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Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has slammed the latest proposal by Floyd Mayweather Jr asking pound-for-pound king and boxing hero Manny Pacquiao to agree to a blood test, 14 days before their planned March 13 mega fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Classy Nkosinathi "Mabhere" Joyi’s efforts to win a world title has been given a major boost by internationally respected South African promoter Branco Milenkovic who has won the purse bid called for by the IBF in a head-on clash with renowned Top Rank promoter Bob Arum.
Two of the prized fighters of the famed ALA Gym face a daunting task when they headline the exciting “Bakbakan sa Sinulog” fight card on Thursday, January 14 at the plush ballroom of the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu.
The planned March 13 super fight between boxing hero and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr is off after Mayweather chickened out despite Pacquiao accepting a compromise proposal to bring the blood test closer to the fight date from his original 30 day cutoff period to 24.
The super fight between boxing hero and pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and the former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr is off.
“Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona (14-0-1, 12 O’s) leaves for San Francisco tonight (Wednesday in Manila) along with Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales (14-0, 8 KO’s) and trainer Nonito Donaire Sr after their flights had to be postponed on two occasions when Sonsona failed to take a flight from his hometown of General Santos City to Manila.
“Marvelous” Marvin Sonsona failed to once again leave for the United States to begin training for his WBO super bantamweight title fight against undefeated Wilfredo Vazquez Jr set for February 27 in Puerto Rico.
WBA super bantamweight champion Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (39-1, 28 KO’s) makes the first defense of his title against Japan’s Satoshi “Bazooka” Hosono (16-0, 12 KO’s) at the Tokyo Big Sight Arena on Monday, January 11.
Supporters of pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao are circulating an online petition asking AT&T Inc. and other prospective sponsors to "discontinue and forgo all endorsement relationships" with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
World Professional Boxing Federation featherweight champion Michael Farenas sees action at the Mandaluyong City gymnasium on Saturday for the first time since he won the lesser known organization’s title at the Cuneta Astrodome last October 3.