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Blue Light Special: Pacquiao or Cotto can take $40,000 WBC strap F-R-E-E
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
To hear Don Jose Sulaiman, 78 year old President For Life of the World Boxing Council, tell it, the newly created sparkling bauble dubbed the organization’s “Diamond Belt” will add glitz and glamor to the already hot Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto Nov. 14 bout.
And not that money h Read Full Story >>>Bernabe Concepcion ready to be a world champion
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
"Success is a ladder... you can't climb with your hands in your pocket."
That is the case for Bernabe Concepcion's quest to be one of Boxing's best. Concepcion is taking on the biggest challenge Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire: Follow the Bouncing Belts
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
This Saturday night, the man viewed by most as the best of the current Flyweights, IBF titlist Nonito Donaire (21-1, 14 KO) of the Philippines, ventures up the scale three pounds to a Jr. Bantamweight class ready for the infusion of talent he brings. He’ll face tough Mexican Rafael Concepcion Read Full Story >>> Melligen gets new foe
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
WITH less than a week before his scheduled fight, ALA boy Mark Jason Melligen was assigned another opponent for the “Pinoy Power 2” boxing showdown at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas this Sunday.
Due to problems with his visa, Mexican fighter Michele Rosales won’t fi Read Full Story >>> COTTO ALREADY TALKING RETIREMENT PRIOR TO FACING PACQUIAO
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
"I am not going to hang up the gloves...I am going to burn them," stated WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto as he talked about his desire to soon retire from boxing. In a recent interview with Antol?n Maldonado R?os of El Nuevo Dia, the 28-year-old Cotto revealed that he has no intention of cont Read Full Story >>> V8: Pacquiao/Cotto, Pavlik, Jones, Bradley and more!!!
By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Williams/Pavlik: Who wins the battle at the boardwalk?
Kelly Pavlik (35-1, 31KO's) and Paul Williams (37-1, 27KO's) have come to terms and is scheduled to face off on October 3rd, at the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall in New Jersey. This is interesting matchup pairs two of the sports perennial ris Read Full Story >>> Michael Katsidis vs Vicente Escobedo Added to Mayweather/Marquez
By Trent Pusey, Inside Fights, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
The undercard to the September 19 fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Juan Manuel Marquez is starting to fill out. All-action lightweight Michael Katsidis will take on former US Olympian Vicente Escobedo in a 12-round fight for the interim WBO Lightweight title.
Katsidis and Escobedo join Chris Read Full Story >>> 24 things you want to know about Pacman
By Butch Francisco, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Twenty-four days. That was all it took for Jinkee Pacquiao to lose 13 lbs. (she overshot her goal by three lbs. since she only wanted to take off 10). Of course, that was with the help of the Belo Diet Injections. Jinkee’s weig Read Full Story >>> Cebu space cadet will pay Pacquiao, Cotto cool millon
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
Forget about paying any sanctioning fee.
Forget about using a symbolic shoelace or elastic band replacing a world title strap.
One newly formed boxing governing body, which claims to supersede all others, is willing to pay both Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto to fight for its title.
The ne Read Full Story >>> Women boxing eyed for 2012
By Associated Press, The Philippine Star, Thu, 13 Aug 2009
GENEVA – Women’s boxing, mixed doubles in tennis and 50-meter sprints in swimming are among the events being considered this week for inclusion in the 2012 London Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee executive board will meet in Berlin on Thursday to consider a range of chang Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao-Miguel Cotto is Already a Hot Ticket
By TK Stewart, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
Tickets for the WBO welterweight title bout between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto don't go on sale until Monday, but the buzz is already beginning to build and rooms at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas are beginning to fill-up.
Ringside tickets for the biggest boxing match of 2009 are coming with a f Read Full Story >>> No Manny V2.0, Just Donaire, And That’s Good Enough
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
“The next Manny Pacquiao.”
Just as Kobe Bryant was marketed as “the next Michael Jordan” before proving to be great enough to become the first Kobe Bryant, “the next Manny Pacquiao” is the label you can expect to be applied to any Filipino fighter threatening t Read Full Story >>> Luevano's Ready to Face Concepcion
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
This Saturday night as part of the 'Pinoy Power' pay-per-view card being staged at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano takes on Bernabe Concepcion. They were originally slated to fight in early May as part of the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton Read Full Story >>> Donaire finds fury from within
By Monte Poole, Mercury News, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
PUTTING LIFE on hold for weeks at a time to spend one night dancing with death suggests a psyche driven not only by courage and purpose but also something deep inside that most of us simply cannot fathom.
We can see the rage of the boxer, but where was it hatched? We can see the conviction, too, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Cotto, Arum giving WBO axe in favor of WBC
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
The WBO and its president, Paco Valcarcel, may be getting left at the altar by Bob Arum.
In a very shrewd back door play with his so called “Diamond Belt,” Don Jose Sulaiman has undercut the sanctioning fee price ($150,000 for Miguel Cotto, same for Manny Pacquiao).
I don’t k Read Full Story >>> Can Marquez overcome the "Money" odds?
By Rota Em, Diamond Boxing, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
In Floyd Mayweather’s home away from home within the confines of the bright lights of Las Vegas, the odds aren’t too good for “Dynamita”. But while Vegas boasts an overwhelming favor towards “Money” May, this may as well be the chance to cash in big as a potential Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE-CONCEPCION LAS VEGAS MEDIA DAY PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
 
8/11/09, Las Vegas, Nevada -- Nonito Donaire Jr. (L) of the Philippines and Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion of Panama pose for Read Full Story >>> Known Unknowns: Previews And Predictions For Nonito Donaire - Rafael Concepcion And Steve Luevano - Bernabe Concepcion
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
Nonito Donaire is finally winning his critical acclaim, with many now considering him one of the 10 best fighters in the world. He is starting to get his spotlight, headlining his second consecutive pay-per-view card Saturday night. He is getting busier, fighting for the second time in 2009 after fi Read Full Story >>> Pavlik vs Williams Agreement Reached: War on Oct 3
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
BoxingScene.com has been informed by sources close to the negotiations that a deal has been reached for a middleweight war on October 3 at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik will defend his titles against Paul "The Punisher" Williams.
After weeks of t Read Full Story >>> Donaire opponent's manager ignites family feud, vows of vengeance
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Wed, 12 Aug 2009
Any worries that Nonito Donaire Jr. might have trouble working up enthusiasm for Saturday’s bout with Rafael Concepcion have been put aside this week. Concepcion’s manager said three things that have really hacked off Team Donaire, which collectively vows to make short work of the short Read Full Story >>>
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