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DEMONSTRATING the humility that is characteristic of the man, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao described heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali as “the greatest fighter ever and one of the greatest human beings.”
POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao will meet new NBA sensation Jeremy Lin at New York’s Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks next Wednesday as part of a hectic schedule laid out for the Fighter of the Decade.
WORLD Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire (28-1, 18 KOs) will see action on June 16, one week after pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao defends his WBO welterweight title against undefeated junior welterweight Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on June 9.
POUND-FOR-POUND king Manny Pacquiao plans to begin training in mied-April for his June 9 World Boxing Organization welterweight title defense against Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that the Philippine Embassy in Buenos Aires had filed a protest on February 13 with the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the riot which followed the 10th round TKO victory of Filipino Johnriel Casimero in a battle for the IBF light flyweight interim-title against former champion Luis Lazarte last Februarey 11 in Mar del Plata.
The Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation has responded positively to the protest filed by the handlers of former OPBF super featherweight champion Ronald Pontillas (13-4-3, 6 KO's) who lost his title in controversial fashion to Dong Hyuk Kim (6-1, 1 KO) on January 15, 2012 in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Former WBC International flyweight champion Ryan Bito has lost a unanimous eight round decxision to promising Japanese super flyweight Yohei Tobe at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The chairman of the International Boxing Federation Championship Committee insists that contrary to some claims, Johnriel Casimero is only the IBF junior flyweight interim champion and not the full champion.
The International Boxing Federation has ordered undefeated Filipino lightweight Al Sabaupan to fight Mexico’s Marvin Quintero for the No.1 ranking and a mandatory shot at IBF champion Miguel Vazquez.
INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker is waiting for the report of IBF supervisor Anibal Miramontes on the ugly riot that broke out after Filipino Johnriel Casimero won the light flyweight interim title with a 10th-round technical knockout of former champion Luis Lazarte at Estadio Club Once Unidos, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday.