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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 >>> Fight Predictions: Marcos Rene Maidana vs. Erik Morales
By Mike Plunkett, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Boxing is so often an exercise in intrigue. It is replete with examples of aged former greats making hopeless and sometimes even hazardous ring returns much to the shock of those around them. Sometimes the comeback is fueled by financial strife, sometimes because the fighter still has that burning d Read Full Story >>> Mosley: "I Will Take Pacquiao Down"
By John Martinez, Boxscorenews.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
On May 7, SHOWTIME PPV will feature two future Hall of Fame combatants that boast a combined KO ratio average of 70 percent over their opponents as they collide for the WBO welterweight title.
Many people believe the conclusion is forgone as to whom the victor will be when "Sugar" Shane Mosley Read Full Story >>> PINOY PRIDE 6: BAUTISTA VS RUIZ GRUDGE REMATCH
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Bacolod City ? This is a fight that Filipino boxing aficionados have been waiting for the past two years. Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista wanted this fight. ALA Promotions finally made it a reality and formally announced i Read Full Story >>> Mayweather offered $50M but still refuses Pacquiao fight
By Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? Despite a guaranteed $50 million offer, former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. still refuses to enter the ring with Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao?s Canadian adviser, Michael Koncz, revealed that $50 million was offered during their most recent n Read Full Story >>> Source: Mayweather expects showdown with Manny Pacquiao
By Marv Dumon, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Boxing - Undefeated Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr (41-0) and his entire camp are expecting an eventual showdown against pound-for-pound king Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao (52-3-2), a long-time member of Maywe Read Full Story >>> HBO's Harold Lederman says you gotta love Nonito Donaire despite his problems
By Chris Robinson, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Not all interviews that you do in the sport of boxing are going to run the same. Sometimes things flow smoothly when talking shop about the sweet science and other moments it fee Read Full Story >>> Floyd Mayweather JR: The Manny Pacquiao Demand
By Manoj Bhat, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Why has Floyd Mayweather become one of the most despised athletes in modern sports? Why has this unbeaten talented pugilist taken a tumble from being the pride of the fans to a shame? On the surface, nothing much has changed for Floyd. He is still unbeaten, still physically fit and strong, still bra Read Full Story >>> WEIGHTS FROM BACOLOD CITY'S PINOY PRIDE 5
By Rene Bonsubre, Jr., PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Bacolod City - Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes is all set for his entry into the light flyweight division as he weighed 109 lbs while Armando Vasquez of Mexico stepped in at 107.5 lbs during the official weigh-in held Friday noon a Read Full Story >>> Erik Morales unlikely to make history as a 4 to 1 dog
By Ricardo Lois, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Saturday night Erik "El Terible" Morales will enter a boxing ring attempting to accomplish a first for any fighter which has hailed from the country Mexico.
Morales will be attempting to capture the World Boxing Association's interim world light welterweight championship against Argentina's Marco Read Full Story >>> 'I'm back baby': Brandon Vera speaks on his return to the UFC
By Dennis 'dSource' Guillermo, Examiner.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
"I was on my deathbed man. They pulled the plug. I've been resuscitated" -- Brandon Vera on how it feels to be back in the UFC
2011 did not start on a good note for UFC heavyweight fighter Brandon 'The Truth' Vera. I was sitting at press row when he was dominated and embarrassed by Thiago Silva a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao for the Good of Boxing
By Kevin Smith, Boxscorenews.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
The "sweet science" of boxing isn't so sweet when one delves into the very operation of it. Since the earliest of the sport, boxing managers and promoters, like Tom O'Rourke and George "Tex" Rickard, have rightly deserved a reputation that would make a shady used car salesman seem saintly.
Grant Read Full Story >>> MANNY PACQUIAO CUP 10-BALL GETS GOING IN CEBU
By Marlon Bernardino, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
LAPU-LAPU and Manny Pacquiao have a lot of things in common.
Both are warriors ? Lapu-Lapu on the battlefield and Pacquiao on the ring. Both are heroes ? Lapu-Lapu is the first Filipino hero and Pacquiao is a once-i Read Full Story >>> HOPKINS TRAINER NAAZIM RICHARDSON SOLELY DEDICATED TO MOSLEY
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
Although future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins is set to face WBC light hevyweight champion Jean Pascal in a rematch on May 21st, his long-time trainer, Naazim Richardson, will be solely dedicated to helping three-division world champion Shane Mosley prepare for his upcoming May 7th showdown with pou Read Full Story >>> Belt or no, Maidana brings the heat
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 08 Apr 2011
LAS VEGAS ? Marcos Maidana didn?t get the decision in his last fight, but it wouldn?t be fair to call him a loser, either.
Maidana dropped a unanimous decision to Amir Khan for the World Boxing Association super lightweight belt on Dec. 4 in a bout so entertaining that the Boxing Writers Associat Read Full Story >>>
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