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Juanma/Valero Double in June; Gamboa-Caballero in July
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum informed BoxingScene.com that featherweight champions Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa will not appear on the same card in the month of June. Arum plans to split them up on separate shows. Lopez will defend his WBO title against Bernabe Concepcion in the month of June. Read Full Story >>>Getting personal: Floyd Mayweather looks for love in all the wrong places
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Once upon a time, I was a toxic bachelor.
I had to get eye surgery, after some wild and wanton years. I asked my opthamologist what caused my condition. In other words, I wanted to know what condition my condition was in.
"It's simple," the doctor said, "you've been looking for love in all the Read Full Story >>> Winky Wright is Top Rank Bound, Pavlik Fight in Reach
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
BoxingScene.com was informed that former undisputed junior middleweight champion Winky Wright is close to finalizing a promotional agreement with Top Rank. Wright is parting ways with Golden Boy Promotions. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum is laying out a plan for Wright to be in position for a possible meetin Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao says goodbye to ‘Pac-Man’ and hello to ‘Mr. Hollywood’
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
If Manny Pacquiao were a Hollywood trend, he’d be near the top of the list. It seems that his popularity is growing at a rapid pace and the Hollywood stars have taken notice. Each week, more and more celebrities come out to see Pacquiao train at the Wild Card Gym. It’s got me asking the Read Full Story >>> No Margarito return on Pacquiao card
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Top Rank has scrapped its plan for disgraced former welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito to make his comeback March 13 as the co-feature on the Manny Pacquiao-Joshua Clottey pay-per-view undercard at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Last month, Top Rank signed Carson Jones to a contract to Read Full Story >>> No Holds Barred: With Valero and Jones fighting, more boxing tragedies on the way...
By Eddie Goldman, braggingrightscorner.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
On this edition of No Holds Barred, host Eddie Goldman discusses why boxing is clearly headed to becoming a theater of even more in-ring tragedies.
The fight this past Saturday night between Edwin Valero and Antonio DeMarco, held in Monterrey, Mexico, is a case in point. Valero was in a major mot Read Full Story >>> Japanese Scene: Hozumi Hasegawa in Talks With Fernando Montiel
By Sidney Boquiren, The Boxing Bulletin, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Sidney Boquiren of RingwalkNippon has all the latest news on Japan's top boxers.
While the Japanese boxing scene was rather quiet after the Denkaosan-Kameda fight, it seems like everyone was waiting until the weekend to make any news public… Here is a digest of updates for Japan’s wor Read Full Story >>> Batawang braces for Solis rematch
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
It was on December 15, 2007, in Guadalajara, Mexico, that Bert ?The Ninja? Batawang lost in his only bid for a world title. He faced the tough Mexican IBF lt.flyweight champ Ulises Solis and lost by 9th round TKO.
Solis is now an ex-ch Read Full Story >>> AEROFLOT UPDATE: So draws with Pashikian
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Filipino GM Wesley So (2656) played white and drew his game against GM Arman Pashikian (ELO 2642) of Armenia in round six of the Aeroflot Open 2010 Tournament in Moscow, Russia.
The players castled on opposite sides of a Queen?s gambit and the game ended in a bishop and pawn endgame.
The 16 Read Full Story >>> PENALOSA FINDS IT HARD TO QUIT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Former two division world champion Gerry Penalosa may be a veteran at 37 years of age but despite another painful setback on the threshold of one more title shot, the gallant southpaw appropriately nicknamed “Fearless” clearly finds it hard to quit the sport he loves with a passion.
P Read Full Story >>> MOREL SIGNALS THE END OF THE “FEARLESS” ERA
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Tonight at the Las Vegas Hilton, Puerto Rico’s Eric Morel may have possibly ended the fighting days of one of Philippines’ greatest champion, Gerry “Fearless” Penalosa.
The seemingly ageless Filipino Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION WINS OVER SANTIAGO BUT IS HE READY FOR JUANMA LOPEZ?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
LAS VEGAS -- Bernabe Concepcion’s hard grind at the Wildcard Gym under the aegis of Buboy Fernandez paid dividends Saturnday night with his not too surprising win over Puerto Rico’s Mario Santiago.
Con Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE”S VICTORY WAS A NO BRAINER
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Nonito Donaire Jr kept his WBA Interim Super flyweight title via a scintillating KO of Manuel Vargas of Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. The end came at 1:33 of round three.
Vargas who fights from 108 to 118 pounds was a last Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN WILL STAY WITH TOP RANK AFTER SMASHING WIN
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Filipino welterweight Mark Jason Melligen knew his fight against previously undefeated American Raymond Gatica of Austin, Texas would decide whether he would remain in the fold of Top Rank promoter Bob Arum or would have Read Full Story >>> Montiel, Donaire dominate
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Fernando Montiel knew he needed to perform better than his previous fight if he wanted to remain the WBO bantamweight champion.
Nonito Donaire didn't have to worry about how he performed to keep his WBA super flyweight title. But he still wanted to look impressive after a six-month layoff.
Wit Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire wins in the third round
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Reporting from Las Vegas
The Saturday evening of boxing meant to showcase Filipino super-flyweight Nonito Donaire went exactly as planned.
Donaire, quickly becoming ready for prime time, caught Manuel Vargas of Mexico midway through the third round with a barrage of punches that overwhelmed th Read Full Story >>> Morel Says Penalosa Hurt Him, Pacquiao Claims Robbery
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
The new WBO interim-bantamweight champion Eric Morel is giving veteran Gerry Penalosa a lot of credit. Morel won a very close split decision over Penalosa on Saturday night at the Las Vegas Hilton. Morel controlled most of the action in the first half of the fight. Penalosa began to break Morel down Read Full Story >>> Mayweather’s talk proves easy to trash
By John Whisler, San Antonio Express, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
In announcing the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley matchup, Mayweather adviser Leonard Ellerbe said his fighter is “happy to set the precedent for random (drug) testing in order to ensure fair and safe contests for all fighters.”
Later, Mayweather, presumably with a straight face, cl Read Full Story >>> Mayweather: Pacquiao should get less if fight pushes through
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Here goes Floyd Mayweather again.
The trash-talking former holder of the mythical title of pound-for-pound king went on the offensive over the weekend, expressing his wonder to his hometown paper – the Grand Rapids Press – why Manny Pacquiao would not agree to “a $25 million dru Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao one for the history books
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Feb 2010
Even those who do not follow the sport of boxing know the name of Muhammad Ali. Boxing and Muhammad Ali are connected forever just like peanut butter and jelly, they just go together. The boxing historians will have to add another name to the list. Manny Pacquiao will have to be added right along Read Full Story >>>
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