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Marketing boxing?s climax: Pacquiao vs. Mayweather I (part 6 of 7)
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
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In a poem "The Truly Great" by Stephen Spender:
I think continually of those who were truly great . . . .
The names of those who in their lives fought for life
Who wore at their hearts Read Full Story >>>Margarito?s actions could have been fatal
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Cheating in boxing is unlike cheating in any other sport.
Take steroids in baseball and you may hit more home runs. Use an illegal driver in golf and you mash the ball 25 yards further down the fairway. Finagle with a car?s engine in auto racing and you zip around the track a couple of miles per Read Full Story >>> Margarito has license revoked, KOing big bout
By Agence France Press, Google News, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
LOS ANGELES (AFP) ? Antonio Margarito had his boxing license revoked Tuesday by the California State Athletic Commission, meaning at least a one-year ban for the Mexican fighter to knockout a planne Read Full Story >>> Margarito, trainer banned in U.S.
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
The California State Athletic Commission revoked the licenses of former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito and trainer Javier Capetillo on Tuesday after a foreign plaster-like substance was discovered inside the boxer's hand wraps before he faced Shane Mosley at the Staples Center in Los Angles Read Full Story >>> PACMAN vs. HITMAN: What? East Meets West?
By Gerry Balasta, 8countnews, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
I don?t know about you guys, but I really don?t like this slogan for the fight. I mean we?re talking about what could possibly be the ?Fight Of The Year? here. Two passionate fighters will be going at it along with their emotional fan bases, a hope of a nation for one, and pride of another country.
Read Full Story >>> Hatton set to cut up rough
By Stuart Brennan, Manchester Evening News, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
RICKY Hatton will give Manny Pacquiao a harder fight than did the legendary Oscar de la Hoya.
So says the little Filipino ace's trainer Freddie Roach, who has al Read Full Story >>> NIETES WORKS OUT AT WILD CARD GYM
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
WBO minimumweight champion Donnie Nietes had his first light workout yesterday at Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles after a 13-hour trip from the Philippines.
Nietes and AJ 'Bazooka' Banal arrived at the Los Angele Read Full Story >>> Banal off to US for training
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
WITH fellow ALA Boys Z ?The Dream? Gorres and Milan ?Milenyo? Melindo scheduled for big fights this March 14 against former world champions, AJ ?Bazooka? Banal will also be preparing for a daunting task.
Banal is scheduled to headline a blockbuster card in Cebu City in May against a top-class opp Read Full Story >>> Promoter denying Darchinyan his revenge
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
After watching junior bantamweight champion Vic Darchinyan ravage Jorge Arce last week for 11 lopsided rounds, which followed Darchinyan's destruction of Cristian Mijares in November, every fight fan I know wants to see Darchinyan seek revenge against flyweight titlist Nonito Donaire, who won his b Read Full Story >>> The Last Word On: Darchinyan's Triumph
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Vic Darchinyan doesn?t carry many pounds with him, but all 115 of them have to be put in the top-10 of any legitimate pound-for-pound list now.
In back-to-back fights, the Argumentative Aremenian destroyed two of the best junior bantamweights in the world and he did it not by simply overpow Read Full Story >>> Floyd Sr. slams Pacman!
By Nick Giongco, FightNews.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Floyd Mayweather Sr. has a message for Manny Pacquiao. ?Tic-Tac-Toe,? Mayweather recited over the phone to Fightnews and Manila Bulletin on Monday night. ?Pacman hits the floor?.you better stay down, if you want to be around,? said Mayweather, whose prized ward, British Ricky Hatton, is angling for Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao shows acting skills in ?Totoy Bato?
By Fidel Jimenez, GMA News Online, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Wala nang duda sa husay ni Manny Pacquiao sa loob ng boxing ring, at sa kanyang kauna-unahang soap sa Kapuso Network, ang ?Totoy Bato,? ipamamalas naman daw ng tinaguriang ?Pambansang Kamao? ang husay niya sa pag-arte.
Sa Chika Minute portion ng ?24 Oras? nitong Martes, sinabing sumabak na si Man Read Full Story >>> JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ VS. JUAN DIAZ: WHO WINS IT?
By Matthew R. Grizzle, RingTalk.com, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Oklahoma City, OK- When I first heard about this fight finally being made, I was excited; but I felt I knew who would surely emerge victorious. Now I am having some second thoughts. I thought for certain Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4, 36 KOs) would be able to outbox Juan Diaz (34-1, 17 KOs), move around Read Full Story >>> In Darchiville, Clock Never Moves, It's Perpetually Shawtime!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Shawtime is as Shawtime does. And now, riding high with Vic Darchinyan?s skyrocketing popularity, Big Gary Shaw will be the baller and shotcaller as to who Vicious Victor fights next.
Fernando Montiel, maybe. Israel Vazquez, maybe. And Rafael Marquez, maybe.
But the latter two chances of getti Read Full Story >>> Tales of Two Retired and Undefeated World Boxing Champions
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Wed, 11 Feb 2009
Two relatively young world boxing champions who made a fortune in their professional boxing career have chosen to retire in their prime years. They were undefeated at the time of their retirement. They are Floyd Mayweather Jr. of the United States and Joe Calzaghe of the United Kingdom.
Floyd May Read Full Story >>> Marketing boxing?s climax: Pacquiao vs. Mayweather I (part 5 of 7)
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Tue, 10 Feb 2009
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The Mega Event
The MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas is packed to the house, with ringside tickets costing as much as $35,000 each. The least expensive tickets by the rafters were being sold b Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE RUNNING OUT OF QUALITY OPPONENTS
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 10 Feb 2009
Nonito Donaire, Jr. was scheduled to face Mexican Fernando Montiel in a WBO super flyweight championship, but things went sour when Montiel could not make the weight limit anymore. The replacement was announced to be P Read Full Story >>> Gorres faces ex-champ
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 10 Feb 2009
Z GORRES is in a hurry to break into the bantamweight division and ALA promotions is more than happy to get him tough foes.
In Gorres? debut as a bantamweight, he will be up against former International Boxing Federation mini-flyweight titleholder Roberto Carlos ?Mako? Leyva for the World Boxing Read Full Story >>> CANOY, MARCIAL IN NON-TITLE BOUTS IN ZAMBOANGA
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 10 Feb 2009
 
WBO Oriental featherweight champion Eric Canoy will headline an explosive card this Friday, Feb. 13, at the Zambonga City Coliseum when he collides with PBF no. Read Full Story >>> We want the rematch
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 10 Feb 2009
AS I had hoped, Jorge Arce?s chin survived the bombardment, although barely. Unfortunately, having a granite chin isn?t enough especially when you show up for a fight without a game plan.
Darchinyan started finding a home for his deadly left hand in the first two rounds, but Arce inexplicably mad Read Full Story >>>
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