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Robberies and Scoring Fallacies
Bad Left Hook, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
What is a robbery in boxing? Here's a hint - it's not a decision that you merely disagree with. It's a decision that is impossible; that there's no reasonable way the judges could have scored the fight in favor of the fighter who actually won. So how is it that someone can determine whether a fig Read Full Story >>>Cotto escapes Clottey; runs his way to a possible Pacquiao mega-fight
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Event Ticket Report, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
Miguel Cotto sneaked, or should I say ran his way into a technical decision win over Joshua Clottey last night to retain his WBO welterweight belt at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Cotto won by a slim margin as judges scored the fight 116-111,115-112 for Cotto, while Tom Miller had it 1 Read Full Story >>> Greatness out of grasp: Clottey remains "B" side fighter
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 15 Jun 2009
Joshua Clottey will never fight Manny Pacquiao. And he will never fight other superstars such as Sugar Shane Mosley or Floyd Mayweather.
That doesn?t make him a bum on the street. He proved his mettle even though he lost a split decision Saturday night to gritty Puerto Rican and WBO 147-pound cha Read Full Story >>> Salamat sa Boxing Writers ng America
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
NEW YORK?Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong kababayan, fans at tagasubaybay. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroon sa mundo.
Matapos ang mahabang biyahe mula sa Pilipinas patungo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Mayweather, and nothing else matters
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Much can be said about the split-decision Miguel Cotto won over Joshua Clottey on Saturday night, but I will give Cotto credit for his actions outside the ring following the fight.
After his slim victory over Clottey, Miguel Cotto made no clear or evident challenge of Manny Pacquiao. There was no Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto survives Clottey in split decision, Pacquiao showdown looming
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Miguel Cotto retained his WBO welterweight belt and improved to 34 wins and 1 loss in a tough and hotly contested fight with Ghana native Joshua Clottey, who dropped to 35 - 3.
Manny Pacquiao, visibly seated at ringside with Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and wife Jinkee, watched with eyeful intent Read Full Story >>> Cotto retains WBO title with win over Clottey
By Associated Press, USA Today, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
NEW YORK ? Miguel Cotto gave thousands of his cheering fans exactly what they hoped for on the eve of the national Puerto Rican Day parade.
Overcoming an early cut from an accidental headbutt and several brutal rounds from Joshua Clottey, the popular Cotto fought to a narrow split decision Saturd Read Full Story >>> MAYOL-CALDERON - A REMATCH IS THE ONLY FAIR THING TO DO
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
In most cases as the saying goes, ?the third time is a charm?. But tonight for Rodel Mayol it wasn?t so.
Mayol traveled to the Madison Square Garden in New York to challenge the Puerto Rican whirlwind, Ivan Calderon. C Read Full Story >>> Calderon retains title via tech. decision
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
NEW YORK -- For the second consecutive fight, Puerto Rico's Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon saw his bout end inside the distance. But it wasn't because the light-hitting Calderon scored a knockout.
Instead, his junior flyweight defense against the Philippines' Rodel Mayol ended because an accidental hea Read Full Story >>> CALDERON-MAYOL FIGHT ENDS IN TECHNICAL DRAW
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
The world championship fight between WBO light flyweight defending champion Ivan Calderon of Puerto Rico and challenger Rodel Mayol of the Philippines ended in techncial draw moments ago at the Madison Square Garden in New York when the fight was stopped by the referee at 1:15 in the 6th round due t Read Full Story >>> IVAN CALDERON - RODEL MAYOL: A TELL TALE FIGHT
By Ricky Ray Taylor, braggingrightscorner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
On the undercard of the COTTO/CLOTTEY match up is a showdown whose outcome should be interesting to see. At 32 and 0, IVAN CALDERON is the KING of the Flyweights. This Puerto Rican phenom has held a portion of the WBO title for nearly a decade and has been skating through his opponents with grace Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao may play Pinoy Idol Villa with Hatton as Wilde
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Hold the laughter because there might yet be a rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
If a pending, multimillion dollar proposal gathers steam, this rematch will be in reel life rather than real life.
Pacquiao, the current Pinoy Idol of the ring, is going to soon review a proposal fo Read Full Story >>> Sacrificing for the country
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
It isn?t easy being Manny Pacquiao. The world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter is like a magnet, attracting people from all walks of life, from everywhere, to bask in his air space.
Right now, Pacquiao is money, power and glamor personified. He?s a legend in his own time and what he has become is Read Full Story >>> Mayol tries to end jinx
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
WILL Rodel Mayol find himself third time lucky or will his bad luck come in threes?
Mayol will be gunning for his third world title attempt, this time against the undefeated Ivan Calderon for the World Boxing Organization light flyweight crown on Sunday at the historic Madison Square Garden in Ne Read Full Story >>> Cotto hopes to keep tradition alive
By Wallace Matthews, NewsDay.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
It has become something of a New York City tradition: Miguel Cotto fights before 20,000 fans at Madison Square Garden on the second Saturday of June, and then marches, in triumph, with a couple of million admirers down Fifth Avenue the following Sunday.
It has happened three years out of the last Read Full Story >>> Freddie Roach interview from the 84th BWAA awards and other quotes
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
For Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao, success is the ultimate revenge to those who doubted their dynamic duo. Both Roach and Pacquiao won the prestigious and coveted Trainer and Fighter of the Year at the 84th BWAA awards dinner held last night in New York City. Chalk that up as 3 for Roach and 2 fo Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao's Pinoy Padre: Mayweather doesn't have a prayer
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
If you guys think I am trying to upset unofficial Manny Pacquiao priest Marlon Boef you are certifiably crazy.
It?s not the Westchester County, New York, Pinoy Padre that I am really worrie Read Full Story >>> US writers honor Pacquiao as 2008 Fighter of the Year
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao, who received the 2008 Fighter of the Year award Friday evening in New York, will join the ranks of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Evander Holyfield if he continues to shine in 2009.
Ali, Frazier, Leonard and Holyfield are so far the only fig Read Full Story >>> Another US award for Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Just hours after passing through several time zones, Manny Pacquiao mesmerized the audience that came to see him receive his second Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) Fighter of the Year trophy late Friday night (Saturday morning in Manila) at the Capitale in New York.
Dressed in a Read Full Story >>> Mayweather is the 'CREAM' of the boxing crop
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Jun 2009
Starting on July 19, it could turn into a long, hot and boring summer for boxing?s CREAM of the crop, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
What does this mean CREAM of the crop? Thanks for asking me, my Pinoy and non-Piny pals.
C is for Cash as PBF is obssessed, as we all know, by filthy lucre.
R is for ho Read Full Story >>>
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