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DOUBLE TROUBLE IN DOHA: GABICA OUSTS IMMONEN, GRAY DOWNS KUO IN 11-10 THRILLERS AT THE WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN QATAR
By Ted Lerner, WPS Media Officer, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Antonio Gabica.
(Doha, Qatar)--Antonio Gabica has often been viewed by pool fans as an extremely talented player who tends to wilt when it comes to big time pressure situations. But to the man known as ?Ga Ga? to Read Full Story >>>Heavies back in limelight
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Finally, there?s a heavyweight fight that?s worth watching but the protagonists aren?t household names in the lucrative US market where the top ticket is still WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
The departure of Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe and Mike Tyson has left a huge void in the heavywei Read Full Story >>> Michael Oliveira returns home again for WBC Latino Middleweight Title Fight in Brazil
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
SAO PAULO, Brazil (June 29, 2011) ? Undefeated Michael?The Brazilian Rocky? Oliveira continues his mission to re-popularize boxing in his native Brazil, when he returns home to fight for the third time, July 16 at Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo.
The 21-year-old Oliveira (14-0, 11 KOs), now rated No Read Full Story >>> Is A Vicious Cycle About To End Mayweather?s Run?
By Michael Seiler, The Boxing Republic, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
You can call it a comeback, but you cannot call it a tune-up bout.
On Saturday, September 17th, Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (41-0, 25 KO?s) returns to the ring to face ?Vicious? Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO?s) in a monumental showdown at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada for Ortiz? WBC Welterweigh Read Full Story >>> A Second Half Surge
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
The first half of 2011 is now basically in the books and for the sport of boxing, it?s been a productive one. We have had our share of ?Fight of the Year? candidates (Hernan Marquez-Luis Concepcion, Victor Ortiz-Andre Berto, Brandon Rios-Miguel Acosta and Felix Sturm-Matthew Macklin), notable upsets Read Full Story >>> View from New York: trash talking with Pretty Boy
By John Riordan, The Score, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
UP AT THE top table, Victor Ortiz put his finger to his head and pulled the imaginary trigger before a wide smile lit up his face.
The WBC Welterweight champion was sitting on the stage of the Hudson Theatre in Midtown, Manhattan, just yards from the man he has wanted to fight for 15 years, back Read Full Story >>> FLOYD MAYWEATHER: "IT DON'T STOP WITH VICTOR ORTIZ...I MISS THE SPORT AND I'M READY TO FIGHT"
By Jon Reynoso , FightHype.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
"I just want to stay active. He's one of the fighters that's out there that's champion. He's active, he's one of the champions out there, and of course I want to stay active in this sport, so he's a guy that I have to face. Like I said before, it don't stop with Victor Ortiz, it don't stop with Pacq Read Full Story >>> Mayweather-trained Fil-Am prodigy idolizes Pacquiao
By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN News, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? A Filipino-American boxing prodigy said he idolizes pound-for-pound king Manny ?Pacman? Pacquiao despite training in the Mayweather Gym.
Demler ?DJJ? Zamora III, an 8-year-old Fil-Am boxing sensation, won his amateur debut last June 19. He is now preparing for another boxing t Read Full Story >>> Dapudong Impresses Mexican Boxing Fans
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico - World flyweight title challenger Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong arrived in this city in the midst of a Mexican desert early today, Tuesday June 28, after a long and circuitous journey Read Full Story >>> The Battle for Pacquiao-Marquez III
By Steve Kim, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
On November 12, Manny Pacquiao will face Juan Manuel Marquez for the third time at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas; that much is known. However, what is still to be decided is just who will handle the pay-per-view broadcast. Will it be Showtime/CBS, which distributed Pacquiao?s last bout versus Shane Mos Read Full Story >>> Floyd: Bring on Manny, drug tests
By George Willis, New York Post, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
It was inevitable, re ally. When Mark Taffet of HBO thanked Floyd Mayweather for ending his 16-month layoff from boxing and "giving the fans what they want to see," someone in the balcony viewing yesterday's press conference at the Hudson Theater shouted: "We want Pacquiao."
Mayweather, sitting Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs Ortiz Has Rematch Clause for Vicious Victor
By Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Michael Marley of the Examiner reports that Victor Ortiz had to agree to a rematch clause in order to land his September 17 fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ortiz also says he hopes to face Manny Pacquiao in 2012, but this is the quote that most caught me off-guard:
"I don?t care about that," the Read Full Story >>> MELLIGEN IN THE MAIN EVENT OF ESPN2?S FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS
By Rod Mijares, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Mark Jason ?Mighty? Melligen from Bacolod City and one of ALA Boxing Promotions highly successful boxers and a legitimate prospect of Bob Arum?s Top Rank Promotions in America will be fighting for the biggest fight Read Full Story >>> Undefeated Heavyweight Mariusz Wach to Face Kevin McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena!
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
NORTH BERGEN (June 29, 2011) - Undefeated heavyweight contender Mariusz Wach of North Bergen, NJ by way of Krakow, Poland will face his biggest test - literally - when he meets "The Clones Colossus" Kevin McBride on July 29 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT.
The ten-round heavyweight fig Read Full Story >>> Pro Boxing Comes To Malta - EBU Inducts Malta Boxing Commission
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Gzira, Malta - Tuesday, 28th June 2011 -- Earlier this month, at the EBU General Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, the EBU Assembly voted that the Malta Boxing Commission become affiliated to the European Boxing Union.
This exciting announcement has paved the way for the development of professional box Read Full Story >>> DAPUDONG ENTERS THE LION'S DEN
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Call it luck of the draw or simply good timing, but whatever it is, I call it Dapudong?s time.
Dapudong was back in the Philippines enjoying a recent victory over Indonesia?s Benja Loemoli (a 4th round TKO) when the c Read Full Story >>> Cut the BS: Mayweather and Ortiz should be tested all the way to fight night
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
One of the things I learned from speaking to BALCO founder Victor Conte, is that it's easy to cheat WADA's random or "Olympic Style Blood Testing", and that there is no test t Read Full Story >>> Mercito Gesta to face former world title contender
By Kenneth Ragpala, Filipino Boxing Journal, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
The long wait is over. Undefeated Filipino lightweight sensation Mercito ?No Mercy? Gesta (21-0-1, 11 KOs) is slated to face off with former world title challenger Francisco Lorenzo (36-10, 10 KOs) of the Dominican Republic. While there is no official announcement from Top Rank, Gesta?s promotional Read Full Story >>> Mayweather vs. Ortiz: talk turns to Pacquiao
By Tom Pedulla, USA Today, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
NEW YORK ? At a news conference intended to kick off a promotional tour for the Sept.17 bout between undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. and newly crowned WBC welterweight champ Victor Ortiz, the prospect of a different matchup was heavily discussed Tuesday.
That would be the highly anticipated clash Read Full Story >>> On Saturday, Wladimir Kitschko Battles David Haye In The Most Significant Heavyweight Fight Since Lennox Lewis Vs. Mike Tyson
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Wed, 29 Jun 2011
Saturday afternoon at 4:45 ET is the rather inglorious hour when HBO will air the most important, most anticipated heavyweight fight in nearly a decade: division champion Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye. Behind Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather, Jr., it's also probably the biggest fight that can be Read Full Story >>>
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