by Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, 07 Mar 2007
With the world’s boxing media already in Las Vegas for Oscar De La Hoya’s Super Fight against Floyd Mayweather on May 5, why not hold a card the day before the big fight and showcase some of your
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By Ricardo Lois, Boxing Confidential, 07 Mar 2007
Call me a geek, I enjoy baseball statistics, boxing trivia, and sibling rivalries. During the media conference call for Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, which featured questions that could put a speed freak with a sleeping disorder to bed, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions p
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By Associated Press, Fox Sports, 07 Mar 2007
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Boxer Omar Nino-Romero was suspended for nine months and fined $18,750 Monday for testing positive for methamphetamine after a November bout. The decision by regulators means the 30-year-old Mexican won't be able to fight in the United States during his suspension. Nino-Romero's
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By Benn Schulberg, BoxingTalk.net, 07 Mar 2007
If all fistic opponents could thrill their audiences the way Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez did this past Saturday night in Los Angeles, the sport of boxing would never have to answer to its critics who blame the scores of
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By Nat Gottlieb, TigerBoxing.com, 07 Mar 2007
Although raw power is generally associated with the heaviest weight divisions, some of the biggest punchers in boxing today perform from 122 pounds down to 108. They are the “Little Big Men” of the fight game. Just their names conjure up visions of brutality in the ring. Daniel Ponce
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By Manolo Iñigo, Inquirer News Service, 07 Mar 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- More and more people are expressing their opposition to Manny Pacquiao throwing his hat into the political arena. Online polls, and even people in the streets, are against his political ambition, saying he should stick to boxing and make hay there while the sun still shines
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The Philippine Star, 07 Mar 2007
Bob Arum, whose promotional rights to Manny Pacquiao is being disputed by Oscar de la Hoya, on Monday called Golden Boy’s reported cash deal to Pacquiao last year as "unprofessional and inappropriate." "Come on, give me a break. What legitimate business person pays someone with 12,500 $20
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BoxeoMundial, 07 Mar 2007
Marco Antonio Barrera has been preparing for his upcoming fight against his country man Juan Manuel Marquez in Big Bear for the last seven weeks The Title fight is schedule for March 17 at the Mandalay Bay Res
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 06 Mar 2007
Philippine minimum weight champion Florante Condes is to get a crack at the IBF title currently held by Indonesia’s Muhammad Rachman according to Dante Ortiz one of the co-managers of Condes along with former boxer Aljoe Jaro who has
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By Pedro Fernandez, RingTalk.com, 06 Mar 2007
STORY OF RAY ROBINSON, DURAN & HEARNS TOO! Las Vegas, NV- Having been a student of the game for longer than most of you have been alive, suffice to say that I have probably seen a bit more than you when it comes to professional prizefighting. Definitely not intending to slight anybody, I say th
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 06 Mar 2007
MILLIONS of Filipinos want ring idol Manny Pacquiao not to run for a congressional seat this May and instead concentrate on his remarkable ring career for the next couple of years and then, if he still wants to run for political office, wait until the 2010 elections. Besides, if he really wants
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