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Pacquiao advised to avoid Hatton?s fate
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao should better stay at the super-featherweight division.
This was the advice on Sunday of boxing insiders on the heels of Floyd Mayweather Jr.?s dismantling of Ricky Hatton in their welterweight showdown Sunday at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
"T Read Full Story >>>Inside Sports: Bob Arum Still Going Strong
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum celebrated his 76th birthday last Saturday and you simply have to marvel at the man?s energy and deep involvement in the sport of boxing when many people his age have long retired.
Arum, with th Read Full Story >>> Schaefer Squashes Marquez Accident Story
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer claims there is ?no truth to the rumors? that WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez had figured in a car accident and that he had a ?laceration? on his forehead.
The statement about the laceration suffered in a car crash was attributed to Read Full Story >>> Can anyone beat the Pretty Boy?
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
BRAVE Ricky Hatton tried to give us his best impersonation of the Tasmanian devil, but in the end, talent and guile overcame aggression and raw courage.
The ?Hitman? tried and tried but Floyd Mayweather was just too damn good and too skilled. Floyd Jr. also showed he could get down and dirty too Read Full Story >>> Boxing 2008 - Shaping Up To Be An Even Better Year For Fight Fans Than 2007
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
The year is almost over, and fight fans may be feeling a touch anti-climatic right now. With one of the biggest and most brilliantly hyped fights of 2007 now over ( you know which one I mean) there is nothing to look forward to for the coming weeks - super fight-wise, anyway. The new year, however, Read Full Story >>> Gello-ani Confident of Bert Batawang's Chances
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 11 Dec 2007
Well-known promoter and boxing manager Sammy Gello-ani says he is confident of the chances of his often frustrated mini flyweight contender Bert Batawang who battles Mexican champion Ulises Solis for the IBF title in Guadala Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO WATCH: BOXING'S BEST
By Edwin G. Espejo, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather?s 10th round demolition of erstwhile unbeaten Ricky Hatton of England safely kept his pound for pound ranking intact, for now at least.
Mayweather is undoubtedly today?s most skillful boxer. And the most cunning.
No one can lay a finger on him from the inside. See Read Full Story >>> "Sports Chat" lines up week's guests
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
PHILIPPINE boxing continues to make the country proud as boxers have been delivering the goods when it comes to world-renowned achievements.
This week, "Sports Chat" has lined-up the likes of world champs Gerry Penalosa and Nonito Donaire, Jr., promoters Bob Arum and Gary Shaw, renowned American Read Full Story >>> This Generation's Super Dream Fight
Marley's Verdict: Pacquiao Takes 5-3-2 Spit Decision Over Money Mayweather!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Remember the old Broadway show tune that went, ?Anything you can do, I can do better!?
That got me thinking about being effective worldwide and, in doing so, I feel the time is ripe for a comparison of Money Mayweather and Powerhouse Pacquaio. No, folks, they will never fight each other but Read Full Story >>> Brian?s Boxing Mailbag, Dec. 10, 2007
By Brian Wilbur, RingsideReport.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
After the conclusion of Mayweather vs. Hatton, I was driving home listening to the local AM sports radio station and was surprised to hear some conversation about the fight. I am shocked whenever the mainstream media covers boxing (meaning the ESPN?s and Sports Illustrated?s of the world). The mains Read Full Story >>> Floyd flattens Hatton
Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
LAS VEGAS?Floyd Mayweather Jr. remained unbeaten Saturday night and retained his claim to being the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by stopping Hatton in the 10th round of a brawl that featured none of the fancy footwork he has shown in the ring and on reality TV.
Hatton wouldn?t let Ma Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao told: Learn from Hatton loss
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
FILIPINO boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is better off at the super featherweight division and Ricky Hatton's loss to Floyd Mayweather Sunday may have provided the perfect argument.
Cebu City sports chairman and councilor Sylvan Jakosalem said Hatton's decision to climb the welterweight ranks to Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER WIN WILL KEEP PACQUIAO AT NO. 2
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
The rousing tenth round TKO victory of welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr who handed Britain?s Ricky Hatton his first defeat in a knockdown, drag-out brawl before a jam-packed crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena ensur Read Full Story >>> Batawang: fight will be over in eight
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
The 35-year-old southpaw will leave today together with his manager Sammy Gello-ani and trainer Jeremiah Quijano for Guadalajara, Mexico via Los Angeles, California, where the fighter seeks to become the fifth world champion of the Philippines in 2007.
?Andam na kaayo ko. (I am ready). I have wa Read Full Story >>> Classy Mayweather too good for Hatton -- and probably anyone else
Bad Left Hook, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
If you came out of last night ranking Manny Pacquiao or anyone else as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, you're nuts. And you're hopelessly wrong.
Never has Mayweather lost. Never has he wilted under pressure, not when applied by Jose Luis Castillo, Jesus Chavez, Diego Corrales, Osca Read Full Story >>> ?HATTON IS A TOUGH OPPONENT? ? MAYWEATHER
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
The battle of undefeated champions resulted in a knockout win by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. over Ricky Hatton. But Mayweather declared that Hatton proved to be a tough opponent. "Ricky Hatton is one tough fighter. He is still a champion in my eyes and I'd love to see him fight again.
"Hatton is prob Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Marquez Scratched Up In Recent Automobile Accident; No Date Change For Defense Against Pacman!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Crash, boom, bang. Juan Manuel Marquez, who defends his WBC 130-pound title against Filipino idol Manny Pacquiao March 15 in Las Vegas, showed up in that city this week showing the physical effects of a recent automobile crash.
HBO commentator Jim Lampley revealed that the Mexican fighter had ?a Read Full Story >>> DULOG STUNS ELLIS IN AUSTRALIA
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Filipino southpaw Junmar Dulog, a 19 year old from the stable of Dido Bohol who settled down in Sydney some years ago has scored a stunning upset eight round decision over favored Australian Heath ?The Heat? Ellis at Forth Knox in Ferntree Gully, Melbourne.
Meantime, two other Filipino boxers lo Read Full Story >>> WBC tribute is misguided
By George Kimball, Boston Herald, Sun, 09 Dec 2007
Although the World Boxing Council?s wrong-headed (and thankfully rescinded) move to erect its Rocky Marciano statue in Boston rather than Brockton was undertaken in Manila by a Mexico City-based organization, it?s not as if the WBC shouldn?t have known better.
While he prefers to portray himself Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER TKOs HATTON IN ROUND 10
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 09 Dec 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Hatton's bullying and a rabid British crowd that filled that 16,000-capacity MGM Grand Garden Arena were no match to Mayweather's excellent boxing skills here tonight.
Pound-for-pound king Floyd May Read Full Story >>>
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