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Mayweather the best? Says who?
By Robert Morales, DailyBreeze.com, Sun, 09 Dec 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was playing host to reporters on a conference call last week, and he was asked if he was still fighting for respect.
"I feel I'm not fighting for respect," said Mayweather, who tonight will defend his welterweight championship against Ricky Hatton at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Read Full Story >>>An ugly fight for Pretty Boy awaits
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 09 Dec 2007
TODAY, somebody?s ?0? is going to go, and I certainly hope it?s not Ricky Hatton?s. This clash of undefeated boxers at the top of the pound-for-pound list is a fitting end to a great year of boxing.
If you have been regularly following this column, you of course know that the Last Round is a suc Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER VS. HATTON BRINGS OUT THE STARS AS CELEBRITIES SIT RINGSIDE FOR MEGA-BOUT AT MGM GRAND
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
LAS VEGAS -- A star-packed list of celebrity attendees are scheduled to be present as six-time world champion 'Pretty Boy' Floyd Mayweather takes on undefeated British icon Ricky ?The Hitman? Hatton for the WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight championships Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Read Full Story >>> Weights From "Undefeated" Mayweather vs. Hatton
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS AND MAYWEATHER PROMOTIONS PRESENTS:
'UNDEFEATED'
MGM Grand Garden Arena, MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007
MAIN EVENT
WBC WELTERWEIGHT TITLE ? 12 ROUNDS
(FOLLOWING LACY-MA Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather/Ricky Hatton: Don?t count the Hitman out
By Anthony Coleman, DogHouseBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
By Anthony Coleman, photo by Rob De Lorenzo - GBP - It is fair to say that 2007 has been one of the best years for a boxing fan in recent memory. We witnessed the emergence of talented new world champs like Kelly Pavlik, Jorge Linares, Nonito Donaire and Christian Mijares, and of course we were tre Read Full Story >>> MAYWEATHER AND HATTON WILL ROCK THE WORLD
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Two undefeated fighters will face at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada on December 8 (December 9, Philippine time). It will be televised in 150 countries all over the world.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., 30, was bo Read Full Story >>> CompuBox Analysis: Mayweather vs. Hatton
By Bob Canobbio, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Floyd Mayweather is a 12-5 favorite to defeat Ricky Hatton in this battle of unbeatens that will take place Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The stakes for this fight go far beyond Mayweather?s WBC welterweight title. They include:
1) The pristine nature of their records. Mayweath Read Full Story >>> Ring Editor Talks Mayweather-Hatton
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Ring Magazine editor-in-chief Nigel Collins has provided some interesting possibilities based on the outcome of the classic ?Undefeated? battle of welterweights Floyd Mayweather Jr and Britain?s Ricky Hatton in a blockbuster fight card to be telecast by the giant Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN Read Full Story >>> Not all sold on Floyd's claim
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Floyd Mayweather Jr. was playing host to reporters on a conference call last week, and he was asked if he was still fighting for respect.
"I feel I'm not fighting for respect," said Mayweather, who Saturday will defend his welterweight championship against Ricky Hatton at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>> In Light of Mayweather-Hatton Outcome: Ring Editor Ponders Possible P4P Changes
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Ring Magazine editor-in-chief Nigel Collins has provided some interesting possibilities based on the outcome of the classic ?Undefeated? battle of welterweights Floyd Mayweather Jr and Britain?s Ricky Hatton in a blockbuster fight card to be telecast by the giant Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN Read Full Story >>> ?I will never discredit my promoter?
By Dennis Principe, Business Mirror, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
BEFORE everything blows out of proportion, world flyweight champion Nonito Donaire Jr. wants to make it clear that he revealed his qualms about his promoter to eventually sort things out within their team.
In an interview with the BusinessMirror, Donaire said he will always acknowledge the fact Read Full Story >>> Jaro Says Condes Never Signed Fight Contract
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
The Filipino manager of IBF minimumweight champion Florante Condes says his fighter didn?t sign any contract agreeing to fight Mexican Raul Garcia on February 16 in La Paz, Mexico.
In fact Jaro said Condes didn?t even receive a bout contract from co-manager Dante Ortiz, an American of Puerto Ric Read Full Story >>> Tarver, Forrest, Donaire Score KO's on Showtime
Inside Fights, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
NO SURPRISES IN CONNECTICUT AS NAME FIGHTERS SCORE KNOCKOUTS
Two established fighters on the rebound and one potential superstar continued their recent streaks of wins as Antonio Tarver, Vernon Forrest, and Nonito Donaire scored rather one-sided knockout victories against overmatched opposition o Read Full Story >>> 3 Bohol boxers now world belt holders
PIA Information Service, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Tagbilaran City (7 December) -- THREE Boholano pugilists, two of them defending a title, threw in the fundamentals of boxing in a classic show of agility and stamina last week to earn for the country two world titles and another exclamation point in world boxing superiority.
Saturday last week in Read Full Story >>> Nonito Donaire: No flash in the pan
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
WHEN world flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire scored what amounted to a classic demolition of a tough and resilient title contender in Mexico?s Luis Maldonado at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut, he proved that he is the real deal and not a one-punch wonder, or a me Read Full Story >>> Diaz-Katsidis takes a step forward
By Scott Shaffer and G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
ccording to representatives of Michael Katsidis, the WBO interim lighweight titlist has complied with WBO rules by signing a contract to face WBO full champion Juan Diaz. Because the fight was the subject of a recent purse bid, Diaz must sign to fight Katsidis or be stripped of the title Read Full Story >>> Donaire KO5 Darchinyan: 2007?s Clear Favorite for Upset of the Year
By Jason Peck, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Chances are that a perfect record means the same thing it did a century ago ? the fighter in question simply hasn?t fought anyone good enough. And even the best know that someone out there waits an unknown, unheralded fighter wit Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE RETURNING TO TRAIN AT ALA GYM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
IBF/IBO flyweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire says he will begin training in Cebu after he spends the Christmas season with his mother, girlfriend Rachael Marcial and his relatives in the Philippines.
Read Full Story >>> L"Affaire Donaire Cools
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
Now for the third side of the Nonito Donaire-Gary Shaw-Cameron Dunkin triangle. Manager Dunkin is not looking to restoke the fires that have been blazing this week after the IBF flyweight champion went on Filipino TV to put Mr. Shaw on public blast.
As of Thursday, all three sides?fighter, promot Read Full Story >>> 2008 Fight Previews: The Best is Yet to Come - Jones Trinidad, Klitschko Ibragimov, Pavlik Taylor, Pacquiao Marquez, Diaz Katsidis, Malignaggi Ngoudjo, More
By David Janke, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 08 Dec 2007
With the boxing world counting the hours ? rather than months, weeks, or days - until Floyd Mayweather meets Ricky Hatton, it?s hard to look past Saturday night. The anticipation for this fight has been nothing short of amazing. But with all of the buildup, one risk looms ? that the fight turns out Read Full Story >>>
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