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VALERO TRIUMPHS IN TOKYO
By Mark Staniforth, Sportinglife.com (UK), Fri, 04 May 2007
Edwin Valero was extended beyond round two for only the third time in his 22-fight career as he successfully defended his WBA super-featherweight title with an eighth-round stoppage of Nobuhito Honmo at Tokyo's A Read Full Story >>>Boom Boom faces acid test
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 04 May 2007
Whether Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista is the real thing or just a passing fancy will be known when he takes on unbeaten Sergio (Rocky) Medina of Argentina in a WBO superbantamweight 12-round title eliminator at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas this Sunday morning (Manila time).
Bautista, 20, w Read Full Story >>> Banal, Bautista raring to fight
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 04 May 2007
WITH the royal carpet treatment they received from the promoters, Filipino boxing?s rising stars, Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista and AJ ?Bazooka? Banal are now ready and raring to unload their wares come the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. slugfest dubbed ?The World Awaits? boxing card at the MGM Gr Read Full Story >>> Oscar the next Don King? Think bigger
By Bernard Fernandez, Philadelphia Daily News, Fri, 04 May 2007
LAS VEGAS - The professional athlete as corporate dynamo isn't really that new or unique a concept. Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus made many times more money through their various business enterprises than they did for their Read Full Story >>> JORDAN, TIGER, LONGORIA IN 'THE WORLD AWAITS'
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and Eva Longoria are just some of the celebrities who will be at ringside when Oscar De la Hoya clashes with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Reports from Las Vegas also say that actors Matthew McConahuey and Robert De Niro will also grace the mega-event.
Stay tuned for more Read Full Story >>> FLOYD GUARANTEES VICTORY
By George Willis, New York Post, Thu, 03 May 2007
The only thing as fast as Floyd Mayweather's hands is his mouth, which was talking non-stop during yesterday's final news conference before he faces Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden.
Of course that wasn't unexpected considering Mayweather is almost as good at boasting a Read Full Story >>> Boxing: The Rite Of Passage
By Jim Amato, EastSideBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
"Out with the old, in with the new ". How many times have we heard that phrase in our lifetimes ? Or " the young eat the old " ? The aging champion, however great he may have been must step aside for Father Time. There will always be a young lion poised and ready to take his place. As great as Muham Read Full Story >>> Mayweather, de la Hoya trade verbal jabs
By Jim Slater, Sunday Times South Africa, Thu, 03 May 2007
Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather guaranteed victory while Oscar de la Hoya promised to be faster and more aggressive in their final public comments before Saturday?s super-welterweight showdown.
Trading their final verbal jabs at a news conference here Wednesday, the US fighters kept to their pre-figh Read Full Story >>> DYNAMIC FAMILY
By Nancy Gay, San Francisco Chronicle, Thu, 03 May 2007
Floyd Mayweather, the younger version, was the one atop the massive dais at the MGM Grand, soaking it all in and spewing it all right back out -- the adulation and the indignation.
He is the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, a title that means "Pretty Boy" has accomplished a whole lot m Read Full Story >>> Golden Boy claims top billing
ITV Boxing, Thu, 03 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya says he's the undisputed star attraction for Saturday night's megafight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather is the sport's pound-for-pound king in the eyes of boxing purists ahead of this shuddering collision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
But they don't call Oscar the ' Read Full Story >>> GOLDEN BOY CLAIMS TOP BILLING
By Graham Shaw, Sportinglife.com (UK), Thu, 03 May 2007
Oscar De La Hoya says he's the undisputed star attraction for Saturday night's megafight against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Mayweather is the sport's pound-for-pound king in the eyes of boxing purists ahead of this shuddering collision at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
But they don't call Oscar the ' Read Full Story >>> Roger Mayweather Stinks Up Last Mayweather vs De La Hoya Presser
By Brad Cooney, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
It was the last press conference before one of the biggest fights in boxing history. The two warriors are in the room, Mayweather and De La Hoya. The Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach on one side, and Pretty Boy Floy Read Full Story >>> 'The World Awaits' Final Presscon Photos
By Dong Secuya, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS -- The world's boxing media has converged a few hours ago at the Hollywood Theatre of the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino to cover the hype that is the Oscar de la Hoya vs Floyd Mayweather press conference leading to this Sat Read Full Story >>> Lee's Big Fight: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather - More Than Just A Fight
By Lee Purchase, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
It's so close now, I can taste it. The standout date on the 2007 boxing calender and by far and away the biggest non-heavyweight fight since, er....Oscar De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad? Marvin Hagler-Ray Leonard? Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns? Thomas Hearns-Ray Leonard? Ray Leonard-Roberto Duran? One of th Read Full Story >>> Will a Great Fight Follow the Great Hype?
By Tom Thompson, TigerBoxing.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
I'm no different from anyone else who's paying attention to Saturday's WBC super welterweight title contest between champ Oscar de la Hoya and welterweight king Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I'm hoping that at some point in the bout a fight breaks out.
After separating yourself from the pre-fight Read Full Story >>> The Boxing Show Returns to RSRTV
RingsideReport.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
The hit Internet boxing program, ?The Boxing Show? returns to RSR. Written and Directed by Geno McGahee, and featuring 3-Time World Champion, Jose Antonio Rivera, and Trainer/Matchmaker Sean Fitzgerald, a new boxing experience is presented for the RSRTV viewers.
In this episode, Manny Pacquiao, Read Full Story >>> Edwin Valero Takes a Step Closer to a Manny Pacquiao Showdown This Thursday in Japan
By Jason Tremble, RingsideReport.com, Thu, 03 May 2007
Tonight at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan, the WBC is putting on three championship fights in different weight divisions. In the main event WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa, 21-2, 7 KO?s, will be making his fourth t Read Full Story >>> Roach now a trainer, but always a fighter
By Jon Saraceno, USA Today, Thu, 03 May 2007
LAS VEGAS ? If a fella didn't know better, he might think Freddie Roach was a soft touch, a patsy, a sucker.
Floyd Mayweather's camp will make a mistake if it underestimates the fighter and his trainer.
At 5-5, Freddie looks unassuming with eyeglasses that make him look like the old Mr. Peepers Read Full Story >>> Arum not involved, not upset
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Thu, 03 May 2007
No one would blame Bob Arum if he were bugged about not being part of Saturday's super welterweight title fight between champion Oscar De La Hoya and challenger Floyd Mayweather Jr. at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Until the past couple of years, Arum had promoted the superstars most of their respecti Read Full Story >>> Bring Your Bling As Tiger, Jordan Join Icons Sitting Ringside!!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 03 May 2007
Expect the icons of sports, entertainment, and politics to hobnob with the world's high-rollers and 'sharks' when Oscar De la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr meet on the May 5 historic super-fight at the MGM Grand here. According to Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) vice-president Eric Gomez, celebrities s Read Full Story >>>
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