Timothy Bradley Calls Out the PacMan

After his great Unanimous Decision win against the former undefeated boxer and giving the first ever loss to Luis Carlos Abregu's career, Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley calls out Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao in a statement made last July 17, 2010.

The statement was a clear challenge for the 7-time world champion, pound-for-pound king, Manny Pacquiao. The statement by Bradley goes and I quote, "..I’m making a challenge right now, baby. Manny Pacquiao, come break down this wall. Manny, come break down this wall. I challenge Manny Pacquiao at 147 pounds”. A clear manifestation of interest in fighting the PacMan in 147 pounds catch weight.

This is indeed another option for the Team Pacquiao to be studying with. As Pacquiao once stated in one of his interviews, that he doesn't want to chase somebody, it is the other way around. And that other way around would be Timothy Bradley making a very proud challenge.

So what would you think about the forth-coming Pacquiao vs Bradley? This is something to look for in the near future.

Foreman III vs Hernandez Called OFF

The Foreman III vs Hernandez fight was called off due to George Foreman III's injury.

The son of the legendary and boxing icon has suffered an injury and to be more specific according to some boxing websites that the injury was still undisclosed for whatever reasons. But confirmed that it was due to his training.

George Foreman had suffered an injury during his training last week in preparation for his upcoming professional boxing fight that was supposed to happen this coming Saturday in the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland California.

Pacquiao vs Hatton Boxing: THE FINAL PRESSER/ Pacquiao-Hatton Photos

Proclaiming Saturday night’s mega-showdown between Pacquiao and Hatton to something “more than a prize fight,” Top Rank boss Bob Arum read from Rudyard Kipling’s “The Ballad of East and West”—the source of inspiration for Saturday night’s entitled showdown, “The Battle of East and West.”



Ricky Hattonwas on his serious side. Though he did not predict a knockout over Pacquiao, he did predict a win.

“I think you have all made your mind up already,” said Hatton. “I have been reading what you have been saying and what everyone has been saying. That doesn't scare me. I have been here before. I have been the underdog before.

"I hear what you say. 'He is an over-hyped, over-protected, fat beer drinking Englishman.

“But guess what? That ‘he’ is going to shock the world again.”

Manny Pacquiao’s words were few. Stating his readiness, he promised that he would do his best to honor his country.

“I respect Ricky Hatton,” said Pacquiao. “He is a good person. He is a nice guy and I would like to remind everyone that there is nothing personal for this fight and we are just doing our job to give a good fight to the people and make them happy.”



Following suit, Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, was just as pithy in his choice of words, saying only that he had the best fighter who was in the greatest shape of his life.

"I've been telling Manny all along that I will be disappointed if the fight goes longer than three rounds." Roach said.



“People want to watch this fight not because of the fighters' abilities, not because they can fight and have come to give fans an exciting fight, but because of respect. People respect what Pacquiao and Hatton can do in the ring.

"That's why people are going to watch this fight, because they respect both of these fighters and they know they are going to see a great great match.”

Pacquiao vs. Hatton "The Battle of East and West," presented by Rockstar Energy Drink and promoted by Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, in association with MP Promotions and Hatton Promotions, is a 12-round bout for Hatton's IBO and Ring Magazine World Junior Welterweight titles. The fight is also sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Southwest Airlines.

WATCH LIVE ONLINE STREAM BOXING: Carlos Abregu vs Irving Garcia

With an 80 percent KO track record, Carlos Abregu knows he is more then capable than Puerto Rico's Irving Garcia on Friday, May 1, on ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME.

The Argentine will face Puerto Rico’s Irving Garcia (17-3-3, 8 KOs) in the 10-round welterweight main event at the Chumash Casino Resort at Santa Ynez, Calif. Garcia, 30, is the World Boxing Council (WBC) Latin American welterweight champion and is undefeated in his last five fights.

Ranked No. 6 by the WBC at 147 pounds, Abregu scored a career-best win on Dec. 5, 2008, on ShoBox with a 10-round split decision over David Estrada at Chumash. The victory wasn’t without controversy, but Abregu feels he earned the win.


Garcia – currently ranked No. 19 at 147 pounds – is a former WBC Caribbean (CABOFE) welterweight champion and former Puerto Rican junior middleweight champion.

He is coming off one of his career best wins in his last fight on Oct. 17, 2008, a 10-round unanimous decision against Chris Smith at Hatillo, Puerto Rico following two prior technical decisions in 2008. Performing before his hometown crowd, Irving was relentless early on, landing sharper punching and building a lead on all the scorecards. A flurry of right hands in the later rounds led to Garcia finishing strongly and earning the impressive win.

