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Pacquiao ready to fight Marquez
By Eddie Alinea, The Manila Times, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
ON the day the country celebrates its 487th founding anniversary, People?s Champion Manny Pacquiao faces the man that remains standing towards his bid to becoming the first Filipino and Asian, for that matter, to win a world championship in three separate divisions.
On March 15, 2008 (March 16 i Read Full Story >>>PACMAN EYES LONGER US TRAINING STINT
By Dennis Principe, Sports Chat, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
AS of yesterday, Filipino boxing sensation has heeded the request of his handlers to train in the United States for at least six weeks.
In a press conference to formally announce his next fight, Pacquiao told mediamen that most of his training time will be at the Wild Card Gym of famed American Read Full Story >>> Arum shoots down Valero vs. Pacquiao match
Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
DESPITE the stunning win of Venezuelan Edwin Valero last Sunday, Bob Arum, promoter of Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao isn?t interested in a Pacquiao vs. Valero match.
The Top Rank promoter isn?t open with the idea of the two of them facing each other and thinks that nobody is interested in that fight d Read Full Story >>> ARUM PREDICTS SENSATIONAL FIGHT FOR CONCEPCION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he has scheduled what promises to be ?a sensational fight? between Filipino super bantamweight Bernabe Concepcion and undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez in February.
Arum who leaves for Las Veg Read Full Story >>> ARUM THINKS HIGHLY OF MICHAEL FARENAS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum thinks highly of Filipino featherweight Michael Farenas who scored a second round TKO over Arturo Valenzuela in his US debut last October 6 on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao-Marc Read Full Story >>> POSSIBLE CLASHES WHET THE APPETITE
By Mark Staniforth, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Boxing lifted itself back onto the back pages with a superb year of super fights and sensational champions. But 2008 could be even better if the following eight contests finally happen:
1 Floyd Mayweather v Miguel Cotto
A clash with the ferocious, unbeaten Puerto Rican welterweight is perhaps Read Full Story >>> Debacles and Blindness ? The ten worst decisions of the past 10 years: De La Hoya-Mosley, De La Hoya-Sturm, Lewis-Holyfield, Trinidad-De La Hoya, More!
By Andrew Wake, EastSideBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
Sometimes a fighter gives his all, moves well, lands the cleanest and hardest punches, and has the crowd singing his name at tops of their voices, but, after the final bell has sounded and the judge?s cards have been read, he leaves the arena with an L on his record and a feeling of bitterness and d Read Full Story >>> CONCEPCION ONE FIGHT CLOSER VS. PONCE DE LEON
By Dennis Principe, Sports Chat, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
FILIPINO super bantamweight campaigner Bernabe Concepcion will be one fight closer to getting a chance at challenging world champion Daniel Ponce De Leon.
Top Rank CEO Bob Arum yesterday told BusinessMirror that Concepcion will be fighting undefeated Puerto Rican sensation Juan Alberto Lopez in Read Full Story >>> Ranking the Junior Flyweights: December 2007
Bad Left Hook, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
While we're waiting on Brent to return from vacation and get his P4P top 20 done, I figured I'd show some love to some of the sport's littler guys, and give my junior flyweight rankings, just for shits, giggles, and kicks.
I'll also be continuing the top 20 fights of 2007 countdown, probably tomo Read Full Story >>> Fight Fans? Fights for 2008
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Thu, 20 Dec 2007
If you've heard me say it once, you've heard me say it a million times, 'Fight fans? fight' is a euphemistic way of saying, 'About 15 diehards really give a damn.'
They are fights that will get almost no coverage from the mainstream or general media, but will be eagerly anticipated by the group o Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE FRIDAY
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
MANILA -- Top Rank president Bob Arum spoke briefly to PhilBoxing.com and informed that tickets for the Pacquiao-Marquez rematch set on March 15 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas will go on sale this Friday, Dec. Read Full Story >>> SHAW SAYS EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH DONAIRE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Promoter Gary Shaw says ?everything is fine? in his relations with IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire which ran into a rough patch after Donaire complained during a radio interview about how he was treated in his last defense against Luis Maldonado.
Shaw said he had s Read Full Story >>> LAURA ELORDE CELEBRATES 80TH BIRTHDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Laura Elorde, the widow of the late Gabriel "Flash" Elorde marked her 80th birthday on Monday with a surprise dinner arranged by her children and organized by Liza Elorde, wife of Laura?s son Johnny Elorde.
The affair was held Read Full Story >>> DKP Associate Responds To Diaz?s Manager
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Rick Glaser, well-known boxing agent and Don King associate, was appalled when reading the recent comments made on BoxingScene.com by Juan Diaz?s manager, Willie Savannah. Glaser contacted BoxingScene to not only respond, but to present the other side of the story. Glaser initially brought all of th Read Full Story >>> Diaz-Katsidis Was the Brawl that Boxing Needed and the Fans Wanted
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Everyone assumes that the Boxingconfidential staff has a personal issue or vendetta with Golden Boy Promotions. Nothing could be further from the truth as we operate on our own agenda which is based on shooting straight from the hip. While it?s well known that website owner Michael ?White Gorilla? M Read Full Story >>> Fighters who lost their ?0? in 2007: Who Bounces Back and who Falls Flat in 08?
EastSideBoxing.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
By Phil Santos ? Overhandright.com:
Maybe it?s due to the physicality of the sport, or the manner in which fighters are beaten between the ropes, whatever it is one loss in boxing can be more damaging to an athlete than in any other sport.
If Roger Federer drops a match he was heavily favored to Read Full Story >>> FLOYD STILL SITTING 'PRETTY'
Sportinglife.com (UK), Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Floyd Mayweather again proved to the world that he is the planet's premier pugilist after brilliantly dismantling Ricky Hatton at the MGM in Las Vegas.
There were plenty in the trade (myself included) who felt that Hatton had the tools to topple Mayweather but the WBC welterweight boss boxed beau Read Full Story >>> Mailbag: Valero steals the show
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! News, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson. Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson. Edwin Valero is no Mike Tyson.
There. I said it. Did my penance issued by hundreds of Yahoo! Sports readers, who were outraged that I would dare compare Valero, the power-punching WBA super featherweight champion, to Tyson, one of the Read Full Story >>> ?So-called? champ Manny challenged
Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
AFTER clobbering challenger Zaid ?The Exterminator? Zavaleta down to the canvass, Edwin ?The Liquidator? Valero issued a challenge to Filipino Ring Idol Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao in his World Boxing Association super featherweight title match last Dec. 16 at Plaza de Toros, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexic Read Full Story >>> A Boxing Fan Looks At MMA
By Thomas Hauser, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007
photo courtesy of UFC
Today?s video-game culture and increasingly violent movies have spawned a demand for entertainment that offers clearly-visible mayhem.
Meanwhile, boxing is in Read Full Story >>>
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