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Hall of Fame bound or Hall of Fame bust? Fan?s take on today?s biggest fighters
By Paul Magno, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
There are great fighters and then there are modern day legends. Only the best of the best make it into the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Here's a list of active, veteran fighters bound for glory and another list of those who just don't quite make the grade:
Hall of Fame Bound
Read Full Story >>>Prizefight Preview: Of Prose and Khans
By Ryan Bates, 3MoreRounds.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
One of the participants in Saturday?s main event is still suspected to have a glass jaw, despite only having gone the distance in only two of his past seven fights and wins. The other participant is only 33, yet critics call him ?old,? ?battle-worn,? and ?past his prime.?
Saturday, therefore, pre Read Full Story >>> Weekend Rundown: Khan vs. Judah, Fury vs. Chisora and more
By Mark Lyons, 8countnews, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
I can?t say I share the buzz flying around for this weekends unification fight at Jr Welterweight between Amir Khan and Zab Judah. But it is a significant fight and if my brief time writing this column has proven anything, it?s that I can be incredibly wrong.
Let?s start with Zab, I think th Read Full Story >>> Superstar Heavyweights rip Wladimir Klitschko
By Vitali Shaposhnikov, Diamond Boxing, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
In a recent interview Lennox Lewis stated that he would knock Wladimir Klitschko out had they ever fought.
?I am a more complete boxer than Wladimir. In most of his fights, he proposes very little. I have much more in my repertoire. I work to the body; I get close to my opponent and throw uppercu Read Full Story >>> Quillin: Martinez Wants a Pacquiao Check, Not To Win
By Mike Coppinger, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
Golden Boy middleweight prospect Peter ?Kid Chocolate? Quillin was preparing for the toughest test of his career this Saturday on the undercard of Amir Khan-Zab-Judah, versus slick southpaw Tarvis Simms. Unfortunately, Simms was forced to pull out just last week with a rib injury, leaving Quillin?s Read Full Story >>> Maqui?ana: Judah putting Conte back in spotlight
By Ryan Maquiñana, CSN Bay Area, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
Barry Bonds and Marion Jones may be wary of the media nowadays, but a principal figure involved in their now infamous sagas has embraced it.
In this instance, however, the once-maligned Victor Conte is now a wanted man for the right reasons partially due to his recent results with professional bo Read Full Story >>> Toughest Test Yet for ?King? Khan Against Zab Judah
By Daniel Cann, Boxing Insider, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
In what could be pound for pound the ?Fight of the Year? Britain?s Amir ?King? Khan the WBA world light-welterweight champion faces the IBF counterpart, USA?s ?Super? Zab Judah at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas this Saturday.
PHOTO : Tom Hogan ? Hoganphotos/Golden Boy Promotions.
Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan meets veteran Zab Judah in a crossroads 140-pound title fight
By Associated Press, Washington Post, Sat, 23 Jul 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Amir Khan often spars in camp with Manny Pacquiao, so he?s used to tough fights. Zab Judah plans to give him just that when they meet for real Saturday in a 140-pound unification fight.
Khan and Judah both bring titles into the bout, which pits a veteran who has been in the ring again Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ TICKETS GO ON SALE TODAY!
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
World Welterweight Championship
MANNY PACQUIAO vs. JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ
Saturday, November 12 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas
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LAS VEGAS, NEV. (July 22, 2011) ? Chapter three of boxing?s best-selling rivalr Read Full Story >>> British fans attend Mayweather open workout, fuel rumors of future Khan bout
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Floyd Mayweather held an open workout yesterday at the Mayweather gym in Las Vegas ahead of his September bout with WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz.
By all accounts the undefeated fighter, who will be coming back from more Read Full Story >>> Aiming for Mayweather and Pacquiao Khan needs to beat Judah convincingly
By Igor Frank, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Charles Billiards on Brand Boulevard is a great place to shoot pool and talk boxing from time to time. Wednesday night conversation, after usual Manny Pacquaio Floyd Mayweather debate, turned to this Saturday light welterweight unification bout between Amir Khan and Zab Judah. With WBA and IBF titl Read Full Story >>> Amir Khan's toughest test yet is Judah
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Junior welterweight titlist Amir Khan has an important and potentially very difficult fight in front of him, but that has not stopped him and his team from looking into their crystal ball and thinking about the future and a move up in weight.
First things first, though. Khan faces fe Read Full Story >>> Izenberg: Floyd Mayweather, uncle steal limelight from Amir Khan, Zab Judah
By Jerry Izenberg, nj.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Well, what kind of week has it been here in Gomorrah-by-the-Desert?
Not exactly what you might figure. This is after all Las Vegas.
So here comes Amir Khan, the wunderkind of British boxing, across the Big Pond and into the Land of the Hard Six to square off Saturday against Zab Ju Read Full Story >>> Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr. to face first foreign opponent on August 6th
By Kenneth Ragpala, Filipino Boxing Journal, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Undefeated knockout artist Dodie Boy Penalosa Jr.(5-0, 5 KOs) will return to the ring on August 6th to slug it out with Thailand?s Kong Kiatpracha Gym (5-8-1, 4 KOs). The event will mark Penalosa?s first fight against a foreign opposition. The announcement was officially made during a press conferen Read Full Story >>> Bobby Gunn promotional team defines rules of upcoming bare-knuckle boxing match
By Lorne Scoggins, Examiner.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Since the release of the article pertaining to the upcoming bare-knuckle boxing match between Bobby Gunn and Chris Thompson, there has been a great deal of interest pertaining to the official rules of the contest.
While elements of the London Prize Ring rules will be in effect, this bout will act Read Full Story >>> HBO's Davis: Chavez Jr. Not Ready For Sergio Martinez
By Ryan Songalia, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Las Vegas-based promotional outfit Top Rank isn't too keen on risking their middleweight titlist Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. against the recognized kingpin of the division Sergio Martinez, and neither is HBO.
Speaking at Wednesday's kickoff press conference for Martinez's Oct. 1 fight with unbeaten Br Read Full Story >>> FROM PILLAR TO POST: WHAT REALLY BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE THAT GREENBURG BUILT?
By Danny Howard, FightHype.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
As it stands, HBO is on the verge of a new beginning as Ross Greenburg stepped down as President of HBO Sports, leaving many to speculate what will come to the networks fabled boxing platform. Though Greenburg performed his job well, for the most part, in 33 years, the mistakes he made, along with n Read Full Story >>> Pacman favors new show over Marquez fight buildup
By Abac Cordero, philstar.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao wants the press tour for his fight with Juan Manuel Marquez cut short.
?Sana ikilian na lang nila (I hope they cut it short),? said the Filipino pound-for-pound champion the other day.
The reason, he said, is because he wants to be back in the country for h Read Full Story >>> Maniatis to personally assess Petalcorin in his next fight
By Kenneth Ragpala, Filipino Boxing Journal, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
Award-winning promoter Peter Maniatis of Australia will come to the Philippines on July 22nd to scout for more boxers with raw potential whom he can bring to Australia and personally check out ward Randy ?Razor? Petalocorin?s (13-1, 12 KOs) performance in the latter?s upcoming fight on August 6th at Read Full Story >>> THE SPIN HAS BEGUN: SCANDAL AMONG TEAM PACQUIAO
By Ryan Kennedy, FightHype.com, Fri, 22 Jul 2011
In a week that should have centered on the departure of HBO's head of sports Ross Greenberg, the boxing buzz has been all about Manny Pacquiao's hiring of outside financial consulting firm VisionQwest to handle his business affairs, and depending on who you ask, Michael Koncz's ousting from Team Pac Read Full Story >>>
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