Pacquiao vs Hatton Boxing Updates: James Kirkland OFF

James Kirkland Off Pacquiao-Hatton Card (Battle of the East and West) Due To Incarceration.

One of the most promising and exciting up-and-coming boxing contenders today, unbeaten light-middleweight contender James Kirkland of Austin, Texas may be looking at the end of his career. He is now currently held in prison due to a federal gun charge, the 25-year-old is definitely not now fighting on the big May 2nd Manny Pacquaiao Vs. Ricky Hatton bill in Las Vegas.

Kirkland was arrested in Austin this past Sunday, when police allegedly found a loaded gun in his car. Kirkland was arrested and charged with being a convicted felon who was illegally holding a gun and ammunition. Kirkland was previously convicted of a 2003 armed robbery.

Reports say the maximum sentence for this crime is ten years. Kirkland, who will be detained in prison until an as yet unknown date, will appeal in court.

The 25-0(22) contender was scheduled to face Michael Walker on May 2nd, and then, providing he won, Kirkland was in line to fight WBO light-middleweight champ Sergiy Dzinziruk later in the year. Now, if the worst come to the worst, Kirkland will see all this go up in smoke and boxing will see one of its most thrilling talents go to waste.

WATCH ONLINE: FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE: FROCH VS TAYLOR

An eagerly anticipated super middleweight title fight is all set for Saturday night when Carl Froch will take on Jermain Taylor, live on Showtime in the U.S.A. and Super Channel in Canada!

The main participants for this Saturday night’s highly anticipated world title fight on Showtime participated in a final press conference on Wednesday at Gallagher’s Steak House in Manhattan. Undefeated Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch will defend his World Boxing Council (WBC) super middleweight title against Jermain ‘Bad Intentions’ Taylor, a former undisputed middleweight titleholder.

Legendary Boxing Icon De La Hoya Retires

Boxing's Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya formally announced his retirement today during a press conference held at the Nokia Plaza in downtown Los Angeles surrounded by family and close friends and in front of the international media.

De la Hoya, a 10-time world champion and the only boxer in history to have won six titles in six divisions, kept his emotions in checked and told the fully packed media conference "now I understand why an athlete has so much hard time retiring."

De La Hoya looked like a shell of himself when he was pummeled from end to end by Filipino phenom Manny Pacquiao last Dec. 6 in Las Vegas before Oscar quit on his stool in round eight. "After that fight, I thought that was it for Oscar," De La Hoya's wife Millie told the media when it was her turn to speak. But it took Oscar 'four agonizing months' before arriving a decision.

On hand to give their support to De La Hoya were his wife Millie, business partner Richard Schaefer, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, his father Joel de la Hoya, Sr., AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke and head of HBO pay per view Mark Taffet.


Below are some picture of the event by Philboxing .com

Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya making his announcement of retirement

Oscar and his wife Millie


(L-R): Richard Schaefer, De La Hoya, Millie, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, De La Hoya's father Joel, Sr., AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke and head of HBO pay per view Mark Taffet.

To watch the Oscar De La Hoya's Press Conference at the Nokia Plaza in downtown Los Angeles.

Pacquiao-Hatton Updates: Wild Card Gym OFF-LIMITS

The Wild Card Gym is now off-limits to those with no business being around as Manny Pacquiao trains.

This was emphasize by the newest member of the Team Pacquiao and trainer Michael Moorer; “If you don’t belong here, it’s time to go”.

This new rule is now strictly being imposed, with the approval of the boxer (Manny) himself, as the fight with Ricky Hatton moved just three weeks away. Manny Pacquiao is in the final phase of his training, the final push. Sparring sessions get longer and tougher, and nothing comes easy each day.

The goal of this "Off-Limits" was to insure Manny of no distraction while in a rigid training inside the Wild Card Gym. Still Pacquiao loves to train when there are fans around him, and he loves to put on a show. Roach must have felt that the practice had to stop.

“There will be no more fan interaction with Manny Pacquiao until the fight is over on May 2. Under the new rule, no one outside of official Team Pacquiao members is allowed in the gym before, during and after the training.

Except on Wednesday, of course, when Pacquiao holds a media workout in the Hollywood sweatshop. The doors are closed when Hatton trains at the IBA gym in Las Vegas.

Source: philstar.com

WATCH LIVE ONLINE STREAM BOXING: Wright vs Williams

Paul Williams is ready to prove that he is the most feared fighter in boxing when he faces Ronald "Winky" Wright on April 11th at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Winky Wright on the other hand is coming off a long stretch of inactivity right into a fight with the dangerous Paul 'The Punisher' Williams.

