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Nonito Donaire ? Fernando Montiel: End of the Road Part 1
By Mike Colapietro, Boxing Dispatch, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Nonito Donaire.
Some are calling him the next Manny Pacquiao.
The comparison would be daunting to any boxer.
To know Donaire though is to know a boxer who has just begun to appreciate his worth.
To Donaire, the comparison must feel like cool rain falling from a long dry sky.
Donaire?s Read Full Story >>>The Purses: Nonito Donaire $350,000, Fernando Montiel $250,000
By Lem Satterfield, Fanhouse, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Former WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist, Nonito Donaire, will make $100,000 more than his rival, WBO and WBC king, Fernando Mon Read Full Story >>> Quick Jabs: Belt Politics At The WBC And The Ring; Bob Arum Vs. Lou DiBella Vs. Golden Boy; Victor Conte And Drug Testing; More
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Has any boxer had a better Best Week Ever in recent memory than Manny Pacquiao?s Best Week Ever? There was the meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, then the meeting with President Obama. (They talked about basketball and reportedly the president said he?d buy the Shane Mosley pay-per-view Read Full Story >>> Boxing needs a barnburner
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS ? A bad game between great teams in the NFL doesn?t cast a pall over the sport. Nor does it have that kind of impact in baseball or basketball.
But after the heavily hyped super lightweight bout on Jan. 29 in Pontiac, Mich., between Timothy Bradley and Devon Alexander turned out to be a Read Full Story >>> Mexico-Philippines boxing rivalry heats up with great matchup
By Chris Iorfida, CBCNews, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
The first great big fight of 2011 could take place at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday when Nonito Donaire and Fernando Montiel clash for the bantamweight title.
The two little men will try and do what Tim Bradley and Devon Alexander failed at in a junior welterweight unification bout a few Read Full Story >>> Weekend card backs up the big talkers
By Lyle Fitzsimmons, The Miami Herald, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
The hyperbole is easy to come by.
As a routine lead-in to nearly every big fight, promoters rarely duck a microphone opportunity to tag the imminent show as a "classic," a "must-see" or a "fight-of-the-year" favorite.
Yet in spite of those wordy promises, the delivery too frequently falls shor Read Full Story >>> BORGES: Who Rules Bantam, Fighters Or Promoters?
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
It is often difficult to be sure who a world champion should fight next but in the case of Nonito Donaire and Fernando Montiel the answer is obvious. What is not is how to make the obvious happen.
Montiel is risking the unified (WBO and WBA) bantamweight championship he holds against the younger Read Full Story >>> FERNANDO MONTIEL: "I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS FIGHT WILL FINISH BEFORE THE TENTH ROUND?
By José Manuel Martino, BoxeoMundial, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
?I have prepared myself for twelve rounds, but I have no doubt that this fight will finish before the tenth round? - Fernando 'Ko-chulito' Montiel
Three time Mexican World Champion Fernando 'Ko-chulito' Montiel (44-2-2-34 nocauts) will be facing one of the toughest challenges of his boxing Read Full Story >>> Roach, Arum & Brother Naazim Talk Pacquiao vs Mosley
By Peter Czymbor, 8countnews, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Monday afternoon at a media luncheon at Chelsea Piers in New York City, pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO?s) and former three division world champ Sugar Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KO?s) stood before the press to discuss their forthcoming welterweight title fight May 7th in Las Vegas. Read Full Story >>> Zab Judah talks to 8CN about title fight Vs. Mabuza
By Brad Cooney, 8countnews, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
8CountNews caught up with former 3 time world champion Zab "Super" Judah and got his thoughts on his big upcoming IBF Jr welterweight world title fight Vs Kaizer Mabuza. Judah hooked up with the legendary Pernell Whitaker and together they have put together the best training camp of his career. Jud Read Full Story >>> Future Stars: Introducing Saul ?Canelo? Alvarez
By Carl Guevara, 8countnews, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
These days, men who are under the age of 21 are usually students and young professionals who are enjoying their lives to the fullest. Many of them are in college, chilling out with their close friends, engaging in dates and parties, before finally pursuing a career after graduation. There?s no rushi Read Full Story >>> LeBron James, Rap Star Drake Talk Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley
By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Eight-division king Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts) will defend his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against three-division, five-time champion, Shane Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs) in a May 7, Showtime pay per view televised clash that is being promoted by Top Rank Promotions from the MGM Grand in Read Full Story >>> SHANE MOSLEY: "PACQUIAO IS DEFINITELY GOING TO LOSE...I'VE ONLY BEEN BEAT BY AFRICAN AMERICANS"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
"Pacquiao is definitely going to lose the fight. He's gonna get beat and the reason why is the only people that I've lost to are African Americans. He's never fought an African American and I've only lost to African Americans. I don't lose to nobody else; everybody else gets smashed. My record shows Read Full Story >>> Montiel, Donaire battle for supremacy
By Dan Rafael, ESPN.com, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS -- The fight poster that adorns the light boxes throughout Mandalay Bay advertises the much-anticipated showdown between unified bantamweight titleholder Fernando Montiel and top Read Full Story >>> President Pacquiao?
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
I remember when Manny ran unsuccessfully the first time for his Congressional spot in the Philippines. Doing what a real champion does, he got up, brushed himself off, and got back into the political ring. The second round was different. This time he won going away, and as a result we now have Cong Read Full Story >>> Montiel Issues Hellish Warning to Donaire, Jr
By Granville Ampong, Associated Content, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Brief Casual Talk via LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Ranked No. 4 in the world by Boxrec.com in the Bantam Weight Division, rising Filipino star, Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire, Jr., 28, may not have a better
prospect
if the words Read Full Story >>> Head to head: Montiel-Donaire
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
FERNANDO MONTIEL vs. NONITO DONAIRE
When: Saturday, Feb. 19
Where: Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay)
TV: HBO, 9:45 pm. PT/ ET
Weight: Bantamweight (118 pounds)
Title(s) at stake: Montiel?s WBC and WBO
Also on the card: Mike Jones vs. Jesus Soto Karass, welterweights, 12 rounds; Mark Mellige Read Full Story >>> Montiel's defining fight at hand
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
There's Julio Cesar Chavez, Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez -- the Mount Rushmore of Mexican boxing champions in this generation.
Then there's Fernando Montiel, who arguably belongs in any conversation about great Mexican fighters and might even merit consideration as Read Full Story >>> Vegas bigwigs put Mosley 7-1 underdog
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
LOS ANGELES ? Shane Mosley felt slighted that oddsmakers have installed him a whopping 7-1 underdog in his bid to unseat Manny Pacquiao from his lofty perch on May 7 in Las Vegas.
?The odds? I am not a betting man and I don?t like to bet,? said Mosley, who also faces the daunting task of knocking Read Full Story >>> Boxing Fernando Montiel fearless of ?monsterman? Nonito Donaire
By William Charles Baker, Digital Journal, Sat, 19 Feb 2011
Las Vegas - The Philippines and Mexico renew their rivalry this weekend when two elite fighters meet inside the ring at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
Fernando Montiel the World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight title holder and Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? will Read Full Story >>>
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