Arguillas is now paraphrasing it - wealth, weapons and wheels (http://pcij.org/stories/the-poor-get-poorer-ampatuans-get-richer-as-ira-billions-pour-in/). Of course,  Read Full Story >>>

WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN: MIKE TYSON ONCE ACCEPTED A $25 MILLION OFFER TO FIGHT ROY JONES JR.
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
On March 1, 2003, Roy Jones Jr. captured the WBA heavyweight title with a dominant unanimous decision win over then champion John Ruiz. Shortly after the victory, there were three mega-fights at heavyweight on the table for Jones: Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson. In a recent interview  Read Full Story >>>

Dead wrong: What did Dirrell doubters need to see, a corpse?
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
The minute Andre Dirrell was cold-cocked and Arthur Abraham was disqualified, as I watched Saturday?s West Coast, three-hours-old Showtime transmission of the bout, I ran to the computer to find out whether Dirrell was dead. But it seems the consensus is that he was merely playing dead. I am appa  Read Full Story >>>

Biomarkers: Pacquiao should 'see light' on Mayweather blood test
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Maybe Manny Pacquiao will now "see the light" on blood testing. Pacquiao doesn't like getting jabbed by needles close to fight night. Floyd Mayweather wants medical assurance that the Pinoy Idol isn't using illegal drugs which will give him an edge if they finally fight. Pacman agreed to   Read Full Story >>>

With the Super Six now wide open who are the fans backing?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Before the Super Six tournament started, most were backing one of the Europeans to dominate the proceedings. Mikkell Kessler and Arthur Abraham were the big favorites, and had the pedigree and experience to make short work of the other participants, or so we thought. Jermain Taylor was and is   Read Full Story >>>

JOAN GUZMAN: ?I WANT TO GET REVENGE?I WANT TO FIGHT MAIDANA?
By Sabrina Montez, FightHype.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
?If I can beat Funeka, then I can beat the bigger guys. I want to get revenge for my Dominican and I want to fight Maidana,? stated Joan Guzman, referring to Dominican Victor Cayo?s technical knockout loss to Interim WBA Jr. Welterweight Champion Marcos Maidana. Guzman came into his fight with Fu  Read Full Story >>>

"Its Time To Give Something Back to Manny"
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010

Manny Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound king and renowned ?Fighter of the Decade? has always tempered his fists of fury in the ring with clear demonstrations of compassion for his opponents. It reminds us so much of the rema  Read Full Story >>>

Like Richard Nixon, Manny Pacquiao must screw his enemies
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010

Now that he is a full-fledged politician and in the midst of campaign skullduggery, Manny Pacquiao needs to pull a Richard M. Nixon. Like Nixon, Pacman needs to compile an Enemies List.   Read Full Story >>>

Boxing next for retired PBL chief
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Fresh from retiring after a 10-year tenure as PBL commissioner, Chino Trinidad said yesterday while focused on a career as a broadcaster with the GMA network, he plans to be involved in boxing. ?I don?t think I?ll ever be dissociated from sports,? said the 42-year-old Trinid  Read Full Story >>>

What we learned about Andre Dirrell this weekend
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Heading into the Super Six tournament last Fall, unbeaten American Andre Dirrell was the one fighter with probably the most question marks surrounding him. Despite sporting a 18-0 record with 13 knockouts the man nicknamed ?The Matrix? had yet to work his craft on a championship stage and it was tho  Read Full Story >>>

FIL-AUSSIE HEATH ELLIS TRAINING HARD FOR TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010

Filipino-Australian Heath ?The Heat? Ellis whose mother is from the Philippines is training very hard for his defense of the IBF Pan Pacific and WBC Asia Boxing Council welterweight titles at the Town Hall in Malverbn, Victoria  Read Full Story >>>

'D's Nuts': Quick recap of an eventful weekend in fight sports
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
Plenty of fights went down this weekend that not only had implications to Filipino Sports, but shook up the world of combat sports as a whole. In an effort to keep all of you up to speed, I'm writing this quick recap of the events from this past weekend (Filipino Halo-Halo style) all in one, in   Read Full Story >>>

David Haye v John Ruiz: Freddie Roach backs Haye to 'make a statement'
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 30 Mar 2010
The 29-year-old Bermondsey fighter defends the World Boxing Association heavyweight crown in Manchester on Saturday night against the mandatory challenger, a former two-time world champion who was once trained by Roach, who now oversees Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan. Last November, Roach had pred  Read Full Story >>>

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