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Pacman off to politics, movies, and music not to fast business in the ring first
By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Three dates left and then it’s off to politics, movies, and music for the beloved pride of the Philippines.
Nowadays anyone who remotely follows boxing will have no problem identifying who the Pacman is. He is this day and age’s Henry Armstrong and that’s a bold statement in it Read Full Story >>>Warm Manila welcome for new box champ Donaire
By Tina Santos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
MANILA, Philippines--Although not as festive as the celebrations for boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, Manila City Hall gave new boxing sensation Nonito Donaire a warm welcome on Wednesday.
Donaire arrived at the Manila City Hall before 8 a.m. for a press conference and the ritual motorcade. He was wel Read Full Story >>> Malignaggi Braces for Mugging
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Paulie Malignaggi wants everyone to know that when he gets to Houston this week, he is going to get mugged. No, not literally robbed at gun point or anything like that, but when he faces the hometown Juan Diaz this Saturday night at the Toyota Center, he believes that his chances of winning this fig Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER: "BOB ARUM IS BIASED AGAINST BLACK FIGHTERS"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
"I think I was just held back. I could have been a bigger, quicker [draw] if I wasn't held back from PPV by Bob Arum. I feel that my first PPV fight should have been with Angel Manfredy. Bob Arum is biased against black fighters; he leans towards Hispanic fighters and keeps them on PPV," Floyd Maywe Read Full Story >>> THREE ELECTRIFYING FIGHTS ADDED TO THE MAYWEATHER VS. MARQUEZ UNDERCARD
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
LOS ANGELES, August 18 - It's the biggest and one of the most highly-anticipated boxing events of 2009, so there was no question that when it was time to compile the undercard of the Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez super fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 19 Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-Marquez Will Be The Biggest, Says Schaefer
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
During a recent conference call with the media, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez pay-per-view, scheduled for September 19, will be the biggest boxing event of the year. When asked if it will be bigger than the November 14 showd Read Full Story >>> Goldfather Steward: Pacquiao is not God or Superman
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
There are those wingnuts out there who believe that Miguel Cotto against Manny Pacquiao is a donkey against a thoroughbred racehorse.
Mark them down: uneducated fools from uneducated schools, I guess.
No less an authority than Kronk Gym Goldfather Manny Steward told me Tuesday too much is made Read Full Story >>> OPPONENTS NAMED FOR ABNER MARES AND DAVID RODELA FOR AUGUST 27 "FIGHT NIGHT CLUB" EVENT
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
David Rodela.
LOS ANGELES, August 18 - The third edition of the hit new monthly live boxing series "Fight Night Club" is rapidly approaching, and headliners Abner Mares and "Dangerous" David Rodela will be in tough in thei Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto and the WBC's ridiculous belt
Bad Left Hook, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
In case you missed it, the WBC recently manufactured a title and a belt for catch-weight mega-fights, or for mega-fights in general, or some such total nonsense, and they called it the WBC Diamond Championship.
Hardcore boxing fans were almost universal in their dismissal, with I'd wager about 70 Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum’s “Pinoy Power 2” Packs Punch
By John Pullman, DogHouseBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
With boxing cards being extremely thin in depth as of late, Bob Arum stepped up and put together a deep, exciting event this past Saturday at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Nonito Donaire vs. Rafael Concepcion was the headline. And an exciting Featherweight Title Fight, Steven Luevano Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-COTTO TICKETS SCORCHING HOT!
'Firepower' Almost Sold Out on Opening Day
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
After a monstrous opening sale, less than 1,000 tickets remain at the 16,200-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena for Top Rank’s ‘FirePower’ Pay Per View featuring Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto. All of th Read Full Story >>> Why Manny Pacquiao Will Defeat Floyd Mayweather JR.
By Mike Plunkett, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
I recently enjoyed a long deserved vacation at a cottage resort in north eastern Ontario where the Trent River and Rice Lake converge. It’s a place where I spent the lion’s share of the weekends and summers of my childhood up through and into my early teens. It’s a place steeped in Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE CRITICS: CONFUSING BRAVERY WITH STUPIDITY
By Reylan Loberternos, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Tungod, Inabanga, Bohol – Critics sprung like mushrooms in the wake of Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Jr.’s unanimous decision victory over Panama’s Rafael “El Torito” Read Full Story >>> THE SONSONA BUZZ
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Marvin “Marvelous” Sonsona's upcoming title challenge against Puerto Rico's Jose “Carita” Lopez continues to attract attention not just here in the Philippines but also in Canada's Read Full Story >>> Reunion in 'Pinoy Power 3'
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Nonito Donaire Jr. and Brian Viloria faced separate opponents in “Pinoy Power: The Flash and the Furious” which was a huge box office success at the Araneta Coliseum last April.
Last Saturday night, Donaire headlined a card billed “Pinoy Power 2” at the Hard Rock Hotel and Read Full Story >>> Darchinyan camp seeks possible fight with Donaire
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
MANILA -- Following Nonito Donaire, Jr.’s unanimous decision over Panama’s Rafael Concepcion, the camp of WBA and WBC super flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan has reportedly started working out their fighter’s possible rematch with the “Filipino Flash”.
“We are Read Full Story >>> Roach breeds wilder Bazooka
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
EXPECT a much improved AJ Banal on Aug. 29, when he faces Mexican veteran Jose Angel Beranza, as his skills have been honed at the renowned US boxing gym, the Wild Card Gym in California.
Banal has been training for close to three months under the watchful eye of Freddie Roach, who trains pound-f Read Full Story >>> Sugar Ray Robinson Revisited – Part Two
By Thomas Hauser, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Sugar Ray Robinson’s knockout victory over Jake LaMotta captured the imagination of America. Baseball and boxing were the country’s two national sports. Robinson had now entered the ring for 124 fights, losing on Read Full Story >>> Donaire not inclined to train under Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
Nonito Donaire acknowledges Freddie Roach as a world-class trainer but it is unlikely that he is going to sign up the American ace as his full-time trainer in light of Roach’s many commitments.
“I need 100 percent of his attention,” said Donaire during a press conference held at Read Full Story >>> Donaire calls foe 'a dirty fighter'
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 19 Aug 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Newly-crowned interim WBA superflyweight champion Nonito Donaire, Jr. said yesterday if he weighed anywhere close to what Rafael Concepcion did in their Las Vegas fight, the Panamanian would’ve been knocke Read Full Story >>>
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