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HBO to have four part build up to Oscar-Floyd
15rounds.com, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
HBO Sports will run a four-part series counting down to the May 5 Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather boxing match that should be the sport?s biggest event of the year.
And the cable network is giving the series a plush time slot, as it will air the first three installments of De La Hoya/Mayweather Read Full Story >>>HBO will get real with Mayweather-De La Hoya
By Larry Stewart, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
"The Contender," which combines reality television with boxing, became a hit on ESPN last year after a one-year run on NBC. Now HBO is going to try something similar to help promote the May 5 pay-per-view fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The pay-c Read Full Story >>> BOOM-BOOM take LA party by storm
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
CHICAGO -- It was a quiet Saturday, January 20 last week, a wonderful time when the hurried, break-neck pace of life in these
United States careened to a joyful rest.
It wasn't just another Saturday, though. The skies above loomed with a haze of blue. The air whiffed with a little coolness to it Read Full Story >>> Cebu to host 2nd world title fight
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
ON June 14, 1997, Cebuanos witnessed the first ever world championship fight at the Mactan Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City.
Gerry Pe?alosa, the youngest of the Pe?alosa boxing siblings made his first title defense after winning the World Boxing Council (WBC) super flyweight title from Japanese Hirosh Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao Leaves For America Amidst Concerns
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, BoxingScene.com, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to leave for the U.S today amidst growing concern about his planned April 28 fight against WBC featherweight champion In Jin Chi at the Wynn Hotel & Casino in the gambling enclave of Macau.
Filipino boxing people who have checked the plush hotel whi Read Full Story >>> Retirement not on Morales’ mind
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
Retirement isn’t an immediate option for three-time world boxing champion Erik Morales who has unfinished business in the ring.
During his recent visit to the country, Morales told The STAR he is definitely fighting again but declined to name his next opponent.
Morales, 30, said he is Read Full Story >>> Editorial: Pacquiao exemption
Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
MORE election developments on the national scene deserve analysis and review from local media in the province if only to discern whether these would apply to their communities and to their local officials who are once again on the throes of another merry political campaign.
Right off the bat is Read Full Story >>> MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA CONFIRMA SU RETIRO EN EL 2007; CONTRA M?RQUEZ Y OTRA, ANTES DE IRSE
BoxNoticias.com, Fri, 26 Jan 2007
MEXICO (AP).- El boxeador mexicano Marco Barrera dijo el mi?rcoles que su combate ante Juan Manuel M?rquez ser? su pen?ltimo antes de retirarse en definitiva.
El mexicano afirm? estar cansado de esperar un combate co Read Full Story >>> Gorres and Bautista are Primed and Ready
By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
I visited the Wildcard Gym today after a long absence on account of the past holidays. Actually, I wanted to check out our two young sensations from the famed ALA Gym , Z Gorres and Rey Boom Boom Bautista who are scheduled to fight in Cebu on February 24th
I got there just in time to see Bo Read Full Story >>> Is Pacquiao running for GenSan mayor?
By Beth Celis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
TEMPORARILY pushing aside the subject of boxing, to which he has been closely identified with lately, Reli de Leon of Manny Pacquiao Promotions has shifted his interest to a new passion.
I bet you’ll never guess the sport he’s currently in love with, considering that the Philippines i Read Full Story >>> Mayweather Sr out of De La Hoya fight
SecondsOut.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
Media Alert by Ben Cohen: USA Today reported today that Oscar De La Hoya has decided against having his usual trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. prepare him for his May 5 bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr.
CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Richard Schaefer, stated that Mayweather Sr, had asked for too much Read Full Story >>> Mayweather's dad out as De La Hoya's trainer
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
Oscar De La Hoya has decided not to use trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. in his corner May 5, when De La Hoya meets unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr.
A spokeswoman for De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions said Wednesday that the trainer's request for $2 million has been deemed too excessive by the boxer, d Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya/Mayweather/HBO looking at big numbers up ahead
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
Think HBO is counting on the May 5th De La Hoya/Floyd Mayweather face-off to be the centerpiece promotion of 2007?
Broadcasting and Cable reports that HBO Sports will run a four-part series counting down to the 2007 boxing event of the year, and the series will almost certainly receive bang-up ra Read Full Story >>> HBO to Follow De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7
By R. Thomas Umstead, multichannel.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
HBO will give boxing fans a rare look inside the training camps of two champion boxers when it debuts a four-part reality series leading up to the May 5 Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather pay-per-view fight.
With the opening bell sounding April 15, HBO will air three 30-minute episodes of De La Ho Read Full Story >>> "Who Is Paul Williams?"
By Scoop Malinowski, EastSideBoxing.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
Do you know which famous welterweight boxer said that? "Who is Paul Williams?"
No, it wasn't Antonio Margarito. It was Floyd Mayweather who says he doesn't know who Paul Williams is.
"I don't know who this young fighter is," claimed Floyd after Williams impressively destroyed Sharmba Mitchell Read Full Story >>> BAUTISTA READY TO BOOM-BOOM; ABS-CBN GETS RIGHTS!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
CEBU CITY--Top Filipino promoter Sammy 'Don King' Gello-ani announced in a press conference yesterday that undefeated Filipino boxing sensation Rey 'Boom Boom' Bautista will face his toughest test on February 24 when he dukes it out with young Colombian Feider Viloria in a 12-round battle for the va Read Full Story >>> Bautista faces Latino champ
By Rommel C. Manlosa, Sun.Star Cebu, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
BOHOLANO boxing sensation Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista will face a tougher foe when he returns to action in Cebu on Feb. 24 at the Cebu City Sports Center.
The card is promoted by Sammy Gello-ani and also features the WBO super flyweight championship between Fernando “ChucolitoR Read Full Story >>> VILORIA-SOSA, POR EL MINIMOSCA CMB ANTE EL INMINENTE DESCONOCIMIENTO DE OMAR NI?O
By Arturo Contreras, BoxNoticias.com, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
EL hawaiano Brian Viloria y el mexicano Edgar Sosa, uno y dos de las clasificaciones, disputar?n el campeonato minimosca del Consejo Mundial de Boxeo que quedar? vacante en cuanto se haga oficial que el tambi?n mexicano Omar Ni?o volvi? a dar positivo, ahora en el examen antidoping que fue practica Read Full Story >>> Roach wants 8-week training for Pacman
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
IF FREDDIE Roach can only have his way, he would like to see Manny Pacquiao on the doorsteps of the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood in the first week of March as the duo prepares for somebody who the celebrated cornerman said cannot be taken for granted.
"You can’t afford to take anyo Read Full Story >>> PACQUIAO TO SIGN CHI FIGHT NEXT WEEK; IS FINKEL BEING AVOIDED?
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Thu, 25 Jan 2007
OPENING ROUND. WBO President Paco Valcarcel has been invited by Golden Boy Promotions and promoter Sammy Gello-ani as special guest for the WBO superflyweight bout between Z Gorres and defending champ Fernando Montiel...Make no mistake about it, in this part of the boxing world, Z Gorres is actually Read Full Story >>>
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