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WILL ALEXANDER PASS THE TEST AT WELTERWEIGHT AGAINST MAIDANA?
By Joe Habeeb, Rope-A-Dope Radio, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
After back to back impressive victories over Junior Witter in 2009 and Juan Urango in 2010, Devon Alexander appeared to be sitting on top of the boxing world. He won the WBC Super Lightweight Title against Witter by stopping him in eight rounds and then unified it by capturing the IBF Junior Welterw Read Full Story >>>10: Greatest light heavyweight title fights
By Lee Groves, The Ring, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
When Tavoris Cloud risks his IBF light heavyweight belt against onetime WBA titleholder Gabriel Campillo on Saturday in Corpus Christi, Texas, the expectations for two-way action will be sky-high.
That's because this match pits a volume-punching knockout artist in Cloud (23-0, 19 knockouts) again Read Full Story >>> OPBF RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO PROTEST OVER PONTILLAS LOSS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
The Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation has responded positively to the protest filed by the handlers of former OPBF super featherweight champion Ronald Pontillas (13-4-3, 6 KO's) who lost his title in controversial fashion to Dong Hyuk Kim (6-1, 1 KO) on January 15, 2012 in Gyeongju, South Ko Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao-Mayweather Proxy War Continue
By Charles Saunders, Boxscorenews.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather should be fighting each other this spring. They should have fought each other two years ago. They should have fought each other last year. Instead, they?ve been fighting proxies ? substitutes with names big enough to fatten both fighters? bank accounts, while the Read Full Story >>> David Diaz reveals why he passed up on a fight with Juan Manuel Marquez again
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Moments ago it was revealed by Zanfer Promotions that lineal lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez will be returning to the ring this April 21st against Argentina's Cesar C Read Full Story >>> Bayani Casimero: New IBF jr. flyweight champ gets hero's welcome
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Newly crowned IBF Interim jr. flyweight champion, and Mandaue City native Johnriel "Quadro Alas (4 Aces)" Casimero received a hero's welcome in Cebu today after his gutsy win Read Full Story >>> WORLD 8-BALL: BIADO, GOMEZ JOIN 7 OTHERS PHL BETS IN LAST 64
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
REIGNING National Open champion Carlo "The Black Tiger"Biado defeated Francisco Diaz-Pizarro of Spain, 7-2, while countryman and fellow Bugsy Promotion ace Roberto "Pinoy Superman"Gomez crushed Luke Rollinson of Great Britain, 7-3, respectively in Group M to salvage a spot in the Last 64 of the 2012 Read Full Story >>> The Five Stages of Grief, as Seen in Racist Comments About Jeremy Lin
By Alexander Abad-Santos, The Atlantic Wire, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
The rise of Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks' electric, Asian-American point guard, is supposed to be a feel-good story, but a recent flurry of racist comments about his success just proves why we can't have nice things. Speaking as an Asian-American, the pretty heinous stuff that people have started Read Full Story >>> Revisionist History: Everything Old is Shane Mosley Again
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Funny? but this all seems kinda familiar.
It wasn?t all that long ago ? following a couple desultory performances in title fights ? that people started calling for the career head of a certain former multi-division world champion and contender for pound-for-pound supremacy.
His best days are b Read Full Story >>> Marquez to return on April 21 against Cesar Cuenca
By Tim Harrison, The Boxing Tribune, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Zanfer Promotions, the promoter of record for Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KOs), has reported he will make his return to the ring on April 21 when he takes on light-punching Argentinean southpaw, Cesar Cuenca (42-0, 1 KO) in Mexico.
Marquez, who lost a close split decision to Manny Pacquiao i Read Full Story >>> Ring Valentine: Despite the blemishes, reasons remain to still love boxing
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
That romantic little cherub must have shot some love arrows in the air in Washington, DC.
I mean, the always feuding donkeys and elephants are suddenly getting along and even passing necessary legislation. Be assured the two parties are only "shacking up" and this legislative competence won't last Read Full Story >>> Arce-Parra in Mexicali
FightNews.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
WBO bantamweight champion Jorge ?Travieso? Arce (59-6-2, 45 KOs) wants to settle a pending ?account? and send a warning to Nonito Donaire, when he takes on Lorenzo ?Lencho? Parra (31-3-1, 18 KOs) Saturday in a non-title ten-rounder at the Auditorio del Estado in Mexicali, BC. Arce is risking a showd Read Full Story >>> Floyd Still The Straw That Stirs The Drink? And Emotions
By Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
A famous quote surrounding Reggie Jackson?s arrival in New York in the 1977 season ? his first with the Yankees - was that he was ?the straw that stirs the drink.?
The home run slugger spent much of the season deflecting criticism and offering the insistence that he was misquoted, as different v Read Full Story >>> Shane Mosley and Roy Jones Jr: Time Goes By
By Thomas Hauser, The Sweet Science, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Time moves slowly for a young fighter on the rise. He?s anxious to climb to the next level, become a world champion, reach elite-fighter status.
But when a fighter gets old, time moves quickly on his downward slide.
?Old masters of boxing don?t paint epic scenes,? Patrick Kehoe notes. ?They be Read Full Story >>> Juan Manuel Marquez: If Pacquiao Don't Agree, I'll Retire
BoxingScene.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Juan Manuel Marquez, the world lightweight champion of the World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization is gearing up to return to the Romanza Gym in Mexico. He plans to return on April 21 in Mexico City, possibly against former champion David Diaz - but makes it clear that his April fight Read Full Story >>> If Melindo wants to be great he has to dethrone the king Wonjongkam
By Kevin Davis, Boxing Socialist, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Since 1997 Pongsaklek Wonjongkam has dominated the flyweight division, with 17 straight title defences, he is already Hall Of Fame bound, many think he is now ready for the taken after his lost to Naito by decision in 2008, Like a true champion Wonjongkam came back and now he's ready to take on the Read Full Story >>> Time for Floyd Mayweather to be censored and use his fists
By Rich Mancuso, Boxing Insider, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Okay, have we not heard the racial insinuations from Floyd Mayweather Jr. before? He has attacked Manny Pacquiao about his Filipino decent, and now goes to another orbit and set a barn fire with remarks about a new face in the NBA, New York Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin.
Lin, an Asian with Chinese Read Full Story >>> Weekend Afterthoughts And Quick Jabs And Round And Round
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
OMFG it's a three-for-one column! The day job and other preoccupations have kept your founder from staying on top of the news of late, but fortunately the rest of the staff gang has been giving us bloggy goodness damn near every day. In this everything-roundup, we'll hit the high spots.
And the l Read Full Story >>> DOES MOSLEY DESERVE ANOTHER TITLE SHOT?
By Darrell La Montre, Rope-A-Dope Radio, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Future Hall of Famer ?Sugar? Shane Mosley (46-7-1 with 39 KO?s) will receive yet another title shot, this time against rising 21 year old Mexican superstar and WBC Junior Middleweight Champion Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez (39-0-1 with 29 KO?s). The question this author and a plethora of boxing fans worldw Read Full Story >>> Lem's latest: Williams, Cloud, looking for signature wins
By Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Paul Williams was an undefeated contender, just 14 days shy of his 26th birthday, when he entered the ring for what, at the time, was the biggest fight of his career.
The date was July 14 of 2007, and the nearly 6-foot-2 southpaw was about to put his 32-0 record on the line against Antonio Marga Read Full Story >>>
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