Golden Boy To Issue Formal Apology To Manny Pacquiao
So maybe the love in bloom between Oscar De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions on one side and usually bitter archrival Bob Arum and Top Rank on the other won't last beyond Labor Day.
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Donaire Resolution Could Come Down in a Few Days
The public apology of Oscar De La Hoya to Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and pound f r pound king Manny Pacquiao has been gratefully accepted by Arum and indications are it will pave the way for WBC/WBO bantamweight champion Nonito Donaire’s return to the ring.
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Top Rank, Golden Boy Feud Could Be Ending Soon
All signs, including Oscar De La Hoya’s official Twitter account page, are that the hot promotional war between Bob Arum’s Top Rank and Oscar’s Golden Boy Promotions is over.
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Hopkins-Dawson in Montreal?; GYM-Golden Boy; More
A record crowd of over 17,000 people gathered last Saturday at the Bell Centre to see Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins, 46, defeat Jean Pascal to become the oldest world champion in boxing history, eclipsing the previous record set by George Foreman. Afterwards, Pascal, 28 expressed interest in a Hopkins trilogy and said "this is not the end, this is only the beginning," while Hopkins expressed interest in returning to Canada to face Montreal boxer Lucian Bute, but the IBF super middleweight champion is under an exclusive deal with Showtime. Hopkins has a two fight deal remaining with HBO, including an upcoming fight against Chad Dawson. According to CEO Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, a Hopkins-Dawson clash could possibly take place in Montreal.
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Michael Perez Freezes Ira Terry In Three Rounds
By Jake Donovan - Undefeated lightweight prospect Michael Perez (13-0-1, 7KO) enjoyed an easy night’s work in Friday evening’s Telefutura-televised main event with a third round knockout of Ira Terry (24-5, 14KO) at Coliseo Angel ‘Cholo’ Espada in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Perez scored two knockdowns, the latter putting Terry down and out at 2:19 of the third round after getting nailed with a flush right hand on the chin. Terry was down for several minutes before finally coming around. In the opening televised bout, Jhonatan Vidal (14-0, 8KO) scored an eight round unanimous decision over battle-tested veteran Cecilio Santos (25-18-3, 15KO). Scores were 79-73, 78-74 and 77-75 in a bout that didn’t appear quite as competitive. Full report to come...
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Aaron Pryor Jr Wins A Shocker Over Librado Andrade
By Jake Donovan - After delivering concussive knockouts through the years, Librado Andrade’s career was given a devastating hit Friday evening after suffering a shocking majority decision loss to Aaron Pryor Jr. Scores were 95-95 even and 96-94 (twice) for Pryor Jr in their Telefutura-televised main event, which aired live from Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California.
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Arum: "Pacquiao Will Never Face a Golden Boy Fighter!"
LAS VEGAS -- Eight-division titlist, Manny Pacquiao, will never enter the ring opposite a fighter promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, said Top Rank Promotions CEO, Bob Arum, the promoter of the WBO welterweight champion.
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Mayweather, Golden Boy Remain in Contact For The Future
Golden Boy Promotions CEO, Richard Schaefer, said that he is continuing to remain in contact with unbeaten, six-time titlist Floyd Mayweather, both socially as well as from a business standpoint, although he would not reveal what has been talked about during their mutual conversations.
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Barrera Speaks On Morales, Marquez, Free Agent Status
By Ernest Gabion - On the heels of longtime rival Erik Morales turning in a spectacular effort against Marcos Maidana last Saturday, Marco Antonio Barrera spoke with Boxingscene.com regarding his thoughts on the aforementioned fight and the possibility of a fourth fight between the two Mexican warriors. Barrera shares his thoughts about this and much more, including his pending free agent status, entertaining the thought of a rematch with countryman Juan Manuel Marquez, against whom he dropped a decision in 2007, and the thought of becoming Mexico’s first ever four-division champion.
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Insider Notebook: Donaire vs Top Rank; Mares; and Ward
By Robert Morales - This ongoing saga with promoter Bob Arum and bantamweight world champion Nonito Donaire is far from over. But assuming Donaire reluctantly goes back to Arum as per an arbitration decision that enjoins Golden Boy Promotions from representing Donaire, it'll be interesting to see how Arum deals with a fighter who wanted to leave him. One of the toughest things to get past could be the remark attributed Arum regarding Donaire's wife, Rachel. A recent conversation at Manny Pacquiao's training camp in the Philippines had Arum referring to Rachel Donaire as someone who dresses "all tarted up." Arum was asked Tuesday if he regretted going there. He said he does, but that it was important to know that he did not go out of his way to insult Donaire's wife. It was his way of defending Jinkee Pacquiao, wife of Manny. "Yeah, I did it because this was a conversation we were having when I was in Baguio City in the Philippines," Arum said. "And they said she (Rachel) made comments about Jinkee's dress and it was more in defense of Jinkee than an attack on Rachel. "It came out like an attack on Rachel, but it was a comment meant as a defense of Jinkee." At this point, that may not matter. Unless Donaire is somehow able to go to court and free himself of his contract with Arum's Top Rank Inc., he is going to have to go back to Arum after having signed with Golden Boy the middle of last month.
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