Basadre. BANGKOK ? Genebert Basadre put to good use his veteran smarts against Maethee Namuang of host Thailand, negating his opponent?s bullying tactics in their elimination round match Sunday in the 31st King?s Cup boxi  

Pacquiao-Hatton: The Greatest Boxing Brains in the World Clashing.
By Pete Goldthorpe, Diamond Boxing, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
With less than a month to go until Ricky Hatton takes on the best pound for pound fighter in the world Manny Pacquiao, in what promises to be the best fight of the year and maybe an all time classic. Unlike the last time Hatton took on the best pound for pound fighter in the world Floyd Mayweather J  Read Full Story >>>

Sylvester Lopez Wins WBC Int'l Championship
By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009

Sylvester Lopez knocked down South Korean Jong Nam Park three times in the 1st round and dropped him again in the 8th to take possession of the previously vacant WBC International super-flyweight championship last night  Read Full Story >>>

WBO Africa zone stand to benefit local fighters
By Mesuli Zifo, Dispatch Online, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
THE recent appointment of Cape Town- based former boxing official Andrew Smale to represent the WBO in the Africa Zone is set to help expand the chances of the continent?s boxers vying for world titles. Smale, a respected referee and judge, represents one of the top four world bodies in the world  Read Full Story >>>

Donaire foe is dangerous
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
American challenger Raul ?Cobra? Martinez knows a thing or two about Philippine boxing, although the name of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is the first thing that comes to mind. Martinez will soon be arriving on local shores as he attempts to dethrone International Boxing Federation flyweig  Read Full Story >>>

LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHTNING STRIKES TEXAS
By Dr. Allan Recto, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009

Austin, Texas (April 4, 2009) ? It seemed like lightning struck Texas when fighters in the Lightweight division hit each other with thunderous shots, that could almost be heard across the state capital, during this unparallele  Read Full Story >>>

?THRILLA IN MANILA? TAKES CENTER STAGE AGAIN (PART II)
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009

?Thriller in Manila? is an entry in the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film is a work of John Dower, its director and screenwriter from the United Kingdom. The festival takes place annual  Read Full Story >>>

UK?s Most Formidable Sportswriter Predicts Pacman by TKO in Round 8th or 9th
By Granville Ampong, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009

Reporting from HOLLYWOOD, California (April 4, 2009) - It's all-time high here with HBO crew and other news media, Team Pacquiao and teams of sparring partners making the 72 degree celsius at the Wild Card Gym paradoxic  Read Full Story >>>

HOT START FOR PINOY BOXERS
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
BANGKOK ? Smart-Team Philippines, behind light flyweight Gerson Nietes and featherweight Charly Suarez, debuted with aplomb late Saturday to share with host Thailand early leadership in the 31st King?s Cup boxing tournament at the swank Gwangwongwan Mall here. The diminutive Nietes of Negros Occi  Read Full Story >>>

Power propelling Valero to new heights
By Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
AUSTIN, Texas -- Before Saturday, Edwin Valero might have been the most famous fighter almost nobody had seen fight. After his second-round demolition of Antonio Pitalua in the main event of the Lightweight Lightning card, however, Valero is not only the WBC lightweight champion but also is seemi  Read Full Story >>>

Viloria proud to be a part of old-time boxing
By Dave Reardon, Star Bulletin, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
A forgotten man in a forgotten sport? Hardly. Brian Viloria fights for a world title in two weeks. And boxing, according to the 28-year-old light flyweight from Waipahu, isn't down for the count yet. He says there's room for the sweet science and mixed martial arts to co-exist, and thrive.   Read Full Story >>>

'Lightweight Lightning' post-fight results from Austin, Texas
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009

Austin, Texas - It was a bad start to a great evening. It was an uneventful flat tire on my drive from the big city of Houston. It was Texas Relays in Austin, a yearly event where many mostly Texas residents descend  Read Full Story >>>

Timothy Bradley Calls Out Hatton-Pacquiao Winner, Juan Manuel Marquez
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
Timothy Bradley, the man who got up from two knockdowns to out-point Kendal Holt in Canada last night- in so doing becoming the unified WBC and WBO 140-pound champ - wasted no time calling out his next opponent. Like many other fighters at or around the light-welterweight limit, "Desert Storm" wants  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao archrival Marquez may block Valero, Guzman from jumbo jackpot
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
Edwin Valero is not pounding the table, screaming, ?Bring me the head of Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao!? There are good reasons for that and, despite his two-round wipeout of old (39) and in the way Antonio Pitalua for the vacant WBC 135-pound crown Saturday night, it would be difficult to make too  Read Full Story >>>

Roach: Pacman won't lose unless he takes nap on ropeing
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
There?ll be no major changes in the way Manny Pacquiao will conduct his business ? methodical but brutal ? against Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas. As in the most recent past, Pacquiao would definitely be in tip-top shape, according to his chief trainer Freddie Roach, who doesn?t see the junio  Read Full Story >>>

Manny, Hatton will unload ?big guns??Donaire
By Marc Anthony Reyes, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Current IBF-IBO flyweight champion Nonito Donaire dubbed the May 2 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton ?as the most exciting fight this year,? adding that he expects both heavy hitters to unload their ?big guns? on fight night. Donaire, who himself is seeing action  Read Full Story >>>

P400,000 to watch Pacman with the stars
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - For an eye-popping $8,330, you can watch the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight seated alongside Hollywood stars like Russel Crowe, Sylvester Stallone, Eva Longoria, Mark Wahlberg or Jennifer Lopez. Yes, $8,330, or at the current foreign exchange rate, roughly P400,000, amid   Read Full Story >>>

Bradley a major player at 140 pounds
By George Kimball, ESPN.com, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
MONTREAL -- He had to climb back off the canvas twice to win, but Timothy Bradley's immediate prospects in the lucrative 140-pound sweepstakes might have been enhanced almost as much by knockdowns as by the two belts he wore out of the ring Saturday. "Everybody saw those two knockdowns, and they'  Read Full Story >>>

You reap what you sow
By Sev Sarmenta, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 06 Apr 2009
MABALACAT, Pampanga ? On any gi-ven weekend, several boxing promotions unfold simultaneously throughout the country. Boxers of all ages and battle scars climb into the ring to fulfill dreams of a big paycheck or step on the fulcrum that will catapult them into glory. Older warriors simply plod al  Read Full Story >>>

Bradley Survives Two KDs to Beat Holt by UD
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 05 Apr 2009

Timothy Bradley, the WBC super lightweight champion grabbed the WBO title from Kendall Holt tonight at the Bell Center in Montreal, Canada. Bradley won via a unanimous decision with the judges scoring as follows: 114-112 ,115-1  Read Full Story >>>

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