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TRAFFIC RE-ROUTE FOR ?LABAN NA BANAL? EVENT
PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY -- A partial re-routing of traffic will be implemented for the explosive world championship tourney ?Laban Na Banal: Panahon Na!? at the New Cebu Coliseum (NCC) today. ALA Promotions marketing manager and liaison for traffic concerns Chad Ca?ares revealed after a close-door meeting Thursda Read Full Story >>>Cotto, Margarito both 147!
By Victor Perea, FightNews.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
Both fighters made weight on the first try. They faced off for about a minute, then waved to the crowd before leaving the stage in front of thousands gathered at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Miguel Cotto Read Full Story >>> No secret: Bazooka will counterpunch
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY, Philippines ? It was a mismatch right off as Panama?s Rafael Concepcion, coming in a full pound over the limit, took nearly two hours before passing yesterday?s official weight test for the World Boxing Association super flyweight interim championship here.
AJ Banal, on the other hand, Read Full Story >>> Bernabe Concepcion steps into the spotlight!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
Ace Freeman caught up with young Filipino phenom Bernabe Concepcion as he prepares to fight on the televised undercard of Saturday?s Cotto vs. Margarito card, live from Las Vegas. Concepcion, currently 25-1-1 (14 KOs), is Read Full Story >>> Mayweather shadow looms over battle of world's best welterweights
By John Rawling, guardian.co.uk, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
The question of whether Floyd Mayweather Jr will be true to his word and remain retired hangs over tonight's match between Puerto Rico's WBA world welterweight champion, Miguel Cotto, and his Mexican challenger Antonio Margarito.
In the wake of Mayweather's announcement that he would quit the spo Read Full Story >>> BANAL, CONCEPCION BATTLE FOR WBA CROWN TODAY
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY--Unbeaten Filipino AJ 'Bazooka' Banal and Panama's Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion will do battle for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) superfly interim championship today at the 10,000-capacity New C Read Full Story >>> FREDDIE ROACH: "I TALKED TO BOB ARUM...THE FIGHT WILL HAPPEN!"
By Percy Crawford, FightHype.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
"I talked to Bob Arum about it and he just told me to let him do his job. He's going to try and negotiate the deal. If it can be negotiated, the fight will happen...At this juncture of his career, I think Manny's on top of the world. He's very motivated right now and I think he just has too much spe Read Full Story >>> Trainer Hector Roca Says Pacquiao Has "Better Than 60-Percent" Chance Of Beating De La Hoya
By James Slater, EastSideBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
Vastly experienced boxing trainer Hector Roca, of Gleason's Gym Fame, has gone on record as saying Manny Pacquiao has a better than average chance of beating Oscar De La Hoya, should the fight actually happen - and it's looking more and more like it will..
Speaking to PhilBoxing.com, the former t Read Full Story >>> ?ABE?S ROOM RESTRICTED TO PARTICULARS?
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? The room of North American Boxing Federation (NABF) super bantamweight champion Bernabe ?Kamaong Llave? Concepcion at No. 111 in the 25th floor of the MGM Grand here has been ordered off limits to those who Read Full Story >>> Banal fights Panamanian slugger
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY ? AJ ?Bazooka? Banal expressed his readiness to beat Rafael ?Little Bull? Concepcion by any means today in the hope of getting a clear shot at the world title by December.
The unbeaten Filipino, who has 14 knockouts to show in 18 fights, claimed on the eve of the fight that he is armed Read Full Story >>> ?I?ll take title with me?
By Edri Aznar, Sun.Star Cebu, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
PANAMANIAN warrior Rafael ?El Torito? Concepcion (10-2-1, 6 KOs) is all geared up to clash with hometown hero AJ ?Bazooka? Banal (17-0-1, 14 KOs) for the World Boxing Association interim super flyweight crown tonight at the Cebu Coliseum.
?I?m ready. I can fight right now,? a confident Concepcio Read Full Story >>> Banal?s foe has a weighty problem
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY ? AJ Banal of the Philippines will not load up right away the moment he gets in close contact with Panamanian Rafael "El Torito" Concepcion in their scheduled 12-round interim fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super-flyweight crown.
"I plan to read his style and be very care Read Full Story >>> Concepcion barely makes weight limit
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
CEBU CITY ? For more than an hour, Rafael ?El Torito? Concepcion tried to shed off an excess pound, and once he did he started looking forward to a good payday.
Concepcion, who earns $450 or P20,000 a month as a ground services agent at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama, didn?t say how Read Full Story >>> This Fight Doesn't Need Hype; It Has Buzz
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
There was no 24/7 produced by HBO Sports for this Saturday night?s welterweight showdown between Antonio Margarito and Miguel Cotto. In fact, the network had to be cajoled into do a 'Countdown' show after initially giving a f Read Full Story >>> Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito: pieces on De La Hoya's chessboard
By Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
All eyes in the boxing world will be focused tonight on Cotto versus Margarito at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Well, except those eyes belonging to promoters Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer. They may be sneaking a peak or two into the future.
That's because when Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto fights M Read Full Story >>> Pound For Pound, Maybe Without Peer
By Ron Borges, The Sweet Science, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
The consensus opinion in boxing over the past several years has been that the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world was Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Upon the announcement of Mayweather?s unexpected retirement, four-time world champion Manny Pacquiao was immediately anointed as his successor, a move Read Full Story >>> VERNIE TORRES VOWS TO PROVE CRITICS WRONG
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? Vernie Torres said he is aware that little attention is being given to him both by the media and boxing fans who used to root for him in the United States after his record impaired rapidly to 27 wins (15 by Read Full Story >>> FORMER WBC CHAMP JOVY CHAN: I?M THE REAL McCOY
By Alex P. Vidal, PhilBoxing.com, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
LAS VEGAS, Nevada ? ?I am proud of my past and my present job.?
Thus, remarked Jovy Chan-Halog, who claimed ?he is not ashamed? of his new job in both the Team Pacquiao and Team Concepcion despite his former status as titleholder of the World Boxing Council (WBC) international bantamweight belt.
Read Full Story >>> RINGSIDE OR REMOTE?: Fight game spars with economy
By Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review Journal, Sat, 26 Jul 2008
With gasoline over $4 a gallon and ticket prices as high as $700, it's little wonder the so-called "Fight of the Year" between Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito isn't a sellout.
Apparently even hard-core boxing fans are thinking twice about whether to come to Las Vegas for the WBA welterweight t Read Full Story >>> ROCA: PACQUIAO HAS MORE THAN EVEN CHANCE OF BEATING DE LA HOYA
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 25 Jul 2008
Hector Roca.
CEBU CITY -- Iconic New York boxing man Hector Roca, chief trainer of the world famous Gleason's Gym in New York and whose fighter Arturo Gatti fought Oscar de la Hoya in 2001, said that Pacquiao has a 60% chanc Read Full Story >>>
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