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Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Venom As King-Diaz Contract War Rages On! By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 27 Dec 2007 Christmas cheer? Bah, humbug! Sharing a cup of wassail and crooning ?Auld Lang Syne?? Not hardly. The spirit of the season has not affected the continuing legal war between promoter Don King and Juan Diaz manager Willie Savannah.
The bad blood between the Diaz camp and King continues to worsen ba Read Full Story >>>Pay-per-view surge seen in Pacman bout By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Thu, 27 Dec 2007 Promoter Bob Arum is expecting no less than 500,000 pay-per-view buys for the March 15 rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.
?We expect to reach that figure,? said the Top Rank president, adding that the coming fight will definitely surpass the previous ones starring Pacquiao.
Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao, Donaire, Pe?alosa honored By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 27 Dec 2007 MANILA, Philippines?Filipino ring stars Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire and Gerry Pe?alosa were prominently mentioned in the 2007 Boxing Year in Review of The Boxing Times.
Donaire?s knockout victory over the erstwhile unbeaten Australian Vic Darchinyan for the IBF/IBO flyweight crown was cited as Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather: Fighter of the Year By Tim Smith, New York Daily News, Thu, 27 Dec 2007
It is the time of year in boxing that fans look back over the previous 12 month to determine the best of what they've seen. After attending over 30 live boxing shows this year, I can say I've seen the best and some of the Read Full Story >>> FORMER WBC CHAMPION IN COMA AFTER WINNING By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 Former WBC mini-flyweight champion Yo-Sam Choi of South Korea is in a coma after winning his WBO Intercontinental flyweight title bout over Indonesian challenger Heri Amol.
A report from Seoul said that the 33 year old Yo Sam Choi collapsed and lost consciousness when Amol threw a right to his j Read Full Story >>> BOXING ?IDOL? WILL BE KNOWN DEC. 28 PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Dec 2007
The day has come. On December 28, the Filipinos will know who will be the contenders to win the first Boxing Idol Championship Award in the junior fly, super fly, super bantam, and super feather weight divisions. Premier sports ou Read Full Story >>> CHRISTMAS DAY DEFEAT FOR TWO FILIPINOS IN THAILAND By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 It wasn?t a Merry Christmas for two Filipino boxers who traveled to Phang-Nga, which is south of Bangkok and a twelve hour drive only to be beaten by Thai fighters.
Eric Barcelona lost on points to 39 year old champion Pramuansak Posuwan in a WBO Asia Pacific title fight while Jack Asis was bea Read Full Story >>> The 2007 K9's - Part II By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 OK, after a short intermission we return to hand out the remaining K9's, as we take a look back at the weird, the wild and the wacky that boxing had to offer in 2007.
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
1-Israel Vazquez TKO 6 Rafael Marquez II: Conventional wisdom says that the winner of the first bout will usu Read Full Story >>> Roach: Marquez never been tested since Pacman match By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 Freddie Roach insists that Juan Manuel Marquez has never been into a fight as tough, as testy as the one he had against Manny Pacquiao in 2004 in Las Vegas.
The two-time Trainer of the Year said this will certainly work against the Mexican champion.
?I think the greatest fight he?s ever been Read Full Story >>> JUAREZ SAYS ?HUNGRY? PACMAN TOUGH TO BEAT By Dennis Principe, Sports Chat, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 IF ever there is one guy who can dissect effectively what Juan Manuel Marquez can bring inside the ring against Manny Pacquiao, that guy could very well be Ricardo ?Rocky? Juarez.
The 27-year-old Juarez, a 2000 Sydney Olympics silver medalist representing the United States, is a four-time world Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao still the man in boxing By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 Manny Pacquiao, the uncrowned world superfeatherweight champion ranked No. 2 behind only Floyd Mayweather in the pound-for-pound honor roll, remained the man of the moment in Philippine boxing this year.
The Filipino ring icon would?ve fought more than only twice if not for the elections where he Read Full Story >>> HBO PICKS DUNKIN AS MANAGER OF THE YEAR By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 The pre-eminent television boxing network HBO has picked Cameron Dunkin as the ?Manager of the Year? in its annual awards, ?The Best of 2007.?
Dunkin was described as ?one of those rare managers who knows how to patiently bring along a young fighter ? and sticks to his guns. He also has a knack Read Full Story >>> 2007 Boxing Year in Review By Boxing Times Staff, BoxingTimes.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007
San Francisco, California -- It was an outstanding year in boxing with the fair amount of triumphs, bad decisions, upsets, stunning knockouts and several tragedies. We started the year with Samuel Read Full Story >>> HBO HONORS DONAIRE By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire continues to win yearend accolades for his stunning fifth round knockout over previously undefeated Australian Vic Darchinyan last July 7.
One day after the prestigious Ring Magazine picked Donaire?s victory over Darchinyan as the ?K Read Full Story >>> HBO CITES ARUM AS ?PROMOTER OF THE YEAR? By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007
Top Rank promoter extraordinaire Bob Arum has been cited by the pre-eminent TV boxing network HBO as ?Promoter of the Year? in its annual awards for 2007.
In its accompanying notes HBO said Top Rank ?dominated boxing in Read Full Story >>> INSIDE SPORTS: TRIBUTE TO AN EXEMPLARY CHAMPION By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 When Nonito Donaire was training to fight cocky, undefeated Vic Darchinyan for the IBF and IBO flyweight titles nobody really gave him much of a chance of winning let alone surviving the vaunted punching power of Darchinyan.
The fact that he had broken the jaw of Nonito?s elder brother Glenn Don Read Full Story >>> Steve Forbes: Reality Renegade By Ryan Songalia, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007
While most reality stars are eating worms or fighting for the love of a washed up rapper, Steve Forbes hits a heavy bag and runs many miles a day getting in shape for the moment that it's time to go. For Forbes, real life is en Read Full Story >>> The 2007 K9's - Part I By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 Another year has come and gone. And for boxing, 2007 was a good one. It turns out that the game?s ultimate demise was greatly exaggerated, and it looks ahead to what could be a very eventful and promising 2008. But before we turn the calendar, we look back and highlight the best and worst of the pas Read Full Story >>> Fights that should happen in 2008 By Cesar Pancorvo, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 2007 was a great year for boxing. That phrase has been mentioned ad nauseam but it is the simple truth, because this was an excellent year and it created new fans for the sport, it put boxing back on the map, and we had many great fights between the best of the best ?and also two of the biggest figh Read Full Story >>> Marquez starts training for Pacman rematch By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Tue, 25 Dec 2007 Manny Pacquiao is enjoying Christmas with his family and trainer Freddie Roach in Boracay while Juan Manuel Marquez is pounding the roads of Mexico for their March 15 rematch in Las Vegas.
?This is such a crucial fight for me, my family, the Mexican people and all my fans everywhere,? Marquez, th Read Full Story >>>
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