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There's Smoke, Ire But Hatton-Pacquiao Will Go Off On Schedule!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
Big Al Braverman would be getting a good laugh about all the smoke blowing between the Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton camps today.
In Braverman?s view, boxing people never lie. Never, ever. To hear Big Al tell it, boxing people tell ?tales.?
Here are the silly tales running rampant right now Read Full Story >>>Brinkley-Gilbert: Will the economy have a negative effect?
By Mike Houser, Nevada Appeal, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
Seemingly always on the verge of suffering a knockout, the sport of boxing is once again standing across the ring from the probing left jab of a recession and the looming iron right fist of a depression.
With money machines like NASCAR, the National Football League and Major League Baseball being Read Full Story >>> Purse Dispute May Lead To Bitter Divorce For Pacquiao, Arum!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
The bloom is off the rose for Manny Pacquiao and Bob Arum.
Arum told the LA Times Tuesday he ?could care less? if Pacman puts the kibosh on a May 2 Ricky Hatton bout in Las Vegas.
Arum has sided with Hatt Read Full Story >>> Diaz-Marquez Who Wins This Grudge Match?
By DJ Carter, Diamond Boxing, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
Juan Diaz is a promising lightweight looking to redeem himself from an early 2008 loss to Nate Campbell. In what seemed to be a close fight, Nate Campbell was awarded a split decision victory. Stripping the former champ of his titles and ending the 33 win streak of the ?Baby Bull?. Shortly after his Read Full Story >>> Bacolod fielding 55 boxers in Smart-Abap nat'l tourney
By Henry C. Villalva, Sun.Star Bacolod, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
HOST Bacolod City will field no less than 55 male boxers plus another six female pugs in the 2009 smart-Abap National Amateur Boxing Championships slated January 16-24 at the Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center in Bacolod City.
Negros Amateur Boxing Association (Naba) Commissioner Non Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa targets Lopez
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
AFTER targeting World Boxing Organization super bantamweight Juan Manuel Lopez for the past year, Filipino world champion Gerry ?The Fearless? Pe?alosa is getting closer to his goal after accepting an offer to fight him in Puerto Rico.
The 36-year-old Pe?alosa quickly agreed with the proposal to Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to play for Gen-San in Liga Pilipinas
PIA Information Service, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan. 14 (PNA) ?- The much awaited 2009 Smart Liga Pilipinas Conference Two unwrapped Wednesday with a slew of activities capped by a slam bang doubleheader at the General Santos City Gymnasium.
Expansion team MP Warriors of GenSan, led by its team owner and boxing icon Manny Read Full Story >>> Cheer Up Ross, Dan's A Fan
By Dan Horgan, The Sweet Science, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
It?s easy to tell someone how to do their job, and it?s easy to play Monday-morning quarterback. Hindsight vision is, after all, 20-20. But what isn?t easy is to run a network that serves as the largest forum for an ever-changing sport ? all while no one is thanking you for your services.
Over Read Full Story >>> Arum ready to drop Pacquiao-Hatton fight
By Jun Medina, The Manila Times, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
LOS ANGELES: The much-anticipated Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton super fight is in danger of falling through because of the disagreement on how the purse will be divided.
Pacquiao is demanding a 60-40 split of the purse, while Hatton wants it to be 50-50.
Freddie Roach, Pacquiao?s trainer and con Read Full Story >>> Gregorio Asuncion Needs to Grow Some Stones
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 15 Jan 2009
So I hear that some guy named ?Greg? Asuncion is filing an unlimited civil lawsuit against Freddie Roach due to some incident in which the world-renown trainer kicked him out of the Wild Card Gym during the preparation for the De la Hoya bout.
This means that he?s suing Freddie for strictly finan Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION IS READY FOR THE BIG TIME
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Bernabe Concepcion bagged the vacant WBC International featherweight title Sunday night with a 5th round TKO win over Kenyan Sande Otieno. It was Concepcion ?s first fight in 2009 and was held at the celebrated Aranet Read Full Story >>> FAMED GLEASON?S GYM BACK IN BOXING PROMOTIONS
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
NEW YORK - Gleason?s gym re-enters the world of Professional Boxing Promotions on February 3rd at the Masonic Temple in Fort Greene , Brooklyn , New York . after a 20 year hiatus.
The celebrated boxing gym located under the Brooklyn bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn , has not been an acti Read Full Story >>> Cotto throws out challenge to Manny Pacquiao
By Robert Cassidy, NewsDay.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
It wasn't exactly an old-school call out, but it was interesting nonetheless. At the presser to announce the Miguel Cotto, Kelly Pavlik two-city doubleheader today, Cotto had this to say about Manny Pacquiao:
"If Manny Pacquiao wants to stay at 147 and fight one of the biggest names in boxing - I Read Full Story >>> A Look at the Best Pure Boxers in the Fight Game
By Daniel 'Tex' Cohen, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Floyd Mayweather is the best pure boxer on the planet. The biggest vacuum created by the Mayweather departure was not in the category of boxing stars or even in the welterweight ranks. What can be truly missed about Mayweather was his ability to emulate those great fighters of yesteryear, the boxers Read Full Story >>> Marco Antonio Barrera joins ESPN Desportes
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Marco Antonio Barrera has landed a television job that would allow him to walk away from his sport. During a news conference today at the new ESPN facility near Staples Center, Barrera said that he will serve as a studio analyst for ESPN Deportes' new "Golpe A Golpe" weekly series that typically w Read Full Story >>> Purse spat jeopardizes Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Manny Pacquiao has retreated from his verbal agreement to share a 50-50 split of purse money with boxer Ricky Hatton for the pair's tentatively scheduled May 2 fight in Las Vegas.
As a result, Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao faces Wednesday deadline to fight Ricky Hatton
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
I just got off the phone with boxing promoter Bob Arum, who said his star fighter Manny Pacquiao has until tomorrow to stop pushing for a 60-40 revenue split in his tentatively scheduled May 2 fight with Ricky Hatton, or "the fight's not happening."
"There's no way he's getting the 60-40," Arum s Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton threatens Manny Pacquiao with legal action
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Gareth Williams, Hatton's lawyer, had responded through Telegraph Sport on Monday to reports that Pacquiao wanted a 60/40 financial split, insisting the fighters' promoters had agreed before 2008 had ended to share the proceeds ? expected to gross ?40 million with pay-per-view revenue ? equally.
Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa accepts JuanMa?s offer
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Filipino world champion Gerry Pe?alosa has accepted the offer from the camp of super bantamweight king Juan Manuel Lopez for a fight in Puerto Rico.
?They say I?m old and my days are numbered. Then we?ll see with this fight with Lopez,? Pe?alosa told SportsNews.ph?s Dennis Principe.
Pe?alosa Read Full Story >>> COMMENTARY: PROMOTERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE PAYING PUBLIC
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Boxing fans have a right to be protected when they buy tickets for boxing events, unlike fight cards staged in places such as the Mandaluyong City Gym where entrance is free and in addition the fighters are most of the time even Read Full Story >>>
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