Boxing Links (1-31-12)
Bob Arum says Mayweather-Pacquiao won’t happen in the spring Los Angeles Times Promoter Bob Arum, left, and trainer Freddie Roach flank boxing champion Manny Pacquiao after a successful title defense against Miguel Cotto. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press) By Lance Pugmire Manny Pacquiao won’t fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. until … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (11-30-11)
Taking a Ride With Boxing’s Big Cheese Wall Street Journal By JASON GAY It was early afternoon on Tuesday when the boxing promoter Bob Arum stepped out of the St. Regis Hotel on East 55th Street and into a sleek black Mercedes. Arum, who will turn 80 on Dec. 8, had arrived in town to pump Saturday’s Miguel … See […]
Juan Manuel Marquez Timothy Bradley Workout Quotes Photos
Santa Anita Park hosted legendary Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and two of his fighters, Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley, on Saturday in a media work out where all three met with members of the horse racing and boxing media and also chatted with fans and signed autographs. Marquez is preparing for his upcoming world welterweight championship and […]
Boxing Links (10-16-11)
A bizarre finish, even for boxing ESPN Even in the world of boxing, where the bizarre is almost routine and controversy is commonplace, this was a night worthy of mention in Ripley’s book of the unbelievable. It ended with Hopkins in the hospital with a dislocated joint in his left shoulder … See all stories on this topic […]
Boxing Links (8-19-11)
Boxing gets direct challenge from MMA ESPN By Dan Rafael AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta Will another round of Juan Manuel Marquez-Manny Pacquiao help keep boxing fans from turning to another combat sport? “Let the games begin,” Top Rank promoter Bob Arum chortled into the phone on Thursday. … See all stories on this topic » […]
Boxing Links (7-7-11)
Ricky Hatton announces his retirement from boxing BBC Sport (blog) It is one of the oldest adages in boxing, indeed sport in general, that you are only as good as the other person lets you. And just as Henman’s path to potential immortality was blocked by superior talents, Floyd Mayweather Jr and Manny Pacquiao were … See all […]
WBA LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION BRANDON RIOS, CHALLENGER URBANO ANTILLON, KERMIT CINTRON, CARLOS MOLINA, PROMOTER BOB ARUM AND MORE FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
Wednesday, July 6, Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING Doubleheader This Saturday, July 9, At The Home Depot Center, Carson, California, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10 p.m. ET/PT LOS ANGELES (July 6, 2011) – Aside from some one-on-one, in-your-face jawing during a face-off for photographers, both Brandon “Bam Bam’’ Rios and Urbano Antillon […]
Boxing Links (7-6-11)
Plucky fan blags his way to ringside at Haye v Klitschko Yahoo! Eurosport UK (blog) A plucky British boxing fan who snuck into the VIP area for the David Haye v Wladimir Klitschko fight ended up sitting next to the British boxer’s family at ringside for the fight. Simon West, a double glazing sales manager from Leeds, […]
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