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Arum befuddled on Mayweather, vows Pacquiao-Cotto on By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
I just spoke to Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum as he disembarked from his flight from New York to hometown Las Vegas.
The Top Rank major domo said he knew ?nothing? about Sunda Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao-Cotto Gets Boost With Mayweather Injury By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 With the recent announcement that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is injured, a potential showdown between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is the frontrunner mega-fight to take place in the fall. Mayweather injured his ribs and was forced to withdraw from his July Read Full Story >>> Boricua shower of love underscores Pacquiao's international popularity By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 Forget, for a minute, all the various weight division titles. It dawned on me sitting ringside at Miguel Cotto?s entertaining Garden party Saturday night, where 17,734 of his closest compadres gathered, that Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao has a new and important crown.
Only someone named Mayweather ca Read Full Story >>> Mayweather stalls Marquez with a bad rib -here comes Manny vs. Floyd By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 It was announced today by Golden Boy Promotions that Floyd Mayweather would be pulling out of his scheduled July 18 fight with Juan Manuel Marquez due to a rib injury.
"I am extremely disappointed that this fight has to be postponed," said Mayweather. "I was training very hard and looking forwar Read Full Story >>> FOR A TIME SUCH AS THIS By Atty. Dan Neri Lim, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
There is no doubt that Manny Pacquiao is the man of the hour for the Philippines. Although this one was a little more than an affirmation, his second consecutive ?Fighter of the Year? award from the Boxing Writers Associati Read Full Story >>> Another Heartbreak for Rodel Mayol By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
If Rodel Mayol went into this fight with a sense of desperation, he certainly did not show it during fight time.
The 27 year old native of Mandaue City was a former hot prospect and considered a future world champ after Read Full Story >>> Another Calderon headache leads to another Mayol heartache By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 Before the fourth title defense of his WBO junior flyweight belt last night at Madison Square Garden in New York City in the main undercard of the Cotto-Clottey title-fight, Ivan Calderon said his style is to ?not get hit and go back home with no marks?. Instead, he went home last night hit more tha Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER VS. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ POSTPONED PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
SIX TIME WORLD CHAMPION MAYWEATHER SUFFERS RIB INJURY IN TRAINING
LAS VEGAS (June 14, 2009) - The highly anticipated July 18 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez has been postponed due to a rib injury Read Full Story >>> Rib injury prompts Mayweather to postpone July 18 comeback fight By Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 ORLANDO -- Floyd Mayweather's highly anticipated return to boxing will have to wait a little while longer. On Sunday Mayweather announced that he would be postponing his July 18 welterweight showdown with Juan Manuel Marquez after suffering a rib injury in training camp.
"I am extremely disappoin Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather injures rib, Marquez fight postponed Los Angeles Times, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s long-awaited return to the ring will have to wait a bit longer after the six-time world boxing champion sustained a rib injury during practice last week, forcing the postponement Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto - Joshua Clottey Delivers And Divides By Tim Starks, The Press Enterprise, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 You'll discover today wildly different impressions around the Internets of last night's very good and dramatic, if not great, welterweight fight between Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey. You'll find some calling the decision win for Cotto a "gift." You'll find some who agreed with the wide 116-111 s Read Full Story >>> Pinocchio Arum lies by calling Cotto-Pacquiao 'dead even' By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 So Bob Arum lied.
That is not exactly stop the presses news, a fight promoter telling a whopper.
It?s about as newsworthy as birds flying or fish swimming. It?s them doing what they do best.
?He (Cotto) and Pacman is a dead even fight,? Arum said in the wake of Miguel Cotto?s split decision Read Full Story >>> Puerto Ricans deliver thunderous cheers for Manny Pacquiao By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 He only flew about 17,000 miles to hear them but Manny Pacquiao got yet another confirmation that he is, indeed, boxing?s most popular practitioner Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
What with this Synday afternoon, being the day of days for New York?s huge Puerto Rican population, I hope a Read Full Story >>> Robberies and Scoring Fallacies Bad Left Hook, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 What is a robbery in boxing? Here's a hint - it's not a decision that you merely disagree with. It's a decision that is impossible; that there's no reasonable way the judges could have scored the fight in favor of the fighter who actually won. So how is it that someone can determine whether a fig Read Full Story >>> Cotto escapes Clottey; runs his way to a possible Pacquiao mega-fight By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Event Ticket Report, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 Miguel Cotto sneaked, or should I say ran his way into a technical decision win over Joshua Clottey last night to retain his WBO welterweight belt at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Cotto won by a slim margin as judges scored the fight 116-111,115-112 for Cotto, while Tom Miller had it 1 Read Full Story >>> Greatness out of grasp: Clottey remains "B" side fighter By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 Joshua Clottey will never fight Manny Pacquiao. And he will never fight other superstars such as Sugar Shane Mosley or Floyd Mayweather.
That doesn?t make him a bum on the street. He proved his mettle even though he lost a split decision Saturday night to gritty Puerto Rican and WBO 147-pound cha Read Full Story >>> Salamat sa Boxing Writers ng America By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
NEW YORK?Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong kababayan, fans at tagasubaybay. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroon sa mundo.
Matapos ang mahabang biyahe mula sa Pilipinas patungo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Mayweather, and nothing else matters By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009 Much can be said about the split-decision Miguel Cotto won over Joshua Clottey on Saturday night, but I will give Cotto credit for his actions outside the ring following the fight.
After his slim victory over Clottey, Miguel Cotto made no clear or evident challenge of Manny Pacquiao. There was no Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto survives Clottey in split decision, Pacquiao showdown looming By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009 Miguel Cotto retained his WBO welterweight belt and improved to 34 wins and 1 loss in a tough and hotly contested fight with Ghana native Joshua Clottey, who dropped to 35 - 3.
Manny Pacquiao, visibly seated at ringside with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and wife Jinkee, watched with eyeful intent Read Full Story >>> Cotto retains WBO title with win over Clottey By Associated Press, USA Today, Sun, 14 Jun 2009 NEW YORK ? Miguel Cotto gave thousands of his cheering fans exactly what they hoped for on the eve of the national Puerto Rican Day parade.
Overcoming an early cut from an accidental headbutt and several brutal rounds from Joshua Clottey, the popular Cotto fought to a narrow split decision Saturd Read Full Story >>>
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