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One on One with Bob Arum
By G. Leon
GL: Team Diego Corrales is very interested in making a fight with Erik Morales. Do you see the fight on the horizon for Morales? "No. What's on the horizon for Erik is, we're…
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Roach: Pacquiao vs Peden in September
By Karl Freitag
Trainer Freddie Roach told Fightnews.com today that Manny Pacquiao may next challenge IBF 130lb champion Robbie Peden in September, then take on Erik Morales in a rematch after that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MGM/Mirage Sportsbook…
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Will Luisito Espinosa ever get justice?
NO ONE, it seems, is owning up the failure of former WBC boxing champion Luisito Espinosa to receive until now the remaining balance of $130,349 (roughly P8 million) of his purse in…
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RSR Mail Bag May 16, 2005
This week we have readers ringing in with their questions about boxing websites, the upcoming Tyson fight, advice on doing interviews, Manny Pacquiao, advice on getting a young child into boxing, tape…
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Pacquiao is risky model for Arroyo
HE was definitely defeated -- but his worshippers have refused to look at Manny Pacquiao as the real loser in his last fight. The beating dealt by Mexican legend Erik Morales on…
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RP’s Flores keeps WBO Asia Pacific fly crown
REXON Flores knocked down Indonesian Alwy Alhabsy of Indonesia twice and retained his World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific flyweight title by unanimous decision Saturday night at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat,…
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Boxing might be ringing in a new era
Tonight's Felix Trinidad-Winky Wright pay-per-view middleweight bout is intriguing in its own right, but on this particular Saturday what it does most is cap a monumental week unlike any other in the…
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With the Case Filed Against Him, Will Murad Continue his Adherence to Bring Asian fighters to America?
By Ron Galarpe
Don King is being identified as the chief matchmaker in the prestigious heavyweight division. Bob Arum at one point expressed his loyalty to the Mexican fighters and true to his word; Arum…
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Flores retains title
Rexon Flores of the Philippines sent down Indon Alwy Alhabsy of Indonesia twice in the third and dominated the 12-round bout en route to a unanimous decision win Saturday night to retain…
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CASTILLO-CORRALES: FIGHT OF THE YEAR? NOT SO QUICK…
On March 19, 2005, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao had just finished a great battle many quickly dubbed as Fight of the Year. Fast…
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The Heaviness of Lightweights
By Jason Probst
At the end of the day, pride going before the fall made a big difference in Diego Corrales' epic stoppage of Jose Luis Castillo. Banged like a drum and knocked down twice…
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Is there a Pearl in Shelly’s Shell when it comes to Manny Pacquiao?
While Murad Muhammad may be banging his head now trying to devise a counterpunch to be used against the legal team of Judd Burstein and Keith Davidson, I believe that it is…
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Bautista vs Mexican reset due to injury
The much-awaited scuffle and historic battle between the first ever Mexican to fight in Cebu, Gilberto Bolanos and WBO Asia-Pacific bantam champ Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista has been reset from June 4 to…
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Flores in crucial fight
WBO Asia Pacific flyweight champion Rexon Flores may be one or two fight away from a potential bout with WBO flyweight king Omar "El Hurac?n" Narvaez of Argentina. Flores, who is the…
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Team Corrales: “Erik Morales – come get some”
By Ant Evans
In the nuclear winter fallout from Erik Morales's epic win over Manny Pacquiao a month ago, it was impossible to envision another fight fought in such a white hot furnace of passion,…
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Pacquiao welfare is GAB?s concern
By Nick Giongco
A MEETING with boxing star Manny Pacquiao is on top of the agenda of Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Eric Buhain. "The GAB exists to look after the welfare of the…
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Murad blames Roach for Manny?s loss
In a bitter tirade, New Jersey promoter Murad Muhammad blamed trainer Freddie Roach for two-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao?s defeat to Erik Morales in Las Vegas last March 19 and said…
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U.S. SENATE CREATES FEDERAL BOXING COMMISSION!
Washington, DC- In a move that was long expected here, the United States Senate on Monday gave its approval to a proposal to go forward with legislation that would create and impanel…
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RSR Mail Bag Hosted by
This week we have readers ringing in with their questions about the heavyweight division, RSR contests, Rivera Vs Collazo, Manny Pacquiao, prediction on Castillo Vs Corrales, dream matches, and John Ruiz's announced…
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Bautista faces Bolanos on June 11
Reigning WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight boss Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista will finally get the chance to fight an Aztec warrior when he trades leathers with Mexican Gilberto Bolanos in the main event…