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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has signed undefeated Filipino southpaw Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta (21-0-1, 11 KO's) to a four year promotional contract and thinks highly of the San Diego City based fighter.
MANILA—Former WBC world lightweight champion David Diaz believes he can beat Mexico’s Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez should their planned July fight in Mexico City push through. BoxingScene.com reported several days ago that there are financial issues with getting the fight done. The two sides are reportedly far apart on the money.
“The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya is undergoing rehabilitation for “substance abuse” in a California facility and according to the website TMZ he did so voluntarily.
Jonel Alibio has lost his Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation featherweight title in his first defense against Hiroshige Osawa in Osaka, Japan.
The manager of WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire, Cameron Dunkin said today that there will be a court hearing on the contractual dispute between Donaire and Top Rank sometime in June.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is confident that Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO's) will engage pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KO's) in their scheduled WBO welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 12 unlike Shane Mosley who kept backpedaling after he was dropped by Pacquiao in the third round and was booed by the fans..
Hard-hitting southpaw Michael Farenas, a protégé of former two division world champion Gerry Penalosa, fights Joseph “Mandingo” Laryea at the Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon, California on May 21.
World Boxing Council president is among those who were terribly disappointed over the manner in which former three-time world champion Sugar Shane Mosley refused to stand and fight against pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in their WBO welterweight title fight in Las Vegas on Sunday.
After pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao dropped Sugar Shane Mosley in the third round with a cracking left hook. the look on Mosley’s face showed he was scared beyond belief and set the tone for the rest of the fight which was hyped as a battle but turned out to be a minor skirmish..
Manny Pacquiao’s adviser Michael Koncz says he is hoping that featherweight Bernabe Concepcion will put on a show when he battles Mexico’s Juan Carlos Martinez in the co-main event of a Top Rank fight card at the Mandalay Bay Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday (Manila Time).