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Manny Pacquiao Demystified
By Oliver Suarez, The Boxing Oracle, Tue, 26 Jun 2012
In sports, more success comes with higher expectations. And when you become a superstar and spoil the fans with consistent great performances, the level of expectations becomes almost impossible to reach.
The athlete can be past the prime of his career, and many fans still expects him or her to Read Full Story >>>The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Eventually, Golden Boy Promotions will find someone to face Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez on September 15th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We know this much; it won?t be Victor Ortiz after his latest Staples Center implosion at the determined hands of Josesito Lopez (who obviously didn?t read the script com Read Full Story >>> Pain to blame for merciless Miami
By Recah Trinidad, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
(WARRIOR CALL: The University of the East Red Warriors men? s basketball team coaching staff and players will pay tribute to the legendary former Philippine national team coach Virgilio ?Baby? Dalupan on Tuesday , Jul Read Full Story >>> 2012 WORLD 9-BALL IN QATAR: REYES, BUSTAMANTE, ORCOLLO, ALCANO, CORTEZA IN GOOD START
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
FILIPINO billiards master Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Dennis "Robocop" Orcollo, Ronato "Volcano" Alcano and Lee Vann "The Slayer" Corteza won their opening matches to lead the charge of the Pinoy favor Read Full Story >>> Ortiz vs. Lopez Rematch: Schaefer, Showtime on Board
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Prior to Saturday night's barnburner at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, junior welterweight contender Josesito Lopez (30-4, 18KOs) was written off before he even stepped in the ring with former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-4-2, 22KOs).
Lopez was more than a 6-1 underdog and a lot of Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao shows ?best? Filipino dream attainable
By Fr. Cecilio L. Magsino, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
In the June 13 editorial of the Inquirer (?Larceny in Vegas?), mention was made of Manny Pacquiao as being no longer the ring craftsman of old, and that the sting of his defeat will always linger. I say, just like with any great athlete, time and age will catch up, and then comes the eventual declin Read Full Story >>> It?s ?Open Scoring Season? Again
By Charles Jay, Boxing Insider, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Yes, there was another bad decision in boxing, and now the cries are once again out for a system of open scoring so that we can actually witness, on a round-by-round basis, the ?dishonesty? and ?corruption? of judges when compiling scores in a major fight.
Does the idea have legs?
Well, a lot Read Full Story >>> Dougie's Monday mailbag
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
SHOWTIME IS HOLDING IT DOWN
Lucas Matthysse and Humberto Soto put on a wonderful fight. Loved it.
Victor Ortiz vs Josesito Lopez was afu**ingmazing! I don't know if it is fair to label Ortiz as a quitter from having his jaw broken. His corner was trying to get him to fight, but it was his ca Read Full Story >>> Is Mayweather on the Wane?
By Derek Bilton, Sportinglife.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Floyd Mayweather came through his toughest test since his first meeting with Jose Luis Castillo in Las Vegas recently when he claimed a tough but deserved decision against Miguel Cotto.
His nose was bloodied and he was caught more in the fight than his previous six bouts combined. But when the du Read Full Story >>> ?Fighting Words? ? In Defense of Victor Ortiz
By David P. Greisman, BoxingScene.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
If our greatest heroes are those whose surplus of heart makes up for their deficiencies in talent, then it makes sense that our greatest villains shouldn?t be their opponents, but rather those whose surplus of talent can?t make up for their deficiencies in heart.
It would make sense, then, to cel Read Full Story >>> Organizers mulling world class boxing match for Baguio Day
By Roderick Osis, Sun.Star Baguio, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
BOXING is expected to get a big boost in the Summer Capital with the promise of staging a world class match featuring top caliber fighters.
Former light flyweight champion Rodel Mayol is being wooed by the camp of Shape Up Boxing Gym to headline the main event scheduled to happen on September 8 Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Bradley rematch? Waive purses first!
By Jerry Tundag, The Freeman, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
The only way any rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley can gain acceptance and credibility is if both fighters waive their respective purses from the fight, as well as all other earnings from pay-per-view shares in favor of their favorite charities.
Anything less than that and any re Read Full Story >>> Victor Ortiz?s trainer claims stopping the fight vs. Lopez was the right call
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
It?s never an easy thing when a trainer has to watch his fighter lose in dramatic fashion and such was the case last night for Danny Garcia. Leading former welterweight champion Victor Ortiz into battle against Josesito Lopez inside of Staples Center in Los Angeles, Garcia would see his charge drawn Read Full Story >>> TEDDY ATLAS UNPLUGGED: "IT'S WRONG THAT PACQUIAO GOT ROBBED, BUT...WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SITUATIONS"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
"Yeah, yeah, it's wrong that Pacquiao got robbed, but I'm more upset that only now we ask for investigations, only now we want to better the situation, only now we want to shout out for reform and something has to be done and investigated. What about the other situations they don't count as much... Read Full Story >>> How Top Bouts Shape up
By Mark Staniforth, Sportinglife.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Entering June, we take a look at the likelihood of our hopes coming to pass.
MANNY PACQUIAO v FLOYD MAYWEATHER
The fight the world wants to see appears to be nudging closer after Mayweather's systematic breakdown of Miguel Cotto last time out. If Pacquiao does the business against Timothy Brad Read Full Story >>> WBC PRESIDENT SULAIMAN PROMISES TACONING WILL GET A TITLE SHOT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Taconing.
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman has promised that light flyweight Jonathan Taconing will get another title shot, but that he will have to wait.
Sulaiman told the Manila Standard which pushed for Read Full Story >>> BEARING DOWN FOR SURVIVAL
By Ted Lerner, WPS Media Officer, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
32 PLAYERS SAY GOODBYE TO DOHA AS ALL BUT ONE OF THE TOP PLAYERS STAY ALIVE AT THE 2012 WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
(Doha, Qatar)--32 players saw their dreams of glory crash and burn after a busy day 2 of the 2012 WPA Wo Read Full Story >>> Weekend Review: Lopez's emergence
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
BIGGEST WINNER
Josesito Lopez: Lopez garnered some attention when he stopped then-unbeaten prospect Mike Dallas Jr. in January of last year. And even in defeat against Jessie Vargas in September ? by a controversial split decision ? Lopez, ruggged beyond his weight, looked as if he would be hand Read Full Story >>> Carts Before Horses: On Victor Ortiz, Saul Alvarez, and Josesito Lopez
By Jimmy Tobin , The Cruelest Sport, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
The carts brought the horses before us last week, when Golden Boy Promotions announced that Victor Ortiz will be vacating the welterweight division to test his mettle against crimson sensation Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez on September 15th. This fight, slated for the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is contingent o Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: Ortiz awaiting surgery
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Mon, 25 Jun 2012
Former welterweight titleholder Victor Ortiz is hospitalized and awaiting surgery at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Sunday after having suffered a broken jaw in Saturday night's Showtime-televised ninth-round knockout loss to Josesito Lopez at The Staples Center, both his manager and Read Full Story >>>
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