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Globalization of Boxing
By Tom Donelson, BoxingScene.com, Wed, 18 May 2005
Joe Calzaghe is the world recognized best Super Middleweight fighter and he is from England. One of the Heavyweight division's leading contenders is a Nigerian fighter named Samuel Peters and Mexican fighters dominate many of the lower weight divisions. Boxing is an international sport and the Junio Read Full Story >>>EL GRAN COMBATE: Bautista, Bolanos to settle unfinished business
The Freeman, Wed, 18 May 2005
The fight that never was in Las Vegas between reigning WBO Asia Pacific bantamweight champion, Rey ‘Boom-Boom’ Bautista, and trial-horse Gilberto Bolanos of Mexico was actually slated last April 8 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino under the promotion of Guilty Boxing.
It was the main supp Read Full Story >>> Bautista-Bolanos stokes Mexican -rivalry
By Salven L. Lagumbay, SecondsOut.com, Wed, 18 May 2005
The fight that didn't happen in Las Vegas between WBO Asia-Pacific bantamweight champion, Rey 'Boom-Boom' Bautista and trial-horse Gilberto Bolanos of Mexico was actually slated last April 8, 2005 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino under the promotion of GUILTY BOXING.
Penciled as the main supporti Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao tells Muhammad: "You're still fired!"
SecondsOut.com, Tue, 17 May 2005
Philippine power-puncher Manny Pacquiao will return to action this summer before, according to whispers, taking on Erik Morales in a rematch in December.
However, Pac-Man has some backroom issues to take care of. He is currently preparing litigation against former promoter Murad Muhammad, who he Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao alleges fraud!
FightNews.com, Tue, 17 May 2005
Manny Pacquiao has sent a letter to promoter Murad Muhammad requesting that M&M Sports stop claiming to be his promoter. In a letter released to the press, Pacquiao claims that Muhammad and M&M Sports participated in a fraud against him by leaving him with missing funds and a huge tax bill. Pacquiao Read Full Story >>> One on One with Bob Arum
By G. Leon, BoxingTalk.com, Tue, 17 May 2005
GL: Team Diego Corrales is very interested in making a fight with Erik Morales. Do you see the fight on the horizon for Morales? "No. What's on the horizon for Erik is, we're looking at the possibility at a Manny Pacquiao fight or maybe another one with Barrera. Morales would b Read Full Story >>> Roach: Pacquiao vs Peden in September
By Karl Freitag, FightNews.com, Tue, 17 May 2005
Trainer Freddie Roach told Fightnews.com today that Manny Pacquiao may next challenge IBF 130lb champion Robbie Peden in September, then take on Erik Morales in a rematch after that.
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MGM/Mirage Sportsbook chief Bob Read Full Story >>> Will Luisito Espinosa ever get justice?
By Manuel N. Oyson Jr., Sun.Star Cebu, Tue, 17 May 2005
NO ONE, it seems, is owning up the failure of former WBC boxing champion Luisito Espinosa to receive until now the remaining balance of $130,349 (roughly P8 million) of his purse in his featherweight title defense against Carlos Rios, which took place more than seven years ago. Among those he is sui Read Full Story >>> RSR Mail Bag May 16, 2005
By "Bad" Brad Berkwitt, RingsideReport.com, Tue, 17 May 2005
This week we have readers ringing in with their questions about boxing websites, the upcoming Tyson fight, advice on doing interviews, Manny Pacquiao, advice on getting a young child into boxing, tape collecting, Corrales Vs Castillo fight, James Toney and even George being asked the famous Bill Cli Read Full Story >>> Pacquiao is risky model for Arroyo
By Recah Trinidad, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 16 May 2005
HE was definitely defeated -- but his worshippers have refused to look at Manny Pacquiao as the real loser in his last fight.
