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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
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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 >>> Arum not interested in Valero By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, Wed, 19 Dec 2007 TOP Rank promoter Bob Arum isn?t interested in a possible fight between Manny Pacquiao and World Boxing Association super-featherweight champion Edwin Valero even after the Venezuelan demolished a badly overmatched Zaid Zavaleta in three brutal rounds in Cancun, Mexico on Sunday.
In a post-fight Read Full Story >>> Another Black Eye for (Everyone But) Boxing By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007 "Sorry to bug ya? what did you think of the fight last weekend? I never heard of those guys, but I can't wait to see them again."
Prior to 2007, the aforementioned was a conversation that rarely took place on a Monday morning. While I made the most of the entertainment boxing has provided in rece Read Full Story >>> Top Rank Real High on Concepcion-Lopez Bout By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 19 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 Mexico?s undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez in February.
Arum who leaves for Las Vegas today after a quick trip to join in the celebration of Filipino Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales, Barrera Mulling Ring Returns By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxinScene.com, Wed, 19 Dec 2007 Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says Mexican legend Erik ?El Terrible? Morales is upset with him because Arum refuses to promote another fight involving Morales.
Arum told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today, that Morales ?is gotten a little sideways with me because he wants to fight again and I told Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Opens As Slight Favorite Over ?Dinamita? in March Showdown By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Tue, 18 Dec 2007 The obsession with odds continues as it?s apparent that the line-makers are consistently sharpening and honing their skills creating virtually unbreakable value in these upcoming fights.
Many boxing fans and experts are consistently spouting off that Juan Manuel Marquez is on the ?slide?. This m Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao birthday bash! FightNews.com, Tue, 18 Dec 2007 Superstar Manny Pacquiao turns 29 today. Bob Arum is with the mega-star in General Santos City, Philippines, to be at the birthday bash and talk about Manny's upcoming title bout against world champion Juan Manuel Marquez at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 15. "Manny will Read Full Story >>>
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