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Mayweather eager to pad his legacy
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
You need not be a boxing fan to know that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a special talent.
Just look at the record, and pay attention to the right side of the ledger.
Mayweather is 40-0, and that 0 looms bigger and bigger with each fight the 33-year-old, six-time world champion takes on. But as he pr Read Full Story >>>Save Manny Pacquiao from politics and himself
By Jonathan Thyng, Examiner.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Vitali Klitschko has announced that he will enter into politics in Ukraine by forming a new political party named "OUDAR", an acronym which means "punch" to reform the country.
This is announced as Manny Pacquiao is currently running for a seat in parliament in the Philippines. Both boxers are of Read Full Story >>> Kessler's victory over Froch enhances Ward's Super Six stature
By Colin Seymour, Examiner.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Mikkel Kessler?s victory over Carl Froch by unanimous decision Saturday in Denmark intensified the impression that Oakland?s Andre Ward has already ascended to the top of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Kessler was the aggressor throughout and landed more punches, but it was not a whipping, e Read Full Story >>> Raised to Hit Hard and Overcome the Blows
By Greg Bishop, The New York Times, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
LAS VEGAS ? The eccentric uncle reclines on a couch, shoes off, feet up. The father, once estranged from his famous son, naps in the corner. Children scurry around, boxing gloves covering their tiny hands.
This gym is the Mayweather family living room.
At the center stands Floyd Mayweather Jr Read Full Story >>> MOSLEY?S TRAINER COMES TO THE DEFENSE OF PACQUIAO AND ROACH
By Felix Strunk, FightHype.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
In the latest episode of 24/7 Mayweather/Mosley, world-class trainer Naazim Richardson, who works with Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins and Steven Cunningham, to name a few, recently came to the defense of Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, who he feels has received unnecessary criticism about the success h Read Full Story >>> Round-by-round: how Froch's belt slipped
By Gareth A Davies, Telegraph.co.uk, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
1. Good start from the champion, nornmally a slow starter, but greater use of the jab from Kessler. Froch on the back foot, but a close round. Even round. 10-10.
2. Kessler took the second round, a strong series of punches at the close of the second. Better work and jab. Kessler 10-9.
3. Kess Read Full Story >>> ALA FIGHTERS RETURNING TO CEBU AFTER DUBAI VICTORIES
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
HONGKONG--After a very successful stint in Dubai, which marked the return of professional boxing in the world's playground to the rich and famous, the ALA fighters are set to return to Cebu today with big victories and great experiences safely tucked in memory chest.
The fighters are en route to Read Full Story >>> Filipinos make good fist of it
By Ahmed Rizvi, The National, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
DUBAI // A team of Filipino fighters did national hero Manny Pacquiao proud when they took on and beat ?The Rest of the World? at The Lodge on Friday night.
Milan Melindo, Rey ?Boom Boom? Bautista and Larry Canillas all won handsomely inside six rounds at the boxing night organised by KO Promotio Read Full Story >>> Melindo blasts foe to stamp class
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
MANILA, Philippines - Displaying new-found power in his move up in weight, WBC Youth Intercontinental flyweight champion Milan Melindo delivered a strong message that he?s ready for the big time by stopping Thailand?s Komrit Twins Gym at 1:23 of the fourth round to retain his title before a crowd of Read Full Story >>> Boxing Upgrade
By Rico Navarro, The Philippine Star, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
There?s good news and bad news for Cebu Boxing. The good news is that the ALA Group has broken ground and become the first Pinoy group to stage a boxing event in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Last Friday, Milan Melindo, Boom Boom Bautista and Larry Canillas all won by knock-out to formally anno Read Full Story >>> Floyd or Money? Mayweather plays them both
By Tim Dahlberg, The Associated Press, USA Today, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
LAS VEGAS ? The entourage was down to a manageable level, if only because there's just so many people you can fit in a shower room. Floyd Mayweather Jr. left the rest outside, with a massive security-type stationed at the door just to make sure everyone got the message.
If anyone deserved a hot s Read Full Story >>> Mayweather takes diversion while Pacquiao lies in wait
By Alan Hubbard, The Independent, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
He used to be known as Pretty Boy but now Floyd Mayweather Jnr wishes to be called Money ? no doubt because it is a commodity he loves above everything else, apart from himself. Boxing's supreme craftsman retur Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Jr vs. Mosley: What Happens if Random Blood Urine Tests Failed
By Leo Reyes, The Boxing Historian, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
One week before Floyd Mayweather, Jr and Shane Mosley collide at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, no announcement by the regulating bodies on how they will act if one or both fighters are found positive of steroids or performance enhancing drugs.
Undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr w Read Full Story >>> ALA Boys KO foes
By Jobannie C. Tabada, Sun.Star Cebu, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
UAE?ALA Gym?s Milan Milendo retained his WBC youth intercontinental flyweight title with a methodical demolition job of Thai challenger Komrit Twins Gym, while stablemates Rey Bautista and Larry Canillas overcame conditioning problems to score equally devastating knockout victories in Friday night?s Read Full Story >>> Valero's Brother: Edwin Dreamed of a Fight With Pacquiao
By Jhonny Gonzalez, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Venezuela - It's been several days since the suicide of boxer Edwin Valero and the entire country of Venezuela is still in a state of shock. Valero, very drunk and high on drugs, murdered his wife Jennifer Carolina in a hotel room in the city of Valencia last Sunday. Valero was arrested and taken to Read Full Story >>> Quick Jabs: What Did Boxing Owe Edwin Valero?; What Did Nevada Owe Evander Holyfield And Roy Jones, Jr.?; What Does Law Enforcement Want With Floyd Mayweather's Friend?; More
By Tim Starks, The Queensberry Rules, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Moreso than in a long time, the news of this week was heavily focused on the fights of the weekend. I haven't measured it statistically, but I do think the HBO card got more attention than the Showtime card. I don't get it. Carl Froch-Mikkel Kessler is a more significant fight in a better division ( Read Full Story >>> Why go for it half-baked?
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
THERE?S NOTHING MORE startling to ringsiders like a great knockout?right in the first round!
A happy stampede instantly results from this sort of stoppage.
Drian Francisco, thinking he had scored one, jumped up mad and rode the ropes.
He then started to blow kisses wildly to the amazed crow Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto's Bad Habits are Being Broken By Steward
By Mark Vester, BoxingScene.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Trainer Emanuel Steward is not looking to change the style of former two division champion Miguel Cotto. He just wants to break the Puerto Rican fighter's "bad habits" in the ring. Steward has seen an improvement in Cotto's style since coming on board two weeks to train him for the June 5 title shot Read Full Story >>> Mayweather is all that and a bag of chips
By Brad Cooney, Examiner.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
Former 3 time world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis sat down with this writer and spoke to me in depth about the upcoming May 1st showdown between the former pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather vs. Shane Mosley fight.
Lewis on Mayweather vs. Mosley
"Floyd moves around the ring well and nob Read Full Story >>> Malignaggi?s Defeat Against Khan Means Amplification Of The Steroid Issue Against Pacquiao
By Unofre Pili, Bukisa.com, Sun, 25 Apr 2010
If Malignaggi got hammered, expect him to use the same sales talk again in order to resale himself.
Malignaggi has been one of the most fanatic supporters of the steroidal propaganda propounded by the mouthy Floyd Mayweather Sr. against the living boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. Given that Maywea Read Full Story >>>
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