| Sithsamerchai dominates Kratingdaenggym to stay unbeaten( 2008-11-27 08:03) | | PHITSANULOK, THAILAND (TICKER) —Oleydong Sithsamerchai retained the WBC minimumweight title on Thursday, dominating Pornsawan Kratingdaenggym en route to a unanimous decision victory. The scores were 120-108, 118-110 and 117-113 for Sithsamerchai, w... |
| Out of retirement: Angelo Dundee returns to boxing( 2008-11-27 00:40) | | OLDSMAR, Fla. (AP)—There's a picture that Angelo Dundee holds sacred in his retirement home in this suburb along Tampa Bay. He's pictured in black and white, wearing a white collared shirt and skinny tie some 40-plus years ago, grooming a young Muha... |
| Bowe, Holyfield chasing glory way past their time( 2008-11-27 00:40) | | The Caesars Palace jet taking us from Lake Tahoe to Los Angeles had just reached cruising altitude when the heavyweight champion of the world looked around and smiled at his good fortune. A few months earlier he had visited the Pope at the Vatican and pre... |
| Roach confident as Pacquiao prepares( 2008-11-27 00:31) | | Freddie Roach has all but dedicated his professional life, as well as a lot of his personal life, to making Manny Pacquiao the finest boxer in the world. When Roach and Pacquiao joined forces in 2001, Pacquiao had already won and then lost a world flywei... |
| Rankings: Fights we'd like to see next year( 2008-11-26 00:06) | | There are only a handful of major fights remaining in 2008, so it's time to start dreaming of matches that can be made, and put on free television, for 2009. I'm offering five fights that I'd love to see in 2009, bouts that would all be first-rate matche... |
| Veteran referee Gibson dead at 61( 2008-11-26 00:05) | | LAS VEGAS – Toby Gibson, who spent more than two decades as a referee in Nevada and Ohio, was found dead in the garage of his Las Vegas home on Monday by his wife, Barbara. No cause of death was released. Gibson, 61, had worked two fights on Saturd... |
| Wright's comeback postponed by injury( 2008-11-26 00:05) | | LOS ANGELES (AP)—Winky Wright's comeback from a 16-month layoff has been postponed after the former undisputed 154-pound champion injured his left hand during training. Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) was scheduled to fight Michi Munoz in Snoqualmie, Wash.,... |
| Wright comeback halted by hand injury( 2008-11-26 00:05) | | LOS ANGELES (TICKER) —Winky Wright will have to wait a little longer to start his comeback. The former undisputed junior middleweight champion, who has not fought in 17 months, sustained a left hand injury during sparring and was forced to withdraw... |
| Mailbag: Floyd Sr. faces a different foe( 2008-11-26 00:05) | | Floyd Mayweather Sr. was unusually solemn Saturday after helping Ricky Hatton to an 11th round technical knockout victory over Paulie Malignaggi in their super lightweight bout at the MGM Grand Garden. The colorful boxing trainer has never met a camera o... |
| British Olympic boxer questioned in cocaine probe( 2008-11-26 00:05) | | LONDON (AP)—A British Olympic boxer has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine. Bradley Saunders, a 22-year-old light welterweight, was detained Monday after a police sniffer dog found what was believed to be more than 300 grams o... |
| Margarito should heed Wright's lesson( 2008-11-24 19:33) | | In 2006, Winky Wright made one of the most ill-fated decisions in boxing history. The one-time undisputed super welterweight champion declined a $5 million offer that year to fight a rematch with Jermain Taylor. The decision was incomprehensible on so ma... |
| Boxing's Biggest Pay-Per-View Paydays( 2008-11-24 19:33) | | On Saturday, Dec. 6, the boxing industry will enjoy a true rarity – a big payday. That's when the sport's lone meal ticket, Oscar De La Hoya (39-5), faces off against Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2) in a welterweight bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Not... |
| Malignaggi will stick to fighting opponents( 2008-11-24 00:08) | | By Simon Lewis PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer LAS VEGAS (Ticker)—Paulie Malignaggi downplayed a squabble with his corner in his loss to Ricky Hatton on Saturday and said he will stick with his team for future fights. Trainer Buddy McGirt brough... |
| Bowe to make another ring comeback( 2008-11-21 09:48) | | FRANKFURT, Germany (AP)—Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe will fight for the first time in three years on the undercard of the IBF title fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Hasim Rahman. Bowe's opponent for the Dec. 13 fight is yet to be det... |
| Focused Hatton gets back to work( 2008-11-21 09:37) | | LAS VEGAS – Ricky Hatton patted his heavily muscled midsection and nodded, a silent indication that the rumors he was heavy and not preparing properly for his super lightweight bout with Paulie Malignaggi on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden were un... |
| Hatton confident best is ahead of him( 2008-11-19 23:49) | | By Simon LewisPA SportsTicker Contributing Writer LAS VEGAS (TICKER) —Ricky Hatton believes he will produce the best performance of his career when he meets Paulie Malignaggi in a 12-round junior welterweight bout on Saturday night. Hatton, 30, retu... |
| Brotherly love is Molitor's prime motivator( 2008-11-19 22:35) | | He was 5,000 miles away from home and light years away from the man who had helped him achieve the crowning moment of his boxing career. As Steve Molitor stood in the middle of a ring in Hartlepool, England, and listened as the ring announcer referred to... |
| Mailbag: Downturn staggers boxing( 2008-11-18 17:04) | | At a Sept. 13 news conference to announce the Ricky Hatton-Paulie Malignaggi fight, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said the bout scheduled for Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas had already sold 12,000 tickets and predicted a sello... |
| Holyfield wants to be undisputed champion again( 2008-11-18 17:04) | | ZURICH, Switzerland (AP)—Evander Holyfield is returning to the ring at age 46, setting his sights on becoming undisputed heavyweight champion again. Holyfield will fight 7-foot WBA champion Nikolai Valuev next month. A victory will make him the olde... |
| Pacquiao confident as he prepares for De La Hoya( 2008-11-18 07:22) | | LOS ANGELES (AP)—Trainer Freddie Roach believes Manny Pacquiao will have one significant edge when he fights Oscar De La Hoya: concentration. Roach said the 35-year-old De La Hoya has changed since his younger days as one of the most dominant fighte... |
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