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Hometown shocker: Kelly Pavlik's sudden pullout leaves career sputtering
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
You never, well almost never, say never in boxing. But it is fair to say now that Kelly Pavlik may have a "Ghost" of a chance of climbing back to the superstar level.
By suddenly pulling out this week of a Saturday night tuneup bout against Darryl Cunningham in Pavlik's usually supportive hometo Read Full Story >>>?Give Villanueva deadlier foe?
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
LORENZO Villanueva made his fight against crafty Indonesian Eddy Camaro last Saturday night at the Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City look easy.
It only took the 25-year-old unbeaten knockout artist a single round to dispose of Camaro, after landing a vicious left hook to the head. Camaro is the same Read Full Story >>> Bob Arum: Kelly Pavlik's situation saddens me, something is mentally amiss
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
If there's anything worse than underpaying a fighter, it is directly questioning a fighter's desire to get in the ring.
The way these sudden fight pullout things usually play out, I'm betting that former world middleweight champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik will contend that he put the kibosh on a Read Full Story >>> Arum calls Pavlik's behavior 'bizarre'
By Lem Satterfield, RingTV.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Bob Arum of Top Rank, which promotes Kelly Pavlik, called his fighter?s decision Tuesday to pull of Saturday?s fight against Darryl Cunningham ?bizarre.?
"Whether or not the relationship continues is not the issue,? Arum told RingTV.com. ?I'm very, very concerned about this young man. I consider Read Full Story >>> Pavlik could regret his decision for the rest of his life
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Kelly Pavlik has had to bounce back from some difficult circumstances, including devastating losses to Bernard Hopkins and Sergio Martinez, a life-threatening staph infection in his hand and a public battle with excessive drinking.
The former middleweight champion is now face to face with what m Read Full Story >>> Mailbag: Cunningham makes his pitch
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Darryl Cunningham plans to be clad in purple in the first fight he takes after facing former middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik on Saturday in a Showtime-televised super middleweight bout at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown, Ohio.
Cunningham may fit the boxing dictionary definition of ?tomato can Read Full Story >>> Seven blue collar boxing heroes
By Paul Magno, Yahoo! Sports, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Fans don't ask for much when it comes to the sport of boxing.
Give us a comfortable chair, a cold drink, and some honest action from fighters willing to give it all for the glory of victory.
Here are seven fighters who never disappoint and who always leave fans wanting more
Manny Pacqui Read Full Story >>> No knock on Jose Sulaiman rather the bylaws of the WBC
By Rich Mancuso, boxinginsider, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
This is no knock on what Jose Sulaiman and the WBC have accomplished with their world-wide humanitarian efforts. It?s about their bylaws and what is wrong with boxing. Stripping Timothy Bradley last week of his 140-pound title, proudly earned, is the issue, as is so many of the other decisions that Read Full Story >>> Jose Sulaiman Responds To Criticism on Tim Bradley
boxinginsider, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
From the office of WBC President Dr. Jos? Sulaim?n:
As president of the WBC, I feel that I should make a brief press note in answer to several criticisms received from some writers in regards to the Timothy Bradley case.
Bradley is a great fighter and a pride of the WBC. We gave him first the Read Full Story >>> Gary Shaw Promotions In Legal Disputes with Bradley and Angulo
By Bryanna Fissori, boxinginsider, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Gary Shaw Promotions (GSP) in conjunction with co-promoter Ken Thompson has recently filed suit against junior welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr. They are seeking an injunction against the fighter who has claimed himself to be a free agent, meaning that he is available to sign on with other b Read Full Story >>> Pac-mansion ready
By Robbie Pangilinan, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
After his one-sided, unanimous decision victory against Sugar Shane Mosley where he reportedly earned $30 million (guaranteed purse of $20 million plus percentages from pay-per-view buys, closed-circuit tickets, gate receipts and m Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Watch: Wheels of fortune
By Edwin G. Espejo, Asian Correspondent, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
A decade ago, before boxing icon Manny Pacquiao became the big crossover star that he is today, he was just another Filipino fighter with some special talent.
Few ever thought he would reach boxing?s pinnacle of success ? one who is both acclaimed as the pound for pound king of the sports as well Read Full Story >>> Pe?alosa: Marquez won't last three rounds
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
MANILA, Philippines - Gerry Pe?alosa, the former two-time world champion, doesn?t see Juan Manuel Marquez lasting three rounds against Manny Pacquiao.
?He won?t last longer than that. I will put my money on the first, second and third rounds. That?s as far as I would go,? said Pe?alosa.
Pe?alo Read Full Story >>> 2011 PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters Draw and Schedule Announced
PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
WITH THE PartyPoker.net World Pool Masters taking place at the SM City North EDSA Mall in Metro Manila, Philippines from Saturday 3rd to Monday 5th September, Matchroom Sport can announce the matches and schedule for when the action gets underway.
There are a total of 16 world-class players cont Read Full Story >>> WBC PRESIDENT SULAIMAN CONGRATULATES FEMALE CHAMPIONS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
The president of the World Boxing Council, Don Jose Sulaiman has congratulated female boxers Ana Maria Torres and Jackie Nava for their incredible performance during the first ever Diamond championship in the female category l Read Full Story >>> Don't expect too much from Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather
By Matt Christie , BoxingNews, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
THE sun has deftly discovered some uncluttered space in the sky and is proudly exposing itself to London. As the warming rays comb the city, complaints of ?I wish the sun would come out? have predictably been replaced by grumbles of ?It?s too hot?. Be careful what you wish for because, however visib Read Full Story >>> Schaefer: Mayweather-Ortiz Will Get Biggest Push Ever
By Keith Idec, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Richard Schaefer won?t go as far as to say the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Victor Ortiz fight will eclipse the pay-per-view record of nearly 2.5 million buys established by Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya four years ago.
Golden Boy Promotions? chief executive officer is confident, however, that Mayweath Read Full Story >>> Exclusive - Khan: 'Mayweather fight could happen next year'
By Ian Cruise, talkSPORT, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Amir Khan has told talkSPORT he could be set for a world title super fight against Floyd Mayweather next year.
The Bolton boxer added the IBF belt to his WBA world light welterweight title recently when he knocked out Zab Judah in Las Vegas. And that has prompted calls for a clash with the man r Read Full Story >>> Alex Ariza, Am I Worried?
By Alex Ariza, MP8.ph, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
Am I worried about divulging too much information to the competition?
No, absolutely not.
Here is the deal, the sport of boxing is bigger than me and it is bigger than any fighter I help to train.
This sport needs a lift. It needs a lift with it?s promotions. It needs to catch up to the tim Read Full Story >>> Dr. Margaret Goodman on Fighter Safety and PEDs in Boxing: Part One
By Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com, Wed, 03 Aug 2011
One of the subjects that I am continually drawn to in the sport of boxing is fighter safety. While I love a great back-and-forth scrap and covering the colorful personalities this sport has in abundance, it is important to remember that not only is this entertainment but one that leaves the entertai Read Full Story >>>
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