Manny Pacquiao's Showtime Run is About To Be Over
Showtime's involvement with Manny Pacquiao is one and done, at least for the time being.
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Arum, DiBella, Bos Reflect on Ronald "Butch" Lewis
After the sudden death of fight promoter Ronald "Butch" Lewis, age 65, in or near his Wilmington, Delaware, estate, reminisces about the colorful handler of Michael Spinks and other fighters are pouring in, among them:
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Ronald "Butch" Lewis Passes Away, 65-Years-Old
It's with great sadness that I must report the sudden death of one of boxing's last, great characters.
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Arum Explains Background To Pacquiao Tax Audits
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, age 79 going on 39, interrupted his champagne and strawberries summer holiday in Paris, to inform me by telephone Thursday afternoon that my reportage concerning IRS tax audits on Manny Pacquiao for the years 2006 and 2007 - were accurate as far as it went.
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Arum Comments on Team Pacquiao Changes, Rumors
Breathless press releases and related reports and a swirl of rumors make it sound as all business operations including boxing contracts involving Pinoy Idol Manny Pacquiao have been usurped a by a crew of number-crunching accountants from Los Angeles.
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British Scribes Push On as Zab Judah Boycott Continues
I’m sure the British Bulldog Winston Churchill would be impressed at how his island nation’s boxing press corps has bitten down and continues to cover Saturday night’s Zab Judah-Amir Khan world title bout as if nothing is amiss.
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Juan Manuel Marquez Vows: It Will Be War With Pacquiao
By Michael Marley - One minute, 47 seconds of the first round. Promoter Bob Arum could not have scripted it better as Juan Manuel Marquez, age 37 but still a dangerous counterpuncher, used one countering right hand to blast out Colombian southpaw Likar Ramos (now 24-4) in the opening round of their scheduled 10 round junior welterweight bout in Cancun. Now it's on to the big bonanza, the third bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Ma, on Nov. 12 in Las Vegas. This KO 1 certainly lights match to the promotion for the trilogy bout. "Dinamita" Marquez extended his Hall of Fame pro record to 53-5-1 and notched his 39th knockout. "I happened to get a great punch on him and he couldn't take it, sometimes that is the way fights go," Marquez said. "I will prepare well for Pacquiao and I want him to do that also. We can give the fans a war. (Floyd) Mayweather is so defensive a fighter...but with Pacquiao, it's going to be a war," Marquez said.
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Greenburg Confirms HBO Departure, Insiders Claim Spin
Ross Greenburg, the now former President of HBO Sports, has stated to Richard Sandomir of the New York Times that he was not fired.
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Harold Lederman's Take on Williams vs Lara Aftermath
New Jersey boxing bossman Aaron M. Davis, who on Wednesday announced the suspension of the three judges who blew the call on the Erislandy Lara-Paul Williams HBO bout in Atlantic City, is about to go from the proverbial frying pan and into the fire.
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USADA Responds: There is No Bias Against Pacquiao
USADA's zealot bossman, the lawyer Travis Tygart, is on a summer vacation but I was able to speak at length with the drug testing agency's media relations manager, Annie Skinner, twice on Monday concerning Manny Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum's proclamation that his side will accept fully random blood testing for a possible mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. - if WADA, the world anti-doping organization handles it.
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