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Quit it: Finkel fires back at Victor Ortiz haters
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Cus D?Amato, the Mike Tyson and Floyd Patterson guru, used the term ?brave quitter.?
Boxing legend Big Al Braverman would say a fighter was a ?cayoodle? if he thought the boxer?s heart was less than huge.
Giving up in a fight like Victor Ortiz did has long been known as ?the French exit.?
F Read Full Story >>>Shaw-Shake Redemption: A Man?s Word is Still His Bond
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
The news over the weekend of Vic Darchinyan re-upping with long time promoter Gary Shaw wasn?t anywhere near as surprising as the length of the agreement ? lifetime.
Even more surprising was that the literal lifelong commitment t Read Full Story >>> Notes: Ortiz eager to make amends; Lopez to return in fall
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Victor Ortiz may have taken two steps back after his sixth-round TKO loss to Marcos Maidana, but co-manager Rolando Arellano insists that they're ready to go forward.
Arellano helped guide the career of Fernando Vargas, who stepped up in 2000 against Felix Trinidad in a battle of unbeaten junior Read Full Story >>> The Forgotten Hatton
By Shaun Murphy, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
If you?re British, boxing fan or not, you?ll know who Ricky Hatton is.
From the ?Hitman?s?? escapades in the ring; Hatton?s self-deprecating humor; to his love of beer and collecting things -- Ricky Hatton is the most popular British boxer in modern history..
However, all through Ricky Hatton? Read Full Story >>> TEAM LUMACAD ISSUES APOLOGY
By Ken Smith, ABA, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
TO THE PHILIPPINES MY APOLOGY.
My name is Ken Smith, and I am the manager of Filipino fighter Fernando Lumacad. I will ask the Filipino for your forgiveness for what happened to Lumacad in Atlantic City USA, this past weekend. Fernando was overmatched and it is me who was responsible for this. I Read Full Story >>> VIC DARCHINYAN: "AFTER I BEAT AGBEKO?I WILL RETIRE DONAIRE"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
"After I beat Agbeko, I will fight anyone who is a true warrior?I'm not only going to break him, but I will retire Donaire. I'm going to have it where his corner or no doctor will stop the fight becau Read Full Story >>> Some fights I want to see
By Tom Donelson, blackathlete.net, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
IOWA CITY (BASN) -- Here are fights that I want to see. First, Kelly Pavlik versus Arthur Abraham for the Middleweight championship is the first fight I want to see.
There is one golden rule in boxing, when it comes to big fights; show the promoters the money. It is that simple. Team Pavlik loo Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao Fighter of the Year over UFC's Lyoto Machida?
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Should boxer Manny Pacquiao overhaul UFC fighter Lyoto Machida in ESPYS awards ? Like the judging in both sports, it is a subjective affair.
At the NOKIA Theatre, Los A Read Full Story >>> Pound for Pound Lineage: From Benny Leonard to Manny Pacquiao
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
To find the best boxer in the world, one simply needs to identify the dominant Heavyweight Champion of the moment. Size matters in this sport. But is it right to give high honors to a giant bumbling oaf like Jess Willard when brilliant technicians like Benny Leonard are rewriting the textbooks on ho Read Full Story >>> Pinoy Power!
FightNews.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Top Rank?s new series - Pinoy Power - will be announced and outlined at a press conference at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, on Wednesday. ?Our Latin Fury series is very hot and successful,? said Bob Arum of Top Rank. ?Now we are launching Pinoy Power which we believe will be just as exc Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao WILL Beat Miguel Cotto!!
By Julius Stecker, Boxing24.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Life, death, and taxes are the the only things certain in life. You can add in Manny Pacquiao beating Miguel Cotto into that equation as well. I have been thinking about this over the last few days, and I can?t think of any way Miguel Cotto defeats a motivated and determined legend like Pacquiao. He Read Full Story >>> Arce-Lumacad: Ken Smith Apologizes to the Filipino People
By Benjie Varella, EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Right after the fight of the Mexican warrior Jorge Arce and Fernando Lumacad of the Philippines last weekend at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic city, New Jersey, all boxing sites were swamped by harsh and negative comments due to the Filipino?s poor performance. lthough Lumacad showed top boxing skil Read Full Story >>> VICTOR ORTIZ SPEAKS OUT AFTER SATURDAY'S WORLD TITLE BOUT
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
LOS ANGELES (June 30) - After Saturday's thrilling world title match, which ended in a sixth round technical knockout victory for Argentinean Marcos Maidana when the fight was stopped by the ringside physician due to a se Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton's lawyer dismisses claims the fighter is on the comeback trail
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Ricky Hatton's lawyer Gareth Williams on Tuesday scuppered reports that the fighter was contemplating a comeback, insisting they were "nothing more than conjecture" after sources close to the light-welterweight had revealed the Mancunian was back in training.
Williams, the fighter's lawyer and c Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao could dominate Cotto at 143
By Bryan Trafford, Fox Sports, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
A fight with Manny Pacquiao has become boxing's version of the golden ticket ? fame and fortune will come for his next opponent.
Miguel Cotto looks destined to benefit from the Pacquiao bump next. Pacquiao was ringside as Cotto recently won a close split decision over Joshua Clottey.
Immediate Read Full Story >>> Victor Ortiz can take a page out of Amir Khan?s book
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
In September last year, Amir Khan was on his way to superstardom. All he had to do was take care of then little-known Colombian Breidis Prescott to unlock the doors for bigger and better things that big time boxing had waiting for him. Instead, Khan was knocked out and humiliated by Prescott in fron Read Full Story >>> Weekend Afterthoughts About Victor Ortiz From All Angles, Juan Manuel Lopez' Win And Other News
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
I don't think I'm alone in still having all kinds of conflicted feelings about what went down this weekend, especially vis-a-vis Victor Ortiz' Fight of the Year effort/surrender routine. There's much I'm still processing about what went down there, plus plenty to discuss about Friday Night Fights an Read Full Story >>> White Collar Boxing, Fantasy Boxing, Amateur Boxing and Boxing Art.
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
White Collar Boxing Show
A White Collar Boxing Show sanctioned by The International White Collar Boxing Association (IWCBA), the sole governing body for the sport of white collar boxing, is being put on by The Real Fight Club of London. The date is October 23, 2009. The show will feature a New Yo Read Full Story >>> TSS Prospect Watch: Abner Mares
By Ralph Gonzalez, The Sweet Science, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Abner Mares has been fighting all his life. It comes naturally when you?re one of eleven brothers. Food, affection and a room to sleep in are some of the basics he often found himself struggling to obtain.
For the 23 year-old father of one, it was a lesson well learned. ?I?d never have that many Read Full Story >>> Victimized Victor Ortiz: I thought you put de fense around de house!
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 01 Jul 2009
Take your choice, fight fans.
I offer you the ?canned? quotes from a Golden Boy press release, all cleaned up and officially authorized by the Ministry of Impropaganda, concerning Victor Ort Read Full Story >>>
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