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Khan seeks 'Hatton moment'
By Stuart Brennan, Manchester Evening News, Sun, 08 Mar 2009
AMIR Khan believes he will have his "Ricky Hatton moment" when he faces legendary Marco Antonio Barrera at the MEN Arena next week.
The fight is heading for a sell-out, with promoter Frank Warren claiming all but 2,000 of the 19,600 capacity have been snapped up.
And that led Khan to hark back Read Full Story >>>Vic Darchinyan edges Marquez for Fighter of the Month
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Sun, 08 Mar 2009
Juan Manuel Marquez ended Februaruy with a gutsy late round knock-out win against a younger, stronger Juan Diaz, but boxing fans must not forget how Vic Darchinyan dominated Jorge Arce en route to an 11th round stoppage earlier in the month.
Darchinyan's clear superiority against a world-class fo Read Full Story >>> Nietes gets a hero?s welcome
By Nida Buenafe, Visayan Daily Star, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
World boxing minimumweight champion Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes returned home yesterday and received a hero?s welcome from his townmates in Murcia and from the officials of Negros Occidental and Bacolod City.
In Murcia, people lined up the streets to cheer Nietes as the motorcade organized by the town l Read Full Story >>> 'Old' Hatton needs to show up for Pacquiao fight
By Norm Frauenheim, CBS SportsLine.com, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Not long after a stop at the Imperial War Museum in London, Ricky Hatton reminded a conference-call audience that he rules the junior welterweights the way Britain once ruled the world. He talked about 140 pounds as though Read Full Story >>> HBO Boxing After Dark Triple Header Weigh In: Guerrero vs. Yordan, Ortiz vs. Arnaoutis & Kirkland vs. Julio
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Former Two-Time World Champion Robert Guerrero (Left) and undefeated contender Daud Yordan (Right) of Indonesia pose on March 6, 2009 in San Jose, California at the weigh-in for their March 7, 2009 bout for the vacant NABO J Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton will exploit Manny Pacquiao frailties, says trainer
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Beard is convinced, having seen Pacquiao up close in fights and in sparring, that Hatton's style is "made for Manny", and predicts a 6th round knockout. Conversely, Freddie Roach believes exactly the same.
Beard, assistant trainer with Floyd Mayweather Snr, told Telegraph Sport: "All I have said Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao to Give Juan Manuel Marquez One Last Chance
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Popular Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao is giving Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez another shot after his forthcoming match with Ricky Hatton of England to be held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 2, 2009
Finally popular Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao gave in to the insistent request by J Read Full Story >>> MELINDO, RACHMAN BATTLE FOR WORLD RECOGNITION
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
 
Milan Melindo will face former IBF world champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia in a non-title fight at the Waterfront Hotel on March 14, 2009. Dubbed as ?Judgemen Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton: Manny Pacquiao Gambles With Every Punch, I'll Make Him Pay
By Michael David Smith, Fanhouse, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
As Ricky Hatton prepares to defend his world junior welterweight title against Manny Pacquiao on May 2, most boxing experts think Hatton won't be able to withstand Pacquiao's punching power for 12 rounds.
But Hatton has other ideas. He says Pacquiao takes too many risks with his aggressive, hard- Read Full Story >>> Pancho Villa to be enshrined to Elorde Hall of Fame
The Philippine Star, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Pancho Villa, a Filipino born at the turn of the century and a boxing hero before World War I, will finally earn a rightful place among boxing immortals when he is enshrined in the Elorde Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN OFF TO COLORADO
By Rod Mijares, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
LAS VEGAS -- Mark Jason Melligen took a Southwest plane bound for Denver, Colorado last night, March 5, 2009, for his first fight in America. He was accompanied by Las Vegas based trainer, Tony Martin with Read Full Story >>> Oliva topbills ?South Bay Showdown?
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Rising knockout artist Jether Oliva will again defend his Mindanao Professional Boxing Federation light flyweight crown against Rogen Flores in the maiden promotional offering of JM Boxing Promot Read Full Story >>> Pinay leads bid for women boxing in 2012 Olympics
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
MANILA, Philippines - AIBA president Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu said the other day the organization?s only female executive committee member Nieva Tesoro Embuldeniya, a Filipina, is playing a vital role in the effort to recognize women?s boxing as an Olympic sport.
Wu told ABAP president Ricky Vargas, secr Read Full Story >>> Ranking the Lightweights: March 2009
Bad Left Hook, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
This list might change big time in about a month, and if it does, hey, we'll just update it again. This is a division that stands up with the best in boxing, including the supposedly deep welterweights.
Capt 1. Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO, Ring Magazine Champion, WBO/WBA Titlist)
So Read Full Story >>> Barrera's law degree is just another of boxing's quirks
By Kevin Mitchell, guardian.co.uk, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
When Marco Antonio Barrera gets in the ring with Amir Khan in Manchester next Saturday, he will share an unlikely bond with a fighter going about his business on the same night down the road in Birmingham.
Both the great Mexican and the Birmingham middleweight Matthew Macklin studied law. That mi Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao starts 8-week training
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao did eight rounds with the mitts yesterday in Los Angeles as he started warming up for his eight-week training for his May 2 fight with Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas.
?I?m okay. We did eight rounds with the mitts today,? said Pacquiao during an on-line chat from hi Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton match also a clash of trainers
By Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
The upcoming ?Battle of East versus West? on May 2 will not only be a war between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton but also a clash among two of the world's most controversial boxing trainers today.
It?s clear there?s bad blood between Pacquiao?s coach Freddie Roach and Hatton?s mentor Floyd Maywe Read Full Story >>> Khan inspired by Pacquiao
RTE Sport, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
Amir Khan will aim to emulate sparring partner and stablemate Manny Pacquiao by bouncing back from defeat to become a world champion.
Khan was looking to propel himself towards a world title challenge last September only to be shattered when Breidis Prescott knocked him out in the first round of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao begins training camp
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Sat, 07 Mar 2009
After a well-deserved vacation, the Fighter of the Year for 2008 returned to work on Wednesday.
Manny Pacquiao, coming off a banner year, reported to the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif., for the first day of training camp for his first fight of 2009 ? a May 2 challenge to RING junior w Read Full Story >>> FORTY-NINE AND GOING STRONG!
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 06 Mar 2009
Hollywood, CA: To many, today (March 5th) is just another day. But at the Wildcard Gym, it is something very special. It is Freddie Roach?s birthday.
At 49, the amiable Irishman could not be in any better shape. He is acti Read Full Story >>>
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