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OSCAR'S GOLDEN LEGACY WILL BE DEFINED ON SATURDAY NIGHT
By Matthew Aguilar, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya may be battling for more than a championship belt Saturday in Las Vegas. He may be fighting for his legacy.
The WBC junior middleweight champ, who meets pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, has had an enigmatic, strange career. For all of his glory a Read Full Story >>>IN SHOWDOWN BETWEEN EGO AND GREED, EVEN THE RICH GET TAKEN
By Michael Katz, BoxingTalk.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
The big sports who paid $2,000 a pop -the highest list price- got a nasty surprise when they finally got their tickets in the mail recently. These fine customers expected to be sitting ringside on the floor of the MGM Grand Arena, rubbing elbows with the stars.
Read Full Story >>> Quotes From Las Vegas
15rounds.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
Wednesday afternoon at the Hollywood Theater in the MGM Grand a throng of media was on hand to witness the final press conference for what looks like the biggest money making fight in history when Oscar De La Hoya defends the WBC Super Welterweight title against the Pound-For-Pound champion, Floyd M Read Full Story >>> De la hoya vs Mayweather Great for boxing!!
SaddoBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
I swear this fight is a great match up. Whether you agree with me or not, you have to like this fight cause it's doing so much for the sport. I see signs when i drive downtown. I see people everywhere talking about Mayweather, talking about Oscar. People that are not boxing fans but have gain in Read Full Story >>> De la hoya vs Mayweather Great for boxing!!
SaddoBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
I swear this fight is a great match up. Whether you agree with me or not, you have to like this fight cause it's doing so much for the sport. I see signs when i drive downtown. I see people everywhere talking about Mayweather, talking about Oscar. People that are not boxing fans but have gain in Read Full Story >>> GBP Puts Up Alliance with Youtube, Yahoo and FunnyorDie.com!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--The Golden Boy Promotions, according to its CEO Richard Schaefer in today's 'The World Awaits' final press conference at the Hollywood Theater of the MGM Grand, has announced its new alliances with some of the biggest and most recognizable internet entities to help promote the event.
" Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA'S OPPONENT UP CLOSE
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Strongly flexing his muscles when he was introduced at the Hollywood Theatre of MGM Grand Hotel during the De la Hoya vs Mayweather "The World Awaits" final press conference this afternoon, undefeated Read Full Story >>> ROACH TO OVERSEE FLOYD'S HAND-WRAPPING!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS--Award-winning trainer Freddie Roach will personally make sure that nothing controversial takes place in the wrapping of the hand of Floyd Mayweather Jr on Saturday (Sunday in Philippines).
According to Golden Boy Promotions vice-president Eric Gomez, Roach will oversee the taping of Ma Read Full Story >>> After ?The World Awaits? ABS gears up for boxing World Cup
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 03 May 2007
Las Vegas - The country's next major boxing spectacle on television will depend on the outcome of this Saturday's (Sunday in the Philippines) ?The World Awaits? event at the MGM Grand, as two unbeaten Filipinos strut their wares while the world will be watching.
The country's top promoter, Sammy Read Full Story >>> Roach the newest face to appear in Oscar's corner
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya has changed trainers so many times during his career that the joke around boxing circles after he tabbed Freddie Roach to be his chief second in January was that De La Hoya had just hired Read Full Story >>> RP to host World Cup if Bautista, Banal win
By PNA, news.balita.ph, Thu, 03 May 2007
A plan to host the World Cup featuring Mexican champions against Filipino challengers will depend on the results of undefeated Filipinos Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista and AJ 'Bazooka' Banal fights underneath 'The World Awaits' between Oscar dela Hoya and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA-MAYWEATHER TICKETS COST A FORTUNE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
One front row, all access seat which was available for ?The World Awaits? mega fight between Oscar De La Hoya and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr is selling for $107,000 or over P5 million according to respected Cebu boxing patron Tony Aldeguer.
In a telephone conversation with Viva Sports/Manil Read Full Story >>> MISMATCHES GALORE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
The much publicized efforts of the Games and Amusements Board to crackdown on unscrupulous individuals who send Filipino boxers abroad, especially to Thailand only to be mauled in terrible mismatches continues in our own backyard.
Pingping Tepura, a fighter of Rex ?Wakee? Salud as listed by boxr Read Full Story >>> Boom Boom, Banal to go for knockouts
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Thu, 03 May 2007
For ALA boxing stable owner Tony Aldeguer, it won?t be enough for Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista and A. J. Banal to win for the sake of winning in the undercard of the Oscar de la Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. mainer at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday morning (Manila time).
Aldeguer sa Read Full Story >>> Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila) Read Full Story >>> DL Hoya, Mayweather in Vegas as tension mounts Vegas as tension mounts
The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) ? Oscar de la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather arrived here Tuesday for their Saturday boxing showdown, a fight that could mark their farewells and the end of an era or help revive the struggling sport.
In a bout that will stand among the top moneymakers in boxing history, unb Read Full Story >>> Contract out for slay of Acharon, Pacquiao
By Isagani Palma, The Manila Times, Thu, 03 May 2007
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Assassins are allegedly out to liquidate boxing icon-turned-congressional aspirant Manny Pacquiao and incumbent City Mayor Pedro Acharon Jr. before the May 14 election, a reliable source said.
In an interview, Pacquiao said he was informed by one of the would-be assassin tha Read Full Story >>> Police downplay death threat vs Pacquiao
Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 03 May 2007
MANILA ?- The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday doubted the authenticity of the supposed threat on the life of Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao who is running for congressman in General Santos City in the May 14 elections.
Contrary to the claim of Pacquiao that there is raw i Read Full Story >>> DE LA HOYA SAYS THERE?S NO FEUD WITH ARUM
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya says ?there?s no feud? with his former promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank although he said they are not close.
De La Hoya made the statement on the popular Jay Leno show where he was given a rousing reception. Reminded about the fact that he gave Arum his Olympic gold medal which he Read Full Story >>> ?THE WORLD AWAITS? ? PART II
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 02 May 2007
When Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. step into the ring at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, Manila time, millions of people around the world and what many predict will be a record-breaking audience on pay-per-view, w Read Full Story >>>
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