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?Viva Mexico! The Aztec Nation’s Finest! By Paul Morgan, Inside Fights, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 With Mexican Independence Day upon us, it’s only fair to give our friends from South of the Border the attention they deserve as true warriors of the ring.
Here are Mexico’s Top 10 Active fighters.
1) Juan Manuel Marquez: 50-4-1 (37 KOs)
No mystery here. Marquez is the lineal Read Full Story >>>Freddie Roach Denies Steroid Use by Manny Pacquiao By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Wed, 16 Sep 2009
A former professional boxer, Freddie Roach has not fought competitively since retiring in October 1986.
But during an exclusive interview with FanHouse from Los Angeles on Tuesday, Read Full Story >>> COTTO ALREADY PUSHING FOR A REMATCH By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 "If this fight is as good as we hope it will be and the public supports it, as we know they're going to do, then why not have a rematch," WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto remarked as the "Fire Power" promotional tour came to an end. Despite his confidence in victory, Cotto is already hinting t Read Full Story >>> Keep those Pacquiao steroid accusations under your hat By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 Does he or doesn’t he? Only his haberdasher knows for sure.
The question is whether Manny Pacquiao uses steroids, and it was raised this week by Floyd Mayweather Sr., which doesn’t exact give it any journalistic validity. Pacquiao is far more powerful at 144 pounds than he was at 124, Read Full Story >>> Marquez vs Mayweather another fight that nobody really wants to see By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 OK, so maybe a few of you do want to see this fight, but one thing is for certain, this is not the fight that most boxing fans want to see. The Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Juan Manuel Marquez fight on paper appears to be a dud in the making. Two defensive minded counter punchers matched up against one Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Marquez Might Secretly Be Batman By Chris Littmann, SportingNews.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Last night I was thinking about something (which is beyond the point of this post and thus not worth specifying) that led me to google the words "Batman’s superpowers." Upon seeing the results, I was reminded of a Read Full Story >>> No strawberries, only raspberries for Baguio Mayor on Pacquiao By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 If there’s one thing I really hate, it’s someone riding Manny Pacquio’s jock.
So I wish to announce that I will not be voting for Baguio City Mayor Reinaldo Baustista Jr. in whatever electoral race he is in next. I don’t care if it’s for reelection as mayor or for do Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Arum told no lies about Mixed Martial Aryans By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 "For me, I look at the UFC audience and the boxing audience as being two different audiences entirely. Our audience in boxing is ethnic. Hispanic, Filipino, Puerto Rican, Mexican and the hardcore boxing fan who can't watch ... like me ... can't watch UFC. UFC are (sic) a bunch of skinhead white guys Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach: “We’ve done well against Mexico, now we’re going after Puerto Rico!” (Paman vs. Cotto L.A. Presser) By Ron Gabriel, FightFan.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 The Pacquiao vs. Cotto pay-per-view telecast, beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, has a suggested retail price of $54.95, will be produced and distributed by HBO Pay-Per-View? and will be available to more than 71 million pay-per-view homes. The telecast will be available in HD-TV for those viewers wh Read Full Story >>> Video: Floyd Mayweather Sr. accuses Manny Pacquiao of taking steroids, supplements By Josh Slagter, The Grand Rapids Press, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao may have claimed boxing's mythical pound-for-pound throne with wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton while Grand Rapids' Floyd Mayweather Jr. was in retirement, but Floyd Mayweather Sr. says it wasn't without help.
"I believe he's on some type of supplements. I'm Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, Pacquiao and the Future of Boxing By Dave "Large" Larzelere, SportingNews.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 As we amble along through the excesses and excrescences of yet another big Vegas fight week, the importance of Mayweather/Marquez begins to press upon us with the weight of a sharp ache in our sides, one that is almost small enough to be ignored, almost but not quite.
To agree with Dana White fo Read Full Story >>> Cotto Still Believes In Cotto By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Wed, 16 Sep 2009
NEW YORK - It may all be a mirage but for the moment he believes and, in the end, isn’t that what’s most important in boxing?
Faith and fierceness, as much as anything els Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA FOE INJURED, SEEKS NEW OCT. 16 RIVAL By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 16 Sep 2009
Comebacking Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will have to find another opponent for his Oct. 16 fight after Thailand's Rachamongkol Sor Pleonchit suffered an injury which will prevent him from seeing action in the card set at the Wa Read Full Story >>> ALA watches Milan’s mettle By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 ALTHOUGH ALA boy Milan Melindo is highly ranked in all four major boxing sanctioning bodies, ALA Promotions isn’t rushing him for a crack at a world title. However, the outcome of Melindo’s upcoming bout with world-rated Mexican Ivan Meneses on Oct. 3 at the Cuneta Astrodome could be his Read Full Story >>> Cotto may have problem making weight By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 BEVERLY HILLS – Conditioning coach Alex Ariza liked what he saw at the Beverly Hills Hotel here yesterday.
No, it wasn’t the elegance of the “Pink Palace” (as the hotel, built in 1912, is affectionately called), not its scroll of past celebrity guests like Charlie Chaplin, Read Full Story >>> NBA 'bad boy' spices up Beverly Hills bash By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 BEVERLY HILLS – Ron Artest, the “big, bad boy” of the NBA, was very far off that image yesterday when newest Laker showed up at the Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto press conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel here in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old, 6-foot-7 Artest, known for his defens Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Sr stops by 8CountNews! By Peter Czymbor, 8countnews, Wed, 16 Sep 2009 8CN's Peter Czymbor sits down with Floyd Mayweather Sr and discusses the upcoming Marquez vs Mayweather fight. Floyd gives us his thoughts on the match up, and talks about a possible bout between his son and Manny Pacquiao. Big Floyd breaks down the Pacquiao vs Cotto fight as well, and believes th Read Full Story >>> Mayweather uses Mosley as straw man to dodge Pacquiao By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 With his eyes firmly on Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquio is honest enough to admit that his obvious target beyond Nov. 14 is Floyd Mayweather.
But, four days before he dispenses with Mexico’s mildly popular non-icon Juan Manuel Marquez, Mayweather has already shown his less than slick trick card Read Full Story >>> P1-billion prize eyed in next Pacquiao fight By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 LOS ANGELES — Assuming Manny Pacquiao topples Miguel Cotto from his throne in November, his next bout will certainly earn him a billion peso prize – win or lose.
That is, if Floyd Mayweather repulses Juan Manuel Marquez this Saturday.
If both Pacquiao and Mayweather prevail, there Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Marquez: The Prefight Breakdown By Matt Yanofsky, 15rounds.com, Tue, 15 Sep 2009 After nearly a two year hiatus, the self proclaimed king of boxing is back. “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather will return to the ring September 19 to take on fellow elite fighter Juan Manuel Marquez at a catchweight of 144 lbs. The Mayweather-Marquez “Number One/ Numero Uno” bill Read Full Story >>>
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