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UNDEFEATED: CALZAGHE, MAYWEATHER, MARCIANO, ET AL
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
Calzaghe.
On February 5, 2009, Joe Calzaghe announced his retirement from professional boxing, winning all 46 professional fights with 32 KO victories. He was rated by Ring Magazine as one of the top 10 pound for pound Read Full Story >>>Pacman not in mood to trade barbs
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
Manny Pacquiao is not about to be dragged into a verbal war with outspoken members of Ricky Hatton?s team, one of them even reciting poetry predicting Pacquiao?s demise and the other labeling the Filipino pound-for-pound king as a flawed fighter.
"He even asked me for an autograph and posed for a Read Full Story >>> Donaire dedicates fight to dad
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
MANILA, Philippines - In a major step towards reconciliation, IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. said the other day he is dedicating his next defense against unbeaten Mexican Raul (Cobra) Martinez to his estranged father Nonito Sr. from whom he severed ties after a falling out.
Nonito Sr., Read Full Story >>> Boxing's journey of thousand miles
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
New Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines executive director Ed Picson realizes that he has a long road ahead. Barely having stepped into his new shoes, Picson has already seen the difference in the atmosphere in the sport.
?As we saw in the National Open in Bacolod, people welcome the ch Read Full Story >>> PAGARA RETURNS TO ACTION ON FEB. 21
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
ALA Promotions in association with Summit Natural Drinking Water unfolds its monthly boxing tour with another slambang event in Cagayan de Oro City, Plaza Lapazan on February 21, 2009.
Heading the cast is the Philippine lightw Read Full Story >>> ABAP to train new fighters for SEAG
By Joey Villar, The Philippine Star, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines is retiring some of its old boxers and will train new ones for the 2009 Laos Southeast Asian Games this December.
?We?re beginning a new journey now towards that quest of winning the Olympic gold medal and in that journey there would be a lot of e Read Full Story >>> Old and new for RP boxing team
By Kristel Satumbaga, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
The Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) plans to field a team of veterans and neophytes in the Laos Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in December.
"I believe in the principle that not all that is old is bad and not all that is new is good," ABAP president Ricky Vargas said in the week Read Full Story >>> The Worst Week Ever
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 14 Feb 2009
Perhaps only Alex Rodriguez, Miguel Tejada, Roberto Alomar and Chris Brown had a worse week than Antonio Margarito, who had his boxing license revoked for at least one year by the California State Athletic Commission along with his trainer, Javier Capetillo, this past Tuesday.
No 'plaster of par Read Full Story >>> Boxers, doctors and the Cebu Public Library
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
I remember a scene in one of the Rocky movies where fictional heavyweight champ Rocky Balboa gets asked by reporters for his comment regarding the doctors? findings pertaining to brain injuries in boxing. Rocky's amusing reply was: ?Yes, I agree...absolutely. I don't think doctors should fight.?
Read Full Story >>> So Intriguing: Pacquiao versus Hatton
By Michael Klimes, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
For some reason I find Manny Pacquiao?s fight against Ricky Hatton in May very interesting. I will even say it is intriguing but I can?t quite put my finger on the pulse of the matter. Let us start with Pacquiao. The Filipino superstar has appeared dazzling of late. His victory against David Diaz la Read Full Story >>> Speed Kills: Why Manny Pacquiao Will Destroy Ricky Hatton
By Pete 'The Heat' Parry, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
?Ladies and gentlemen, live from the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada?. this is your Main Event of the evening?? 12 rounds of boxing for the IBO and Ring Magazine Junior Welterweight Championship Of The World?.?
On May Read Full Story >>> NIETES SPARS WITH MAYOL AT WILDCARD
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
WBO minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes sparred with LA-based Filipino contender Rodel Mayol for 4 rounds at the Wildcard Gym in Los Angeles yesterday during the last stage of his preparation to defend his title against Er Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton Hack Foolishly Likens Pacquiao To Lesser Lights!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
This publicity hungry cat named Lee Beard has opened his mouth and revealed himself to be a fistic fool.
Better he had kept it shut and not removed all doubts.
I knew, I knew it, I knew your first reaction would be to say, Lee Who?
Beard proclaims himself to be "the secret weapon" in the Ri Read Full Story >>> WINKY WRIGHT AND PAUL WILLIAMS SET TO BATTLE AT MANDALAY BAY ON APRIL 11
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
LOS ANGELES, February 12 - What happens when two of boxing's most feared superstars can't find anyone willing to step up and face them? They fight each other. On Saturday, April 11th, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, former Junior Middleweight World Champion Winky Wright wil Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum talks: Margarito 'knows he has to' cut trainer
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
I just had an encompassing telephone conversation with boxer Antonio Margarito's promoter Bob Arum, who remains as defiant as he was two days ago when the California State Athletic Commission revoked the licenses of Margarito and his longtime trainer Javier Capetillo for trying to insert hardened ga Read Full Story >>> IF WE HAD MORE STARS LIKE PACQUIAO, WOULD BOXING BE BIG TODAY?
By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
DREAMS OF THE LAST GOLDEN ERA PERSIST!
San Francisco, CA- Rarely does a day go by where I don�t think a bit about the last golden era of boxing, that being the late 1970s to the late 1980s, just before the light began to dim circa 1991-92. This time period had Roberto Duran, Ray Leonard, L Read Full Story >>> Pretty Boy Floyd declines Mosley challenge
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Sugar Shane Mosley's spectacular knockout of Antonio Margarito - an elite fighter currently mired in cheating controversy - has made boxing planners map out the boxing landscape for potential next matches. At 37 years of age, and winding down his solid career, Mosley has made it clear that he is lo Read Full Story >>> Boxing's Renaissance
By John Wight, EastSideBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
So come May 14 the Pac-Man and Ricky Hatton will walk to the centre of the ring, listen to the referee?s instructions, touch gloves, and then retreat to their respective corners with seconds left before what is sure to be one of the classic fights of the decade begins..
This is what boxing is abo Read Full Story >>> Hatton's Co-Trainer Says Pacquiao Will Be in For a Shock
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Lee Beard is sometimes viewed as a young man in an old man's game. Others view him as the secret weapon of Ricky Hatton's team. Even prior to Hatton's well publicized split with long-time trainer Billy Graham, Beard was receiving a Read Full Story >>> Mayweather turns down Mosley
By Chis Mannix, Sports Illustrated, Fri, 13 Feb 2009
Shane Mosley has spent the better part of his professional career fighting in someone else's shadow. First, it was Oscar De La Hoya, who Mosley defeated twice -- in 2000 and '03 -- but who he could never match in popularity. Then it was Floyd Mayweather Jr., who danced in and out of Mosley's weight Read Full Story >>>
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