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Pe?alosa returns to Cebu in Viloria card By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 A FEW months after his ?final? fight in Cebu, Gerry Pe?alosa will get to fight in front of home fans anew on Aug. 29 at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino.
Pe?alosa, who last fought here in February against German Meraz, is being billed to face either No.1 World Boxing Organization bantamweight cont Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao?s seventh? By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 THE World Boxing Organization (WBO) is pushing for the proposed bout between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican superstar Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to be a world title fight.
WBO President Francisco Valcarcel plans to sanction Pacquiao?s ring return a Read Full Story >>> Sugar Shane Mosley-Where Does He Go Now By Julius Stecker, Boxing24.com, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 Sugar Shane Mosley is one of the top 10 fighters of his generation. Yet he is a man without a fight. Some of that is on his own accord. Some of it is not. He has been begging to get a fight with the great Manny Pacquiao, but that is not going to happen. The closest Shane will get to Manny Pacquiao w Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao defeats Juan Manuel Marquez...again By Eric R. Sloan, Examiner.com, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 It should be no surprise that Manny Pacquiao remains the undefeated, undisputed pound-for-pound champion of the world according to major boxing publications. Tracking his every move, however, is the universal consensus number 2 pound-for-pounder and Pacquiao nemesis--Juan Manuel Marquez. The only th Read Full Story >>> Alexis Arguello, 1952-2009 By Dave "Large" Larzelere, SportingNews.com, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 What Manny Pacquiao is to the Philippines, what Julio Cesar Chavez is to Mexico, so Alexis Arguello is to Nicaragua, a boxer who transcended sport to become a fighting symbol of the collective heart of his people. He fought Ruben Olivares, he fought Aaron Pryor, and in the tumultuous 80?s in Nicarag Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley's personal 10 greatest fighters By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 02 Jul 2009 I have been at ringside since 1963. I was at the Ali-Liston rematch in Lewiston, Me., in 1965.
I remain at ringside in 2009.
Here are the greatest I've ever seen up close and personal:
1. MUHAMMAD ALI
2. ROBERTO DURAN
3. SUGAR RAY LEONARD
4. LARRY HOLMES
5. AARON PRYOR
6. ALE Read Full Story >>> A tag-team in the making: Manny Pacquiao and Dave Batista By Rick Rockwell, Examiner.com, Thu, 02 Jul 2009
Manny Pacquiao and Dave Batista are becoming quite the tag-team these days. The latest news is that Manny Pacquiao and Dave Batista will be teaming up to make an action movie Wapakman.
Read Full Story >>> ALEXIS ARGUELLO FOUND DEAD By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Former three-division champion Alexis Arguello has been found dead at his home. Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirmed the news earlier today. Specific details of his untimely passing are still unknown, but he wa Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao: Chronicling the past 10 years of Boxing's best (part 9) By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
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After putting on a show for his countrymen back home in the Philippines when he defeated Oscar Larios, Manny Pacquiao had some unfinished business to take care of with his nemesis Erik Read Full Story >>> Who's cash king, Mayweather or Pacquiao? By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 The fight is on and it?s not the pound for pound argument any longer.
That is unless you are speaking of the UK currency, the British pound sterling.
The fight before they fight for Money Needs Mayweather and Jackpot Pacquiao is now all about the Benjamins, the Dead Presidents, the greenbacks, Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: Will Lights And Camera's Affect His Action? By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 Filipino P4P king and man of the hour, Manny Pacquiao, is set to start filming a movie ("Wapakman") within the next few days. He is said to be the hero in a Kung-Fu flick which will have him co-star with WWE star Batista and Pussycat Dolls vocalist Szcherinzger. Pacquiao has recently said that he do Read Full Story >>> Quit it: Finkel fires back at Victor Ortiz haters By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 Cus D?Amato, the Mike Tyson and Floyd Patterson guru, used the term ?brave quitter.?
Boxing legend Big Al Braverman would say a fighter was a ?cayoodle? if he thought the boxer?s heart was less than huge.
Giving up in a fight like Victor Ortiz did has long been known as ?the French exit.?
F Read Full Story >>> Shaw-Shake Redemption: A Man?s Word is Still His Bond By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
The news over the weekend of Vic Darchinyan re-upping with long time promoter Gary Shaw wasn?t anywhere near as surprising as the length of the agreement ? lifetime.
Even more surprising was that the literal lifelong commitment t Read Full Story >>> Notes: Ortiz eager to make amends; Lopez to return in fall By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 Victor Ortiz may have taken two steps back after his sixth-round TKO loss to Marcos Maidana, but co-manager Rolando Arellano insists that they're ready to go forward.
Arellano helped guide the career of Fernando Vargas, who stepped up in 2000 against Felix Trinidad in a battle of unbeaten junior Read Full Story >>> The Forgotten Hatton By Shaun Murphy, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 If you?re British, boxing fan or not, you?ll know who Ricky Hatton is.
From the ?Hitman?s?? escapades in the ring; Hatton?s self-deprecating humor; to his love of beer and collecting things -- Ricky Hatton is the most popular British boxer in modern history..
However, all through Ricky Hatton? Read Full Story >>> TEAM LUMACAD ISSUES APOLOGY By Ken Smith, ABA, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 TO THE PHILIPPINES MY APOLOGY.
My name is Ken Smith, and I am the manager of Filipino fighter Fernando Lumacad. I will ask the Filipino for your forgiveness for what happened to Lumacad in Atlantic City USA, this past weekend. Fernando was overmatched and it is me who was responsible for this. I Read Full Story >>> VIC DARCHINYAN: "AFTER I BEAT AGBEKO?I WILL RETIRE DONAIRE" By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
"After I beat Agbeko, I will fight anyone who is a true warrior?I'm not only going to break him, but I will retire Donaire. I'm going to have it where his corner or no doctor will stop the fight becau Read Full Story >>> Some fights I want to see By Tom Donelson, blackathlete.net, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 IOWA CITY (BASN) -- Here are fights that I want to see. First, Kelly Pavlik versus Arthur Abraham for the Middleweight championship is the first fight I want to see.
There is one golden rule in boxing, when it comes to big fights; show the promoters the money. It is that simple. Team Pavlik loo Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao Fighter of the Year over UFC's Lyoto Machida? By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Should boxer Manny Pacquiao overhaul UFC fighter Lyoto Machida in ESPYS awards ? Like the judging in both sports, it is a subjective affair.
At the NOKIA Theatre, Los A Read Full Story >>> Pound for Pound Lineage: From Benny Leonard to Manny Pacquiao By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009 To find the best boxer in the world, one simply needs to identify the dominant Heavyweight Champion of the moment. Size matters in this sport. But is it right to give high honors to a giant bumbling oaf like Jess Willard when brilliant technicians like Benny Leonard are rewriting the textbooks on ho Read Full Story >>>
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