Archive for the ‘Boxing’ Category

Michael Woods of NyFightBlog.com reported a credible source told him that he is “sure” that WBO world welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will meet Puerto Rican icon and WBA world light-welterweight titlist Miguel Cotto in a rematch sometime in the early-summer. Pacquiao, (54-3-2, 38 KOs), the first pugilist in history to win 10 world crowns ...

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WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather called WBO world welterweight champion Manny "Pac-Man" Pacquiao Wednesday in the Philippines and challenged him to scrap May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. "I called him and asked him about us fighting May 5 and giving the World what they want to ...

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Canadian pop crooner Justin Bieber, who was featured on the cover of the new music-themed issue of V magazine that reached newsstands on Thursday, compared himself to WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather in an interview with the periodical. “Yeah, I mean, when I was coming up, trying to get to where I ...

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Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi, the repugnant personality on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore, launched the promotional firm Team Snooki Boxing last week. “Snooki,” a native of New York who pathetically attained fame by infecting the lowly New Jersey borough of Seaside Heights, agreed to promote the bouts for Irish brother’s Patrick, Eddie and Paul Hyland on January 28 at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. "I ...

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Promoter Lou DiBella told NYFightBlog.com Wednesday he’s tired of the rampant speculation surrounding the mismatch he believes WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao versus WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather would ultimately prove to be. “I’m through talking about Pacquiao and May,” said DiBella, 51, a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law ...

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The “mystery man” that former IBF and WBA world light welterweight champion Amir "King" Khan posted a series of pictures of on Twitter last week explained to BBC Sport Tuesday why he was “interfering” with one of the scorecards during the Brit’s controversial split decision loss to Lamont Peterson December 10 ...

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British boxing icon Lennox Lewis wrote in the Daily Telegraph Tuesday that Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 Tuesday, “should be considered the greatest sportsman of all time.” "I studied all the great heavyweights, but Muhammad Ali for me was the main guy," wrote Lewis, 46, the first and only world heavyweight titleholder ...

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Ring Magazine, IBF, IBO and WBO king “Dr. Steelhammer” Wladimir Klitschko said on the Jim Rome Show Monday he will “try” mixed martial arts (MMA). “I have a lot of respect for MMA fighters,” said Klitschko, 35, who won a Gold medal as a super heavyweight at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. “It's a very ...

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Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA. The Senate will begin voting on January 24th. Please ...

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Freddie Roach, the legendary trainer of WBO world welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao and a newly elected International Boxing Hall of Famer, oddly told boxingscene.com Saturday that a May bout pitting his fighter against WBC world welterweight titlist “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather “could be rushing it.” "That's a fight you really have to promote," said ...

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