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ARUM PREDICTS LOPEZ WILL BE NEXT BIG SUPERSTAR
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum predicts that Puerto Rico?s Juan Manuel Lopez ( 22-0, 20 KO's) will be the ?next big superstar of Top Rank.?
Arum made the comment after Lopez annihilated WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon (34-2-, 30 KO's) in a one-round massacre at the Boardwalk in A Read Full Story >>>PENALOSA WILLING TO FIGHT ?JUANMA?
By Dennis Principe, SportsNews.ph, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
World Bantamweight ruler Gerry Penalosa, who for the longest time has been angling for a bout with tormentor Daniel Ponce De Leon, recently expressed his willingness to battle newly-crowned super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico.
Penalosa was the main guest of Monday?s ?Spo Read Full Story >>> Outflow of ?Money? could be what boxing needs
By Don Stewart, ReadingEagle.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
So, for at least the third time now, Floyd ?Money? Mayweather has decided to call it a career.
The welterweight champ and pound-for-pound king has made retirement vows before, but apparently this time he?s super-duper serious about it. A big-bucks fall rematch with Oscar De La Hoya is off, along Read Full Story >>> ARUM SAYS GASOLINE PRICES AFFECTING FIGHT ATTENDANCE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says the sharp rise in gasoline prices and the ?economic crisis within this country (US)? has affected attendance at the big fights.
Arum made the comment after Kelly Pavlik demolished Gary Lo Read Full Story >>> Sergio Mora Close To A Fight With Oscar De La Hoya
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Los Angeles -- The boxing schedule can change at a moment's notice due to many factors. A fighter can get hurt. A manager or promoter might not like the proposed financial figures before a bout is finalized. Or the pound for pound king of the world could retire and his opponent, the most popular fig Read Full Story >>> CONDES SHARPLY FOCUSED
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
International Boxing Federation minimum weight champion Florante Condes (22-3-1, 20 ko?S) is ?sharply focused? according to well-known promoter Sammy Gello-ani who said they will leave for La Paz, Mexico tomorrow morning.
In an overseas telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manila Standard Tod Read Full Story >>> Ozell Nelson Speaks on a Possible Jermain Taylor-Jeff Lacy Fight
By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
When Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy jumped to the pros after representing the United States in the 2000 Olympic games, it was inevitable that they'd one day cross paths in the paid ranks.
Few anticipated that their meeting would come i Read Full Story >>> 'KO KID' GANOY TO FIGHT ON BIG JULY 19 CARD IN CEBU
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
IBF Pan Pacific lightweight champion Ranee ?KO Kid? Ganoy who has been somewhat of a sensation in Australia where he?s been fighting out of the Dido Bohol stable and scoring a number of impressive victories is one of the major attra Read Full Story >>> The Filipino Forecast: Which Filipino Fighters Will Retain Their Belts in 2008?
By Don Leopoldo, Boxing Herald, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
FILIPINO WORLD CHAMPS: WHO WILL RETAIN THE TITLE UP TO 2009?
It?s now halfway through the year 2008, and fight fans are anxious as to which Filipino champions who will end the year with a bang and enter the year 2009 with world title bouts safely tucked in their waists.
CURRENT FILIPINO WORLD Read Full Story >>> FightFan.com moves Pacquiao to Pound-for-Pound no. 1!
FightFan.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Manny Pacquiao now no. 1 in FightFan.com's pound-for-pound rankings!
With Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s announced retirement, FightFan.com has elevated former no. 2 ranked Manny Pacquiao to the number one pound-for-pound figh Read Full Story >>> IBF NAMES OFFICIALS FOR CONDES TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
The International Boxing Federation has named the officials for the minimum weight title defense of hard-hitting southpaw Florante Condes against mandatory challenger Raul ?Rayito? Garcia on June 14 in the baseball stad Read Full Story >>> GORRES MAY HAVE TO WAIT NINE MONTHS FOR IBF TITLE BID
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
International Boxing Federation Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker says the winner of the super flyweight title fight between champion Dimitri Kirilov and mandatory challenger Vic Drachinyan will have ?nine months to do his mandatory.?
Tucker told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today tha Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Bernabe Concepcion Next
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Young, big, strong, and awkward, Filipino super bantamweight Bernabe Concepcion might be the first challenger of newly crowned WBO champion Juan Manuel Lopez.
Having seen Concepcion against Torrence Daniels (video below) earlier this year, Bernabe reminded me of a young and wreckless Manny Pacqui Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION BACK IN U.S.
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
Filipino hot prospect North American Boxing Federation (NABF) champion Bernabe Concepcion arrived at the LAX Airport on board Philippine Airlines Flight PR 102 at 8:44 pm June 7, 2008 Saturday (Los Angeles time).
He is currently resting at the Pallazo Apartment in La Brea owned by World Boxing C Read Full Story >>> Good health for family is Diaz?s birthday wish
GMA News Online, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois ? Boxing is farthest from the mind of David Diaz on Friday the eve of his 32nd birthday (which falls on Sunday in the Philippines).
In an interview, he shared his birthday wish: "Good health for my family."
And what about beating his challenger Manny Pacquiao?
"The health Read Full Story >>> Pacman cheering for Celtics
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
BOSTON ? WBC superfeatherweight champion Manny Pacquiao is not likely to watch any of the NBA Finals games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and that?s not because he?s rooting for the Boston Celtics.
Although Pacquiao has been based in LA since he left Manila last May 12 to open training camp Read Full Story >>> Bleacher Talk: A Little Respect Please
By Rico Navarro, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 09 Jun 2008
This corner has always been proud of Cebu Boxing, and we have hailed its achievements and have boasted (almost with arrogance) that nothing beats us in this part of the world. In a way, I feel guilty of sounding like a PR man fo Read Full Story >>> PE?ALOSA OFFERED FIGHT AGAINST NESTOR ROCHA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Jun 2008
WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Penalosa who lamented the fact that he couldn?t get a rematch with WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon whom he was confident of beating, only to see the champion los Read Full Story >>> ROACH TO OPEN GYM ON SUNDAY FOR CONDES!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Jun 2008
Renowned trainer Freddie Roach will open his gym today, a Sunday, just to accomodate IBF miniflyweight king Florante Condes who is training for his June 14 defense against unbeaten Raul Garcia in La Paz, Mexico.
Condes' Filipino promoter Sammy Gello-ani, in a long-distance interview with Philboxi Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION READY TO CHALLENGE JUANMA!
PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 08 Jun 2008
NABF superbantam champion Bernabe Concepcion will be ready to challenge newly-crowned WBO superbantam champ Juan Manuel Lopez on August 30.
This was revealed today by Concepcion's manager Aljoe Jaro, who stated that after they take care of their July 26 foe, the Catanduanes-raised Concepcion will Read Full Story >>>
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