• 'Not to do this fight would slow down the momentum of boxing' • Mayweather camp say boxer will 'give the fans what they want' Floyd Mayweather Jr has been accused of being "terrified" of losing his undefeated record by Manny Pacquiao's trainer, Bob Arum. Arum, who is also a Top Rank promoter, believes his fighter has done everything necessary to satisfy Mayweather's request for...
Who says Jews can't fight? From USA TODAY: LAS VEGAS — Yuri Foreman, the fighting rabbi-to-be, remained undefeated and made history Saturday night when he became the first Israeli to hold a major boxing belt, defeating Daniel Santos by unanimous decision for the WBA super welterweight title at the MGM Grand Arena. Despite his unblemished record, Foreman came in as the underdog to Puerto Rican...
BOXING - Shane Mosley will return to the ring at the start of 2010 with his next fight coming up against Andre Berto. Mosley, who goes by the moniker 'Sugar' Shane, will next fight Berto in Las Vegas on Januray 10. Mosley will be going an entire year between fights, as he has not fought since stopping Antonio Margarito in nine rounds in January 2009. 38-year-old Mosley was last seen between the
I've just been handed a dossier on this fight by my chief of boxing "Tooko" - a Mexican chihuahua - who has forgotten more about the sport than I have ever known. It makes for very interesting reading indeed. Or, I assume it does, it's in Spanish so I don't understand a word of it. But while I wait to run it through the translator, let's discuss what we know about this fight and possible...
Tomorrow night in Las VegasManny Pacquiao can take one more step towards becoming the greatest of his era How Ricky Hatton and Manny Pacquiao have grown apart – literally and figuratively – since they collided so dramatically in a Las Vegas ring six months ago. Tomorrow night in the same space at the MGM Grand in which he demolished the Mancunian whirlwind inside two rounds in May, Pacquiao...
By JE Grant Manny Pacquiao has emerged as boxing's most popular international figure. As the only fighter to win lineal titles in four weight classes, his popularity is more than matched by solid achievement. In destroying Oscar de la Hoya (even a diminished version), and spectacularly knocking out a strong Ricky Hatton --- and doing so in weight classes in which he had not ventured --- "Pacman"...
Manny Pacquiao has happened to be the most popular boxer today. Having a record or 49-3-2 , with 37 KO's , he has been knocking down well known boxers to become the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions. But the Pacman is not going to stop there as he aims to win over another belt against another great fighter in Miguel Cotto. For Pacquiao it was...
by Lem Satterfield Filed under: WBO , HBO , FanHouse Exclusive During the buildup of WBO welterweight champ Miguel Cotto vs. Manny Pacquiao , the challenger's trainer, Freddie Roach , says he's having fun at the expense of Cotto and his chief cornermen, Joe Santiago. Cotto "is slower," and "gets hit so much more" since his 11th-round knockout loss to Antonio Margarito, and "his...
Miguel Cotto's handlers say they will carefully scrutinize the gloves and hand wraps of Manny Pacquiao before their World Boxing Organization welterweight title fight in Las Vegas. Miguel Cotto Sr said Tuesday they blundered by not inspecting Antonio Margarito's gloves prior to Cotto's lone career loss in July of last year and vow never to let it happen again. "We only commit the same error once,"...
Ringside at Staples Center for the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship pitting Vitali Klitschko against Cris Arreola. The crowd of 14,556 is arriving slowly, but several empty seats remain, far more than when Shane Mosley and Antonio Margarito fought here in January.
The deaths of Vernon Forrest, Arturo Gatti and Alexis Arguello, combined with fight cancellations and controversy, have made this a summer of mourning for boxing. Added by: jme248 Viewed: 1 time(s) Tags/Keywords: Boxing vernon forrest arturo gatti antonio margarito alexis arguello controversy judging death Added On: 2009-08-26
I hate to rain on the ambitions of the tribe, but I am very skeptical of Russian-born, Israeli-raised, America-residing Orthodox Jewish boxer Yuri Foreman's chances in his upcoming title shot again Daniel Santos (32-3-1, 23 KOs). Foreman (27-0, 8 KOs) is an extremely strong technical boxer, but is very cautious and has precisely zero pop. Santos is much cruder, but is the definition of rugged and represents...
I just wanted to remind all of our readers that the boxing documentary Assault in the Ring debuts tonight at 10:00pm Eastern on HBO. The documentary covers the Billy Collins vs. Luis Resto fight that took place in 1983. This fight may sound a little familiar and if so it is because I talked about it on this site when discussing the Shane Mosley/Antonio Margarito fight when a plasterlike substance was...
Bob Arum’s Top Rank Promotions officially announced yesterday that the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight, scheduled for November 14 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is a done deal at a catch-weight of 145 pounds. In what has been a strange, transitional year for the sweet science, this is likely to prove the only true super-fight of 2009 in terms of both the legitimacy of the match-up and...
Miguel Cotto (33-1, 27 KOs) and Joshua Clottey (35-2, 20 KOs) will be on the ring on June 13, 2009 at 10:35 PM ET/ 7:35 PT for their 12 Round Title on HBO’s World Championship Boxing. Both Cotto and Clottey score a win against the former undisputed welterweight champion Zab Judah, and both lost to the suspended once feared Antonio Margarito. Many of the boxing experts predicted that Miguel Cotto and...
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