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Cotto Outta De La Hoya Sweepstakes
By R. Thomas Umstead, multichannel.com, Tue, 29 Jul 2008
Former welterweight champion Miguel Cotto lost more than his title Saturday night at the hands of Antonio Margarito.
Cotto is effectively out of the Oscar De La Hoya opponent sweepstakes after losing to Margarito by an 11-round TKO in their highly-anticipated July 26 PPV fight .
Actual buys fo Read Full Story >>>A Long, Hard Road for 'The Tijuana Tornado'
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Jul 2008
It was a good half-hour before newly minted WBA welterweight king Antonio Margarito would leave the ring inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night after his career-defining victory over Miguel Cotto. After condu Read Full Story >>> The 'dying sport' outdoing itself in '08
By Eric Raskin, ESPN.com, Tue, 29 Jul 2008
The problem with succeeding beyond expectations is that inevitable pressure-packed question: What do you do for an encore?
Unless you're Francis Ford Coppola working on "The Godfather Part II" or the Beatles following each groundbreaking album with one that breaks even more ground, the challenge Read Full Story >>> Concerning "Going Out On Your Shield"
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Tue, 29 Jul 2008
I don?t like to go there, as I always try to maintain a clear delineation between them and us.
I refuse, on general principle, to question a boxer?s will?unless someone has tanked a fight pretty clearly, or has shown up in abominable condition-- or a ref?s decision to stop a fight perhaps ?too e Read Full Story >>> THIEVES STRIKE IN PALAZZO
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 29 Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES, California ? A day after World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao left for the Philippines after wresting the crown from David Diaz in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 28, a burglary occurred at The Palazzo East in La Brea East where Pacquiao occupies a unit.
Luckily, Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION BACK IN ACTION ON SEPT. 27 IN SAN DIEGO
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? Satisfied with his performance in knocking out Adam Carrera in the 3rd round at the MGM Grand Arena on July 26, handlers of North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super bantamweight cham Read Full Story >>> Antonio Margarito's win over Miguel Cotto shakes up welterweight division
By Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS -- Antonio Margarito's dismantling of Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand on Saturday laid waste to more than just Cotto's unbeaten record and his goal of unifying the welterweight title. It also changed the landscape of the division, leaving a number of proposed matchups now unlikely and sendin Read Full Story >>> Target Manny Pacquiao: Edwin Valero is Ready to Fire on the Pacman
By Jorge Daniel Perez, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
When WBA Super Featherweight Champion, Edwin Valero, challenged for the title against rugged Vicente Mosquera in the champion?s homeland in Panama, not a single US television outlet covered the world title scrap. What could have been a decent undercard fight for an HBO Boxing After Dark or Showtime Read Full Story >>> 'THRILLA IN ZAMBOANGA' RESULTS AND PHOTOS
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
Zamboanga City -- Reigning WBO Oriental Featherweight champion Eric Canoy of the Philippines and highly rated Terdsak Jandaeng of Thailand settled to a technical draw after Canoy suffered a deep cut under his right eyebrow Read Full Story >>> Oscar deal to come in ten days or less
Bad Left Hook, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
With his potential opponents list dwindling, Oscar de la Hoya's next fight will be announced in "less than ten days," says Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
Bob Arum says that Oscar won't fight a Mexican in his last bout, which rules out Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., and newly-crowned WBA welterweight Read Full Story >>> BANAL WILL BOUNCE BACK, SAYS WBO EXEC
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
AJ "Bazooka" Banal, who lost in his bid to win the WBA interim superfly title on Saturday, still has long ways to go and will definitely return a stronger and more dangerous fighter after his devastating loss at the hand Read Full Story >>> Banal aftermath
By Bill Velasco, The Philippine Star, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
AJ Banal?s collapse in the tenth round of the interim WBA world super flyweight title bout against Rafael Concepcion was a big disappointment to Filipino fight fans, especially those who watched it live at the New Cebu City Coliseum. Some of them actually booed him rudely after the bout, wherein the Read Full Story >>> Banal on sickbay after KO loss
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Freeman, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
AJ ?Bazooka? Banal was extremely exhausted that he had to be rushed to a hospital after his shocking knockout loss to Panamian Rafael ?El Torito? Concepcion in their match for the interim WBA super flyweight championship on Saturday night at the jampacked Cebu Coliseum.
?Banal almost fainted at t Read Full Story >>> Banal over-trained, lost steam
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
There was a pall of gloom in AJ Banal?s dressing room Saturday evening, almost an hour after the previously undefeated boxer took a stunning loss to Panama?s Rafael Concepcion.
For so long, the boxer who was designed to win the fight sat motionless on a plastic chair, shell-shocked, hardly saying Read Full Story >>> His body broke down
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
AJ ?Bazooka? Banal may have lost the battle but it isn?t the end of the road for him.
After suffering his first defeat at the hands of the Panamanian brawler Rafael ?El Torito? Concepcion last Saturday at the Cebu Coliseum, Banal will soon be right back up in the ring but first he must recuperat Read Full Story >>> Margarito Stops Cotto in the 11th rd to win WBA welterweight title
By Ralph Rimpell, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
Last night at the MGM grand in Las Vegas, Antonio Margarito silenced his critics by stopping Miguel Cotto in the 11th rd. With this victory, Margarito adds a third world title; WBA welterweight title, to his boxing resumes a Read Full Story >>> Cotto v Margarito....what next?
By Shaun Brown, EastSideBoxing.com, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
Would Miguel Cotto really want to fight Antonio Margarito again after the kind of defeat he suffered when losing his welterweight crown yesterday? In the opening stages of this fight Cotto was boxing beautifully. Countering at will, his movement excellent and to many, there may have been an argument Read Full Story >>> Filipino boxer loses in stunning fashion
By Charles Raymond A. Maxey, Sun.Star Davao, Mon, 28 Jul 2008
TOP Filipino boxing prospect AJ "Bazooka" Banal suffered a stunning 10th round knockout loss at the hands of Panama's Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion in their World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight interim championship fight Saturday night at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City.
Banal absorbed Read Full Story >>> CANOY RETAINS WBO ORIENTAL CROWN
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Jul 2008
ZAMBOANGA CITY--WBO Oriental featherweight champion Eric Canoy retained his title here yesterday with a fourth-round technical draw with three-time world title challenger Terdsak Jandaeng of Thailand at the 8,000-capacity Zamboanga City Coliseum here.
Canoy outboxed Jandaeng in the first two roun Read Full Story >>> ABE BREAKS OUT AND IMPRESSES VEGAS OBSERVERS
By Jason Aniel, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 27 Jul 2008
Las Vegas, NV?Welcome to world stage Bernabe Concepcion! That was the sentiments from press row as boxing?s elite in the media world took notice to a new rising prospect in Concepcion. With the fall of A.J. Banal earlier that day in the Philippines, Concepcion took away a little of the nasty taste Read Full Story >>>
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