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Pacman needs 3 months to recover fighting form
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sun, 13 May 2007
GENERAL SANTOS City — Regardless of what happens in his political bid, boxing star Manny Pacquiao said he will need three months to prepare for a fight being proposed sometime in October by Bob Arum of Top Rank.
"I need three months to recover the strength that was lost while I was campaig Read Full Story >>>Tribute to Laura Elorde
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 13 May 2007
The late Flash Elorde’s widow Laura is known as the country’s boxing matriarch. And since today is Mother’s Day, we’re writing this as a special tribute to her and the other Elorde moms – Arlene Olmos married to her son Gabriel, Jr. or Bebot and Liza Vicencio married to Read Full Story >>> Speed Really Does Kill
By Bernard Fernandez, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 13 May 2007
We all have our sources of exhilaration as well as our secret fears. When I was in the Marines, during a snowy winter in Aircrew Flight Equipmentman (parachute rigger) School at the Naval Air Station Lakehurst, N.J., I jumped Read Full Story >>> ‘I’m more than that’
By Dominic Menor, Business Mirror, Sun, 13 May 2007
THE Justine Fortune defection is deeper than most think it is, after the former Freddie Roach understudy fired away vitriolic statements at Roach in an interview that appeared on a boxing website Thursday.
Fortune and Roach, the tandem that helped to hone Manny Pacquiao into arguably the most dev Read Full Story >>> The Fight that Saved Boxing
By Jason Probst, MaxBoxing.com, Sun, 13 May 2007
What a relief that Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather is over, and boxing has been saved from a dreadful fate.
It’s like the classic Steven Seagal ending. You don’t know exactly how a guy can take on so many challenges at once and knock them all into oblivion simultaneously, but Floyd Read Full Story >>> Rajah Chris Promotes in Tubigon, Bohol!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 12 May 2007
Rajah Chris Boxing Promotion and the municipality of Tubigon in will present tonight a five-bout professional bout at the Tubigon Cultural Center in Tubigon, Bohol.
Headlining the card is the 10-round lightweight showdown between Glen Masicampo and Cris Alag.
The supporting bouts pit Leon Mara Read Full Story >>> SCORING STANDARDS NEED TO BE REFORMED: Comments on the De La Hoya-Mayweather decision
By Joe Koizumi, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 12 May 2007
This is to suggest the current scoring standards to be reformed for the sake of better decisions to be accepted by the general public, not only by the ringsiders. I was a TV commentator of the Oscar De La Hoya versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight on a live telecast in Japan. I, along with great major Read Full Story >>> ALA GYM TO BRANCH OUT IN THE U.S!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 12 May 2007
In an exclusive interview in Las Vegas recently, Filipino trainer Edito Villamor informed that the ALA Boxing Gym will soon branch out by putting up a gym either in Los Angeles or Las Vegas.
"The Aldeguer sons are very keen on having a gym in the US. It will be located either in LA or Vegas. Alth Read Full Story >>> INSIDE SPORTS: THE ADMIRABLE BOB ARUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 12 May 2007
Bob Arum in many ways never ceases to amaze us. When we learned from our respected friend Tony Aldeguer that Arum was taking the same Philippine Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Manila as Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ "Baz Read Full Story >>> Unbeaten Guzman No. 1 on list of Pacquiao foes
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 12 May 2007
GEN. SANTOS CITY, Philippines—List Dominican Joan Guzman No. 1 on Manny Pacquiao’s roster of likely opponents.
Bob Arum, chief honcho of Top Rank which is promoting Pacquiao’s fights, revealed this yesterday in an interview at the East Asia Royale Hotel here.
Guzman, the WBO Read Full Story >>> MAYOL WANTS OUT FROM JAPANESE MANAGER
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 12 May 2007
Former WBC mini flyweight world title challenger Rodel Mayol wants out from his Japanese manager Yasuo Matsuoka, accusing the manager of failure to take care of him as a world rated fighter and to attend to his needs. Mayol, regarded as one of the best prospects for a world title has appealed to Gam Read Full Story >>> Joan Guzman has inside track on Pacquiao – Arum
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 12 May 2007
GENERAL SANTOS City —Top Rank chairman Bob Arum revealed the reasons yesterday why Joan Guzman of the Dominican Republic has the inside track among four fighters being considered to lock horns with Manny Pacquiao and why Juan Manuel Marquez is among the very least being eyed.
Arum told M Read Full Story >>> ‘Marquez pricing self out of rematch’
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 12 May 2007
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Is Manny Pacquiao afraid of Juan Manuel Marquez?
The answer, according to Bob Arum, is a big, big no.
The reason why Marquez is not on the short list of Pacquiao’s possible opponents later this year, the legendary boxing promoter said, is that the Mexican ch Read Full Story >>> Roach row won’t affect Pacquiao
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 12 May 2007
Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said yesterday the split between trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning coach Justin Fortune won’t affect Manny Pacquiao’s preparations for future fights the next of which could be in September or October.
"I saw the problem coming," said Arum referring to Read Full Story >>> Pound for Pound: The Top 12 Fighters in the World
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, Sat, 12 May 2007
Now that the dust has settled from the world title fight between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya, a number of realities have been revealed including the Pound for Pound champion of the w Read Full Story >>> Did “The Word is Waiting” Really Save Boxing?
By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 12 May 2007
I was happy to hear that the promotion for the mega showdown between Oscar De la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. went very well generating 2.15 million pay-per-view buys. Some people have stated that this is a clear indication that boxing is alive and kicking. For some reason this internet hack doesn& Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shelves GenSan campaign rally
GMA News Online, Fri, 11 May 2007
A day after a campaign supporter of his electoral rival was reportedly murdered, boxing icon and congressional bet Manny Pacquiao on Friday cancelled his campaign rally in General Santos City because of an alleged bomb threat.
Pacquiao, who is seeking the congressional seat in the first district Read Full Story >>> GELLO-ANI: WORLD CUP HOSTING A BIG CHALLENGE FOR CEBUANOS
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
CEBU CITY -- Hosting the prestigious World Cup of Boxing here in the Queen City of the South is a very big challenge for the Cebuanos and that well-known international promoter Sammy Gello-ani be Read Full Story >>> BARRERA COULD BE NEXT PROMOTIONAL THORN BETWEEN TOPRANK AND GOLDEN BOY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer has reiterated his warning to Top Rank Promoter Bob Arum to lay off former WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera because Barrera “still has a promotional contract with Golden Boy.”
Schaefer told Viva Sports/Manila Standard T Read Full Story >>> ALA Boys Shine In Quezon City
By Salvador Lopez, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 11 May 2007
Three boxers from the famed ALA Gym in Cebu displayed their wares in Barangay Toro, Quezon City last night amidst the presence of emerging boxing stars Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista and AJ “Bazooka” Banal.
In the main event of the evening, ALA boy Along Denoy scored a 4th roun Read Full Story >>>
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