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Underdog Boxing: Drian Francisco to defend his interim title on foreign soil
By Carlo Pamintuan, GMA News Online, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
He won his interim WBA super flyweight title there and on May 1 he will go back to defend it.
Late last year, Drian Francisco had his first fight outside the Philippines. He flew all the way to Thailand in the hopes of getting an interim world title. He battled flu in the days before the fight b Read Full Story >>>ASENJO LOOKING TO UPSET GARCIA IN WBO TITLE FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
WBO Oriental minimum weight champion Rommel "Lirttle Assassin" Asenjo (20-2, 16 KO?s) is looking to upset reigning World Boxing Organization Interim champion Raul ?Rayito? Garcia when they clash in Tijuana, Mexico on April 30.
Asenjo is currently training at the ALA Gym in Cebu under the supervi Read Full Story >>> HUGE INTERNATIONAL ENDORSEMENT DEALS LINED UP FOR PACQUIAO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Pound-for-pound king and ?Fighter of the Decade? Manny Pacquiao is about to cash in on what Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has described as ?some enormous international endorsement deals.?
Arum and Top Rank president Todd Read Full Story >>> Despite Kirkland triumph, Ishida still easy prey for Martinez
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
After what will likely be a strong candidate for upset of the year last weekend, which saw Nobuhiro Ishida finish highly touted prospect James Kirkland in one round, the Japanese Read Full Story >>> (Photos) Mayweather, 50 Cent attend 'Scream 4' movie premiere
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Sports Extra - Floyd Mayweather Jr isn't stepping inside a ring anytime soon. Instead, the undefeated boxer along with friend and business partner 50 Cent attended the 'Scream 4' movie premie Read Full Story >>> Arum setting up Pacquiao vs Cintron fight
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? Manny Pacquiao?s fight date with Shane Mosley is still 3 weeks away yet boxing promoter Bob Arum has already lined up a possible opponent for the Filipino boxing superstar.
Arum is grooming Puerto Rican boxer Kermit Cintron as a potential foe for 8-division champion Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Which is Worse? Cintron-Pacquiao or Mayweather-Spadafora?
By Carlos Cinco, FightcardBoxing.net, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Really? Now Kermit Cintron seems like a legit Welterweight contender but I don?t think he could do any better than Miguel Cotto did against the Pacquiao. Cintron may punch like a sledgehammer but he is way too limited to give Pacquiao problems. Aside from that, Cintron has lost nearly all his maj Read Full Story >>> ALA-SUMMIT Amateur Boxing April 17 at Gaisano Country Mall
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
The ALA-Summit Natural Drinking Water continues to discover, develop and showcase the future of Philippine boxing through its grassroots program the ALA-Summit Natural Drinking Water Fight Night Amateur Series.
Tomorrows boxing her Read Full Story >>> Donaire, Top Rank Dispute Could Be Ending Very Soon
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
There appears to be an end in sight to the contractual dispute between WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire and Top Rank Promotions.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum who was in Puerto Rico for the title fight between featherweight champion Juan Manuel ?Juanma? Lopez and Orl Read Full Story >>> 2011 SEA Games to be broadcast on Phil. TV
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
For the first time in nearly a decade, sports fans back home will have a chance to watch the Filipino athletes strut their wares against the best in the region in the coming 2011 Southeast Asian Games Scheduled in Indonesia this November.
Commissioner Chito Loyzaga of the Philippine Sports Com Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vs Marquez is Likely Next For Manny, Says Arum
By Rey Colon, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez is emerging as the next opponent for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao - as long as the Filipino defeats Shane Mosley on May 7 in a bout scheduled at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"I think this fight of Pacquiao and Mosley will set a pay per view record. Read Full Story >>> Never, Ever Count Out "El Terrible"...RALPH G
By Ralph Gonzalez, The Sweet Science, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Near the downtown section of Tijuana lies the notorious ?Zona Norte?. Home to working families barely making a living, ?La Zona? is also home to many bars, pimps, hookers, drug dealers and users. It?s like a surreal movie location that even Hollywood?s finest set designers would find a challenge to Read Full Story >>> PHILS VS. SRI LANKA Football match at Rizal Memorial Stadium
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
An offer of assistance from San Miguel Corp. helped the Philippine Sports Commission to agree that the coming match between the Philippine Azkals and Sri-Lanka in the Asian Football Confederation be held at the historic Rizal Me Read Full Story >>> Cotto Could Earn $6 Million for Margarito Rematch on 9/17
By Rey Colon, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
The WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will face Antonio Margarito in a rematch on September 17 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the purse of the Puerto Rican could be worth as much as $6 million dollars, according to Bob Arum, CEO of Top Rank. Margarito is having additional tes Read Full Story >>> McEwan: Khan?s Pacquiao sparring will ensure he?s in shape of his life
By Graeme Bradley, STV, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Amir Khan will defend his WBA light-welterweight title against Ireland?s Paul McCloskey in Manchester on Saturday night and stablemate Craig McEwan insists the Bolton fighter will be in the best shape of his life after a training camp in the Philippines.
Khan, who fights for the first time in th Read Full Story >>> McEwan ready to take on Pirog, Alvarez
By Graeme Bradley, STV, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Craig McEwan may be coming off the back of his first defeat but the Edinburgh middleweight is ready to jump back into the ring and mix with the world?s best including world champions Dmitry Pirog and Saul Alvarez.
McEwan, 28, was knocked out in the final round of his last contest by Andy Lee des Read Full Story >>> Berto's ongoing fight for respect might not be won against Ortiz
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Andre Berto might be the most-disrespected undefeated major titleholder in the world.
THE RING?s No. 3-rated welterweight is very good ? fast, strong, resilient -- but not necessarily anything special in the estimation of many observers. He has beaten some solid opponents but no one who could de Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA, RUIZ INK GRUDGE REMATCH CONTRACT
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
The contract of what is expected to be one of the most exciting and highly anticipated fights in recent years has been signed by the two main characters involved in this upcoming epic battle.
Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista o Read Full Story >>> Possibilities suddenly abound for resurgent Morales
By Michael Rosenthal, The Ring, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
Most of us figured that Marcos Maidana would beat the you know what out of Erik Morales in their junior welterweight fight last Saturday in Las Vegas, thus forcing the aging future Hall of Famer to call it quits permanently.
Now, after Morales? inspirational performance in defeat, possibilities Read Full Story >>> Perez headlines ?Battle on Beach Street?
By Bonta Hill, San Francisco Examiner, Fri, 15 Apr 2011
It?s been nearly 10 years since boxing fanatics in San Francisco have been able to witness a live championship bout.
Back on Nov. 11, 2001, five-time world championship and future Hall of Famer Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought for the Super Featherweight World Championship ? a card that also featured Read Full Story >>>
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