May 28, 2007 top boxing news.
MAYWEATHER CALLS GBP A 'GREAT, GREAT PROMOTER'
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 May 2007
Top pound-for-pound fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr, in a video interview with Boxingscene, has hailed Golden Boy Promotions, calling the firm a 'great promoter' owing to the company's handling of the May 5 superbout, as well as the prompt payment of his $20 Million purse for the fight. Mayweather di Read Full Story >>>
SCHAEFER SURPRISED PACQUIAO DECLINED MARQUEZ FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 May 2007
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says he is “surprised” that Manny Pacquiao turned down a mandatory title shot at reigning WBC super featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez after WBC president Jose Sulaiman called for free negotiations or if it didn’t work, a purse bid Read Full Story >>>
Manny and the Pacnatics
By Pete Escobar, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 28 May 2007
The elections are finally over! Manny Pacquiao has graciously conceded defeat in his run for congress in South Cotobato to Darlene Custodio. The issues that have divided Pacland has now died down and a peaceful ceasefire hovers over t Read Full Story >>>
Boom Boom’s title shot assured
By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, Mon, 28 May 2007
Rey (Boom Boom) Bautista is definitely fighting WBO superbantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon but it’s still not certain if the title bout will be held here as part of a World Cup card featuring Mexico versus the Philippines or as the main event at the Arco Arena in Sacramento on Aug. 11 Read Full Story >>>
He's A Mini-Manny, Pinoy Condes Drills Hard For Jakarta Title Tilt Against Rachman!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 28 May 2007
IBF mandatory challenger Florante Condes, acknowledged as the small version of Manny Pacquiao, has already logged some 106 rounds of sparring under him, and will get another ten tomorrow as he continues to prepare for his June 16 challenge of IBF minimumweight kingpin Muhammad Rachman in Jakarta, In Read Full Story >>>
‘The Ghost’ calls out to Pacquiao
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Mon, 28 May 2007
THE list just gets longer and longer. Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight champion Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero wants a piece of Manny Pacquiao, the Filipino boxing star who almost everybody in the fight game wants to fight. Guerrero, who stands 5' 8 1/2" and who enjo Read Full Story >>>
His Eyes On Manny, Humberto Soto Breaks Tortillas In LA With Bobby Pacquaio!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, Boxing Confidential, Mon, 28 May 2007
WBC Number 2-ranked Humberto Soto and WBC Number 6-rated Bobby Pacquiao of the Philippines will cross paths for the first time when they face the media on May 30, Wednesday (Thursday in Manial) to promote their June 9 battle at New York's famed Madison Square Garden. The press conference starts at Read Full Story >>>
