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RAPID FIRE: Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By FightFan.com Staff, FightFan.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
In yet another installment of ?Rapid Fire?, FightFan.com catches up with Pound-for-Pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr. WATCH as we put Pretty Boy under the gun with five random questions and be sure to stay tuned for more editions of ?Rapid Fire?, only on FightFan.com!!
Read Full Story >>>Inside the De La Hoya camp!
By Luis Torres, FightFan.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Oscar De la Hoya recently opened the doors of his training camp to members of the international media. FightFan.com was live on location to capture this exclusive video of Oscar in training. Included are excerpts from the ensuing media scrum that took place. Don?t miss this exclusive peek inside the Read Full Story >>> HBO gets real for De La Hoya-Mayweather
Los Angeles Times, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
The popularity of reality shows hasn't been lost on HBO.
The pay television network will begin airing a four-episode reality series Sunday at 10:30 p.m. to help promote the May 5 Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather fight, which, not so coincidentally, HBO will show on pay-per-view.
ADVERTISEMENT Read Full Story >>> De La Hoya Vs Mayweather:?The World Awaits?
By Jerry Glick, SecondsOut.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Shane Mosley, Richard Schaefer, and Mark Taffet were on the line to field questions on a media conference call about the up coming mega-fight labeled; ?The World Awaits.? The fight, scheduled for May 5 at The MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, is between WBC Junior-middleweight Champion Oscar De Read Full Story >>> Watch for Free Oscar De la Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr on TV this Sunday
DogHouseBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
This Sunday HBO will premier "De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7." The show will be on at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. HBO has made the program into a four-part series. The series is set to showcase the buildup a to Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. highly anticipated bout which will occur on May 5th.
The f Read Full Story >>> State of the Game: Bells and Whistles
By Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
There is a familiar pattern that occurs on most major televised boxing cards nowadays. A putrid undercard that takes place in front of a sparse gathering is then followed by what seems to be an interminable wait (of at least Read Full Story >>> Full plate can wait for Pacquiao as fight nears
By Robert Morales, Press Telegram, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Any athlete needs to be focused on the task at hand, but a fighter perhaps more so than any other because of the obvious danger and because one punch can turn around a fight and send a superior fighter to defeat.
Manny Pacquiao said that one of the reasons he lost a decision to Erik Morales in t Read Full Story >>> Viloria wants his belt back
By Dayton Morinaga, The Honolulu Advertiser, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Waipahu boxer Brian Viloria wants to remember the Alamodome as one of the greatest fights of his career.
Viloria will face Mexico's Edgar Sosa for the World Boxing Council light flyweight championship Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Viloria is 19-1 and ranked No. 1 by the WBC. Read Full Story >>> The Boxing Bookie Predicts Pure Destruction
By John Chavez, Boxing Confidential, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
I never like it when a fighter smiles too much before a battle. While there are a select few that can seem perfectly content with themselves and life as a whole before they lace up the leather, it Read Full Story >>> So many fights to watch
By Ed Picson, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Over the past few days, I’ve been asked at least a couple of times if I would "bother" to watch the Manny Pacquiao-Jorge Solis fight.
"What kind of a silly question is that?" I ask. "Of course I’ll watch it".
"Well, you’ve been saying that it’s going to be a lopsided Read Full Story >>> Rich’s Musings
By Rich Marotta, MaxBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
When you watch the Top Rank pay-per-view card Saturday night headed by Manny Pacquaio-Jorge Solis, it will have a decidedly different look than what you are accustomed to seeing on HBO and SHOWTIME. Bob Arum is doing his own telecast, so he'll have his own announcers and his own way of running the s Read Full Story >>> DEATH IN THE RING – PART IV
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Hard-hitting boxing writer Scott Mallon who is on Ring Magazine’s rating panel branded the ban imposed by Buhain “as a positive step.” GAB Commissioner Angel Bautista and Dr.Cruz who left for Bangkok on April 5 along with South Cotabato governor Manny Pinol who was tasked by Presid Read Full Story >>> Matchmaker denies role in Sisnorio fight
By June Navarro, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
MANILA, Philippines-- The man suspected of bringing Angelito “Lito” Sisnorio Jr. to Thailand finally came forward Thursday to deny he had anything to do with the boxer’s death.
Matchmaker Ranilo Terrania, also known as Bong Obero, said he ended his ties with Sisnorio last year a Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao vows good fight
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Clad in white polo shirt, well-groomed and wearing a jewel-studded watch, Manny Pacquiao hardly appeared to be the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter Wednesday.
And when his turn to speak during the news conference for the “Blaze of Glory” fight card came Read Full Story >>> Mexican camp smells victory
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Fernando Beltran, the swanky boxing promoter from Mexico, described Jorge Solis Wednesday as someone who can throw 250 punches in a single round.
But whether Solis could land them, or at least a tiny fraction of them, is the question.
"Manny Pacquiao must be prepa Read Full Story >>> Solis throws 250 punches per round, says manager
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- Fernando Beltran certainly knows how to market his fighters. He describes them in glowing terms and gives credentials that will be enough to sway opinion, if not fate or bet.
On Wednesday (Thursday in Manila), he raised eyebrows when he said that his ward, the unbeaten but l Read Full Story >>> This lightflyweight title is mine, says Viloria
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Filipino-American Brian Viloria says it’s rightfully his, but Edgar Sosa of Mexico believes otherwise.
Viloria and Sosa are talking of one thing and that’s the World Boxing Council (WBC) light-flyweight crown that they will dispute Saturday night undernea Read Full Story >>> ‘Solis will shock the world’
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
big thing, according to the crystal ball of arguably Mexico’s most outspoken boxing personality.
Fernando Beltran boasted on Wednesday that Solis will put an end to Manny Pacquiao’s reign of terror this Saturday at the Alamodome.
"We have a very good possibility against Pacqu Read Full Story >>> Morales' final fight could be in San Diego
By Jerry Magee, SignOnSanDiego.com, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
Top Rank Inc. promoter Bob Arum plans to choose between San Diego and Chicago as the site for a June 15 bout that is to represent a farewell to boxing by Erik Morales of Tijuana, a former champion as a super bantamweight, a featherweight and a super featherweight.
Morales (48-5, with 34 knockout Read Full Story >>> NBI starts probe on Sisnorio’s death
The Philippine Star, Fri, 13 Apr 2007
With the recent tragic death of Filipino boxer Lito Sisnorio, the National Bureau of Investigation is sending two agents today to look into the possibility that the recruiter in the case had sent other boxers to Thailand to compete in alleged illegal fights.
NBI-Interpol division chief Claro de Read Full Story >>>
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