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Manny Pacquiao Joins the Elite Fighter of the year club
By Mark Leroy, The Boxing Historian, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Manny Pacquiao has been named 2009 fighter of the year by The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). The Filipino sensation joins an exclusive club of five men who have been awarded the trophy.
Other three time winners, Muhammad Ali (1965, 1974 and 1975), Joe Frazier (1969, 1971 and 1975) Read Full Story >>>I'm Fighting For The Title Not Money - Clottey
ModernGhana.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Former IBF Welterweight champion Joshua Clottey has described his decision to fight Manny Pacquiao as purely for the title and national pride and not monetary gains as being speculated.
He said his ultimate aim was to wrestle the tittle from the Filipino even though he was aware of the kind of bo Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather to Sign Today for Shane Mosley
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
FanHouse has learned that Floyd Mayweather is expected to sign his contract today for the May 1 bout against Shane Mosley, cementing their welterweight (147 pounds) clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, which is likely to be officially announced today, if not, this week.
The 32-year-old Mayweather Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao honored as best of decade by BWAA
By Associated Press, USA Today, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Manny Pacquiao was honored as the fighter of the decade by the Boxing Writer's Association of America on Monday, along with matching Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield by winning his third fighter of the year award.
Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs) capped off a remarkable decade by Read Full Story >>> Roach now says ward Pacquiao will KO Clottey
GMA News Online, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Two weeks into their training camp, trainer Freddie Roach is singing a different tune in his forecast of the fate that awaits Joshua Clottey against his prized ward Manny Pacquiao in their showdown on March 13.
“Manny will knock him out," Roach said in a TV interview with GMA News, changing Read Full Story >>> Bautista to give up WBC belt
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
REY “Boom-Boom” Bautista will give up his WBC international featherweight title as he won’t be able to defend it against Rachamongkol Sor Pleonchit this month.
Bautista won his belt with an impressive seventh-round stoppage against the tough Indonesian Maragin Marbun last Oct. 1 Read Full Story >>> The Boxing Truth World Boxing Rankings - for the fans, by the fans
By Ricardo Lois, The Boxing Truth, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Feb 01, 2010 - The Boxing Truth s proud to release our first edition of boxing rankings.
Our website is not in charge of organizing this, but instead boxing fan Mr. Robert Palmer has organized these rankings with input from other fans at the East Side Boxing message boards. The Boxing Truth is su Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan's debut fight in US could be against Mexico's Juan Manuel M?rquez
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Dates and venues are still under discussion, but Las Vegas on May 15 has been pencilled in. All that is required now is the signature of of the boxers before Khan enters the toughest challenge of his career to date, against a proven world class boxer and thinker in the ring.
M?rquez the current Read Full Story >>> Roach: No way Clottey will win
By Dino Maragay, The Philippine Star, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Freddie Roach said Joshua Clottey has zero chance of beating the Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao when they collide on March 13 (March 14 in Manila) at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Speaking from the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Freddie Roach said he has studied Clottey Read Full Story >>> Brian’s Boxing Mailbag (Shane Mosley/Floyd Mayweather Is On, Should Antonio Margarito Be Banned For Life? More Manny Pacquiao)
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
Hello readers, I welcome you to another fun and exciting volume of my boxing mailbag. The big news this week was that the rumored match up between Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley is now confirmed and set for May 1st in Las Vegas. This is great news for a couple reasons. First, Mayweather is taking Read Full Story >>> Manny’s late rally nets him BWAA honors
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
BEFORE the big fights in 2010 come rolling in, let’s take a look at how our very own pound-for-pound rankings stand:
1.)Manny Pacquiao—Not only has he occupied the top spot in our rankings for the past two years now, Manny has recently been awarded the Boxer of the Decade by the BWAA Read Full Story >>> Springtime For Heavyweights
By Phil Woolever, The Sweet Science, Tue, 02 Feb 2010
DRIZZLEDORF - The rain that earned this traditional, glittering riverside mini-metropolis it's soggy nickname has returned to wash the slush away, just as the Wladimir Klitschko - Eddie Chambers contest set for March 20 could apparently restore some shine to boxing's big boy division.
Coupled wi Read Full Story >>> Teofilo Yldefonso to be inducted to International Swimming Hall of Fame
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
Move over, Manny Pacquiao, two-time Olympic bronze medalist Teofilo Yldefonso became the next Filipino to have been elevated to the world Hall of Fame.
Sixty eight years after his death as one of the thousands of Filipino victims of the infamous Death March during the Japanese occupation and 78 y Read Full Story >>> BOXING WRITERS NAME PACQUIAO ‘FIGHTER OF THE YEAR’ & ‘FIGHTER OF THE DECADE’
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
The prestigious Boxing Writers Association of America has named pound-for-pound king and Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao as the 2009 “Fighter of the Year” and capped the choice by also naming the superstar of th Read Full Story >>> Vegas Beat: Amir Khan setting his sights on Marquez, Judah and Mayweather? The public reacts
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
It’s hard to think of a fighter who has had as impressive of a turnaround in the past year as Amir Khan. On September 6th, 2008 Khan was brutally starched by Breidis Prescott in his native United Kingdom and he was all but written off by the boxing establishment. A little over sixteen months l Read Full Story >>> Redemption over irrelevance
By Bart Barry, 15rounds.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – And you thought it was flat and dark on a nighttime drive from Phoenix to Tucson? The current view from I-10 East: Indian reservations, 18-wheelers, dust and an unobstructed view of where the sky touches the road. It is not picturesque. Still, you can understand the metaphor Read Full Story >>> Dougie's MASSIVE Monday Mailbag
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
GREAT WEEKEND, HORRIBLE DECISION
Hey Doug,
Well, although the Gabriel Campillo-Beibut Shumenov decision left a very bad taste in my mouth, I thought this was a good weekend of boxing for the fans. I hope that the thing most people remember from this weekend is that you don't need a Pacquiao or a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wins BWAA fighter of the year and fighter of the decade
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, who stormed to a pair of decisive knockout victories to win world titles in a record-tying sixth weight class and a record-breaking seventh one, has been named the 2009 fighter of the year Read Full Story >>> EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: SHANE MOSLEY
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
GL: Congratulations, the fight is done. Give us some thoughts, and tell us what we can expect to see from you. The fight is on May 1st, right? "Yes May 1st, like I said, it's going to be explosive. I'm looking to knock peop Read Full Story >>> Omar Henry possibly on Pacquiao-Clottey undercard
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Mon, 01 Feb 2010
(Author's Note: Thank you for following the Houston Boxing Examiner column. The articles have generated immense readership. We will announce our replacement shortly, and we anticipate br Read Full Story >>>
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