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Monday, October 26, 2015

Manny Pacquiao to retire if he wins senatorial race

What if he loses?Manny Pacquiao's retirement in the sport of boxing in 2016 has the word "if" associated.According to Top Rank's boss Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter, that Pacquiao told him "Bob, hopefully, by the middle of May I will have been elected senator in the Philippines and at that point, I cannot engage in boxing...

Friday, October 23, 2015

BRYANT JENNINGS AND LUIS ORTIZ TO BATTLE FOR THE WBA INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 FROM TURNING STONE RESORT CASINO, VERONA, NEW YORK TELEVISED LIVE ON HBO AFTER DARK®LOS ANGELES (Oct. 23, 2015) - Two heavyweight titans will close out the 2015 boxing year with a bang on December 19, as former world title contender Bryant "By-By" Jennings (19-1, 10 KOs) takes on recently crowned...

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

JOSEPH "JOJO" DIAZ JR. VS. RUBEN TAMAYO: OFFICIAL WEIGH IN - 1PM PST

Photo Credit: Golden Boy Promotions Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. and Ruben Tamayo will have their official weigh in at 1pm PST at the Fantasy Springs Resort in California for their 10-round featherweight bou...

JOSEPH "JO JO" DIAZ JR. AND FRANKIE "PIT BULL" GOMEZ LOS ANGELES MEDIA WORKOUT QUOTES AND PHOTOS

LOS ANGELES (Oct. 20, 2015) - 2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated top prospect Joseph "Jojo" Diaz Jr. (17-0, 10 KOs) and Frankie "Pitbull" Gomez (18-0, 13 KOs), 2009 U.S. Amateur Champion and 2009 WorldChampionship Silver Medalist, hosted a Los Angeles media workout today ahead of their respective bouts this Friday, Oct....

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Roman "El Chocolatito" Gonzalez didn't get the memo

Oct 16, 2015; New York, NY, USA; Roman Gonzalez after his KO victory over Brian Viloria during their flyweight world championship. Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/K2 Promotions[/caption]When you are an amateur boxer, you have to throw punches in bunches. Because you only have three or four rounds to win a fight, you have to...

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Roman Gonzalez stops Brian Viloria in Round 9

 Oct 16, 2015; New York, NY, USA; Roman Gonzalez (blue trunks) and Brian Viloria (white trunks) during their 12 round WBC flyweight championship bout at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/K2 Promotions[/caption]Roman Gonzalez made a spectacular and tremendous showing worth of a pound-for-pound...

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Jason Pagara scores three knockdowns in route to TKO victory

Jason Pagara made quick work on Nicaraguan Santos Benavides for their 10 round non-title fight at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. Pagara scored three knockdowns in round two before referee Referee Raul Caiz Sr. waived to stopped the contest.Pagara landed combos to the head that sent Benavides to the floor...

Friday, October 16, 2015

Andrzej Fonfara edges Nathan Cleverly in a classic action fight

Andrzej Fonfara wins a bruising toe-to-toe action-packed 12-round unanimous decision against Nathan Cleverly on Friday night at the UIC Pavilion, Chicago on PBC on Spike TV.From the opening round, Fonfara and Cleverly engaged in a phone booth battle that lasted till the final bell of their light heavyweight clash....

Pinoy Pride 33: Pinoy boxers’ moment to shine

Donnie Nietes is the longest-reigning Filipino boxing champion spanning 8 years. But that span of time being a champion he never had a fight in the US. A fight in the US is an ultimate dream of a non-US-resident professional boxer. In the US most big-time boxing card happens.Not only Nietes will fight first...

Golovkin-Lemeiux undercard final presser photos

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

David Lemieux says "I will leave with the belts"

Canadian David Lemieux (34-2, 31KO's) was full of confidence during the final press conference for his middleweight title unification bout against Gennady Golovkin held Mecca of Boxing, Madison Square Garden.Lemieux told sports media present at the press conference that he will not leave empty-handed on Saturday night,...

Brian Viloria says "I have no pressure" fighting against Roman Gonzalez

Leading into the fight of his life, Brian Viloria felt he had "no pressure" fighting against the new pound-for-pound kingpin, Roman Gonzalez at the historic Madison Square Garden in New York."I have no pressure. I believe all the pressure is on him to maintain and stay number one. This is a motivation for me to train...

Monday, October 12, 2015

The Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: The Leather Anniversary

Sunday, October 11 marked the third anniversary of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Traditionally speaking, it’s the leather anniversary. We’d prefer to ignore the modern gift idea devised by librarians at the Chicago Public Library, namely glass. We neither live in such a house nor have such a jaw. The leather...

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Gennady Golovkin, Brian Viloria & Ruslan Madiyev LA media workouts photos and quotes

Oct. 6, 2015, Santa Monica, Ca. --- WBA / IBO / WBC Interim Middleweight champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (33-0,30 kos) works out during media day at Wild Card West Boxing Club in Santa Monica,Ca for his upcoming fight against Montreal power-puncher IBF Middleweight title holder David Lemieux (34-2,31 kos),Saturday , October...

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Boxing and my day job

I’m dog tired and busy last week! The last update I made on this blog was last September 27. That was during the holidays here in Kuwait. That was the time when I was with friends. We were having fun in the skating rink when I read about the Klitschko-Fury fight. I made a quick update on that report in this blog. After...