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WBA equates belts to Olympic medals
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Boxing fans scratched their heads and promoters distanced themselves from the announcement when the World Boxing Association indicated earlier this week that it would sanction Saturday?s bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas between Erik Morales and Marcos Maidana for its inter Read Full Story >>>Alex Ariza gives a Pacquiao progress report
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
8CN caught up with Pacquiao conditioning coach Alex Ariza. He provided us with a great update on the progress of Manny Pacquiao, and shares some of his game-plan for Manny's conditioning for the next 3 and a half weeks. Ariza also touches on his journey with Pacquiao and Roach and how his life has Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales risks ruining his legacy by taking on Marcos Maidana
By Barry McGuigan, mirror.co.uk, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
ERIK MORALES is one of the all-time great Mexican fighters, up there with Julio Cesar Chavez and Marco Antonio Barrera.
So good was he at his peak that some imagine he retains a little of that genius and will call upon it to get past Marcos Maidana in Las Vegas tonight.
Maidana is just the kin Read Full Story >>> With Focus and Clarity, Katsidis Faces Guerrero
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
In what was one of his more famous malaprops, the sage Yogi Berra stated that 90 percent of baseball was half-mental (or something to that effect). It was pure Yogi: baffling, yet brilliant at the same time. And the same could be said about the sport of boxing. For all its brutality, boxing is every Read Full Story >>> Bacolod boxers dominate Cobra ?Tunay na Lakas? Boxing in Chinatown Square
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Bacolod City ? Gil Melligen of Bacolod City won by technical knockout over Eric Macas of Lanao del Norte before a highly enthusiastic hometown crowd at the 888 Chinatown Square Friday night. Melligen knocked Macas down i Read Full Story >>> Conflicting reports of Floyd Mayweather's willingness to fight Manny Pacquiao
By Scott Heritage, Examiner.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Several reports have surfaced of late claiming that anonymous sources within Floyd Mayweather's camp are indicating that he is gearing up for a ring return this summer, and th Read Full Story >>> Saul Alvarez thinking upset; says Erik Morales will be too much for Maidana
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
This weekend's Marcos Maidana-Erik Morales junior welterweight fight has been as criticized as any pay per view in recent memory. While a terror in the lower weight classes in his prime, Morales is Read Full Story >>> In Mannyland: inside Manny Pacquiao's training camp for Shane Mosley bout
By Chuck Culpepper, The National, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Any minute now, this bus will teeter and then topple off the mountainside. The driver has been steering it since 1am, when it lurched out of the Manila chaos down south, and n Read Full Story >>> RISING MEXICAN STAR SAUL "CANELO" ALVAREZ PICKS FELLOW COUNTRYMAN ERIK MORALES TO WIN THIS SATURDAY IN BATTLE AGAINST MARCOS MAIDANA
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
"I BELIEVE MORALES WILL DO IT AGAIN"
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (April 8)- Undefeated Mexican phenom Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs) is coming out swinging, this time on the side of countryman Erik "El Terrible" Morales (51-6, 35 KO's). Alvarezis convincedthat thelegendary Six-Time and Three-Divisio Read Full Story >>> Morales looks ready, but doubts are high
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Erik Morales became a wealthy man by boxing but, unlike so many fighters, he has kept his money. He isn?t in financial straits and doesn?t need a big check to pay off a debt or stave off the tax collectors.
Nor does Morales need a victory to cement his status as one of the greatest fi Read Full Story >>> Fallen heroes: Ten top fighters who died in the ring
By Paul Magno, Associated Content, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
There's no sport more brutal or unforgiving than professional boxing. With approximately two thousand deaths directly attributed to in-ring battle since the adopting of the Marquis of Queensberry rules, boxing has established itself as the most dangerous sport in the world.
Here's a list of the 1 Read Full Story >>> Mosley?s Chance a Stray Body Shot
By Carlos Cinco, FightcardBoxing.net, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
The odds are stacked against ?Sugar? Shane Mosley, but the hard hitting future hall of famer from Pomona, California has other plans besides losing to Manny Pacquiao on May 7th. He plans to use his hand speed and superior boxing skills to attack Pacquiao?s weak point, which is obviously as showcase Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales Jabs Marquez: The Fans Followed Me, Not Him
By Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Juan Manuel Marquez pursued a showdown with countryman Erik Morales for many years with no success. It appeared that a fight between the two Mexican legends was going to finally take place this Saturday but Marquez ultimately didn't agree to the fight and decided to try to secure a third fight vers Read Full Story >>> Mosley: It Will Be Easy To Exploit Pacquiao's Flaws
By Robert Morales, BoxingScene.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
A student of the game, former three division champion Shane Mosley told BoxingScene.com earlier this week that he watched quite a few of Manny Pacquiao's previous fights. And, like other boxers, he has noticed discrepancies in Pacquiao's style. Mosley faces Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight tite on Read Full Story >>> Arum: Lopez-Gamboa will happen when the money is right
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Those who are dying to see a showdown between Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa are going to have to be patient.
Bob Arum, the promoter of both undefeated young fighters, said the economics aren?t right for an immediate matchup.
?It?s a matter of arithmetic,? Arum said on a conference cal Read Full Story >>> Gonzalez stops Hasegawa in four to win featherweight belt
By Michael Rosenthal, RingTV.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Jhonny Gonzalez stopped Hozumi Hasegawa 58 seconds into the fourth rounds to take Hasegawa?s featherweight title Friday in Kobe, Japan.
Gonzalez (48-7, 42 KOs) landed a crushing right to the jaw of Hasegawa (pictured above), putting him on his backside and hurting him badly.
The two-division t Read Full Story >>> Midweek Hiccups: Morales, Margarito, Cotto and much more
By Carl Guevara, 8countnews, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Hello dear readers of 8CN, welcome to the midweek hiccups where I try to give all the boxing news and updates of the week in a single binge (hic). Here are the week?s most interesting stories which me and my friends talked about while having a pint (actually, it?s more like 10 glasses). Enjoy!
S Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO DECLARES 140 POUNDS HIS NATURAL WEIGHT CLASS
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
Despite having won titles in both the welterweight (147 pounds) and jr. middleweight (154 pounds) divisions, scoring impressive and dominant wins over the likes of Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey and Oscar De La Hoya, pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao still insists that jr. wel Read Full Story >>> Pinays compete at the World Women?s Boxing Championship
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 09 Apr 2011
A game but inexperienced trio of young lady fighters will carry the country?s colors in the coming World Women?s Boxing Championships April 22-30 in Antalia, Turkey.
Except for victories in local tournaments the past two years and the National championships, Nicezza Petecio, a flyweight, feather Read Full Story >>> Morales ready to prove doubters wrong
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Erik Morales, the all-time great three-division champion and Mexican legend, is aware that he is an underdog. He has been hearing it constantly since his fight with heavy handed junior welterweight contender Marcos Maidana was made a couple of months ago.
"After so many interviews, I Read Full Story >>>
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