MEXICO CITY - Successful weigh-in in Mexico City today. Both WBC featherweight world champion Mexico's Jhonny Gonzalez (50-7, 44KO's) as well as his challenger Roinet "El Mus" Caballero of Panama, recorded in his  

Rufino 135, Sanabria 133.5 for tomorrow's WBC Silver Lightweight title
By Carlos Costa, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

CIUDAD DE MEXICO - Filipino fighter Vinvin Rufino weighed-in the limit of the lightweight division 135 lbs., while his Mexican opponent rising star Alejandro Sanabria tipped the scale at 133.5 ahead of their combat fo  Read Full Story >>>

Exclusive images from Anaheim: Don?t forget about Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko II
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

Forget the fact that the fight has sold out Madison Square Garden in New York. And forget the fact that there is bad blood on both sides of the fence. One way you can truly tell how much people in t  Read Full Story >>>

ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: Cotto, Margarito look to wrap it up
By Robert Morales, L.A. Daily News, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
Antonio Margarito was riding in a car Friday in New York City on his way to the weigh-in for his rematch against Miguel Cotto tonight at Madison Square Garden (on HBO pay-per-view). Cotto's junior middleweight belt will be on the line. But there is a lot more at stake than that, such as Margarit  Read Full Story >>>

PAST MIDNIGHT: Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II Preview
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
Who needs Dali or Dada when you have boxing?the last American surrealist outpost?to fill all of your bizarro needs? The strange and sordid road to the rematch between Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto reaches its end tonight at Madison Square Garden when the two meet over a scheduled 12 rounds to p  Read Full Story >>>

KING AND GOOSSEN TEAM UP FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER AND ELEGANT NYE AFTER PARTY
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
WBA Super Bantamweight Champ Rico Ramos looks to defend title against two-time Gold Medalist and interim champ, Guillermo Rigondeaux On Saturday, Dec. 31, from Anaheim Convention Center The Hilton Anaheim hosted the opening press conference for the scheduled SHOWTIME televised New Years Eve   Read Full Story >>>

MARES PREDICTS A GREAT FIGHT VS AGBEKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares predicts a great fight when he battles Ghana?s Joseph Agbeko in a grudge rematch ordered by the International Boxing Federation after Mares won a hugely controversial first   Read Full Story >>>

Roger Mayweather says Miguel Cotto should aim for Margarito?s repaired right eye
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

The anticipation couldn?t be much higher for tomorrow night?s rematch between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito. Earlier today the two men both weighed in under the   Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs Marquez IV egging for Philippine Independence Day Celebration
By Granville Ampong, Examiner.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

EXCLUSIVE HOT POTATO via HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - If it's Pacquiao on the national screen, it carries the seed of political implications. Nothing less!And forget about Cinco   Read Full Story >>>

'BIG' GEORGE CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE TO THE WBC CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

The great George Foreman, former Heavyweight World Champion and one of the best fighters in history, has confirmed his attendance at the WBC Annual Convention that will take place from December 11-17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Read Full Story >>>

Miguel Cotto-Antonio Margarito II: Pre-Fight Report Card
By Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
It?s boxing as bloodsport, rich with the fire of vendetta and the quest for redemption. Fights like this are why boxing still is a writer?s sport, why Hollywood will never stop calling. In what will surely be the cauldron of Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Mexico versus Puerto Rico resumes anew  Read Full Story >>>

For Miguel Cotto, rematch is a chance to heal after two losses
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
Reporting from New York ? How do you deal with loss? It's a subject for lengthy books, can require countless hours of solace and has broken people for good. Miguel Cotto learned how to overcome loss from his father, Miguel Cotto Sr. And then Miguel Cotto Sr. died. "My father was the nice  Read Full Story >>>

Will the Exception for Margarito Knock Out the Rule?
By Paul Stuart Haberman, Esq., 8countnews, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
A Quick Look at Potential Implications of the New York State Athletic Commission?s Decision to License Antonio Margarito for His Rematch with Miguel Cotto About two-and-a-half years ago, Standing 8 Court explored the question of what the implications would be if the New York State Ath  Read Full Story >>>

My Next Victim: Donaire Takes Aim at Jorge Arce & Toshiaki Nishioka
By Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
It took 12 stupefying rounds, but Nonito Donaire whitewashed Omar Narvaez last night at the WaMu Theater in New York City, scoring a monotonous shutout over an opponent who turned out to be a wallflower in the ring. With a high guard that might have doubled as barding, Narvaez succeeded in neutra  Read Full Story >>>

Three burning questions heading into Cotto-Margarito II
By Mike Coppinger, RingTV.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
NEW YORK -- Antonio Margarito stepped onto the scale at the Theater at Madison Square Garden, a precursor to his pivotal encounter with Miguel Cotto tonight at the ?Mecca of Boxing?. Black beanie atop his skull, dark shades covering his face from Cotto?s rabid faithful, Margarito gestured to the cro  Read Full Story >>>

Malignaggi thinks Cotto will win decision
By Michael Woods, ESPN.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
He's tangled with Miguel Cotto in Madison Square Garden, and made the Puerto Rican work his tail off to win a UD12. But Paulie Malignaggi, the Bensonhurst hitter who is now living in LA, isn't holding that 2006 loss against his conquerer. "It's tough to beat Cotto in the Garden," he said, referr  Read Full Story >>>

Margarito has the rematch in the bag, 2 of 3 boxing insiders agree
By Kenneth Ragpala, Filipino Boxing Journal, Sat, 03 Dec 2011
Reigning WBA light middleweight Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs) of Puerto Rico will have the opportunity to even the score with his first conqueror, Mexico?s Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs), tomorrow, December 3rd, 2011 (December 4th, Manila time) at the Madison Square Garden, New York. First time they  Read Full Story >>>

RIOS COMES IN OVERWEIGHT; STRIPPED OF HIS BELT (COMPLETE WEIGHTS AND PHOTOS IN NEW YORK)
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

Photos by Rob Cruz. NEW YORK -- WBA Lightweight titlist Brandon Rios (pictured, above) came in at 136.4 and at 135.6 lbs. on his initial two tries at the scale. The division's limit is at 135 lbs. His opponent,   Read Full Story >>>

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: Final Weights and Photos, Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko II
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

WEIGHTS: Abner Mares: 117.25 Joseph King Kong Agbeko: 117.25 Anselmo ?Chemito? Moreno: 118 Vic ?The Raging Bull? Darchinyan: 117.75 Top photo: Undefeated Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) of Hawai  Read Full Story >>>

'Manny will be a lot bigger than you in the ring': Roach claps back at Floyd
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sat, 03 Dec 2011

"The fight is too big for it not to happen" -- Roger Mayweather CLICK THIS LINK for dSource's Exclusive Interview with Roger Mayweather This is why I became a boxing writer. Fights like Mann  Read Full Story >>>

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