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HAGLER, DURAN, KLITSCHKO TO ATTEND WBC CONVENTION
Games and Amusements Board chairman Eric Buhain says he expects over 500 guests for the WBC Convention to be held in Manila next month and among them will be former world champions…
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Mailbag: Great time to be a fight fan
This is a great time to be a fight fan. There is only one fight of note this weekend ? ex-heavyweight boxing champion Chris Byrd meets Alexander Povetkin in a title elimination…
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Boom-Boom cracks joke on ?glass jaw?
HE?S got the heart, the skills, and the spirit of a warrior, but during the press conference for his comeback fight, Rey Bautista showed that aside from the ability to break bones,…
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Boxers? reality TV show ?Idol? to start soon
AFTER months of planning and searching, the quest for the next boxing hero, a reality boxing show titled ?Idolo? of ABS-CBN, will officially start with 16 matches slated on its first week.…
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Boxing Needs the Standing 8-Count
Some folks think that our beloved sport is still in the dark ages. Boxing, they say, is brutal and uncivilized. It is corrupt, and frankly, they say, two men beating up each…
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Z gets dream fight
FEARLESS and stylistic fighter Z ?The Dream? Gorres is now being considered by his US promoters, the Golden Boy Promotions, to challenge the newly crowned Dimitri Kirilov of Russia for the IBF…
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Another fight for Darchinyan
AUSTRALIA'S newly crowned IBO super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan is set to face another tough Filipino fighter in the next step of a campaign he hopes will bring him at…
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DE LA HOYA SAYS PEOPLE WANT A PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ FIGHT
Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya says that while many possible opponents for Manny Pacquiao have been mentioned ?the fact of the matter is the people want to see Juan Manuel…
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PE?ALOSA-PONCE DE LEON REMATCH IN MANILA
Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya says they are working out details of a rematch between WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Pe?alosa and WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon to…
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DONAIRE, TARVER, AND FORREST ON RARE SHOWTIME TRIPLEHEADER
Last week it was announced that Showtime Championship Boxing will present a championship tripleheader on December 1 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. Showtime brushed off the recent misfortunes of injuries,…
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La Zorrita Ready For Guzman, Not Impressed With Pacquiao, Not Familiar With Juan Diaz
Humberto Soto is considered one of the dark horses to come out as the ruler of the super featherweight division. Splashing onto the radar screen of most fight fans with an upset…
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NONITO’S CHANCE MEETING WITH A MASTER
CEBU CITY -- "I need to pursue seriously my art," Nonito Donaire, Jr., the current IBF and IBO world flyweight champion, quipped after a chance meeting with the world's top realist artist,…
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A BOXING SHOW LIKE NO OTHER<br>Bautista’s ring comeback will have glitz and glamour of a Las Vegas fight card
The men behind the Third Force Promotions led by former PBA commissioner Jose Emmanuel "Noli" Eala are cooking up a grand comeback for Boholano boxing sensation Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista that will…
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BAUTISTA VOWS ‘PAYBACK’ ON DEC. 2
CEBU CITY--REY `Boom Boom? Bautista will try to pick himself up from the frustrating loss he suffered in his last fight as he takes on Antonio Meza of Mexico in the headliner…
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The Donaire Title Defense? Why at Foxwood?
The first title defense of the ?Filipino Flash?, Nonito Donaire, Jr as announced from New York, will be held at the Foxwood Resort and Casino in the State of Connecticut. The fight…
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Darchinyan wants to fight on Nonito Donaire card
Australia's newly crowned IBO super flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan will take just one week off before preparing for a possible world title unification fight in December. And he wants to…
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: THE GOLDEN CEO
GL: It's been a while since we've had you on Boxingtalk. Can you give us some thoughts on the Pacquiao-Barrera rematch? "It was a highly successful promotion and it was a highly…
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Readers Respond to ‘How Great is Manny Pacquiao’
In response to my article ?How Great is Manny Pacquiao??, my inbox has been flooded with emails from around the world.. When I say ?around the world?, I?m talking primarily about Asia.…
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Marley’s Mailbag: Pacman Fever: Racoon Glaser Ripped; Kessler-Calzaghe Questions, More!
By now, you know our attitude at Boxingconfidential. The hell with the readers of our site. Nah, just joking around. The customers here are always right and the customers are always writing.…
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Bautista?s loud return
IN his return to the ring, Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista will be feted with a huge budget promotion by the Third Force, a new boxing consortium by field professionals on Dec. 2 at…
