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Boxing business puts Amir Khan's heart in question
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Los Angeles - Amir Khan has been knocked down and defeated, but the up and coming junior welterweight's heart has never been questioned, until know.
The business of boxing, with its politicking and maneuvering, can give fighters undeserved reputations. If a promoter lets the fistic soup simmer i Read Full Story >>>Lefty Edwin Valero puts perfect record on line to defend belt
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
What makes Edwin Valero intriguing is his style — and his flaws.
Dangerous with either hand, Valero (26-0, 26 KOs) also is willing to take a punch to land one.
He'll be facing his toughest opponent to date Saturday in defending his lightweight belt vs. Antonio DeMarco (23-1-1, 17 KOs) on Read Full Story >>> SHAW LEADS CRUSADE AGAINST JUDGES WHO HAND DOWN BUM DECISIONS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Promoter Gary Shaw, visibly upset over a series of bum decisions in boxing, will lead the crusade to have incompetent judges or officials whose integrity is under a cloud, removed.
However, his first step would be to make their n Read Full Story >>> BERNARD HOPKINS vs ROY JONES JR. TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW, FRIDAY
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV (February 4) -- Tickets for the long awaited rematch of future Hall of Famers Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins and Roy "The Terminator" Jones Jr. go on sale tomorrow, Friday, February 5 at 10:00 a.m. PT. The R Read Full Story >>> Have Golden Boy created a monster in Floyd Mayweather?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Floyd Mayweather and Shane Mosley have both signed on the dotted line and will meet on May 1st in Las Vegas.
From there the fight that makes the most sense in the division at the moment is to have the winner face the winner of Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey, which takes place in Dallas on Marc Read Full Story >>> Barkley: Clottey may upset Pacquiao, Filipino can't beat Mayweather
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
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Iran Barkley, the former middleweight and super middleweight champion of the world, has been through many wars in the 1980s and 1990s. He TKOs Thomas Hearns, lost a close decisi Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Says Shane Mosley Is Next On My Radar
The Boxing Historian, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
The reigning pound for pound king has revealed to reporter from Manila Violito Tanamor during an interview he thinks Sugar Shane will win.
When asked how he seen the fight playing out Manny gave of a cheeky smile before revealing his thoughts wearing a serious expression.
“Shane like m Read Full Story >>> Pete's Ponderings Feb 4
By Peter Czymbor, 8countnews, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
When negotiations for the Manny Pacquiao – Floyd Mayweather fight fell through and Pacquiao’s team announced his fight with former welterweight titlist Joshua Clottey, it was widely assumed that Mayweather had few options.
At the time, top welterweight Shane Mosley was scheduled for Read Full Story >>> Standing Count: The 22 Best Names In Boxing Today
By Scott Kraus, The Queensberry Rules, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
While giving a rundown of the biggest happenings in the sport to one of my roommates the other night (believe it or not, he had not heard a thing about the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather negotiations; sometimes it’s not such a small world), he made a comment that boxers’ names seem to b Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Mosley no consolation prize
By Chris Iorfida, CBCNews, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Boxing fans have been beseeching Floyd Mayweather to step up the level of competition for years, so it's a little hard to fathom that in the same calendar year he could potentially face Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather signed on Wednesday to face Mosley on May 1, shifting gears after n Read Full Story >>> Athletic commission gives Floyd Mayweather Jr. green light for May 1 fight
By Anthony Fenech, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday afternoon gave its approval for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Shane Mosley in a welterweight bout May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
All events contested in Nevada, regardless of the magnitude, are required to go through the commission's sanction Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao ‘For me its Boxing and God’
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Could you ask anything else from a professional boxer? In a world that’s full of selfish athletes who care more about the “money’ and the fame, it’ Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao must save civilization from Mayweather domination
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Welcome to my nightmare and to yours also if you don't want to see total world domination by Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.
What if The Mouth That Roars is way too salty Read Full Story >>> Boxing's resident bad boy Edwin Valero prepared for title fight and beyond
By Dave Skretta, The Canadian Press, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Edwin Valero has accused the U.S. government of discrimination, has a tattoo of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez across his chest, sustained a serious head injury in a motorcycle crash and was charged with drunken driving in Texas.
That alone is quite the resume for the bad boy of boxing, but wha Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao,Bad Chad,Campbell and more!
By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Manny Pacquiao: "Millennium Man"
Within the last decade, Filipino Manny Pacquiao has not only taken on and defeated a trail of greats on his block (super-featherweight and below), but after running out of opposition, subsequently decided to get some northern exposure by going up in weight and be Read Full Story >>> Zab Judah on Manny Pacquiao, Shane Mosley, Floyd Mayweather, Amir Khan
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Zab Judah (38-6, 26 knockouts) has been a world champion twice as a junior welterweight (140 pounds) and once as a welterweight (147 pounds), and has dreams of fighting present 140-pound world champs, Amir Khan, Juan Urango, or Devon Alexander, of the WBA, WBC and IBF, respectively.
The 32-year-o Read Full Story >>> Vegas Beat: Freddie Roach prot?g? Jose Benavidez added to Latin Fury 13 at the Hilton February 13th
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Less than a month since his professional debut at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, 17 year old Jose Benavidez will be returning to Nevada for his second professional bout. Benavidez’ opponent is still uncertain but he will be fighting on the February 13th Pinoy Power 3/Lati Read Full Story >>> Khan vs. JM Marquez is "Risky Business" for Amir in American debut
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Amir Khan may need a Tom Cruise -like action hero performance to beat Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez.
If you have been reading my columns regularly, and I appreciate you, you know I like everything about Amir Khan. Well, almost. I don't like that he left Hall of Fame promoter Frank Warren but Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach: Manny Pacquiao 'Really Wants to Knock Floyd Out'
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
Freddie Roach was recently named Trainer Of The Year by The Boxing Writers' Association of America, and his prized pupil, Manny Pacquiao, was named Fighter of The Year -- both for 2009.
The honors were bestowed for the third, and, fourth times in a row, respectively, upon Pacquiao and Roach. Pacq Read Full Story >>> HBO Protecting Amir Khan? Industry Chatter is Shocking
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 05 Feb 2010
This past Tuesday, I broke the news regarding an agreement being reached for a junior welterweight slugfest between WBA interim-champion Marcos Maidana and unbeaten Victor Cayo, which is scheduled for March 27 on HBO.
I received a shocking phone call Wednesday night from promoter Gary Shaw, who i Read Full Story >>>
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