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This Time, Boxing Has Adapted to Globalization
By Brent Matteo Alderson, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
I picked up a Ring Magazine from the 1950s and with just a glance I read something about how the sport of boxing was dying. Well I guess some things never change because boxing?s demise is something that has regularly been mistakenly predicted since the 18th century. Despite the negative outlook b Read Full Story >>> Hatton Relishes Underdog Role
By Matthew Hurley, SecondsOut.com, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
?It?s always better to win as the underdog.?
So says Ricky Hatton as he winds down preparations for his May 2nd mega-fight with current pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao. Hatton?s easy charm has been tested in the buildup to this fight as Pacquiao?s ascension to superstar status in the aftermat Read Full Story >>> Will Hatton's Hammers Be Enough to Pound Pacquiao?
By Dan Horgan, Diamond Boxing, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
Manchester native Ricky Hatton's best chance of beating Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao on May 2 is by overpowering the southpaw with robust punches -- and lots of them. The only question is if Hatton's heavy hands will be enough to thwart Pacquiao's incredible skill-set and athletic prowess.
Read Full Story >>> Hopkins-Trinidad II? Say it ain't so
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
Your weekly random thoughts ?
? I've been hearing rumblings of a Bernard Hopkins-Felix Trinidad rematch at 168 pounds being discussed for the fall. What a bad, bad joke of a fight that would be. Hopkins crushed Trinidad in 2001 and remains a top fighter. But Trinidad, who hasn't fought since bein Read Full Story >>> A Giant San Francisco Welcome for Manny Pacquiao
By Cesar Zuniga, Diamond Boxing, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
On a rare warm night in San Francisco, California, a sold out crowd filled AT&T Park as the San Francisco Giants hosted the San Diego Padres. Though it wasn't the 79 degree weather or the pitching duel of Matt Cain versus San Diego's Jake Peavy that brought out all the excitement, San Francisco had Read Full Story >>> Hatton?s fighting chance
By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
Lem Banker, the dean of professional sports betting in Las Vegas, has witnessed just about every major boxing match since the middle of the last century.
He has made money wagering on many of them.
It stands to reason Banker has an informed take on the long-anticipated Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hat Read Full Story >>> Moorer switches to trainer
By Brian Herman, PittsburghLIVE.com, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
Monessen's Michael Moorer's days as a boxer may be over at the age of 41 but he's still making his presence in the sport as a trainer.
Moorer is serving as Freddie Roach's assistant at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles.
Moorer has been training Manny Pacquiao for his May 2 sold-out IBO junior w Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao to demolish Hatton, says Moorer
GMA News Online, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines ? Michael Moorer was straight to the point. Manny Pacquiao will demolish Ricky Hatton in their upcoming title fight.
The two-time world heavyweight champion is saying it not because he?s biased, being chief assistant to Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach.
But to the eyes of thi Read Full Story >>> Moorer's job: Throw out hangers-on
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 24 Apr 2009
HOLLYWOOD ? No, this ex-heavyweight champion, at 6-foot-2 and over 200 pounds, isn?t throwing his weight around the gym.
?That?s his job and he?s doing it,? said Wild Card Gym owner and chief Manny Pacquiao trainer Freddie Roach of his new assistant, three-time heavyweight champion Michael Moorer Read Full Story >>> NO ONE Will Be Rooting Harder For Manny Over Hatton Than Floyd
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
With the boxing world counting down the days until the much awaited IBO/Ring magazine junior welterweight title clash between Manny Pacquiao 48-3-2 (36) and Ricky Hatton 45-1 (32) takes pl Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO THE COMPLETE FIGHTER - ROACH
By Simon Lewis, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton must prepare to face a complete fighter when he steps into a Las Vegas ring on May 2 to face Manny Pacquiao, according to the Filipino's trainer Freddie Roach.
Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs) and Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs) meet at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the Englishman's IBO and Ring Mag Read Full Story >>> RICKY READY TO KO THE KNOCKERS
Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton says he'll KO his critics as well as Manny Pacquiao on May 2.
The Hitman has already four world titles in two weight divisions and compiled a stellar 45-1 career record.
And on Saturday week in Las Vegas he bids to dethrone boxing's reigning P4P king Pacquiao when they clash in th Read Full Story >>> BUHAY ANG PHILIPPINE BOXING
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
 
LOS ANGELES?Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga minamahal kong tagasubaybay. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man panig ng mundo kayo na Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao and his bobbleheads good for boxing
By Associated Press, Google News, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Willie Mays said hey to him, and a frenzied crowd at AT&T Park couldn't get enough of him. Not a bad night for Manny Pacquiao, even if they did run out of his bobblehead dolls.
Not a bad time for boxing, either. The sport everyone loves to bash just lost its biggest cash cow in Oscar De La Hoya, Read Full Story >>> WHEN TRAINERS COLLIDE: Roach Wins This Round Over Mayweather
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Freddie Roach and Floyd Mayweather Sr., two men who?ve been delivering the spiciest trash talk going into the May 2 Manny Pacquiao/Ricky Hatton clash, didn?t disappoint on a Wednesday Read Full Story >>> Pitchin? Pacquiao raises $50-K for a cause
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES - Manny Pacquiao can make his presence felt even in the baseball field.
The AT&T Park was filled to the rafters on Tuesday (April 21) night as Pacquiao, the world?s best pound-for-pound fighter, threw the ceremonial first pitch in the San Francisco Giants-San Diego Padres Major League Read Full Story >>> Hatton supremely confident of victory
By Mark Doyle, Setanta Sports, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton believes that not only will he prove too strong for Manny Pacquiao when they meet in Las Vegas on May 2, he also believes that he will prove too fast for the Filipino.
Pacquiao is universally regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, his blistering handspeed havi Read Full Story >>> Hatton: no doubt about victory over Pacquiao
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Ricky Hatton proved in a phone conference earlier this week that his mind is now set: inexorably on a victory in Las Vegas over Manny Pacquiao on May 2.
I asked him, within h Read Full Story >>> Wherein I Try To Convince You My Subjective Pound-For-Pound Criteria Are Better Than Yours
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
Every time I produce a pound-for-pound list -- that is, an accounting of the best fighters in the world, regardless of size -- it prompts a heated debate about my placement of some boxer or the other. That's not a bad thing. It's kind of the point. I'm trying to be a tastemaker of sorts by aimin Read Full Story >>> LOPEZ-PENALOSA PRESSCON PHOTOS
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 23 Apr 2009
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- WBO superbantam champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico (L) and WBO bantam champion Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines pose after 'Campeon vs Campeon' press conference at the El San Juan Hot Read Full Story >>>
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