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 >>>

Casimero-Lazarte fight ends on sad note
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
A roundup of the past week's notable boxing results from around the world: Saturday at Los Mochis, Mexico Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr. W12 Rodrigo Guerrero Junior bantamweight Wins a junior bantamweight title Scores: 119-109, 116-112, 115-113 Records: Sanchez Jr. (13-1-1, 7 KOs); Guerrero (16-4-  Read Full Story >>>

SAVING THE DAY FOR THE USA
By Ted Lerner, WPS Media Officer, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012

Max Eberle. A GRITTY FIGHT BACK LEAVES MAX EBERLE THE LONE AMERICAN LEFT AS THE 2012 WORLD 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP MOVES INTO THE KNOCKOUT STAGES IN FUJAIRAH (Fujairah, UAE)--Facing elimination, and bearing the burden of having  Read Full Story >>>

Colombian welterweight Samuel Vargas New Canadian Welterweight Champion
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
TORONTO (February 14, 2012) - Colombian-born boxer Samuel Vargas has found a home in Mississauga, Ontario, where he packed the house last Saturday night and captured the Canadian welterweight title, knocking out dangerous Manolis Plaitis at Hershey Centre. Vargas-Plaitis headlined a stellar card  Read Full Story >>>

BOXING360'S AMANDA SERRANO FACES THE ROUGH AND RUGGED ELA NUNEZ
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
SAMMY MERZA PROMOTIONS "INTERNATIONAL RUMBLE IN CICERO" AMANDA SERRANO vs. ELA NUNEZ Friday February 17 at Cicero Stadium February 14, 2012 -Boxing360's, Amanda "The Real Deal" Serrano (13-0-1, 9KOs), who holds the IBF female super featherweight title, will once again face the rough and rugged,  Read Full Story >>>

A tale of 2 opponents
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
DESPITE the punches, kicks and chairs that they absorbed last Saturday in the hands of a ravenous Argentinean mob, Johnreil Casimero and his team, coach Christopher ?Pingping? Tepura and promoter Sammy Gello-ani, won?t file for legal action against their attackers but are just thankful to have gotte  Read Full Story >>>

Triumph bittersweet for Casimero
By Emmanuel B. Villaruel, The Philippine Star, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
CEBU, Philippines - ? Newly crowned IBF light flyweight champion Johnriel Casimero wept after he arrived at the Mactan International Airport here yesterday. But it wasn?t tears of joy but of sorrow as the newest toast of Philippine boxing is grieving the death of his dear brother. But Casimero di  Read Full Story >>>

Bradley Very Confident: I Should Definitely Beat Pacquiao!
By Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
WBO junior welterweight Timothy Bradley (28-0, 12KOs) is very, very determined to become the first boxer to defeat Manny Pacquiao (54-3-2, 38KOs) since 2005. Last week, Bradley signed a contract to challenge Pacquiao for the WBO's welterweight title on June 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Brad  Read Full Story >>>

Pagara hopes for redemption
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
JASON Pagara, regarded as one of the best young lightweight prospects in the Philippines, saw his dreams of going big shattering last year after losing to Mexican Rosbel Montoya. Pagara is back and will try to impress his promoters on March 3 as he takes on Indonesian champion Frans Yarangga in ?  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO HAS NOT SIGNED CONTRACT TO FACE BRADLEY YET, BUT WHY?
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Sources close to the information have informed us that although WBO jr. welterweight champion Timothy Bradley signed his contract last Thursday, WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has yet to put pen to paper for their proposed June 9th clash at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs Bradley: Timothy Bradley Ready For Anything Manny Pacquiao Throws At Him
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
Timothy Bradley is getting more attention already for his June 9 fight with Manny Pacquiao than he has for any other fight in his entire career, and it's to be expected, as the world's top 140-pounder is stepping into the true biggest of the big leagues in boxing with this bout. The biggest debat  Read Full Story >>>

ALEX ARIZA: "THE GUYS WE'RE SPARRING IN THE GYM ARE BETTER THAN BRADLEY"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Wed, 15 Feb 2012
"I mean, he's muscular and everything, but he hasn't knocked anybody out in his division or especially in the 147-pound division. He's not even thought of as a puncher at 140, so how is he going to be thought of as a puncher at 147...The thing is, how do you get motivated for Bradley? The guys we're  Read Full Story >>>

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