Meet the fighters:

Paul Williams is the future of the middleweight division. Williams is the next big thing - literally. Standing at 6'2" and with a reach of 82", he is a physical freak regardless of what weight class he fights in. The former welterweight champion and current WBO junior middleweight champ has outstanding power in both hands.

Winky Wright, Former Undisputed Junior Middleweight.I’m looking forward to the challenge, I want to show I’m more than a defensive fighter. Yeah I’m a defensive fighter, but I’ve never seen a boxer win a match without throwing punches. I’m definitely gonna need my defense against Paul, because he throws a lot of punches. I don’t go for the knockout, boxing is a sport and it takes more than that..”

Wright vs. Williams, a 12 round middleweight bout which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions, Goossen Tutor Promotions and Winky Promotions and sponsored by Southwest Airlines. The bout will air live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00pm ET / 7:00pm PT.

WATCH REPLAY: Chambers vs Peter ONLINE STREAM

Really ‘Fast’ Eddie Chambers dominates the score card and posted his career best win last night in Los Angeles, California when he outpointed a heavy and lackluster Sam Peter over ten rounds. Chambers used a busy jab, often switching between an orthodox and southpaw stance, effectively thwarting Peter for the majority of the bout. Chambers used good hand-speed and ring generalship to capture a majority decision victory over the former world champion Peter.

The Knock-Out in Nokia Theather was quiet entertaining.

WATCH Donaire vs Martinez ONLINE Stream WATCH Viloria vs Solis ONLINE STREAM

Watch the double header fight of our Filipino boxers in the Araneta Coliseum this April 19, 2009.

Nonito "the Filipino Flash" Donaire will defend his IBF/IBO flyweight title against the cunning and undefeated "Cobra" Raul Martinez (24-0 14 KO's).

While Brian "the Hawaiian Punch" Viloria will fight against IBF light flyweight champion Ulises "Archie" Solis (28-1 20 KO's), whom has so far defeated all Filipino challengers for the title.

Stay tuned here for I will deliver to you fresh updates and coverage for this boxing event.

Klitschko-Gomez bout Updates

Team Klitschko refuses the WBC judge and referee.

Five days before the great showdown between WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko and no. 1 contender Juan Carlos Gomez it was team Gomez who clearly won the “first round” at today’s press conference in Stuttgart. While Vitali kept repeating that he will give Gomez a lesson “which won’t last very long” his manager Bernd Bönte had to admit that team Klitschko actually refused the referee and one judge the WBC had planned to appoint for the fight. Apparently, the champion and his team are getting nervous with fight day approaching.

“It’s funny”, stated challenger Gomez. “If Vitali thinks that he will knock me out why does he even care about the judges at all? I don’t care who will be judging the fight. I will beat up ‘Dr. Sissi’ so bad that there will be no doubt that the ‘Black Panther’ will be world champion again this coming Saturday. It’s Showtime!"

“This fight won’t go the distance. We will stop Vitali and take the belt.

On the otherhand, the 37-year-old WBC Heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko told everyone what his mandatory challenger will get as a result of talking too much. Vitali promised Gomez that he too will get the hardest fight of his life!

"I am ready. I am confident," Klitschko said. "I had no injuries in training, thank God, and I am one hundred percent ready. I heard a lot of statements from Gomez's camp recently and all I can say is that they can dream on, they are all dreams.

To watch the fight via Online Stream

PacMan Hailed by Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated, the widely-read sports magazine, has come up with its latest pound-for-pound rankings, and it was no surprise to find the name of the Filipino icon on top of its short, distinguished list.

Pacquiao takes on British superstar Ricky Hatton at the MGM Grand, and a victory will give him a fifth world title in different weight classes, including the flyweight, super-bantam, super-feather and lightweight.

Pacquiao fought in three different weight classes last year and won all battles against Juan Manuel Marquez (130 lbs), David Diaz (135 lbs) and Oscar dela Hoya (147 lbs). He will fight Hatton at 140 lbs.

Marquez is the only asterisk in Pacquiao’s fight profile following a very controversial draw in 2004 and a very close decision last March. A third fight is needed to finally put the issue to rest.

But there’s also Mayweather who seems on his way out of retirement to face either Pacquiao or Marquez if he wants to reclaim his old title — the pound-for-pound king.

Top 5 Pound-for-Pound King Rankings by Sports Illustrated:

1. Manny "the PacMan" Pacquiao
2. Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez
3. Shane Mosley
4. Bernard "Executioner" Hopkins
5. Chad Dawson

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Source: PhilStar