
Pacquiao OK After Being Hospitalized For Acid Reflux
Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao was recently hospitalized due to a recurring bout with acid reflux, according to a report from Abac Cordero of the Philippine Star.

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Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao was recently hospitalized due to a recurring bout with acid reflux, according to a report from Abac Cordero of the Philippine Star.

When Lou DiBella announced to BoxingScene last month that Andre Berto’s first fight removed from his loss to Victor Ortiz would be a title fight with IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck, most observers penciled the former WBC champ in the win column almost immediately.

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MOBILE, AL – When the smoke cleared Friday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials finals, three Californians had punched their ticket to Azerbaijan and one more almost continued his Cinderella run by joining them.

Featherweight contender Matt “Sharp Shooter” Remillard has pulled out of his Aug. 13 Top Rank Live co-feature against Aaron “Gavilan” Garcia, according to Garcia’s manager and trainer, Vince Parra.

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By Ryan Maquiñana - Boxingscene.com was able to catch up with San Jose light flyweight Eros Correa hours before his appearance in the finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials Friday. Fresh off a Wednesday upset of top-ranked Louie Byrd of Denver, the 18-year-old Correa only needs to beat Reno’s Santos Vasquez once to claim the gold, whereas Vasquez must defeat him twice after already incurring one loss earlier in the double-elimination tournament. The last Bay Area fighter to win the Olympic Trials was Andre Ward in 2004; Correa hopes to join him tonight.

After the WBA got into damage control mode by ordering a featherweight title rematch between holder Jonathan Barros of Argentina and the arguably wronged Celestino Caballero, the latter’s trainer gave his take on the matter.

Former undisputed middleweight Kelly Pavlik spoke to my colleague Alec Kohut of MaxBoxing last night and sounded off on criticism surrounding his decision to pull out of a Saturday fight on ShoBox against Darryl Cunningham in his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio.

Arthur Abraham will return to the ring on Nov. 5 in Germany against an opponent to be determined, according to a report from Manouk Akopyan of Yerevan Magazine.