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Back with a bang?
By Wayne McCullough, SkySports.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Last weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Juan Manuel Marquez fought Floyd Mayweather. Prior to the bout the fighters had agreed to face each other at 144 lbs or deal with penalties. Marquez was expected to be around 7 lbs heavier than he had ever been in his career whereas Mayweather Read Full Story >>>Pacquiao's training won't be a breeze, says Roach
GMA News Online, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Entering his training camp already sharp and fit doesn’t mean Manny Pacquiao’s November 14 title fight against Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico is going to be a breeze.
It won’t, according to trainer Freddie Roach.
“It’s going to be a tough fight for us," said Roach as Read Full Story >>> Brian Viloria Wants Calderon but Nino Trilogy is First
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
It's been more than 16 years since Michael Carbajal and Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez thrilled the boxing world in the greatest fight to ever take place in the 108 pound division. That fight, which saw the IBF and WBC light fl Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Sells a Million, Says Who?
By Ricardo Lois, The Boxing Truth, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Buried in his mixed martial arts mailbag, veteran boxing writer Kevin Iole mentioned that Floyd Mayweather's Saturday night victory against Juan Manuel Marquez could have garnered one million HBO pay per view purchases.
So much for my prediction of 500,000 buys within the context of a recession e Read Full Story >>> MARQUEZ PLANS TO RETURN AT 140 TO MAKE HISTORY
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
"I am satisfied...I did my best against someone who has already spent time fighting at welterweight and I still gave him some problems. I knew that the fight was going to be difficult and even though he caught me good and sent me to the canvas, his punches were not as strong as I expected," stated l Read Full Story >>> All systems go in Baguio City Pacquiao looking sharp!
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
It did not take long for the pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and famed fight trainer Freddie Roach to pick up where they last left off. Roach is extremely impressed with Manny's training thus far. It's early in the game, but Roach likes what he sees so far.
In a report filed by boxing scribe Read Full Story >>> Who is the most avoided fighter in all of boxing?
By Sabrina Montez, 8countnews, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
One of the most avoided fighters in all of boxing is two time WBO Welterweight Champion Paul "The Punisher" Williams. This impressive Southpaw has 37 wins and only one loss coming from Carlos Quintana.
Why haven't we seen Floyd Mayweather Jr. face Paul Williams? His name should be thrown in the Read Full Story >>> Rumor: Mayweather-Marquez does around 1 million buys
Bad Left Hook, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports reports in his latest MMA mailbag that while we're likely to hear numbers by Thursday, he's hearing very, very good things about the success of Mayweather-Marquez on pay-per-view:
The UFC is a privately owned company and does not have to release its pay-per-view sales, Read Full Story >>> White's UFC everything boxing isn't
By Bernard Fernandez, The Vancouver Sun, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Dana White isn't King of the World -- not yet, anyway -- but the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship wields a monarch's power over his particular domain. White doesn't even own the largest chunk of Zuffa LLC, the Las Vegas-based parent company of UFC (brothers Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta do), Read Full Story >>> WBO will enforce Marquez-Katsidis
Bad Left Hook, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
The WBO plans to stick by their pre-fight talk and enforce the mandatory lightweight title defense of Juan Manuel Marquez against Michael Katsidis, reports Rick Reeno. Marquez kept his title(s) and RING Magazine world championship after losing at welterweight to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday, and Read Full Story >>> The ironies of Pacquiao and Mayweather in poetry
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
In the proverbial bible of boxing not named Ring magazine, Mayweather's story would be that of the prodigal son; strong, rebellious, prideful, lost only to come back received with open arms. Read Full Story >>> IN SEARCH OF ANOTHER WORLD CHAMPION: FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS STARTS SEP. 25 AT CEBU COLISEUM
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Gello-ani.
CEBU CITY -- Sammy Gello-ani’s SGG Sports Promotions will inaugurate a series of boxing events called FRIDAY NIGHTS LIVE this coming Friday September 25, 2009 at the Cebu Coliseum. The event is head Read Full Story >>> Pacman form impresses Roach
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
BAGUIO CITY - From the crowd that flocked around the reigning pound-for-pound king came a yell: “You can easily beat Cotto!”
Manny Pacquiao smiled, and shot back: “Oo, may shampoo naman kami. (Yes, we have shampoo, anyway).”
The response may have been an attempt at humo Read Full Story >>> Mayweather agrees to pay $5.6M back taxes to IRS
By Associated Press, Google News, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
LAS VEGAS — Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. agreed to pay $5.6 million in back taxes before the Internal Revenue Service was poised to take the money from his purse after his Saturday fight with Juan Manuel Marquez.
Nevada Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer says the IRS sent the Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao wants fights before and after polls
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
FLOYD MAYWEATHER Jr. was 146 lb during the weigh-in, but he looked several pounds heavier during his comeback fight with Juan Manuel Marquez whom he completely outclassed last Sunday (Manila time) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
At 146, Mayweather was already two pounds over the agreed catch weigh Read Full Story >>> David Diaz returns Saturday night to take on Jesus Chavez!
FightFan.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Former WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will face off against two time world champion Jesus Chavez in the ten round main event at “Warriors Collide/Windy City Fight Night 6″ at Chicago’s UIC Pavilion on Saturday, September 26!
An all action fight is on tap for this Saturday Read Full Story >>> Latin Fury 12 shaping up
FightNews.com, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Chicago heavyweight Fres Oquendo has signed to take on unbeaten Olympic gold medalist Odlanier Solis of Cuba on Top Rank’s “Island Warriors – Latin Fury 12″ at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, October 10. Bob Arum of Top Rank made the announcement today. Oquendo has a recor Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao in fiery start
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
BAGUIO CITY — Manny Pacquiao’s training moved a notch on Tuesday with the arrival of Freddie Roach, who could not help but heap praises on his prized pupil after doing nine hard rounds with the mitts.
“Man Read Full Story >>> RING Ratings Update: Does Mayweather deserve his RING rankings?
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s dominating unanimous decision over Juan Manuel Marquez was impressive.
I thought the former five-division titleholder controlled every second of every minute of every round against one of the sport’s elite fighters. However, I never lost sight of the fact that M Read Full Story >>> The Man to Beat Floyd Mayweather Jr....
By Jeff Pryor, The Boxing Bulletin, Wed, 23 Sep 2009
Against a smaller, older, slower, lighter punching man in his last bout, Mayweather looked virtually unbeatable. However like all fighters, he is not invincibl Read Full Story >>>
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