By Shawn Craddick

Nonito Donaire is quickly jumping at the opportunity for the WBC Super Bantamweight Championship Belt against Toshiaki Nishioka. This will be a tough fight against the slick southpaw. Toshiaki won the belt in Jan 2009 against Gernaro Garcia and…

BROOKLYN, NY (MARCH 28, 2012)—On Saturday night, June 2nd history will be made as 2008 U.S. Olympian and undefeated Welterweight Sadam “World Kid” Ali will make his promotional debut as he unveils World Kid Promotions which will stage a big night of boxing at the Aviator Sports Complex in…

The world champion and the interim champion at light-middleweigt will have to wait for the WBA decisions regarding the fight after both parties failed to show at the purse bid.

The World Championships Committee, directed Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, the World Boxing Association…

Schaefer told the Telegraph.co.uk “It will happen but not his year. Probably when Pacquiao is ready to retire and has run out of other options.”

I agree. The Mayweather-Pacquiao probably won’t get made until Pacquiao is on the verge of retirement and/or he starts taking losses…

Hey guys,

I’m writing to you from the hot and humid Philippines! It’s great to come back to the country, the people here are so welcoming and friendly that I always love coming back. I’m here for the next six weeks and will be training at altitude to make sure that I’m in tip-top…

The World Boxing Council (WBC) supports and takes part on the production of the Mike Tyson’s show at the MGM in Las Vegas “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth – Live on Stage” on April 13th – 18th.

The WBC thinks of Mike Tyson not only as one of the best champions in history, but…

By Shawn Craddick

Lately it seems like Manny Pacquiao has been under attack by the Media, Fans, and BIR which is the Tax Man in the Philippines. Manny has been trying to clean up his image lately by devoting himself back to God, giving up infidelity, no more gambling, and no more cock…

By Shawn Craddick

Boxingsocialist got a chance to catch up with World Famous Johnny The Jewler at the Morales vs Garcia event. Johnny Dang was there to support Danny Garcia and a few other boxers. Johnny is known for creating custom jewlery for mostly famous rappers such as Bun…

By Shawn Craddick

We had an opportunity to catch up with Goldenboy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya. It was after the Erik Morales vs Danny Garcia Post fight presser. Oscar had to ease the tension in the room with Kirkland and Anne Wolfe talking smack back and forth with Molina's…

by Shawn Craddick

It's being reported by Freddie Roach that he will be heading out to the Philippines but it won't be by himself. He will be taking his other prized jewel Amir Khan. They will be trying to merge the two camps together to get the best training possible. Manny Pacquiao…

By Shawn Craddick

Riddick Bowe was on hand this Saturday at the Vernon Paris vs Zab Judah fight in Brooklyn, New York. You could visible see some age on Bowe and if you pay close attention there is some slurs in his speech when he talks. He's not the same Riddick Bowe of the past, even though he kinda sounds the same. When approached on his advice about boxing and especially those of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, he was anxious to give his thoughts.

"Manny…

By Shawn Craddick

Birds of a feather flock together. Atleast that is how the old saying goes. Erik Morales who will be fighting in Houston, Texas missed his 140lb contracted weight. Erik Morales has always been regarded as a respected fighter but lost some of his fan base at friday's weigh in. Morales said if he tried to take off those last two pounds it would have affected him. "It wasn't worth the sacrifice at this point for the last couple of pounds. It would hurt me. No…

By Shawn Craddick

Soon in 2013 there will be the Hands of Stone movie which reflects on the life of Roberto Duran. This movie will have a power line up of actor's. Al Pacino will play Ray Arcel, Gael Garcia Bernal will play Roberto Duran, and R&B Singer Usher will be playing Sugar Ray Leonard. Duran was noted as part of the Fabulous Four in the welterweight jr middleweight boxing division.

Hands of Stone follows the life of Roberto Duran, who made his professional…

MANILA, Philippines – Boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao admitted helping a close friend secure papers for the controversial Boracay West Cove resort project.

In an interview with ABS-CBN’s Ted Failon, Pacquiao revealed that used his ties with former Environment Secretary Lito Atienza to help the Boracay West Cove owner secure the necessary papers for the resort.

The beach resort is owned by Crisostomo Aquino, a close friend of…

By Shawn Craddick

Ana Julaton had no other choice but to go fight in Argentina to defend her own crown. She loss by the scores of 98-91, and 98-92 twice. There is no way those scores resemble how close of a fight it was. She was even deducted a point in which most observers felt it was an unfair call. She was promised a fair shake in Argentina but it was a far cry from that. Kinda reminds you of the calls you get in Texas. I personally think what hurt the most was the lack of…

By Shawn Craddick

Floyd Mayweather has been building his roster of fighters lately. Of course he has his own promotional company called Mayweather Promotions. He has the likes of Deandre Latimore, Jessie Vargas, and a few others. Although Floyd is their promoter, they get their hardcore workouts by his own trainer and Uncle Roger Mayweather. When your in the Mayweather Gym it's all Hard Work. Floyd posted a Video today of a new young champion he's training and he's Filipino and…

By Dan Ambrose:

HBO has reportedly given the stamp of approval to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr’s next opponent undefeated junior middleweight contender Vanes Martirosyan (32-0, 20 KO’s) for a fight on June 16th at the Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas, U.S. Martirosyan, 25, is the proposed Top Rank replacement for middleweight contender Martin Murray, who was unable to take the fight with Chavez Jr. due to visa problems.

Martirosyan was in the right place at…

- press conference coming soon where he will tell the true side of the story



- the guy asked him why he is so hard to reach through the media, and gamboa said that his promoters and managers sometimes make it impossible for him to speak through the media, but he said that hopefully in 2013 that wont be the case anymore



- he said that whole him being scared of rios is propaganda, he said the negotiations were never…

By Shawn Craddick

There is no love lost between Amir Khan when it comes to Sky Sports. When Amir Khan fought Paul McCloskey there was a fallout between Amir and Sky Sports. They downgraded Amir's fight from PPV to regular Sky. What did this do? Take money out of Amir's pockets.…