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Boxers retire, but egos don't
By J. Michael Falgoust, USA Today, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
No one knows what a superstar fighter goes through when he retires better than Ray Leonard.
He retired ? and unretired ? countless times.
"Ego plays a significant role," Leonard said. "That has a huge bearing on you Read Full Story >>>Rankings: Then and now
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Athletes in nearly every sport are superior today than those of the past. Athletes are, as a whole, stronger, faster, better conditioned and are able to use science and technology like never before to enhance their performance (and don?t get started with the snide jokes about chemistry).
I began Read Full Story >>> ABA FIGHTERS HEADED FOR BEAUTIFUL CAMIGUIN ISLAND
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
The majestic tropical tourist retreat of Camiguin Island will be the sight of Filipino fisticuffs come Sunday afternoon.
Professional fighters from the stables of Maasim Mayor JoJo Lopez, J&M promotions of General Santos city and American Boxing Academy of Digos city will be featured in exciting Read Full Story >>> ROLLY MATSUSHITA TO DEFEND OPBF CROWN!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Japan-based Filipino Rolly (Lunas) Matsushita is set to defend his OPBF superbantam title on June 21 in Nagoya against Japanese Hiromasa Ohashi.
This will be Matsushita's first defense of the regional title he won via split decision over Thailand's Wethya Sakmuangklang this January in Kanazawa, J Read Full Story >>> Can Pacquiao Fill De La Hoya's Golden Shoes?
By Dave "Large" Larzelere, SportingNews.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
We know that Manny Pacquiao is more than Oscar De La Hoya?s equal in the ring. He proved that point and then some with his demolition of De La Hoya in December, an astonishing onslaught of speed and precision that first forced Oscar to q Read Full Story >>> Oscar The Aggressor Was Oscar The Fish Out Of Water
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Since being stopped by Manny Pacquiao in his last fight on December 6th, 2008, Oscar De La Hoya's advancing age, rapid weight cut and lack of hand speed have been highlighted as the reasons why he looked so bad. And though I agree with that, there's a bigger reason as to why De La Hoya looked so ine Read Full Story >>> Irreplaceable?: With De La Hoya gone, who's got next?
By Vivek Wallace, 8countnews, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Fans around the world of sports have seen some of the best ever come and go. The legendary Michael Jordan, the fierce Dan Marino, the unbelievable Tony Gwinn, and a host of others have all stepped away from their respective sports, only to learn shortly after leaving that some up and comer with amaz Read Full Story >>> The Most Significant Fighter of His Time
By Kevin B. Blackstone, Fanhouse, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
It was siesta, or lunch time, in Badalona, Spain, a suburb of Barcelona, when I wandered out of the Olympic boxing venue in the summer of 1992 with a couple of scribe friends and a legend of the corner, Lou Duva, for lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant. (Hey, you couldn't eat paella every day!) Lou Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao Video: Too Nice a Guy to Look Tough?
By Michael David Smith, Fanhouse, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
I've interviewed Manny Pacquiao a few times and found him to be an unfailingly nice guy. But when promoters are hyping a fight, they usually want their boxers to look like tough guys, not nice guys. So it's no surprise that when Pacquiao filmed a commercial for his upcoming fight with Ricky Hatton, Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao the prankster
By Andy Samuelson, Las Vegas Sun, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Most of the world knows Manny Pacquiao as boxing?s pound-for-pound king, but what even prize-fighting purists might not know is Pacquiao is also a world-class prankster.
Read Full Story >>> Forget P4P -- These guys are TME
By Thomas Hauser, ESPN.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Earlier this year, Eduardo Perez (an ESPN.com reader) sent me an e-mail that made an interesting point.
Many boxing Web sites have "pound-for-pound" lists.
"Guys like Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe are pound-for-pound," Perez wrote. "But you can't make a case for them being top boxers to wat Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA TO MEET RING ADVERSARIES IN A REUNION ON SEP. 19
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Boxing great Oscar de la Hoya who announced his retirement Tuesday at the Nokia Plaza, a stone's throw away from his bronze statue at the Staples Center in downtown LA, will have a reunion of the past cham Read Full Story >>> BYE BYE GOLDEN BOY
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
It was the end of the road for the number one boxing personality in the whole world. But at least this time, only as a fighter. Oscar ?Golden Boy? de la Hoya has announced his retirement. He declared this before hundr Read Full Story >>> Global supremacy
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
In the Philippines, Solar Sports and Top Rank are calling Sunday?s double championship blockbuster card ?The Flash and the Furious,? referring to IBF flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. ? dubbed the ?Filipino Flash? ? and IBF lightflyweight challenger Brian Viloria, known for his ring fury.
But Read Full Story >>> ALA nixes Mexican?s offer for Nietes vs. Vargas
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
DONNIE ?Ahas? Nietes? handlers, ALA Promotions, turned down the initial offer of Mexican promoter Fernando Beltran for the World Boxing Organization mini flyweight king to fight interim WBO titleholder Manuel Vargas on May 16 in Mexico.
ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer refused the offer, Read Full Story >>> Roach sure of KO win, bets house on Pacman
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Freddie Roach is betting his house that Manny Pacquiao will knock out Ricky Hatton on May 2 in Las Vegas.
?Ricky?s a tough guy, but we?ll knock him out. I?ll bet my house on it,? Roach told Lance Pugmire of the LA Times Wednesday.
Pacquiao staged a media workout at the Wi Read Full Story >>> INTERNATIONAL MEDIA DESCENDS TO HOLLYWOOD FOR PACQUIAO'S MEDIA DAY
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
LOS ANGELES -- Representatives from the mainstream and obscure media squeezed shoulder to shoulder around a small boxing ring inside the Wildcard Gym in Hollywood Wednesday afternoon to get a good position to interview Read Full Story >>> TIDBITS FROM THE MEDIA DAY
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Los Angeles, CA:- Yesterday, the promoters of the Pacquiao-Hatton rumble on May 2nd held the lone media conference for Manny Pacquiao at the Wildcard Gym. They had to have one as the new rules at the gym kept everyone Read Full Story >>> Next big thing
Business World Online, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
This weekend a virtual "audition" to become local boxing?s next big thing will be staged. This, as Pinoy pugs Nonito "The Flash" Donaire and Brian "Hawaiian Punch" Viloria take on separate foes not only to bring pride to the country but fortify their claims as well as the fighters to watch out for t Read Full Story >>> Boxing Poetics: Hail The King
By Edwin Ladaga, GroundReport, Fri, 17 Apr 2009
Boxing Poetics aims to bring boxing and poetry together. It is boxing news in verse and rhyme. If you have a boxing poem, you can email it to edwinladaga@aol.com.
I have been looking into comments and blogs of several boxing fans in different websites. I find this entertaining poem written by the Read Full Story >>>
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