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Mayweather / Pacquiao reaches its final hour
By Samuel Rossi, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Wednesday has been set as the deadline for terms to be reached in the sideshow, I mean SUPERFIGHT, between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. If the fight is to be held on its proposed date of March 13, both parties must soon come to agreement on the drug testing issue.
BoxingScene.com reports Read Full Story >>>Floyd Mayweather needs a top ten opponent to stay relevant
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Floyd Mayweather and his team are keeping quiet about his next opponent at the moment, although most sources point to Matthew Hatton as number 41 on Mayweather's thus far blemish free record.
For someone who claims to be the best boxer in the world at the moment though, this seems like a pretty e Read Full Story >>> NONITO DONAIRE WAITS FOR REMATCH WITH VIC DARCHINYAN
By Gopal Rao, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Nonito Donaire describes his next opponent, Gerson Guerrero, as a tough Mexican and a veteran with a good knockout percentage. The Feb 13 showdown in Las Vegas for the WBA interim world title at 115 pounds will be a tough fight, he says. He reveals that he is now working with renowned trainer Robe Read Full Story >>> Would facing Yuri Foreman really help Manny Pacquiao's legacy?
By Scott Heritage, S.F. Boxing Examiner, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Manny Pacquiao and Top Rank are apparently looking at two possible opponents for Manny's next fight. Those opponents are either the opinionated and recognizeable Paulie Malignaggi or the less known but heavier Yuri foreman.
Foreman is the current WBA super welterweight champion, and as such woul Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Manny, Just Submit to the Testing
By Lorne Scoggins, BleacherReport.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Manny, Just Submit to the Testing
-Lorne Scoggins
Things have gotten way out of hand. There is one fight that the loyal fans of both boxers really want to see. There is a grand opportunity for a mega-fight that would undoubtedly be the best thing to hap Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs Mayweather: Clashes and Kingdoms
By Julie Cockerham, 8countnews, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
It seems as though the sport of boxing is not entering a new decade with an increased resolve toward priority. There is a certain pettiness that penetrates into and then spawns from the business aspect. This particular brand of pettiness is delaying the most lucrative bout in boxing today, not to me Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather, Jr.: better than almost any other welterweight in the history of boxing?
By Eric R. Sloan, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
While it is Manny Pacquiao who Bert Sugar deemed to be one of the greatest fighters of all time, it is The Ring magazine that recently declared Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to be the one who could hang with history's great welterweights. The Ring's story is not available online; therefore, you'll have to s Read Full Story >>> 411 Boxing Fact Or Fiction 12.30.09: Ward and Gatti, Luevano, and More Blood Testing
By Ryan Bates, 411mania.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Is the blood work controversy between Mayweather and Pacquiao a legit roadblock or just hype? Was Ward vs. Gatti the best trilogy of the decade? Does Steven Luevano stand a chance against Juan Manuel Lopez? Is Gary Shaw Promotions a second rate operation? 411?s Patrick Cassidy and Jonathan Yaghoubi Read Full Story >>> Montoya's Monday Mailbag - Dec 28, 09
By Gabriel Montoya, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Good Monday fight fans. No Pacquiao/Mayweather is not on yet but that doesn?t mean we don?t have emails about that plus more prospects than you can shake a stick at. Enjoy.
Blood Feud II
Read Full Story >>> Bad Left Hook's Top 20 Fights of 2009, Pt. 1
Bad Left Hook, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
I know not everyone will agree with all the fights here, the order of them, and all that, but that's not really the point. I'm not trying to have some definitive list; I'm just saying these were my 20 favorites of the year.
Without further ado, Nos. 20 through 16.
Mma__juarez_john_300_medi Read Full Story >>> In boxing fans best interests if Pacquiao loses May election?
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
For about a third of this year, Manny Pacquiao will be busy with pursuits outside of boxing. This isn't something from the usual list of Pacquiao's activities either, like his acting career or love of basketball and karaoke. This is the May elections which Pacquiao is running in with hopes of becomi Read Full Story >>> Rey Labao to fight for WBO Asia-Pacific title in China
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Rey Labao will be making his second attempt to win the vacant WBO Asia-Pacific superfeatherweight title when he squares off against Yulio Moro of Indonesia this January 15, 2010 in Yinchuan, China.
Labao fought for the vacant WBO As-Pac 130lb. crown last July in Naga City, Cebu but lost a 12 rou Read Full Story >>> DR. PINEDA ARRIVES IN GENSAN. PACQUIAO TO BE TESTED THIS AFTERNOON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Dr. Alex Pineda of the Philippine Olympic Committee who is the only doctor accredited by the World Anti Doping Agency to test athletes has arrived in General Santos City, hometown of boxing hero Manny Pacquiao.
Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz informed us about the arrival of Dr. Pineda an Read Full Story >>> Marketing 101: Or How Arum and Schaefer Camps Bluff to Sell Fight
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Bob Arum may be bluffing when he said Monday that the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight is off and that he will sign in Paulie Malignaggi instead to face Pacquiao on March 13. Boxing experts say that his bluffs create hype and awareness to sell the fight.
Marketing 101: Or How Arum and Schaefer Camps Bluf Read Full Story >>> RSR Boxing Headlines: Manny Pacquiao – Floyd Mayweather, JR Steroid Saga Continues
By Geno McGahee, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Steroids, Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao, and Paulie Malignaggi
OK, the biggest story in boxing, still, is the steroid controversy with Manny Pacquiao. The die hard Filipino boxing fans have come to his defense immediately while many other fans remain skeptical, or at least curious. The point is, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao’s Greatest Opponent: The PED Era
By Evan Korn, FightHype.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
We are a nation of cheats.
We cheat on our husband and wives. We cheat on our tax returns. We cheat on Bar Exams. Sports stars cheat their bodies to perform feats of greatness. From Marion Jones to Barry Bonds and James Toney, athletes cheat. Big. Small. Male. Female. American. Foreign. It is a w Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao will accept injections for blood and money
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
It is about 7:30 pm, EST as I pen this update from my igloo on the frozen tundra of Cape Cod.
It’s so cold around here the polar bears from the New Bedford Zoo checked into the Ramada.
And, for those of you who thought it would be a similarly frosty night in the Sixth Circle of Hell when Read Full Story >>> Enough's enough: Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao must find middle ground for megafight
By David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
After a fortnight of wonder about how easily the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao negotiations progressed, followed by more than a week of wonder about the zany reason they have fallen apart, perhaps Wednesday we know whether the March 13 extravaganza will happen -- perhaps, even, by the time you rea Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs Mayweather Drug Testing Battle - Horrible for Boxing
DirectorsLive, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
The Boxing Truth Radio takes a look back at the week's worth of headlines from the sport./nOf course, the news cycle was dominated by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather's out of the ring fight over when and how testing will take place to detect the use of performance enchancing drugs./nRicardo and Read Full Story >>> Steroids fiasco manifests Mayweather's legacy
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 30 Dec 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is definitely one of the best boxers of our time. You can't take anything away from the things he has accomplished thus far in his career.
Unfortunately, unless he decides to change his ways, he will also go down as one of the most talented fighters who didn't give fight fan Read Full Story >>>
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