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Pacquiao picks Pe?alosa over Puerto Rican
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 30 Mar 2009
LIKE Manny Pacquiao, veteran Filipino fighter Gerry Pe?alosa faces a daunting task as he is set to fight undefeated Puerto Rican warrior Juan Manuel Lopez for the World Boxing Organization super bantamweight title on April 25 in Puerto Rico.
And in Pe?alosa?s next fight, Pacquiao, his close frien Read Full Story >>>Chavez could be Pacman?s next foe
By Nick Giongco, Tempo, Mon, 30 Mar 2009
It seems that Manny Pacquiao already has an opponent lined up in the event he gets past Ricky Hatton of England on May 2.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum said immediately after Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. beat Luciano Cuello on Saturday night (Sunday morning in Manila) in Tijuana that Pacquiao could v Read Full Story >>> Wright dodges rust, age to end 20-month hiatus
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Mon, 30 Mar 2009
To Winky Wright, rust, like age, is a relative thing.
He hasn't fought in almost two years, but Wright isn't too concerned as he prepares for his return to the ring on April 11 when he faces fellow middleweight Paul Williams at Mandalay Bay. Just like he's not too concerned that at age 37 his bes Read Full Story >>> Dearth of rematches isn't a bad thing
By Don Steinberg, ESPN.com, Mon, 30 Mar 2009
We're in a rematch recession.
Just look around. Bernard Hopkins likely won't get the retired Joe Calzaghe again, no matter how much he talks or keeps winning. Vic Darchinyan probably has seen the headlines calling a rematch against Nonito Donaire "unlikely." Any hopes for Antonio Margarito-Miguel Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto Calls For Permanent Fight Ban For Antonio Margarito!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 30 Mar 2009
Bob Arum isn?t going to like this one.
While laboratory tests have proved conclusively that illegal substances were placed in Antonio Margarito?s handwraps before he fought and lost to Sugar Shane Mosl Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs. Chavez Jr. in 2009, Says Bob Arum
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
In a shocker, Top Rank?s Bob Arum, following Julio Cesar Chavez?s ten round decision over Luciano Cuello in Tinjuana, Mexico - said Chavez might fight Manny Pacquiao at the end of the year in a major event with a Mexico vs. Philippines theme. Chavez is a junior middleweight and Pacquiao has only fou Read Full Story >>> At the crossroads of revival in the big men?s division, Chambers upsets Peter in a 10-round non-title heavyweight bout
By Granville Ampong, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Reporting from NOKIA THEATER, LOS ANGELES, California (March 27) ? Seated on No. 19 in the first row just about fifteen feet from the ring, I felt the snapping shots from the gigantic leathered fists upon their impact on mortal bodies. Sure, they were not in the usual glory nights of the heavyweight Read Full Story >>> Chavez Jr. outpoints Cuello
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will never approach the heights his father reached but he isn't afraid of a brawl.
Chavez stood toe-to-toe with a capable opponent in Luciano Cuello and gutted out a unanimous decision in a blood-filled 10-round junior middleweight bout Saturday in Tijuana, Mexico.
The s Read Full Story >>> AAPRP PROPOSES CREATION OF U.S. BOXING COMISSION
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Los Angeles, CA:- The American Association of Professional Ringside Physicians, Inc. recently met with Congressman Peter King in Washington, DC to discuss the proposed federal legislation which would help create the United States Boxing Commission (USBC).
The organization hope to assist the US Read Full Story >>> Suporta sa Ating Kapwa Boxers
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
LOS ANGELES ? Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong kababayan at fans. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan man kayo naroroon sa mundo.
Sa pagpasok ng huling limang linggo ng training para sa nala Read Full Story >>> JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ, JR. IN ?TIJUANA THUNDER?
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. is ready to face undefeated Luciano Cuello of Argentina in the main event of ?Tijuana Thunder? in the big championship today in the Plaza de Toros Monumental in Tijuana, Mexico. He has a record of 39 wins, Read Full Story >>> HBO Puts Marketing Muscle Behind Next '24/7' Fight Series
By R. Thomas Umstead, multichannel.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
HBO hopes a multiplatform marketing and promotional campaign for a preview series leading up to its May 2 Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton pay-per-view boxing event will attract younger viewers to the sport.
HBO's push for its four-part Pacquiao/Hatton 24/7 series will include a Web-based sweepstakes Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton - Will This Dream Match Come True?
By Andrew Harrison, EastSideBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
?Remember that scene from Raging Bull when Jake Lamotta is lamenting the fact that his size will forever preclude him from fighting Joe Louis? Don?t you get the same feeling of frustration when you realize P Read Full Story >>> Nietes wants title defense in Manila
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Despite putting on a premium performance in Mexico last month, Donnie Nietes remains at a loss as to where and when he will make the third defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) minimumweight crown.
The WBO has mandated Nietes, the Negros-born, Cebu-based puncher, to meet mandatory ch Read Full Story >>> All That Glitter, Glamour...
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Manny Pacquiao is in urgent need of a check up from the neck up.
His ego may be on the verge of knocking out his id, kid.
Calling all haters, calling all haters.
I know they don?t want to hear it. I know that I will now be vilified by the most extreme Pacnuthuggers.
You know these Manny Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao and Roach win BWAA Award
By Joseph Pimentel, Asian Journal, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
LOS ANGELES?The Boxing Writers Association of America named the Pride of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach boxer of the year and trainer of the year, respectively.
"I really expected it. We had a great year," said Roach to the Asian Journal. Roach and Pacquiao found out tha Read Full Story >>> I?ll be stronger ? Hatton
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Ricky Hatton is getting sharper each passing day.
As he prepares to leave for the second and most crucial phase of his training in the USA, the British banger told the UK media that he is extremely pleased that the training he started in February did what he had wanted to achieve.
?My weight i Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum Plastered In Tijuana: Lab Revelation Stuns Promoter Into Radio Silence On Margarito!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Disappointment was evident in Bob Arum?s voice over the phone from Tijuana. The normally gabby boxing promoter refrained from comment Friday when I called him concerning the laboratory confirmation that ?elements of Plaster of Paris? were found in Antonio Margarito?s handwraps.
For a brief t Read Full Story >>> The sky is the limit
By Anthony Suntay, Manila Standard Today, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
Tiger Woods is asking for a hefty sum of $3 million as an appearance fee for the Australian masters tournament in November.
To a lot of people, this is a huge amount, but if you look at what it brings financially through sponsors and ticket sales, this might just be a bargain.
When you are on Read Full Story >>> Is Floyd Mayweather Jr. getting frustrated?
By Thomas McNamara, EastSideBoxing.com, Sun, 29 Mar 2009
The world of boxing and its competitors (in the ?central? weight classes of the 140-147lb) has been taunted, scared, thrilled, disappointed, shocked and hurt by one man. We may not all love him or wish that he comes back into realms of the sweet science, but Floyd Mayweather Jr has been spotted back Read Full Story >>>
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