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Marco Antonio Barrera joins ESPN Desportes
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Marco Antonio Barrera has landed a television job that would allow him to walk away from his sport. During a news conference today at the new ESPN facility near Staples Center, Barrera said that he will serve as a studio analyst for ESPN Deportes' new "Golpe A Golpe" weekly series that typically w Read Full Story >>>Purse spat jeopardizes Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Manny Pacquiao has retreated from his verbal agreement to share a 50-50 split of purse money with boxer Ricky Hatton for the pair's tentatively scheduled May 2 fight in Las Vegas.
As a result, Pacqui Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao faces Wednesday deadline to fight Ricky Hatton
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
I just got off the phone with boxing promoter Bob Arum, who said his star fighter Manny Pacquiao has until tomorrow to stop pushing for a 60-40 revenue split in his tentatively scheduled May 2 fight with Ricky Hatton, or "the fight's not happening."
"There's no way he's getting the 60-40," Arum s Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton threatens Manny Pacquiao with legal action
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Gareth Williams, Hatton's lawyer, had responded through Telegraph Sport on Monday to reports that Pacquiao wanted a 60/40 financial split, insisting the fighters' promoters had agreed before 2008 had ended to share the proceeds ? expected to gross ?40 million with pay-per-view revenue ? equally.
Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa accepts JuanMa?s offer
ABS-CBN News, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Filipino world champion Gerry Pe?alosa has accepted the offer from the camp of super bantamweight king Juan Manuel Lopez for a fight in Puerto Rico.
?They say I?m old and my days are numbered. Then we?ll see with this fight with Lopez,? Pe?alosa told SportsNews.ph?s Dennis Principe.
Pe?alosa Read Full Story >>> COMMENTARY: PROMOTERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE PAYING PUBLIC
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Boxing fans have a right to be protected when they buy tickets for boxing events, unlike fight cards staged in places such as the Mandaluyong City Gym where entrance is free and in addition the fighters are most of the time even Read Full Story >>> Row over purse no threat to Vegas tiff
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Manny Pacquiao asking for more, and Ricky Hatton not willing to get less is all part of the negotiation process for their blockbuster fight being scheduled May 2 in Las Vegas.
?It?s a merry-go-round,? said Pacquiao?s business manager Eric Pineda amid reports that the big showdown between the two Read Full Story >>> SINULOG BOXING: A CONTINUING TRADITION
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Cebu?s Sinulog Festival has become a significant part of the national tourism industry and a colourful component of the country?s Catholic heart. During the month of January, locals and tourists witness an outpouring of religious pr Read Full Story >>> Does Pacquiao Really Deserve The Lion?s Share of the Pot?
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, 8countnews, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Does this seem like d?j? vu or what? If anything, is anybody still buying the possibility of Pacquiao vs. Hatton being called off because of another revenue disagreement? You there Mr. avid reader, do you buy any of this posturing? No, I didn?t think so. So let?s just debate the pros and cons in lay Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Hatton fight in limbo over money issue
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Manny Pacquiao is entertaining thoughts about facing somebody else other than Ricky Hatton after negotiations for his proposed May 2 battle appeared to have come to a standstill owing to a conflict in the financial split.
And to make it even more difficult for the parties involved to find a win-w Read Full Story >>> Major Strasser's Been Shot: Slim Pickings For Pacman Other Than Hatton!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
Major Strasser?s fatal mistake was picking up the phone at the foggy airport in ?Casablanca.?
Victor Laszlo, the fugitive Nazi fighter, was about to board a plane to escape Strasser and his storm trooper underlings courtesy of Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart). So Blaine plugged the Third Reich villa Read Full Story >>> Exclusive Interview: Emanuel Steward
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, 8countnews, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
?Pacquiao is wonderful for boxing.? ? Emanuel Steward
It?s my pleasure to bring to you my interview with Hall of Fame boxing trainer and HBO analyst Emanuel Steward. It?s not everyday that you get to sit and talk to one of the legends of the sport. Emanuel has trained the best of the best from Su Read Full Story >>> Hatton-Pacquiao fight on verge of collapse
Morning Star Online, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
RICKY HATTON'S proposed fight with Manny Pacquiao is under threat, the Briton's lawyer confirmed on Tuesday.
The fight, pencilled in for May 2 in Las Vegas, has been put on hold with the two fighter's disagreeing on how the purse should be split.
Lawyer Gareth Williams claimed that promoter Bo Read Full Story >>> Concepcion may fight for world title this year
By Romel Ferriol Bernardo, 8countnews, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
After winning the World Boxing Council International belt by knocking out game but outgunned Sande Otieno of Kenya last Sunday in Araneta Coliseum, Bernabe Concepcion may fight for a world title next year.
According to Concepcion's chief handler Aljoe Jaro who also promoted Sunday's "Judgment in Read Full Story >>> Downsizing Don: King Lets 15 Employees Go, Selling Mansion!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 14 Jan 2009
The recession/depression is even getting to the incredibly wealthy Don King.
The Wall Street Journal did a big story on how King is trying to sell his oceanfront manse in Palm Beach including his Statue Of Libery replica. It?s said that King paid $18.5 million for the house and land and he?s now Read Full Story >>> Hatton-Pacquiao showdown in doubt
By Ben Dirs, BBC Sport, Tue, 13 Jan 2009
Ricky Hatton's lawyer has admitted that the Manchester fighter's proposed contest with Manny Pacquiao, slated for 2 May in Las Vegas, is under threat.
Gareth Williams said promoter Bob Arum originall Read Full Story >>> HATTON CAMP STAND FIRM
By Phil Barnett, Sportinglife.com (UK), Tue, 13 Jan 2009
Ricky Hatton's lawyer has warned he will take legal action against Manny Pacquiao if the Filipino fighter reneges on a verbal contract to split the proceeds of their projected fight 50-50.
After reports emerged this week suggesting Pacquiao now wanted a 60-40 financial split the highly-anticipate Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE-LOPEZ FIGHT IS ON
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 13 Jan 2009
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire is scheduled to fight Puerto Rico?s Jose ?Carita? Lopez (38-7-2, 32 KO?s) for the WBO super flyweight title since reigning champion Fernando Montiel repor Read Full Story >>> KATSIDIS IN WBO ASIA PACIFIC TITLE FIGHT IN CEBU
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 13 Jan 2009
Michael Katsidis who engaged Czar Amonsot in a bloody brawl in Las Vegas some two years ago will battle Argentina?s Angel ?El Tren? Ramirez for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific lightweight title at the Cebu Coliseum on January 31 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Deserves At Least 60 Percent Against Ricky Hatton
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 13 Jan 2009
I don?t understand why people must make things so goddamn complicated when it comes to boxing negotiations. It?s as if they must amplify the simplest and most minute details when it comes to virtually anything in order to mask the fact that the business is actually quite simple.
Here are the fact Read Full Story >>>
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