SO PLAYS NAIDITSCH IN CORUS B Round 1
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 16 Jan 2010
GM Wesley So will play GM Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany in the first round of the Corus B Tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, Holland. The 24 year old Naiditsch (ELO 2687) is originally from Latvia and became a grandmaster in 2001. The 16 year old So won the Corus Group C last year. Another Filipino   Read Full Story >>>

Mayor?s Cup Invitational Volleyball this Feb.
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 16 Jan 2010
How far the ambitious three-year sports development program initiated by Imus (Cavite) Mayor Manny Maliksi has gone will be tested with the staging of the Mayor?s Cup Invitational Volleyball Championships Feb. 6 to 28 at the town Plaza open court. The top three finishes in the NCAA volleyball to  Read Full Story >>>

Wesley So is a hero
By Peter Wallace, Manila Standard Today, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Manny Pacquiao is a public hero. Efren Pe?aflorida is a national and international hero. How deserving he is, but how shameful it is for the government that he has to do what he does because there are not enough schools, despite Mrs. Arroyo’s protestations (I wonder where she gets her statisti  Read Full Story >>>

Ex-pro boxer Headlines CAGE OF VENGEANCE Jan. 16
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Cebu City - Rodel ?Kid? Oraiz, a former professional boxer now competing in mixed martial arts, is out for revenge against his nemesis Leonard Delarmino in the main event of ?CAGE OF VENGEANCE 2010? scheduled this Saturday January 16 at the Mango Square Mall, Gen. Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City. This   Read Full Story >>>

The Floyd Mayweather - Manny Pacquiao Fallout Begins To Haunt Boxing
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
We're not supposed to be saying the zed-word, I know. We did the autopsy of Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao and we'd begun moving on. But a development like this -- it doesn't just get buried, never to surface again. This is the kind of thing that hangs around for a while, and we're going to have to  Read Full Story >>>

Consistency about blood testing looms as a mandatory for Mayweather
By Norm Frauenheim, 15rounds.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010

There’s been plenty of speculation about whom Floyd Mayweather Jr. could or should fight in the wake of abortive talks for a showdown with Manny Pacquiao, yet no talk about whether Mayweather will  Read Full Story >>>

JAMES TONEY: "NOBODY IS GOING TO BUY HOPKINS-JONES II"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
After word got to NABO heavyweight champion James "Lights Out" Toney that Bernard Hopkins and Roy Jones had signed to fight each another, it didn't take him long to reach out to FightHype.com to share his thoughts. "Man, the media let's shit like this happen. This is ridiculous! Nobody is going to b  Read Full Story >>>

Kermit Cintron on Floyd Mayweather: 'I'm the guy he needs to fight'
By Josh Slagter, The Grand Rapids Press, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Paulie Malignaggi. Nate Campbell. Kermit Cintron. The list of rumored March 13 opponents for Floyd Mayweather seems to grow by the day, and Cintron is the latest to speak up about possibly fighting the Grand Rapids native. “There is no bigger fan of Floyd Mayweather, Jr.’s talent t  Read Full Story >>>

Andre Berto: 'The People of Haiti Are My Life'
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Thursday brought good news and dreadful news for Andre Berto. Although his sister and oldest sibling, Naomi, had been found alive, after nearly two days of wondering Haiti's rubble-filled streets along with her 12-year-old daughter, the list of lost relatives -- those, who, in fact, are known to   Read Full Story >>>

EDDIE MUSTAFA MUHAMMAD: "LUCKY FOR US WE GOT THE MOSLEY-BERTO FIGHT COMING"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
"What happened is the fans were let down and they will never forget that. Like I said before, when you're in the circus and something goes wrong, the show must go on. No matter what happens, somebody gotta get out there and perform. Lucky for us we got the Mosley-Berto fight coming up and that may t  Read Full Story >>>

17-year-old Phoenix boxing phenom set for professional debut
By Odeen Domingo, AZCentral.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
Phoenix's 17-year-old boxing phenom Jose Benavidez Jr. became the youngest to ever sign a professional contract with boxing promotional company Top Rank, his father Joe Benavidez told The Republic on Thursday. Top Rank President Todd DuBoef also announced the signing at a press conference at the   Read Full Story >>>

BACON, CANILLAS IN HANDSOME WINS OVER WORTHY THAI OPPONENTS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010

Promising James Bacon and colorful Larry “Bon Jovi” Canillas scored handsome wins over worthy Thai opponents at the Waterfront Hotel ballroom, Thursday night. Bacon (13-1-0, 8 KO’s) was tested by Tha  Read Full Story >>>

Top Rank leaves Golden Boy as a distant second
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010

America's #1 boxing promotional firm is Top Rank. If you have any doubt in that statement, look at the biggest promotional news of the week within the boxing world: 1. Manny  Read Full Story >>>

ANTONIO ESCALANTE VS. MIGUEL ROMAN ON ESPN'S "FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS" ON FEBRUARY 26
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010

LOS ANGELES, January 14 - Unbeaten in six fights in his adopted hometown of El Paso, Texas, highly-ranked contender Antonio Escalante will look for El Paso win number seven on Friday, February 26, as he tests the waters at 126   Read Full Story >>>

Big Apple Boxing Thoughts 01.15.10: Pacquiao-Clottey -- Classic?
By Jonathan Yaghoubi, 411mania.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
The potential mega fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather that was set to happen on March 13th is officially dead. So the question remains on which fighter do you think was actually at fault for that whole..well just forget about it as I think we've all had enough of that crap for a while  Read Full Story >>>

Your trip to Dallas for the Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight and a little trivia
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010

DALLAS - What do you do in Dallas - Fort Worth during fight week in March? Here is a little useless trivia, but I'll add more serious tips as the event gets closer. Dallas - Fort Worth has one of the stro  Read Full Story >>>

AJ Banal shaping up into a world champion; wins by sensational 4th round KO against Santos
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
When I interviewed AJ Banal before his but against veteran Mexican boxer Cecilio "Boga" Santos, one of the things he told me was that his main goal for 2010 was to fight for a world title. After his sensational performance against Santos whom he knocked out in the 4th round at the Waterfront Ceb  Read Full Story >>>

Teddy Atlas's Rumor Mill: Separating Fact / Fiction On Pacquiao E-Mails
By Lorne Scoggins, BleacherReport.com, Fri, 15 Jan 2010
E-mails are always real, right? I mean, it’s not like anybody can just create a phony e-mail address and pretend to be someone else. Why just today I received an e-mail from “