Diaz Constructing His Comeback
Not Fighting for the Money, Construction Company Owner and Former IBF Lightweight Champ Julio “The Kidd” Diaz is Back with Re-Discovered Focus Set to Face Fellow Former Champion Kendall Holt on this week’s Friday Night Fights broadcast from the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California Former IBF Lightweight World Champion Julio […]
Franco Stepping up the Power
Looking to improve on his already considerable skills, undefeated Cuban featherweight prospect and current WBO Inter-Continental champion Luis “La Estrella” Franco (9-0, 5 KOs) is currently hard at work at SoMi Fitness in his hometown of Miami with world-renowned strength and conditioning coach Willie Del Sol and dietician Unni Greene. In addition to his […]
MANNY PACQUIAO RETAINS WBO TITLE WITH LOPSIDED DECISION OVER SHANE MOSLEY
Jorge Arce Registers Historic TKO Victory, Comebacking Pavlik, Undefeated Alvarado Triumph Saturday, May 7, Live on SHOWTIME PPV® From Sold-Out MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Catch Replay Next Saturday, May 14, On SHOWTIME Before Andre Ward-Arthur Abraham Super Six Semifinal At 10 P.M. ET/PT LAS VEGAS (May 8, 2011) – On the first […]
ROACH, RICHARDSON ROUNDTABLE, UNDERCARD FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES: WILFREDO VAZQUEZ, JORGE ARCE, KELLY PAVLIK, ALFONSO LOPEZ, MIKE ALVARADO, RAY NAHR
Thursday, May 5 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand. This Saturday, May 7, at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena, eight-division world champion Pacquiao (52-3-2, […]
MANNY PACQUIAO, SHANE MOSLEY ALL CLASS AT FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE AT HOLLYWOOD THEATRE AT MGM GRAND
Wednesday, May 4 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 4, 2011) – A mega-boxing event devoid of trash talk continued Wednesday as classy athletes Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley maintained their respectful tones during the final press conference at the Hollywood Theatreat MGM Grand. The final press conference for the undercard fighters is Thursday. Several hundred […]
AL BERNSTEIN: MAY 7 ALSO BIG FOR PAVLIK,VASQUEZ JR.
While attention will certainly be focused on the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley mega fight on May 7th, Al Bernstein says that two other boxers will have plenty at stake that night as well. Bernstein, who will serve as analyst on the Showtime Pay per View telecast of that card, points out that Kelly Pavlik and […]
FIGHT WEEK OFF TO A SMASHING START: HUNDREDS OF VOCAL FANS, MEDIA ON HAND TO GREET PACQUIAO AND MOSLEY FOR THEIR ARRIVALS AT MGM GRAND
Tuesday, May 3 MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada LAS VEGAS (May 3, 2011) – They started hovering around the make-shift ring in the lobby and the front entrance at MGM Grand an hour before the first of the custom-designed buses were scheduled to arrive. First, a little after 11 a.m., came the Shane Mosley bus. […]
Boxing Links (5-1-11)
Super six boxing semi on after refs row resolved AFP The California Boxing Commission has said they will use Puerto Rican referee Luis Pabon rather than a local ref, as was first suggested, for the bout. “We have won the first round without leaving the country,” said Abraham’s promoter Wilfried Sauerland … See all stories on this topic […]
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