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Ricardo Lois Goes One on One with Edwin Valero - Part II By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 A few weeks back, I ran Part One of my interview with W.B.A. Super Featherweight Champion Edwin Valero. The interview can be read here.
Valero returns to the ring on January 3, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan. Promoted by Teiken Promotions, El Inca will be making the first defense of his title against Me Read Full Story >>>FightFan.com's 2006 Year End Awards! By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Sat, 30 Dec 2006

After hours of deliberation the staff and regular contributors at FightFan.com got their picks in for the best of the best in 2006. See who Ace Freeman, Joe Bruiser, Chris Trimble, Russ Anber, and "Ic Read Full Story >>> Arum assures big money fights for Manny By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 Top Rank Promotions owner Bob Arum said the other day he’s not worried about a supposed threat of rival Golden Boy preventing high-profile opponents Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez from fighting Manny Pacquiao because in the end, it’s what the fans want that counts.
Aru Read Full Story >>> Personal favorites of 2006: The envelope, please By Michael Swann, CBS SportsLine.com, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 After 12 great months of prizefighting, we have a decision, most likely considerably less than unanimous, but "You can't please everyone, so you got to please yourself." We've seen some really great fights this year, and that was just the promoters.
Here's my take on the outstanding achievements Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao gets better offer from De la Hoya By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 OSCAR de la Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions yesterday upped the ante as it offered Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao a much better deal for a March 17 showdown with Mexican Marco Antonio Barrera.
A day after Pacquiao announced he had chosen Bob Arum as his promoter, Golden Boy CEO Richa Read Full Story >>> Finkel calls Pacman disloyal, hits Bob Arum Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 SHELLY Finkel on Friday said he was disappointed over Manny Pacquiao’s choice of promoter and alluded to some of Bob Arum’s statements as “false.”
“Bob Arum is incorrect as usual,” Finkel told Boxingconfidential.com, referring to Arum’s statements that hi Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy accepts offer to pit Barrera vs. Pacquiao By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 DESPITE the “knock down in the first round” in its promotional battle against Top Rank Inc., Golden Boy Promotions showed no ill feelings against Manny Pacquiao.
Instead, GBP offered a 50-50 deal for the Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera rematch on pay-per-view, which will be staged at t Read Full Story >>> The K9's - Part II By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 OK, we're just halfway through our awards, and plenty of other things occurred in 2006, so let's get to the rest of our honors.
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
1- Somsak Sithchatchawal TKO10 Mayhar Monshipour: If this bout was televised in the States, we'd still be talking about it. Instead, it's an interne Read Full Story >>> BREAKING NEWS: ARUM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GOLDEN BOY OFFER FOR A 50-50 DEAL FOR PACQUIAO-BARRERA By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Golden Boy Promotions Chief Operating Officer Richard Schaefer says they would be willing to make the eagerly awaited rematch between Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera happen. However, Schaefer stressed it would have to be staged under a 50- Read Full Story >>> The Year in Review By Calvin Watkins, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 The year is over in terms of major bouts involving the top fighters, so with that, I have some awards to present.
FIGHTER OF THE YEAR
Manny Pacquiao
Mr. Pacquiao dominated Erik Morales in the last of their two bouts and has re-energized the lower weight divisions with his knockout power and ski Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya: The Win Mayweather Needs Most By Tom Donelson, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 During his ventures through various weight divisions in the last decade, Oscar De La Hoya has fought most of the elite fighters in each respective weight. With the exception of Shane Mosley in their first fight and Bernard Hopkins at the middleweight level, no fighter has clearly beaten him. Where Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather, Too good to be true? SaddoBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 So i'll come out right now and say what the topic is about,
Floyd Mayweather..Is he too good to be true? Undefeatable?
Everybody knows if it looks to good to be true, It probably is.. But there's a reason why the saying says probably.. Floyd might be the probability..
I personally am guilty Read Full Story >>> Mgr. Finkel 'Angry' Due To Pacman's 'Lack Of Loyalty, Bad Choices' By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 What follows is verbatim manager Shelly Finkel's disappointed reaction to Manny Pacquiao's announcement in Manila that the Filipino boxer will now fight for Bob Arum's Top Rank. Finkel also said that Arum's press conference remarks that his (Finkel's) managerial deal expired in August are false.
Read Full Story >>> Michael Marley's Open Letter To Uncle Bob By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Congrats! You Want Clay Pigeon Foe, Real Pacman Patsy?? Phone Rodney Berman In Jo'burg Regarding His IBF Champion, Malcolm Klassen.
(This column contains no informed sources, no people familiar with anyone's thinking or even any unimpeachable sources. There is no background or foreground to it an Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY OFFERS PACQUIAO 50-50 FOR BARRERA FIGHT ON HBO PPV MARCH 17! By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006

Moments ago Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told Boxingtalk.com, "We have read reports out of the Philippines that Bob Arum made an offer to Golden Boy Promotions for $2.5M to provide the ser Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer Speak Out on Manny Pacquiao, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Juan Manuel Marquez By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Richard Schaefer, C.E.O. of Golden Boy Promotions, took time from his busy schedule this afternoon to discuss Manny Pacquiao?s decision to remain with Bob Arum?s Top Rank Promotions. Schaefer believes that Golden Boy will ultimately win the legal proceedings regarding the promotional rights, but wo Read Full Story >>> The Pacman Soap Opera Ain?t Over Yet, Not By a Longshot By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Manny picks Bob Arum and scorns Oscar De La Hoya in a Manila press conference.
So what?
My mother loves watching those over-acted, cheese ball Spanish language soap operas. Little did I know I would be covering one with Manny Pacquiao being the star.
Nothing, and I mean N-O-T-H-I-N-G ha Read Full Story >>> Roach to stay in Manny?s corner By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 Manny Pacquiao is hoping that his decision choosing Top Rank over Golden Boy will not in any way affect his relationship with his trainer Freddie Roach.
"I?ve told him before ?Coach, whatever decision I make, I hope you understand,?" said Pacquiao yesterday when asked how his American trainer of Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO: FIGHTER OF THE YEAR & THE REST OF 24-KARAT ROLD?S 2006 GOLD! By Cliff Rold, RingTalk.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 LITTLE REALLY TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IN 2006!
Arlington, VA-So often, boxing is defined by its faults. The insidious politics; networks that gouge the public with poor pay-per-view cards; but a quick scan of boxing history finds those elements to have always been part of the fabric of the game. They d Read Full Story >>> Don?t ever tell me that boxing is a dying sport!!! By Jeffrey Cabauatan, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 If 2006 taught us anything, it would be that boxing is alive and well. Nothing had changed much in the heavyweight division. The unification tournament failed to materialize and we still do not have an undisputed champion. Guys south of the heavyweight division carried the sport with fights like Read Full Story >>>
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