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KIMBO SLICE GETS DEVASTATING KO IN PRO BOXING DEBUT
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
From backyard brawler to YouTube sensation to mixed martial artist and now professional boxer, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson made a successful heavyweight debut, scoring a 10-second first round knockout over James Wade at the Buffalo Run Casino in Miami, Oklahoma. The fight never even got a chance to Read Full Story >>>Low blows aside, Mares seizes bantamweight belt from Agbeko
By Associated Press, USA Today, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
LAS VEGAS (AP) ? Abner Mares won the IBF bantamweight championship Saturday night, beating Joseph Agbeko by a controversial majority decision.
Mares appeared to land a number of illegal low blows, but referee Russell Mora never deducted a point in the Showtime bantamweight tournament final. In th Read Full Story >>> YOU THINK TONY PESONS SUCKS? RUSSELL MORA WAS FAR WORSE!
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
At the fight between Tyson Cave and AJ Banal, held recently at Cebu City referee Tony Pesons was chastised by the many that saw him ?lose control of the fight.? Some called the alleged poor performance of Pesons as ?incompet Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY MATCHMAKER: "I LOVE RUSSELL MORA"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Moments after Abner Mares defeated former champion Joseph Agbeko in a highly controversial fight that many felt was influenced by referee Russell Mora's inability to make the right calls, Golden Boy Promotions matchmaker Eric Gomez posted the following message on his official Twitter account, "I Lov Read Full Story >>> REFEREE RUSSELL MORA: "I DON'T HELP THE FIGHTERS. I ENFORCE THE RULES."
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
"I don't help the fighters. I enforce the rules," stated referee Russell Mora during a post-fight interview with Showtime's Jim Gray shortly after Abner Mares scored a controversial majority decision over former champion Joseph Agbeko in the finale of the Bantamweight Tournament. It was obvious from Read Full Story >>> Epic Fail!: Ref Russell Mora spoils Abner Mares-Joseph Agbeko championship fight
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
First thing's first - Abner Mares fought a determined and gutsy fight to win the Showtime bantamweight tournament and snag Joseph Agbeko's IBF bantamweight belt. Mares outpunched Agbek Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr race beyond Boxing Ring?
ThyBlackMan.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Once upon a time not long ago, heavyweight boxing was the caviar of sports. ABC?s Wide World of Sports was promoted as a smorgasbord of sports from around the world, from cliff diving in Acapulco to ski-jumping in Switzerland. But it was the boxing career of Muhammad Ali that drew viewers and made Read Full Story >>> Pacquaio ? Marquez an indication of readiness for Mayweather?
By Vitali Shaposhnikov, Diamond Boxing, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
The following paragraphs are not only meant to express my own opinion, but to ask yours as well. Since there have probably been more articles on Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao than any other dream fight in the history of boxing, facts along with wild speculations blend into one big mess, al Read Full Story >>> Morel scores KO on Agbeko-Mares undercard
By Doug Fischer, The Ring, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
LAS VEGAS -- If there was one fight that seemed all but guaranteed to go the distance on the Joseph Agbeko-Abner Mares undercard, it was the scheduled 10-round Eric Morel-Daniel Quevedo bout.
Morel, THE RING?s No. 6-rated bantamweight, is a former flyweight titleholder who is not known for his po Read Full Story >>> Shaw: HBO didn't follow through on deal to air Dzinziruk fight
By Lem Satterfield, The Ring, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Sergei Dzinziruk will defend his WBO junior middleweight belt in a rematch with Lukas Konecny on Sept. 30 in the Czech Republic in a fight that won't be televised in the United States, which irks Dzinziruk's promoter, Gary Shaw.
Shaw claims that HBO promised to air Dzinziruk (37-1, 23 knockouts) Read Full Story >>> Alvarez-Mundine for WBA title?
By Gabriel F. Cordero, FightNews.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Sources inform that former WBA interim super welterweight champion Rigoberto ?Espa?ol? Alvarez will fight former WBA super middleweight titleholder Anthony ?The Man? Mundine for a vacant WBA interim 154lb title September 7 in Australia. Alvarez (27-3, 20 KOs) became WBA interim super welterweight ti Read Full Story >>> Op-Ed: Will Juan Manuel Marquez beat Manny Pacquiao for the third time?
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Don't be misled by the title of the article. But yes, Juan Manuel Marquez has been saying all along that he had beaten Manny Pacquiao twice in their past two encounters.
But that what's he's been telling media for many years in the hope that he could land a third fight with the Filipino boxing sup Read Full Story >>> 8CN Interview: Glen Johnson
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Former Light Heavyweight world champion Glen ?The Road Warrior? Johnson sat down with 8CountNews and shared his thoughts on the low ball offer made to him to fight current champ Lucian Bute. Johnson also breaks down Mayweather Vs. Ortiz, Pacquiao Vs. Marquez, and Hopkins Vs. Dawson.
8CN ? W Read Full Story >>> Donaire talks about fight date getting moved from Nov. 5 to Oct. 22
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
WBO and WBC bantamweight World Champion Nonito 'The Filipino Flash' Donaire, Jr. (28-1-0, 18KOs) has a new fight date for his ring return after his sensational 2nd round TKO win against Fernando Montiel last February. Donaire, who was schedu Read Full Story >>> Boxing insiders leaning towards the youth, desire of Abner Mares to upend Agbeko
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
We are mere hours away from one of the most important and evenly matched fights of this year as Abner Mares will soon challenge IBF bantamweight champion Joseph ?King Kong? Agbeko in the finale? of Showtime?s bantamweight tournament. Set to t Read Full Story >>> Meet the real Lorenzo Villanueva
By Manny Piñol, The Manila Times, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
THERE is this story of a mother who described to a friend her newborn son by saying: ?It?s not that he is my son, but I really believe he is Christ in His second coming.?
Mothers could exaggerate when they talk about their sons or daughters and think of them as the best while writers like me somet Read Full Story >>> Mijares: I Have The Anidote To Defeat Nonito Donaire!
By Jhonny Gonzalez, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
IBF super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares is committed to a title defense on the 10th September in Zacatecas, but he doesn't want that to be his last fight in 2011. Mijares has been involved in 14 world title fights, winning 11 and losing 3, and two of those title fights were at bantamweight.
Read Full Story >>> Dynamita, Juan Manuel Marquez is ready to explode on November 12th
By Igor Frank, Examiner.com, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
?I read your story on the best Pacquiao fight," said Speedy Gonzales while trouncing a heavy bag at the Y in Glendale:" What about Pacquiao Marquez ll??
?That was a great fight," I replied.
?I just watched it on TV on Thursday," cont Read Full Story >>> Iliganon boxer as undercard game in Pacquiao-Marquez fight
PIA Information Service, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Aug. 13 -- There is a big possibility that in the undercard games of the Pacquiao-Marquez Rematch, a boxer who is from Iligan, Marco Demecillo, after his scheduled September fight in Iligan City.
This was learned from Willy Flores, the coach of Demecillo who was Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao extends record with vocal chords
By Chuck Culpepper, The National, Sun, 14 Aug 2011
Every so often an athlete achieves a feat so Herculean that it can make you want to cry.
Such a moment came just this bygone week when it became official that the amazing Manny Pacquiao has taken a piece of long-lamented schmaltzy music and dragged it all the way upwards into a top 10 ranking.
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