CAN WRIGHT ADD STAR POWER TO MAYWEATHER VS. MARQUEZ?
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Now that Mayweather's July 18th return against Juan Manuel Marquez has been postponed, it appears that Golden Boy Promotions may be using the opportunity to stack the card with another big name to bolster interest in the event. According to Dan Rafael of ESPN.com, former jr. middleweight champion Wi  Read Full Story >>>

Joyi to fight Condes in EL title eliminator
By Mesuli Zifo, Dispatch Online, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

NKOSINATHI ?Mabere? Joyi takes on Filipino Florante Condes for the IBF mini-flyweight title eliminator at East London?s Orient Theatre on June 26 in the biggest fight of his career. The fight will be staged  Read Full Story >>>

Ten Must-See Unsigned Boxing Rematches
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Sequels are on the mind lately, and not because "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" and its 44 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes is still one of the top movies in the land. There were two fights over the weekend at Madison Square Garden, Miguel Cotto-Joshua Clottey and Ivan Cald  Read Full Story >>>

Presence alone makes Pacquiao weekend's big winner
By Wallace Matthews, NewsDay.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
So here we are on Monday trying to determine the biggest winner on a terrific sports weekend in New York. Among the candidates are the Yankees, winners of two out of three over the Mets in the Subway Series; Mark Teixeira, who reminded us how major leaguers are supposed to play baseball, even wit  Read Full Story >>>

Hall of Famers Should Fight Hall of Famers-No to Cotto-Pacquiao
By Julius Stecker, Boxing24.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
After watching this past weekends fight between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey, I thought 2 things. One was how much I admire Miguel Cotto as a fighter. He is tough, he has heart and he is skilled. But I was also thinking to myself, was that a hall of fame performance. Was that worthy to earn him a  Read Full Story >>>

Roach Will Demand Weight Limit for Pacquiao-Cotto Showdown
By Albert Alvarez, Diamond Boxing, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
For those of us that watched the Cotto/Clottey fight this past Saturday, boy were we entertained. I know I was. The fight had blood, guts, a tackle, and some serious soul searching. For the record I had Cotto winning the fight 114-113. If you wanted to argue that Clottey won the fight, you could do   Read Full Story >>>

What's Next For Mayweather
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. learned an important lesson last week while training for his comeback fight in Las Vegas. He learned he?s not a kid any more. The 32-year-old five-time wo  Read Full Story >>>

Miguel Cotto is now the logical next opponent for Pacquiao!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
FightFan.com examines all the pieces that are in place pointing at the increasing likelihood that a Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto clash is all but set for this fall! Apparently a Pacquiao vs. Cotto clash for this fall became the frunt runner while Miguel Cotto was still engaged in combat with J  Read Full Story >>>

Miguel Cotto deserves better than Arum , Top Rank
By Glenn Wilson, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Dignity and pride. Two words that describe Miguel Cotto. You never hear him trash an opponent and you don't hear him make excuses. Miguel Cotto is and has been the consummate professional his entire career. So why does it seem that Cotto is being treated as the red headed stepchild. His fights   Read Full Story >>>

Khan challenge against Kotelnik switched to fortress Manchester
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Amir Khan's world title contest against the incumbent champion, Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik, has been postponed for three weeks yesterday and switched from London's 02 Arena on June 27 to Manchester's MEN Arena on July 18. Kotelnik has a mouth infection which had halted his training programme. It wil  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao versus Miguel Cotto? It's tentative for Nov. 14 in Las Vegas
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto have each told their promoter they want to fight each other next. Now, that promoter, Bob Arum, has to work out the details to make a bout that is penciled in for Nov.  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao-Cotto: Bobfather's Dream Comes True
By Dave "Large" Larzelere, SportingNews.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
What a weekend for the fight game. First, there was the insane Miguel Cotto vs. Josh Clottey fight in New York City, one visited by gruesome gashes, a multitude of fouls, a "body slam," and then punctuated with a highly controversial split decision in Cotto?s favor that left Clottey foaming at the m  Read Full Story >>>

LET THE TRILOGY HAPPEN
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Juan Manuel Marquez could have changed the course of boxing history not once, but twice. But in his mind he did beat Manny Pacquiao twice and there are many who silently or vocally agree with him. Unfortunately for him, there were t  Read Full Story >>>

ARCE BATTLES PINOY LUMACAD IN ATLANTIC CITY
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

Arce. Mexican legend Jorge "Travieso" Arce is set to fight young Filipino boxing prospect Fernando Lumacad on June 27 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The card was originally scheduled for June 20 in Juarez, M  Read Full Story >>>

Donaire, Pacquiao can't find world title belts in Crackerjack boxes
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
There must be times when talented Pinoy boxing champion Nonito Donaire feels like the opening act for Bruce Springsteen or the guy who got to sing after Mr. Sinatra was done. It can?t be easy on the ego to be so popular in your homeland yet still be so many miles behind uber popular Manny Pacquia  Read Full Story >>>

Salud: Pacman deserves 70/30!
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
A renowned Filipino boxing figure told Fightnews on Monday that Manny Pacquiao deserves the lion?s share of the money in the event a proposed fight with Miguel Cotto is penciled for Nov. 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Rudy Salud, who crafted the by-laws of the World Boxing Council (WBC), also str  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao okays Cotto showdown - Arum
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao has given his promoter, Bob Arum, the go-signal to set him up for a fight with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14 in Las Vegas. ?There?s no question he wants the fight. And he told me to put the fight together,? Arum said yesterday in an oversea  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao Looking to Take a Page Out of the De La Hoya-Mayweather Playbook
By Juan Angel Zurita, BoxingFanatics.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Throughout his career, Oscar De La Hoya was often criticized for conning fighters in to make concessions which would perceivably give him an advantage in a bout. On the way up from super featherweight (130 lbs) to junior welterweight (140 lbs), he was criticized for making smaller fighters move u  Read Full Story >>>

If dumped by Mayweather, Juan Ma has reason to weep
By Michael M. Malapitan, Examiner.com, Tue, 16 Jun 2009

FLOOD CONTROL ALERT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY OF MEXICO If you think you have seen Juan Manuel Marquez do some heavy weeping and wailing over not being able to beat Manny Pacquiao  Read Full Story >>>

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