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Pavlik-Williams bolsters strong fall fight schedule By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 The fall boxing season just went from really good to great now that it includes the "The Ghost" facing "The Punisher" for all the middleweight marbles.
The Kelly Pavlik-Paul Williams middleweight championship showdown, agreed upon Tuesday and scheduled for Oct. 3 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic Cit Read Full Story >>>UFC's White may have some answers to boxing's pressing questions and jabs By Bernard Fernandez, SacBee.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 My esteemed Philadelphia Daily News colleague, Bill Conlin, often begins his columns by musing, "When I'm King of the World . . ."
Dana White isn't King of the World - not yet, anyway - but the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship wields a monarch's power over his particular domain. White Read Full Story >>> Boxing LOADS up w/ a FANTASTIC fall schedule! SportingNews.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 It's been a HARD summer 4 the Boxing community. Deaths in an out of the ring and numerous cancelations have lead to one of the most disappointing summers ever for the sport of Boxing and it's fans. Coupled now with UFC 100 and 101 we've had to here that same familar phrase that Boxing is dead or dow Read Full Story >>> Blue Light Special: Pacquiao or Cotto can take $40,000 WBC strap F-R-E-E By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 To hear Don Jose Sulaiman, 78 year old President For Life of the World Boxing Council, tell it, the newly created sparkling bauble dubbed the organization’s “Diamond Belt” will add glitz and glamor to the already hot Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto Nov. 14 bout.
And not that money h Read Full Story >>> Bernabe Concepcion ready to be a world champion By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
"Success is a ladder... you can't climb with your hands in your pocket."
That is the case for Bernabe Concepcion's quest to be one of Boxing's best. Concepcion is taking on the biggest challenge Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire: Follow the Bouncing Belts By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 This Saturday night, the man viewed by most as the best of the current Flyweights, IBF titlist Nonito Donaire (21-1, 14 KO) of the Philippines, ventures up the scale three pounds to a Jr. Bantamweight class ready for the infusion of talent he brings. He’ll face tough Mexican Rafael Concepcion Read Full Story >>> Melligen gets new foe By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 WITH less than a week before his scheduled fight, ALA boy Mark Jason Melligen was assigned another opponent for the “Pinoy Power 2” boxing showdown at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this Sunday.
Due to problems with his visa, Mexican fighter Michele Rosales won’t fi Read Full Story >>> COTTO ALREADY TALKING RETIREMENT PRIOR TO FACING PACQUIAO By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 "I am not going to hang up the gloves...I am going to burn them," stated WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto as he talked about his desire to soon retire from boxing. In a recent interview with Antol?n Maldonado R?os of El Nuevo Dia, the 28-year-old Cotto revealed that he has no intention of cont Read Full Story >>> V8: Pacquiao/Cotto, Pavlik, Jones, Bradley and more!!! By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 Williams/Pavlik: Who wins the battle at the boardwalk?
Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31KO's) and Paul Williams (37-1, 27KO's) have come to terms and is scheduled to face off on October 3rd, at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in New Jersey. This is interesting matchup pairs two of the sports perennial ris Read Full Story >>> Michael Katsidis vs Vicente Escobedo Added to Mayweather/Marquez By Trent Pusey, Inside Fights, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 The undercard to the September 19 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez is starting to fill out. All-action lightweight Michael Katsidis will take on former US Olympian Vicente Escobedo in a 12-round fight for the interim WBO Lightweight title.
Katsidis and Escobedo join Chris Read Full Story >>> 24 things you want to know about Pacman By Butch Francisco, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Twenty-four days. That was all it took for Jinkee Pacquiao to lose 13 lbs. (she overshot her goal by three lbs. since she only wanted to take off 10). Of course, that was with the help of the Belo Diet Injections. Jinkee’s weig Read Full Story >>> Cebu space cadet will pay Pacquiao, Cotto cool millon By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 Forget about paying any sanctioning fee.
Forget about using a symbolic shoelace or elastic band replacing a world title strap.
One newly formed boxing governing body, which claims to supersede all others, is willing to pay both Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto to fight for its title.
The ne Read Full Story >>> Women boxing eyed for 2012 By Associated Press, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Aug 2009 GENEVA – Women’s boxing, mixed doubles in tennis and 50-meter sprints in swimming are among the events being considered this week for inclusion in the 2012 London Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee executive board will meet in Berlin on Thursday to consider a range of chang Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is Already a Hot Ticket By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 Tickets for the WBO welterweight title bout between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto don't go on sale until Monday, but the buzz is already beginning to build and rooms at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas are beginning to fill-up.
Ringside tickets for the biggest boxing match of 2009 are coming with a f Read Full Story >>> No Manny V2.0, Just Donaire, And That’s Good Enough By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 “The next Manny Pacquiao.”
Just as Kobe Bryant was marketed as “the next Michael Jordan” before proving to be great enough to become the first Kobe Bryant, “the next Manny Pacquiao” is the label you can expect to be applied to any Filipino fighter threatening t Read Full Story >>> Luevano's Ready to Face Concepcion By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 This Saturday night as part of the 'Pinoy Power' pay-per-view card being staged at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano takes on Bernabe Concepcion. They were originally slated to fight in early May as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton Read Full Story >>> Donaire finds fury from within By Monte Poole, Mercury News, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 PUTTING LIFE on hold for weeks at a time to spend one night dancing with death suggests a psyche driven not only by courage and purpose but also something deep inside that most of us simply cannot fathom.
We can see the rage of the boxer, but where was it hatched? We can see the conviction, too, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Cotto, Arum giving WBO axe in favor of WBC By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 The WBO and its president, Paco Valcarcel, may be getting left at the altar by Bob Arum.
In a very shrewd back door play with his so called “Diamond Belt,” Don Jose Sulaiman has undercut the sanctioning fee price ($150,000 for Miguel Cotto, same for Manny Pacquiao).
I don’t k Read Full Story >>> Can Marquez overcome the "Money" odds? By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 12 Aug 2009 In Floyd Mayweather’s home away from home within the confines of the bright lights of Las Vegas, the odds aren’t too good for “Dynamita”. But while Vegas boasts an overwhelming favor towards “Money” May, this may as well be the chance to cash in big as a potential Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE-CONCEPCION LAS VEGAS MEDIA DAY PHOTOS PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
8/11/09, Las Vegas, Nevada -- Nonito Donaire Jr. (L) of the Philippines and Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion of Panama pose for Read Full Story >>>
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