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.…

By Shawn Craddick

Floyd Mayweather really stirred up the bee's nest in the last 2 years of his professional career. In the past two years Mayweather would always demand to have Olympic Style Drug testing before each of his fights. He requested Manny Pacquiao take one, and Manny agreed to the terms. Now it's about the money split. However, it seems like it has caught on like wildfire because quite a few fighters are demanding it now. Mostly Championship fights.

Lamont…

By Shawn Craddick

Nonito Donaire is doing his best to capture the hearts of the fans and titles of the bantamweight division. He's often stated that he will move up to the featherweight limit to face the best. There were a few names throwed around, like Gamboa. Seems like Gamboa couldn't wait and moved to lightweight for more competition. The other name? It WAS Juanma Lopez. Not anymore.

Orlando Salido will take Nonito up on the offer though. From Lopez's last two…

By Lem Satterfield

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is paying the nearly $50,000 hospital bill for a 11-month-old, Austin York, of Gardnerville, Nevada, who born with a rare heart abnormality, according to the fighter's assistant, David Levi, of Mayweather Promotions.

"I went to go to work this charity event, and I found out that they were raising money for someone in the organization's nephew, who lived somwhere in Nevada," said Levi of the Fight Night charity fundraiser that…

By Shawn Craddick

Juanma Lopez took another beating a couple weeks ago to Orlando Salido again. The hometown fans were hoping he could get his revenge in the rematch with Salido but once again failed to deliver. Orlando Salido just has Juanma Lopez's number. With the loss Lopez record…

By Keith Idec

NEW YORK — Lou DiBella fielded questions about matching Sergio Martinez against virtually every champion or top contender at 154, 160 and 168 pounds in the aftermath of Martinez’s technical knockout win against Matthew Macklin.

It took more than a…

Veteran boxer Sugar Ray Leonard believes British boxer David Haye needs to improve on his speed to end Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko's reign as WBC heavyweight champion.

Klitschko has successfully defended his title against Dereck Chisora last month.

Boxing legend Leonard…

In the midst of a makeshift post-fight press conference at ringside Saturday night, Sergio Martinez’s bombastic promoter Lou DiBella was expounding on what might be next for the best middleweight in the world when Merchant wandered over and began to tell any media member who would listen how Martinez…

MANILA, Philippines – Boxing great Larry Holmes thinks Manny Pacquiao shouldn’t be blamed if the super-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. doesn’t push through at all.

Holmes, considered as one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time, believes Mayweather is hesitant to fight…

By EngorgedW/Blood from Boxingscene.com Forum .... Excellent Observation.

While Merchant was hating on Martinez, Lampley would answer back in defense of Martinez, and Merchant would basically sound like he got owned and calmed down.

For example, in the 3rd round Merchant's "Uncertainty in Martinez's face" comment, Lampley answered back with "Well I see an uncertainty in both fighters faces, I don't see Macklin in any sort of command either".

Then Merchant…