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Meet Nonito Donaire's Sparring Partner Randy Caballero
By Elie Seckbach, Fanhouse, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
In last Saturday night's HBO televised bantamweight (118 pounds) clash that was televised by Top Rank Promotions from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, former WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) titlist, Nonito Donaire (26-1, 18 knockouts), of the Philippines, scored a second-round knockout over WBO and Read Full Story >>>Montiel admits mistake
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
MANILA, Philippines ? Mexican Fernando Montiel admitted to Top Rank publicist Ricardo Jimenez that he committed a grave mistake when he fought rising Filipino star Nonito Donaire last Saturday in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas.
His mistake, according to Jimenez, was when he tried to lunge in on Donaire Read Full Story >>> ZAB JUDAH: "SHANE MOSLEY SHOULD KNOCK PACQUIAO OUT"
By Ben Thompson, FightHype.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
"I've been watching the Pacquiao showdowns and, you know, I think a lot of them were staged. I think a lot of them were just different....I mean, fighters like Joshua Clottey, they just stood up there and didn't throw a punch. When I fought Joshua Clottey, he tried to go for broke. He tried to swing Read Full Story >>> DONAIRE MOVES UP TO NO. 3 IN RING MAGAZINE'S POUND FOR POUND RANKINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
LAS VEGAS ? FEB. 21 -- Newly crowned WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire has moved up to No. 3 in the prestigious Ring Magazine?s pound-for-pound rankings behind fellow Filipino Manny Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao: Superstar, Not Savior
By Scott Kraus, The Queensberry Rules, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
?He comes at a very fortuitous time. If anybody can bring boxing back to the mainstream ... it's Manny Pacquiao.? ? Bob Arum (Associated Press)
Lance Armstrong is one of the most iconic and Read Full Story >>> Glittering Donaire poised to cash in commercially in Philippines, USA
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
If Bobby "Boxing Hippie" Diamond was still around Carol Doda's and the other topless joints of then gamy North Beach, San Francisco, I know what he would Read Full Story >>> Ring Ratings Update: Donaire No. 1 bantamweight, No. 3 p4p
By Doug Fischer, RingTV.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Most fans who witnessed Nonito Donaire?s chilling second-round knockout of Fernando Montiel on Saturday consider the budding Filipino star to be the sport?s top bantamweight.
That was a forgone conclusion for the editors of THE RING, which rated the vanquished Mexican veteran No. 1 among bantamwe Read Full Story >>> Pound-for-Pound cash king Floyd Mayweather, Jr mingles with Top Guns of America
By Granville Ampong, Examiner.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Casual Talk from HOLLYWOOD, California - Nothing is more intriguing that this photograph of Pound-for-Pound cash king Floyd Mayweather, Jr. casually mingling with the top guns of America: Form Read Full Story >>> THE NEW GOLDEN AGE OF PHILIPPINE BOXING ? PACQUIAO AND DONAIRE LEAD THE WAY
By Butch Romero, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
 
It was September 10, 2005. On that night, Manny Pacquiao, already one of the top fighters at that time, had just stopped Hector Velazquez and was preparing Read Full Story >>> First Pacquiao, now Donaire put Mayweather in P4P rear view mirror
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
As if it wasn't tough enough on his overblown ego early last week when Manny Pacqiuao was praised on the floor of the United States Senate and then met briefly with President Barack Obama at the White House, what happened in a boxing ring Saturday night in Las Vegas was even worse.
As the rave re Read Full Story >>> Happy Birthday Sergio ?Maravilla? Martinez
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
NEW YORK, NY (Feb. 21, 2011) ? World Boxing Council (?WBC?) Emeritus and The Ring Magazine middleweight champion Sergio ?Maravilla? Martinez celebrates his 36th birthday today.
Martinez (46-2-2, 25 KOs) is preparing fo Read Full Story >>> Tyson finds peace from unusual source
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
HENDERSON, Nev. ? The hands that once caused so much fear, that once scrambled the brains of highly trained men, which caused elite professionals to cower in fear, now gently, tenderly, caress a pigeon.
Mike Tyson, former heavyweight champion of the world, the one-time baddest man on the planet, Read Full Story >>> Donaire?s No. 3 pound-for-pound ranking stokes Bay Area bandwagon
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Nonito Donaire was named the world?s No. 3 boxer pound-for-pound today by The Ring Magazine ? the arbiter of such things.
Donaire?s sensational second-round disposal Saturday of Fernando Montiel on HBO vaulted him up the pound-for-pound ladder past ? get this! ? Juan Manuel Marquez, Juan Manuel L Read Full Story >>> Ricky Hatton means business - and it's good news for brother Matthew as the Hitman boxes clever
By Jeff Powell, Daily Mail (UK), Tue, 22 Feb 2011
When Ricky Hatton turned his thoughts to promoting after Manny Pacquiao pounded him into virtual retirement eyebrows were raised - sharply enough to threaten a cut or two - about the Hitman's business acumen.
Those eyebrows are lowering, day by day.
Hatton has played an important role in sec Read Full Story >>> Brooklyn's beloved 'Jimmy O' made troubled boys champions in life
By Michael Marley, Examiner.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
It figures that beloved trainer/father figure Jimmy O'Pharrow would leave us during New York Golden Gloves season.
"Jimmy O," founder and "director and dictator" of the fabled Starrett City Boxing Club in the rough and tumble East New York "hood" of Brooklyn, died Monday.
Jimmy O was all about Read Full Story >>> Somewhat right and somewhat wrong in the Donaire-Montiel fight
By Epifanio M. Almeda, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
To Filipinos, ring announcer Lupe Contreras? pronunciation of Nonito?s surname, ?Do-nigh-ree?, was right. However, Filipinos can tolerate hearing Nonito?s name announced with a ?Donair?, he, being a US citizen.
Referee Read Full Story >>> Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire Make Philippines Boxing?s Best
By Ian Palmer, Opposing Views, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Donaire and Pacquiao solidify the Philippines as boxing?s best country
There?s been a seedy side to boxing ever since the sport shifted from dark back alleys and factory parking lots into clubs and arenas decades ago.
But even after it made the transition from the underground to the mainstream Read Full Story >>> 8-second Ticket to Heaven for Referee Russell Mora
By Granville Ampong, Associated Content, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Casual talk from HOLLYWOOD, California - In this picture by Getty Images, Fernando Montiel, right, tries to get up off the mat as the referee counts in the second round during a WBO WBC bantamweight
t Read Full Story >>> DANNY "SWIFT" GARCIA HEADLINES "S?LO BOXEO TECATE" ON FEBRUARY 25 AGAINST JOHN FIGUEROA IN SAN DIEGO
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
CO-FEATURED BOUT IS A BATTLE OF UNBEATEN PROSPECTS MARCO ANTONIO PERIBAN AND DION SAVAGE
Plus San Diego's Rising Stars Pablo Armenta and A.J. Matthews Featured In Separate Undercard Bouts
LOS ANGELES, February 21 - TeleFutura's "S?lo Boxeo Tecate" returns to San Diego with another action-packe Read Full Story >>> Michael Grant Returns 5th March - Unleash The Fury @ York Hall
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 22 Feb 2011
Tottenham?s Michael Grant is set to return to the ring, after a year long sabbatical from the sport, at the Steve Goodwin promoted ?UNLEASH THE FURY? mega event at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Saturday 5th March 2011.
Michael, who was one of the most exciting young Light Welterweight pr Read Full Story >>>
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