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MOSLEY RETURNS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TO FACE MAYORGA PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Aug 2008
LOS ANGELES ? Four-time world champion Sugar Shane Mosley has agreed to tangle with former three-time world champion and supreme provocateur Ricardo ?El Matador? Mayorga at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., on Sa Read Full Story >>>If Golden Offer Nears 55-45 Split, Pacquiao Must Grab It And Run! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Fair is fair and what?s fair for the Manny Pacquiao-Oscar de la Hoya Megacircus bout to become a reality for Dec. 6 in Las Vegas is not the 60-40 percentage split that the Golden Boy is currently demanding.
All due respect to the Golden One but what would be fair and what should be almost instant Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao joins exalted company in Olympics By Ding T. Marcelo, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 BEIJING ? Manny Pacquiao will be in exalted company when he carries the flag for the Philippines in today?s Olympic Games opening ceremony.
Already making history for the Philippines as its first non-Olympian flag-bearer, Pacquiao will join major champions, celebrities and highly-paid professi Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-DELA HOYA STALLED ON REVENUE SPLIT By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Aug 2008
The lawyer of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao says the initial round of talks between Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer went Read Full Story >>> Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao camps discuss December 6 bout By Dan Arritt, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Representatives for Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao met Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles to begin hammering out a deal for a Dec. 6 non-title welterweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, according to Bruce Binkow, an agent for Golden Boy Promotions.
Richard Schaefer, chief executive for Read Full Story >>> Who knows best? By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Word is that Bob Arum of Top Rank, representing Manny Pacquiao and Richard Schaeffer of Golden Boy representing Oscar De La Hoya, had a "productive" 2-hour meeting yesterday regarding their respective terms for a de la Hoya-Pacquiao blockbuster in December.
In my previous piece in this cor Read Full Story >>> Dela Hoya offers Manny 60-40 sharing By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 A forty-sixty share should make Manny Pacquiao a very happy man as negotiations for a dream showdown with Oscar dela Hoya got underway yesterday in Los Angeles.
Top Rank big boss Bob Arum, for Pacquiao, and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaeffer, for Dela Hoya, came out of a two-hour meeting Read Full Story >>> DL Hoya-Pacquiao talks in standstill By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Negotiations for a Dec. 6 fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao has reached a standstill but Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) and Top Rank are still optimistic a deal could still be made.
Top Rank chief Bob Arum told the Bulletin yesterday afternoon that the two-hour meeting "was very pro Read Full Story >>> FILIPINO-CANADIAN FANS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR MANNY PACQUIAO By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 VANCOUVER, Canada ? Several Filipino-Canadian fans of World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao have openly expressed their opposition for the Filipino boxing icon to trade mitts with Oscar De La Hoya reportedly on December 6 in the United States.
Franciso ?Iking? Villarete, Read Full Story >>> CANOY-JANDAENG TITLE FIGHT ON 'THE MAIN EVENT' By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Aug 2008
The WBO Oriental featherweight title defense of former amateur standout Eric Canoy against Thailand?s hard-hitting Terdsak Jandaeng who is rated No. 10 by the IBF and No. 9 by the WBO in Zamboanga City will be telecast on S Read Full Story >>> Gorres vs. Montiel II By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Z ?The Dream? Gorres will get another chance for a world title, this time in Macau against a familiar foe?Fernado Montiel.
ALA Promotions President Michael Aldeguer was informed yesterday by renowned International matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz that Top Rank has offered Gorres to fight Montiel in Read Full Story >>> ALA WARRIORS MEET FITNESS BOXERS TODAY AT ALA GYM MACTAN OPENING PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Fitness Boxing or Professional Boxing, fans would have a helluva time today at the opening of the new ALA Gym at the Shang Mactan Town Center in Lapu-lapu City.
It will not be just one or two but a squad of professional boxing champions from the fabled ALA Gym stable will make a trip to the new Read Full Story >>> 'Punisher' Paul Williams: Midget Manny Pacquiao Won't Go Three Rounds Against De La Hoya! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 08 Aug 2008 Gross mismatch. Many people are thinking that about the smallish Manny Pacquiao fighting Oscar de la Hoya.
But world champion Paul Williams has become the first top level fighter to say so. ?The Punisher? made the statement while talking to Boxingconfidential Radio co-hosts Ricardo Lois and John Read Full Story >>> Chris Byrd on who wins Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao By Johnny Benz, DogHouseBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 With the talks of Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao consitently heating up over the last few weeks, the former IBF heavyweight champion, Chris Byrd has given his opinions on the possible match up. Quoted on ESPN, Byrd feels De La Hoya coming down in weight to fight Pacquiao won't affect him badly. Read Full Story >>> GORRES CAMP CONCERNED ABOUT JUDGES FOR MONTIEL REMATCH By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Aug 2008
The camp of Z ?The Dream? Gorres which is accepting the offer for a rematch against WBO super flyweight champion depending on the purse and other terms and conditions, has expressed concern over the selection of the referee and thr Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-DE LA HOYA MATCH IS A FARCE By Michael Swann, 15rounds.com, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 In a perfect world Oscar De La Hoya would be facing Antonio Margarito on December 6 in his farewell fight. Margarito, who had just won the WBA welterweight title from previously undefeated Miguel Cotto, is hands down the very best opponent from a competitive standpoint and could even fight at 150 po Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy, Top Rank reps formally open negotiations By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Top Rank's Bob Arum met Wednesday and formally opened negotiations for a Dec. 6 megafight between Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's biggest star, and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
Schaefer hosted Arum for more than two hours at the Golden Boy office Read Full Story >>> Schaefer speaks on Oscar, Margarito, and Williams Bad Left Hook, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 In a Sports Illustrated article that reports that negotiations are almost secure for Oscar de la Hoya to face Manny Pacquiao on December 6, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer decided to speak on that matchup, and why Antonio Margarito wasn't considered an option.
Schaefer had this to say: Read Full Story >>> More Merchant: On PacMan, Cotto, Oscar By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Thu, 07 Aug 2008
TSS checked in with the poet laureate of pugilistic analysis, Larry Merchant.
We talked PacMan, Cotto?s loss and future, Oscar?s farewell fight and Pavlik?s chances at knocking out Hopkins.
Q Read Full Story >>> MORA VS. FORREST II HEATS UP EARLY PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 07 Aug 2008 LOS ANGELES ? While some naysayers doubt the second fight between Sergio Mora and Vernon Forrest which is slated for September 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas has the makings of the rematch of the year, anyone who has heard the verbal barbs already being exchanged by the combatants has Read Full Story >>>
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