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MTAGWA ARRIVES IN NEW YORK FOR JUANMA LOPEZ BOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
8/26/09, New York, N.Y. -- Challenger Rogers Mtagwa, Philadelphia, Pa. arrives in New York Wednesday for a press conference on Thursday to announce his WBO World Jr. Featherweight title fight against WBO World Jr. Featherweig Read Full Story >>>WBO Convention Day 2
By David Finger, FightNews.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Day two of the WBO 22nd Annual Congress continued today in Budapest, Hungary as President Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel issued his President’s report to start things off in the morning. The first order of business President Valcarcel touched upon were the recent situations that the WB Read Full Story >>> Arum Wants Soto vs. Valero
By Salvador Rodríguez, 411mania.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Top Rank boss Bob Arum is pushing for a junior lightweight matchup featuring WBC titlist Humberto Soto and Edwin Valero for the Nov. 14 card in Las Vegas headlined by Cotto vs. Pacquiao.
Publicist Ricardo Jimenez noted that Arum has already indicated that he'd like both parties to come to an agre Read Full Story >>> Lem Banker talks life, love and betting sports
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
On their first date, the gambler and the beauty queen went to the races at Monmouth Park on the Jersey shore.
Delores Vicario, who went by Debbie, was a model in New York’s Garment District and a showgirl at the Riviera hotel in Havana.
Lester Banker, who went by Lem, was still a small-t Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather Jr is ‘Money’ for WWE’s ratings
By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
The ratings are in, and despite the negative reviews, The Floyd Mayweather Jr episode of Monday Night RAW scored extremely high according to WWE standards.
Mayweather’s appearance was the second highest rating since WWE started the “guest host” storyline. It came in barely behind Read Full Story >>> Muhammad Ali floors Ricky Hatton: I didn't recognize you standing up!
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Never let it be said that the wit and wisdom of Muhammad Ali is not as sharp as ever.
Now I wasn’t there when British boxing star Ricky Hatton met and paid the proper homage to the Greatest Of All Time in Manchester but a little birdie who was tells me that Ali made two biting remarks about Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley refuses to speak with Floyd Mayweather
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Floyd Mayweather is either afraid of my piercing questions or too busy thugging out at the roller skating rink in Las Vegas to bother.
It took almost three weeks but I finally I got an answer from a Mayweather flack as to whether I could get a brief, 10 minute one on one telephone interview with Read Full Story >>> Show Business is My Business
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
MANILA -- Kumusta po ulit kayong lahat, mga masusugid kong tagasubaybay ng kolum na ito. Palapit na nang palapit ang araw ng aking pag-eensayo at paghahanda sa laban kontra kay Miguel Cotto, kaya naman pilit kong tinatapos ang Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto: The Damage Threshold
By Julie Cockerham, 8countnews, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
So it is that Miguel Cotto will face Manny Pacquiao on November 14th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The die has been cast, and it has landed irrefutably in Cotto’s favor. Not surprising the choice, one that put to an end the surge of ruminations regarding who the pound for pound king would tak Read Full Story >>> SONSONA ARRIVES IN CANADA, VOWS TO KNOCK OUT LOPEZ
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Toronto, Canada – GenSan Marvel “Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona has arrived in Toronto, Canada with trainer Nonito Donaire Sr.
Sonsona, who had just turned 19 years old, has set his mind to knock out Jose “Ca Read Full Story >>> Brian must beware of easy target
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
JESUS IRIBE, who tries to wrest Brian Viloria’s IBF light flyweight crown on Sunday, has been described by scouts as a strong, engaging fighter who loves to charge and do battle inside.
That augurs well for Viloria, says one veteran broadcaster who flew to Honolulu yesterday to be at ringsi Read Full Story >>> Banal to fight without Roach by his side
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
RENOWNED boxing train-er Freddie Roach won’t be in ALA boy AJ Banal’s corner when he faces Mexican veteran Jose Angel Beranza in the “Island Assault” boxing showdown on Aug. 29 in Hawaii because of personal matters he had to attend to.
Earlier this week, Roach, who molded Read Full Story >>> Roach: "Manny Pacquiao Will Expose Miguel Cotto"
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
While Manny Pacquiao plays the lead role in a movie currently being filmed in the Philippines, his opponent on Nov. 14th, WBO welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto, has already begun light training in his native Puerto Rico for the fight that is still over 11 weeks away.
Pacquiao won't begin his fig Read Full Story >>> Dodie Boy's revenge
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
When Nonito Donaire Jr. beat Panama’s Rafael Concepcion for the interim WBA superflyweight title in Las Vegas recently, Dodie Boy Pe?alosa was all smiles from ear to ear.
Pe?alosa was with younger brother Jonathan and conditioning coach Mike Bazzel in Donaire’s corner but he was clear Read Full Story >>> RAMIE LAPUT IS A WORLD CLASS RUNNER TOO
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
It is true that running is a basic essential to being a boxer. Prizefighters put in endless, and uncountable miles of road work.
WBO Inter-Continental Jr Featherweight champ Ramie Laput has proven he is more than Read Full Story >>> HATTON MOVED BY MEETING ALI
By Phil Miller, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Ricky Hatton fought back tears after welcoming Muhammad Ali to his gym in Manchester.
Hundreds of boxing fans gathered outside the Hatton Health and Fitness complex in Hyde to catch a glimpse of A Read Full Story >>> Emotional Ricky Hatton meets boxing legend Muhammad Ali
By Associated Press, Google News, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
MANCHESTER, England — Ricky Hatton welcomed Muhammad Ali to his gym on Wednesday and admitted not even a meeting with The Greatest could convince him to get back in the ring again.
Hatton, the former world light-welterweight champion, hasn't fought since a second-round knockout loss to Mann Read Full Story >>> Jones-Hopkins II resurfaces, vanishes again
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
Sixteen years have passed since Roy Jones Jr. won a ho-hum yet clear unanimous decision against Bernard Hopkins to claim the middleweight belt vacated by James Toney when he moved up to super middleweight.
It wasn't a memorable fight, as Jones claimed a boring victory that all three judges scored Read Full Story >>> Malignaggi v Diaz: No need for Janet Ren
By Eric R. Sloan, Examiner.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
According to fans and some self-proclaimed "experts," the boxing world as we know it is about to end or it may well have ended the moment the scores were read in the Paulie Malignaggi-Juan Diaz fight last Saturday night. Frankly, it is surprising that Gale Van Hoy has not been arrested and charged a Read Full Story >>> Notes from the Housecat: Manny Pacquiao, Bernard Hopkins and more
By Matt Stolow, Examiner.com, Thu, 27 Aug 2009
I can't wait for Nov.14 because of Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto!
Like my Uncle Ed says, "A good cheesecake doesn't need a fruit topping.". So let's do this fight without the belts! I'm thinking Cotto makes it look close early, but Pacquiao overwhelms him and blows him out eventually.
I have Read Full Story >>>
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