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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A do-or-die campaign is in the offing for Filipino prizefighter Gerry Peñalosa, and the mission is to regain his World Boxing Council (WBC) superflyweight title before hanging up his gloves for good. And the latest opportunity for Peñalosa to regain the belt will be against a young and strong Daniel Ponce de Leon of Mexico, the reigning WBO super bantamweight champ.
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PhilBoxing.com, 04 Mar 2007
Ryan Bito took the WBO Inter-continental minimumweight crown with a unanimous decision win last night over Thailand's Saengpetch Sor Sakulphan at the Elorde Sports Complex in Paranaque, Manila. Judge Tony Comia scored the bout 115-112, while Jonathan Davis penned it 117-110. The third judge Warre
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By Benny Henderson Jr, DogHouseBoxing.com, 04 Mar 2007
Coming at yah from the Home Depot Center in Carson, Ca, live only on Showtime boxing 9:00 PM ET/PT a potential fight of the year candidate is at hand when the reigning WBC Super Welterweight champion Israel Vazquez 41
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By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 04 Mar 2007
MANNY PACQUIAO will get at least $ 2 million for his April 14 showdown with Jorge Solis in Texas, but the Filipino’s take-home pay will be much more than that after all expenses are deducted by promotional outfit Top Rank. "Under the promotional agreement made by Pacquiao’s MP promot
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The Philippine Star, 04 Mar 2007
Boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao will receive his sixth straight Filipino Boxer of the Year award when he steps on stage during the seventh Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Boxing Awards and Banquet of Champions on March 25 at the grand ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex in Sucat, Paranaque City. Pacqui
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By Joaquin Henson, The Philippine Star, 04 Mar 2007
Breaking his silence a week after Z Gorres lost a controversial 12-round split decision to Fernando Montiel in a WBO superflyweight title fight in Cebu, ALA Boxing Gym owner Tony Aldeguer yesterday described the Mexican’s win as "a robbery in our own home" and took the Puerto Rico-based govern
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By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 03 Mar 2007
Eriberto 'Yukka' Gejon showed his all-around skills with a shutout unanimous decision win just a few minutes ago over Thailand's Wisan Sor Suchanya at the Rajah Sulaiman Park in Manila. Two judges saw the bout 100-91, while the third had it 100-90 in favor of the lanky Gejon, a protege of Rex 'Wa
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By Ed de la Vega, DDS, PhilBoxing.com, 03 Mar 2007
LOS ANGELES, California--ALA boy Robert “Cliff Smart” Allanic ( 14-5- 0 (7KO) dreams of making a big splash in his US debut against a former Mexican Olympian, Abner Mares (11-0-0 7K0). His dream was however, effectively squashed by the undefeated pug from Guadalajara, Mexico. Mares won every
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By Roy Luarca, Inquirer News Service, 03 Mar 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- It’s crystal clear. Fans want Manny Pacquiao to fight in the ring, not in the political arena. Voting online, more than 91 percent of 15,305 respondents, as of 6 p.m. yesterday, said they do not want Pacquiao to pursue his bid for a congressional seat in South Cotabato.
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By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard Today, 03 Mar 2007
IN RECENT years, Filipino boxing promoters and managers, particularly boxing patron Tony Aldeguer of the world famous ALA Gym, have helped elevate the World Boxing Organization into the top four organizations in the world, behind the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Association and the Internation
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