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WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Talented Nonito Donaire Jr was right on the button when he checked in at a perfect 115 lbs during official weigh-in held moments ago at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
His opponent, Panama's Rafael Concepcion, was at 119 lbs, some four pounds over the limit.
Hence, althought the fight will pus Read Full Story >>>Pinoy Power 2: Picnic and penitence?
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
IF BERNABE CONCEPCION WAS TRY-ing to send a message by missing the press conference for his big world title fight in Las Vegas tomorrow, the promising 21-year-old got his signals mixed.
Sorry, said Steven Luevano, whose WBO featherweight crown Concepcion will try to wrest tomorrow, “but bec Read Full Story >>> Notes from the Housecat: Roy Jones, Jr. called, Donaire PPV Saturday, Vernon Forrest update
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Roy Jones, Jr. called me Wednesday night and I was stunned. Actually his manager McGee Wright called me and he put Roy on the phone. I have worked some fights as a publicist and site coordinator for his Square Ring Promotions, but nothing recently.
He simply said "hello" and knew I had a writing gi Read Full Story >>> BERNSTEIN RINGSIDE FOR EUROPE’S “BOXING BREAKFAST BUFFET”
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Hall of Fame Broadcaster Al Bernstein will be ringside at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, August 21 to call a full and exciting card of Crown Boxing action on pay per view, presented by IBN Sports and The Al Bernstein Boxing Channel (ABBC). The show can be seen at www.ibnsport Read Full Story >>> EDITORIAL: “Pinoy Power” – A Presumptive, Farcical and One-sided Marketing Mix
By Granville Ampong, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Banking on the marketing skill of Top Rank Godfather Bob Arum, “Pinoy Power” might become a major plus if the prose it advances yields a sufficiently fluent and realistic entertainment without th Read Full Story >>> ‘Pinoy Power 2’: Top Rank plays up national pride
Series modeled after ‘Latin Fury’ puts Filipino fighters in spotlight
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
1. ‘Pinoy’ promotion
Presented by Top Rank, the fledgling “Pinoy Power” series of boxing cards was designed to showcase Filipino fighters in many of its bouts. It follows Top Rank’s popular and successful “Latin Fury” series, which spotlights Hispanic fig Read Full Story >>> PP2 Breaking News: Concepcion is struggling to make weight
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Word in from Las Vegas is that Rafael Concepcion, Nonito Donaire's opponent for "PINOY POWER 2" tomorrow August 15, 2009 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas and to be shown live on Pay-Per-View is at 119 pounds as of 11am PT, 4 pounds above the weight limit of 115. Concepcion is being monitored f Read Full Story >>> Donaire's opponent having trouble making weight at last minute
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Just got a hot-tip, admittedly second hand, from Las Vegas that Rafael Concepcion weighed 119 pounds at mid-morning Friday, with five hours to go before the official weigh-in for his Saturday title fight with Nonito Donaire Jr.
The weight limit for the WBA interim super-flyweight title fight in L Read Full Story >>> Exclusive Interview with Mark Melligen - "Floyd is my idol"
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
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"Floyd is really good that’s why he is my idol but in sparring I am able to keep up with him. He gives me more experience and more confidence in the ring." -- Mark Melligen.
I spoke to 23 Read Full Story >>> Luevano anxious to defend title
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Like most boxers, Steven Luevano would prefer to stay busy inside the ring.
Even as a world champion, where a fighter's career carefully is mapped out, Luevano would prefer not to take 10 months off.
The reigning WBO featherweight champion hasn't fought since October, and he's eager to get ba Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao lethal left holds key vs Cotto
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
MANILA, Philippines - The punch very similar to the one that brought Ricky Hatton down for good may yet again be the key when Manny Pacquiao fights the younger, bigger but slower Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14.
This was the observation ma Read Full Story >>> Donaire sets goal to be like Manny
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
LAS VEGAS – Nonito Donaire Jr. said yesterday his fight against Panama’s Rafael (El Torito) Concepcion for the interim WBA superflyweight title is the first step towards achieving his goal of becoming a multi-divisional champion like Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and that’s why he c Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao/Cotto: Three on Three
By Vivek Wallace, Examiner.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Another week has gone by and still no firm indication relative to what's gonna happen with Miguel Cotto's WBO belt. This close to supremacy, no one should be able to deny Pacquiao the right for his shot at such a historical feat, but the initiation of a created WBC Diamond Belt isn't quite the way t Read Full Story >>> Pacman to Mexico?
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Sat, 15 Aug 2009
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said Mexican president Felipe Calderon will roll out the red carpet for Manny Pacquiao if the Filipino pound-for-pound king decides to spend the first half of his training camp in the world-famous resort city of Cancun in the Yucatan Peninsula. Arum said Calderon will Read Full Story >>> Donaire Jr. to Dedicate Fight to Tita Cory
By Joseph Pimentel, Asian Journal, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
LOS ANGELES—Pinoy boxer Nonito Donaire Jr. won’t be wearing his customary red trunks inside the ring on Aug. 15. He’ll be wearing yellow trunks to commemorate former Philippine President Coraz Read Full Story >>> Donaire passes pre-fight checkup, but has asthma
By Dino Maragay, The Philippine Star, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
MANILA, Philippines -- IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. has been given a clean bill of health by a doctor, clearing him for his title showdown with Panama’s Rafael Concepcion on Aug. 15 (Aug. 16 in Manila).
However, a secret Donaire has kept for quite a while was discovered during Read Full Story >>> Pinoy Power II Notes!
FightNews.com, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
The announce team for Top Rank’s Pinoy Power 2 PPV telecast will be Al Bernstein, television personality Mario Lopez and two-time world champion Brian ‘Hawaiian Punch’ Viloria on Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Rick Seara, award-winning producer, of T Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN IN PERFECT WEIGHT!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
ALA Gym's Mark Jason Melligen is shown today in a war pose right after working out where he hit 145 lbs, the weight set for tomorrow's weigh-in.
Melligen will battle Ernesto Zepeda in a 10-round welterweight war at the Read Full Story >>> LUEVANO, CONCEPCION FACE-TO-FACE IN LAS VEGAS
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
8/13/09, Las Vegas, Nevada -- Light Flyweight Brian Viloria (ctr) holds up the arms of Bernabe Concepcion (L) of the Philippines and WBO Featherweight champion Steven Luevano (R), La Puente, Ca. during media Read Full Story >>> AJ BANAL TAKES ON A NEW OPPONENT FOR HAWAII STINT
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 14 Aug 2009
CEBU CITY -- AJ 'Bazooka' Banal will take on Mexico City's Jose Angel Beranza in the undercard of the Brian Viloria-Jesus Iribe world title fight at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 29 after his original oppo Read Full Story >>>
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