A community portal about Boxing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Boxing, also called pugilism, prizefighting or the sweet science, is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight...
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A community portal about Boxing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Boxing, also called pugilism, prizefighting or the sweet science, is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Olympic and professional divisions, the combatants avoid their opponent's punches while trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the head and torso being especially valuable. The fighter with the most points after the scheduled number of rounds is declared the winner. Victory may also be achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue. For record-keeping purposes, a TKO is usually counted as a knockout when calculating the total knockouts.
Nevada boxing officials are trying to end the dope test impasse threatening the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather mega-fight, but their demand for immediate urine tests may not solve the problem. The Nevada State Athletic Commission said Monday that both Filipino superstar Pacquiao and Mayweather must submit to the tests within 48 hours or face possible fines or suspension by the commission. "That at least starts the ball rolling," said Keith Kizer, the commission's executive director. But... Read Full Story
MIAMI (Reuters) - World champion Manny Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum will choose another opponent for the Filipino fighter after failing to reach a deal for the WBO welterweight title bout with American Floyd Mayweather. Talks between Arum's Top Rank and Mayweather's Golden Boy promoters have stalled over the issue of random blood testing, demanded by Mayweather's team and rejected by Pacquiao. Arum set a Monday deadline for Golden Boy to accept a "final offer" in which both sides let the... Read Full Story
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) -- Nevada boxing officials are trying to end the dope test impasse threatening the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather mega-fight, but their demand for immediate urine tests may not solve the problem. The Nevada State Athletic Commission said Monday that both Filipino superstar Pacquiao and Mayweather must submit to the tests within 48 hours or face possible fines or suspension by the commission. "That at least starts the ball rolling," said Keith Kizer, the commission's... Read Full Story
Promoters for Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather continued talks Saturday in hopes of reviving a mega-fight that has been scuttled by disagreements over unprecedented blood tests. But no progress was made in securing a deal to stage the welterweight showdown, what could be the richest fight in boxing history March 13 at Las Vegas even with both sides budging off hard-line positions, ESPN reported. Mayweather wanted US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) protocols, including random blood tests at any... Read Full Story
It is the most bizarre of sagas, a spasmodically woven tale of speculation, innuendo, litigation and public feuding, and boxing awaits its outcome with feverish anticipation. The political, legal and tactical wrangling that has overshadowed what is supposed to be 2010’s greatest battle, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, has often been so outlandish that it could not have been scripted.
Yet the emergence of Paulie Malignaggi as Pacquiao’s proposed next opponent, as the Filipino’s... Read Full Story
If you are surprised by the pick for 2009 ESPN.com fighter of the year, well, you haven’t paid attention to boxing for the past 12 months.
It’s Manny Pacquiao, the biggest no-brainer selection since, well, 2008, when Pacquiao was also the obvious pick.
In fact, the pound-for-pound king and icon of the Philippines has claimed fighter of the year honors in three of the past four years, as he concluded yet another tremendous campaign in 2009.
In 2008, Pacquiao raced up the scale, winning... Read Full Story
This is all so silly. The two sides (Floyd Mayweather, Jr. / Golden Boy vs. Manny Pacquiao / Top Rank) have to wake up pretty early each morning to determine who is mad at whom and why each day.
What I’m picking up on is these daily turf wars; everything from the “100,000 vs.16,200″ to “blood vs. urine” is setting back our once quaint boxing civilization.
Somebody with some clout must have a serious secret that he’s fighting to keep in his vault. And I mean it’s such a deep dark secret... Read Full Story
Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions has effectively told Bob Arum and Top Rank to take a hike. The disagreement over random blood testing of the fighters is apparently more of an obstacle than it really should be.
“It does not make sense for this to be a commission matter, “Schaefer told Yahoo Sports. He continued, “This is a contractual matter. The commission did not decide the weights or the purse split or how the foreign television rights would be sold.”
So my question is this... Read Full Story
Pacquiao vs Mayweather may not be off, as Floyd Mayweather Jr and his entourage may be backing off their previous insistence on using the USADA and Olympic Style drug tests for drug testing the fighters. Statements that were made on Mayweather’s Web site have also started speculation that Pacquiao may sue his potential opponent for defamation. Although there’s still no word that he landmark fight will take place on March 13th in Las Vegas as previously planned, fans on both sides are very... Read Full Story
The dispute between the camps of Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. has moved into a perilous time window, with Pacquiao’s promoter saying he’s ready to announce a fight with an alternate opponent Tuesday if he and the head of Golden Boy Promotions can’t resolve the pre-fight drug-testing procedure.
The Pacquiao-Mayweather mega-fight is scheduled for March 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but the deal has not been signed by either fighter yet.
Pacquiao promoter Bob... Read Full Story
