Boxing
Cotto, Pavlik Dominant in Comeback Wins
Miguel Cotto and Kelly Pavlik each started brand new winning streaks, as they returned to the ring for the first time since both suffering their first career defeats.
In New York, Cotto (33-1, 27 KOs) stalked and broke down the UK’s Michael Jennings. Cotto dropped Jennings twice in the fourth round before putting an end [...]
De La Hoya Ready to Walk Away From Boxing?
It was clear by the third round of his fight with Manny Pacquiao that Oscar De La Hoya was done as a fighter, but several months later, Oscar still hasn’t made it official.
After quitting on his stool as a large favorite against Pacquiao, De La Hoya took some time off to figure out what he [...]
Cotto-Pavlik PPV to Compete With Free UFC
UFC 95 may be over by the time that it airs, but it’s still on free television tonight. Boxing has two great fighters in bad matchups and is putting it on pay-per-view. You wonder why people are sure that MMA will overtake boxing soon?
The truth is, as we all know, that neither is [...]
Women’s Boxing in Olympics? Real Breasts Only Need Apply
The International Amateur Boxing Association unanimously voted to approve women’s boxing for inclusion in the Summer Olympics, starting with the London 2012 games.
The International Olympic Committee will vote on women’s boxing’s inclusion in the Olympics when they meet in October.
Of the 26 sports in the Summer Olympics, boxing is the only federation that does not [...]
Clearing Up the Pacquiao-Hatton Situation
From BoxingInformer.com:
Now that the fight is officially off, there are no winners and two losers. The losers, of course, are boxing fans, who will miss out on arguably the best fight that can be made in all of boxing, and Manny Pacquiao, who passed on a career high payday because he didn’t feel the [...]
Tyson Being Tyson
There’s something special about Mike Tyson when you put a microphone in his hands. From wanting to eat babies to praising a man for hitting like a mule kick — er, I’m sorry — a fucking mule kick, to expressing his desire to just fade into Bolivian, Mike always knows just what to say [...]
Hatton Ready to Move on from Pacquiao Mess
Boxing’s newest diva, Manny Pacquiao, is apparently back on the 60-40 bandwagon, and Ricky Hatton’s people are ready to pull the plug on their potential May 2 matchup.
Pacquiao’s people are once again insisting that their fighter receive the bigger cut of the payday, despite the fact that the majority of the money that the fight [...]
Pacquiao Gives In; Hatton Fight Back On
After a day or two of demanding a 60-40 cut, the people in charge of Manny Pacquiao came to their senses and agreed to the deal that had been previously agreed to — a 50-50 split for his upcoming bout with Ricky Hatton.
Pacquiao-Hatton in Trouble
Manny Pacquiao’s misunderstanding of his own value and simple math may cost him a whole lot of money.
Just as he did during negotiations for the Oscar De La Hoya fight, Pacquiao and his team are hung up on percentages, rather than pure numbers. Pacquiao’s team is now insisting on getting at least a 60-40 [...]
Best of Boxing 2008
Without further adieu, the time has come to hand out the boxing awards for the year of 2008. This was a fantastic year of boxing, though in my opinion, not quite as good as 2007. With any luck (and from the signs of things, there is some luck) 2009 will be even better than both.
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