The beating dealt by Mexican legend Erik Morales on the so-called national sports treasure was cruel and clear as the heat wave now stalking the Manila of our disaffection Read Full Story >>> RP's Flores keeps WBO Asia Pacific fly crown
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 16 May 2005
REXON Flores knocked down Indonesian Alwy Alhabsy of Indonesia twice and retained his World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific flyweight title by unanimous decision Saturday night at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat, Para?aque City.
Judges Edwin Sese gave the bout to the 22-year-old Flores at 11 Read Full Story >>> Boxing might be ringing in a new era
DailyBreeze.com, Sun, 15 May 2005
Tonight's Felix Trinidad-Winky Wright pay-per-view middleweight bout is intriguing in its own right, but on this particular Saturday what it does most is cap a monumental week unlike any other in the history of boxing.
Hardly a day's gone by that boxing hasn't made headlines. It's almost as if th Read Full Story >>> With the Case Filed Against Him, Will Murad Continue his Adherence to Bring Asian fighters to America?
By Ron Galarpe, RingsideReport.com, Sat, 14 May 2005
Don King is being identified as the chief matchmaker in the prestigious heavyweight division. Bob Arum at one point expressed his loyalty to the Mexican fighters and true to his word; Arum has more Mexican fighters than Americans under his long list of contracted fighters.
Oscar De La Hoya on th Read Full Story >>> Flores retains title
By Salven L. Lagumbay, SecondsOut.com, Sat, 14 May 2005
Rexon Flores of the Philippines sent down Indon Alwy Alhabsy of Indonesia twice in the third and dominated the 12-round bout en route to a unanimous decision win Saturday night to retain his World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific flyweight title at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat, Paranaque.
Read Full Story >>> CASTILLO-CORRALES: FIGHT OF THE YEAR? NOT SO QUICK...
By Kenny Perrault, braggingrightscorner.com, Sat, 14 May 2005
On March 19, 2005, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao had just finished a great battle many quickly dubbed as Fight of the Year. Fast forward to May 7th of the same year, at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, where Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo just fin Read Full Story >>> The Heaviness of Lightweights
By Jason Probst, MaxBoxing.com, Sat, 14 May 2005
At the end of the day, pride going before the fall made a big difference in Diego Corrales' epic stoppage of Jose Luis Castillo. Banged like a drum and knocked down twice in the tenth round, Corrales' second trip to the canvas was as much a product of exhaustion as punches, but he knew how to grab a Read Full Story >>> Is there a Pearl in Shelly's Shell when it comes to Manny Pacquiao?
By Arnel Paciano D. Casanova, RingsideReport.com, Fri, 13 May 2005
While Murad Muhammad may be banging his head now trying to devise a counterpunch to be used against the legal team of Judd Burstein and Keith Davidson, I believe that it is fair to ask, at the same time, whether Manny Pacquiao's dishing off Muhammad and hooking up with Shelly Finkel, et al would be Read Full Story >>> Bautista vs Mexican reset due to injury
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 13 May 2005
The much-awaited scuffle and historic battle between the first ever Mexican to fight in Cebu, Gilberto Bolanos and WBO Asia-Pacific bantam champ Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista has been reset from June 4 to June 11, 2005 at the fully-airconditioned Mandaue Sports Complex.
The one-week postponement was Read Full Story >>> Flores in crucial fight
SecondsOut.com, Thu, 12 May 2005
WBO Asia Pacific flyweight champion Rexon Flores may be one or two fight away from a potential bout with WBO flyweight king Omar "El Hurac?n" Narvaez of Argentina.
Flores, who is the topnotch Asian contender in 112-lb division being ranked No. 6 in the world by the WBO, could face the undefeated Read Full Story >>> Team Corrales: "Erik Morales - come get some"
By Ant Evans, SecondsOut.com, Thu, 12 May 2005
In the nuclear winter fallout from Erik Morales's epic win over Manny Pacquiao a month ago, it was impossible to envision another fight fought in such a white hot furnace of passion, pride and power punches. And yet, six weeks later Diego Corrales bested Jose Luis Castillo in a 10 rounds of beautifu Read Full Story >>>
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