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IS MAYWEATHER AHEAD OF THE CURVE? FIRST PRO ATHLETE TESTS POSITIVE FOR HGH! By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Just one month after the highly-anticipated clash between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao fell through due to a disagreement over a blood-testing policy, Terry Newton, a British rugby player, made sports history when he officially became the first professional athlete to test positive for HG Read Full Story >>>Filipino television says Pacman visibly shaken during blood tests By Steve Cofield, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Now see, it wasn't that hard after all. Manny Pacquaio objected to giving blood too close to his potential fight against Floyd Mayweather. He even said he was afraid of needles. Yesterday, was scary time for Pacman as he went through a battery of prefight tests and gave blood to determine if he was Read Full Story >>> No Pacquiao bout and Mayweather heads for Hall Of Shame By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Notes in search of a meaningful column...
1. Right or wrong, and in his blind backing of Antonio Margarito he's been mostly wrong, Dinosaur Bob Arum backs his fighters to the hilt. Where is the fiery response or even a tepid one from Oscar de la Hoya now that Paulie Malignaggi, painting with a Read Full Story >>> Pacman in training — PHOTOS from the Wild Card! By Cherry Cervantes, FightFan.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Don’t miss this inside look at pound-for-pound king Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao hard at work training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, CA as photographed by Cherry ‘The Situation’ Cervantes.
Pacquiao is set to defend his WBO welterweight title against rugged to Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Comments on Malignaggi; Jacobs vs Manfredo By Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Oscar De La Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions, on Tuesday played host to a news conference promoting Thursday's card at Club Nokia at L.A. Live featuring Victor Ortiz against Hector Alatorre in the welterweight main event.
Prior to the proceedings, De La Hoya was asked what he thought abo Read Full Story >>> Kevin McBride: ‘Tyson tried to bite my nipple off’ By Geoffrey Ciani, The Mushroom Mag, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Kevin McBride was last seen inside the ring on October6, 2007 when he lost by sixth round TKO against four time title challenger Andrew Golota. That was over two years ago and most fans have since assumed that was the last we would see of him. Monday night, in the 61st edition of On the Ropes Boxing Read Full Story >>> Matt Korobov: Bob Arum’s Young Gun By Vitali Shaposhnikov, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 When the word amateur comes up, most people think of inexperience, fear, and disbelief. Boxers have to go through a whole spectrum of tests to have a shot at fame. The hardest part of all of the challenges in my opinion is the amateur period. This is the time that a fighter needs to prove that he is Read Full Story >>> SONSONA PUERTO RICO UPDATE PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010

The amiable promoter of “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona, Sammy Gello-Ani, provides us with an update on the preparations of Sonsona for his upcoming championship fight against the dangerous Wilfredo “WV2” V Read Full Story >>> Mayol-Nino & Vazquez-Sonsona World title fights featured on “The Double Assault” PPV PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 HOBOKEN, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2010) – Styles make fights and Saturday night’s WBC light flyweight title bout between Filipino power puncher Rodel “Batang Mandaue” Mayol and stylish Mexican boxer Omar “Giant Killer” Nino shapes-up as a potential classic from Guadalajara, Read Full Story >>> BANGOYAN GETS WORLD TITLE SHOT IN APRIL By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010

Undefeated Filipino super bantamweight Balweg “The Davao Hitman” Bangoyan gets a shot at WBC champion Toshiaki Nishioka who is also undefeated in a big double-header at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo on April 30.
Read Full Story >>> Domingo, Banal co-headline May card By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 MICHAEL Domingo has been turned down in two world title fights; that is why his handlers at the ALA Promotions are taking matters in their own hands as they plan to improve Domingo’s ranking in the world ratings with a Cebu promotion on May 1 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu City.
Read Full Story >>> "FIGHT NIGHT CLUB" 2010 OPENER FEATURES THE BEST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BOXING PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 VICTOR ORTIZ HEADLINES WITH CHARLES HUERTA, LUIS RAMOS JR. AND CARLOS MOLINA BACK IN ACTION ON UNDERCARD AT CLUB NOKIA
LOS ANGELES, February 23 - Boxing fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of
Golden Boy Promotions and AEG's "Fight Night Club" series and on Thursday, February 25, the wa Read Full Story >>> Floyd's allegations anger Manny. Roach: 'The first time I've seen Manny angry at another fighter' By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 In a recent interview, Freddie Roach shared with the public how the allegations of steroids had really affected Manny Pacquiao. Roach described this experience as a first for him and Manny. Let’s examine these comments further.
Sharon Jones Sacramento, CA “How has the steroids accusat Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, fighting fit and ready to fight The Boxing Historian, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 Head trainer Roach had to ease back on his fighters training, anxious his man would peak too early before the March 13 bout at the cowboy’s stadium, Arlington, Texas. When asked how Manny felt about fighting at the venue Roach said his fighter is honoured to be fighting in such a venue, he Read Full Story >>> BoxingScene.com's Television Picks of the Week By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 This week presents a choice boxing fans will have to make. Two weeks after a solid pay card presented by Top Rank, and a couple weeks away from Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey digging into pockets, is there enough in budgets for a card with two intriguing ‘main events?’
As to last week Read Full Story >>> Sonsona and Mayol go for boxing glory at different venues Business World Online, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 TWO FILIPINOS -- Marvin "Marvelous" Sonsona and Rodel "Batang Mandaue" Mayol -- will step into the ring on Sunday at different venues, both eyeing to give glory to the country.
Sonsona, hailed as the Philippines’ next Manny Pacquiao, goes up against hometown bet Wilfredo "WV2" Vazquez, J Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS: DINOSAUR BREATH By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 When it first came into existence, Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions told the world he was going to run the company differently than "dinosaurs" like Bob Arum and Don King. Statements like "The fighters don't work for us, we work for the fighters" lead some to believe a changing of the guard Read Full Story >>> Clottey's Problems By Avi "Shoefly" Korine, SportingNews.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 I keep finding it strange that if you had proposed a Pacquiao-Clottey fight two years ago people would have thought you were a lunatic. They would have thought that Clottey would crush and batter the smaller Pacquiao. Part of me thinks that we're all in for a big surprise.
But then I think about Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO VS. CLOTTEY FIGHT BREAKDOWN By Danny Howard, FightHype.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010 To the lot of us, this is the fight that nobody wanted. Many are still focused on the past and future of Pacquiao vs. Mayweather. Although nobody seems to realize that two of the best Welterweights in the world will be fighting for a title, or the fact that boxing's pound-for-pound best might be in Read Full Story >>> Hopkins-Jones II: Better Never Than Late By Thomas Hauser, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 24 Feb 2010

This is a column I’d rather not write. But I chronicle the contemporary boxing scene, and I’d be less than honest if I didn’t write it.
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