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THE ?GREAT FILIPINO MATCH UP? IS GOOD BUT?
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Recently ABS-CBN , the giant media and entertainment conglomerate in the Philippines brought out the idea of matching the very best from the Braveheart Gym of Vice Gov. Manny Pinol versus those from the ALA Gym of Antonio Aldeguer.
As reports indicate, a great majority of boxing fans, scribes an Read Full Story >>>Rafael Marquez back in the win column after KO victory!
FightFan.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Rafael Marquez returned to the ring for the first fight post Israel Vazquez moments ago in Mexico, winning a third round stoppage victory over Jose Francisco Mendoza. Marquez showed some rust in the opening round as he was hit often by the unheralded Mendoza, but he quickly shook it off and began la Read Full Story >>> Boxing?s Biggest Losers: Pound-for-Pound
By Brett Conway, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Waiting for my ?Ring? magazine renewal to kick in, I have been stuck with the May 2009 issue proclaiming the ?upcoming? Hatton-Pacquiao fight. I have read it cover to cover many times as I kill time during pre-fight pageantry ? the two, three, even four national anthems sung before main events these Read Full Story >>> If you had it your way, who whould you rather have had Mayweather fight?
By Albert Alvarez, Diamond Boxing, Sun, 24 May 2009
Albert, if you had it your way, who would you rather have had for Floyd to face first? I say Mosley since he is the welter weight king right now. Dennis, NJ
Dennis, I agree with you that it should be Mosley. I mean why make a lightweight move up 12 pounds when you already have Mosley at your weig Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao has yet to peak in rise to glory
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 24 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? With six world titles in different divisions under his belt, Manny Pacquiao appears destined to become one of the greatest fighters ever and Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said recently there?s Read Full Story >>> TRIPLE WBO TITLE BOUTS SET THIS THURSDAY
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Cebu fight fans will be treated to another explosive night of boxing this Thursday May 28 as Ramie Laput defends his WBO Intercontinental Jr. Featherweight Championship against battle scarred Thai veteran and former world champ Ratan Read Full Story >>> GREAT FILIPINO MATCH-UPS GAIN CHEERS AND JEERS
By Carlos Bautista, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
ABS CBN's planned match up of top boxing prospects from the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato with the more popular fighters from the ALA Gym of Cebu City has literally stirred the hornet's nest gaining a flood of support from plain boxing fans to known boxing personalities and elicited a num Read Full Story >>> Rogue Kicks Off With Gesta Victory
By Ralph Gonzalez, The Sweet Science, Sun, 24 May 2009
The crowd of about 750 patrons at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego were barely back in their seats before the main event between lightweights Mercito Gesta and Alain Hernandez was over.
The Thursday Read Full Story >>> Like Van Winkle, Mayweather snoozed while crown was lifted by Pacquiao
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
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Who knew? Floyd Mayweather has turned out to be the Rip Van Winkle of boxing.
He wasn?t snoozing for 20 years like booze loving Dutchman in the Catskills but evidently Mayweather fell Read Full Story >>> Mayweather looking for buyers
By Robert Morales, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Sun, 24 May 2009
The fight with De La Hoya did a record 2.44 million buys. But De La Hoya is the undisputed all-time pay-per-view king. Mayweather's fight with Hatton did 900,000 domestic buys on HBO, as well as 1.4 million in Great Britain.
England's Hatton has as fanatical a following as any boxer.
Mayweathe Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr: The King (of contradictions) is Back
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Earlier this month at a Las Vegas press conference, former pound for pound champ and linear welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced he was returning after a little more than a year and a half layoff from the sport of Read Full Story >>> Party star-studded, but Manny is late
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 24 May 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? The invitation called for an ?intimate and exclusive? dinner with Manny Pacquiao.
And so more than 300 came and packed the ballroom of The Renaissance Hotel to toast the world?s greatest fighter in what turned out to be a star-studded affair Thursday evening.
Some of the Read Full Story >>> FREDDIE ROACH: "BOB'S GONNA DO WHAT PACQUIAO WANTS"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Is the decision to face Mayweather up to Manny Pacquiao? "Well, if Pacquiao wants the fight, Bob's gonna do what Pacquiao wants because he's our promoter and if the fighter wants to fight the fight, he'll definitely get us that fight I feel. There's a little dislike there [between Mayweather and Aru Read Full Story >>> Hatton's Boozing Lifestyle Has Affected His Boxing Career
By Edwin Ladaga, Digital Journal, Sun, 24 May 2009
There are many reasons why Hatton suffered a second round technical knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. The inability to follow the game plan. The rumored feud between his trainers. Another overlooked factor is his life outside the ring.
The hitman is also popularly known as Ricky Fatton because of hi Read Full Story >>> A Tale of Two Floyds
By JD Camacho, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
One is a brash-talking, bile-spewing, voice-raising prima donna. The other is a soft-spoken, calm and collected star athlete. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has dual public personalities he chooses to flaunt. But while the latter, quieter character once only emerged in post-fight interviews, this week?s strin Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER: IS HE NUTS, A FRAUD, OR COWARD?
By Matthew R. Grizzle, RingTalk.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
FLOYD AGAIN SHOWS HIS IGNORANCE
Las Vegas, NV- Floyd Mayweather, Jr (39-0, 25 KOs); will return from a brief retirement against Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) in July, hasn�t changed much since we last heard from him. He still considers himself the best fighter in the game, and doesn Read Full Story >>> Marquez fighting for his own legacy
By Norm Frauenheim, CBCNews, Sun, 24 May 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s comeback puts an argument, his own, back into the pound-for-pound debate, but also obscures a fighter once forgotten but now impossible to ignore in the indelible terms of his own place in a nation's storied history.
Juan Manuel Marquez belongs there, among the best Mexica Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: If Manny Pacquiao Is No. 1 Pound-for-Pound, Fine
By Michael David Smith, Fanhouse, Sun, 24 May 2009
Floyd Mayweather got feisty this week when Brian Kenny suggested to him that Manny Pacquiao had taken the title of No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world away from him. But In an interview on British television, Mayweather said he's fine with it.
"If Manny Pacquiao is now No. 1 pound-for-pound Read Full Story >>> Fight Night Round 4: a boxing judge's perspective
By Eric R. Sloan, Examiner.com, Sun, 24 May 2009
Rabid fans wait in neutral corners around the world in eager anticipation of Electronic Art, Inc.'s (EA) release of Fight Night Round 4. Roughly 50 of the sport's greatest champions and current contenders can be matched up for an exhibition or, for the more goal-oriented gamer, players can contend f Read Full Story >>> Floyd's a living legend
The Sun, Sun, 24 May 2009
JAMES DeGALE would love nothing better than to follow Floyd Mayweather Jnr into boxing folklore.
Mayweather has been in London this week promoting his return to the ring against Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18.
And DeGale jumped at the chance to see the unbeaten American in action during an ope Read Full Story >>>
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