Boxing Links (12-31-11)
ROBERT MORALES on BOXING: Pacquiao not waiting for Mayweather; Bradley plan … Long Beach Press-Telegram By Robert Morales, boxing columnist With Floyd Mayweather Jr. going to jail for a domestic violence conviction, it’s doubtful he will be able to participate in a fight with welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao until perhaps the latter part of 2012. … See all stories on […]
Boxing Links (11-17-11)
Boxing Capsules: Mexican party complains about boxer’s trunks logo Brownsville Herald AP Mexico’s largest leftist party filed a complaint with electoral authorities over Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez’s use of the logo of the former ruling party on his trunks during a bout with Filipino Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, Nevada. … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (11-16-11)
The old boxing versus MMA thing (again) ESPN (blog) By Chuck Mindenhall You might want to check out the one that literary boxing writer Gary Andrew Poole came up with that loosely held the UFC’s debut on Fox up to the Juan Manuel Marquez/Manny Pacquiao fight he attended on the same night. … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (11-14-11)
Boxing legends set to attend private funeral for Joe Frazier in Philadelphia Washington Post PHILADELPHIA — Boxing greats are set to pay their respects to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at a private funeral in Philadelphia. The 67-year-old Frazier died last week after a short battle with liver cancer. A two-day public viewing was … See all stories on […]
CELEBRITY GUESTS AND NEAR FISTICUFFS MAKE FOR LIVELY PRESS CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS
Though the press conference held today at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas was principally to discuss the high-stakes super lightweight showdown between IBF #3-rated Victor “Mermelada” Cayo (20-1, 18 KOs) IBF #4-ranked Lamont Peterson for the right to challenge Amir Khan, it was the celebrity guests present and the antics of the always-colorful […]
SKY SPORTS ‘ONE TO WATCH’ TOWERS IN ACTION ON SATURDAY
Sheffield Heavyweight eager to impress in hometown fight Richard Towers fights on the undercard on Kell Brook v Lovemore N’dou on Saturday live on Sky Sports – another step in the remarkable turnaround in his life. The unbeaten Sheffield Heavyweight (10-0) was jailed for 13 years for his part of a kidnapping when he was […]