TKO in 7th

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (AFP) – International Boxing Federation welterweight champion Devon Alexander posted a dominant seven-round technical knockout of over-matched Briton Lee Purdy on Saturday. var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":true,"data_track_addressbar":true,"data_track_textcopy":true,"ui_atversion":"300"}; var addthis_product = 'wpp-3.1';  Read More »

Mayweather risks title vs Guerrero

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – Unbeaten Floyd Mayweather returns to the ring after a year’s absence that included a jail stint on Saturday, risking his World Boxing Council welterweight title against southpaw Robert Guerrero. Mayweather, 43-0 with 26 knockouts, went to jail last June for domestic violence and since his release eight months ago has been working to regain the fitness... 

Floyd’s defiance

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – Unbeaten American boxing star Floyd Mayweather says neither jail time nor ring rust from a one-year layoff will diminish him next week when he returns against compatriot Robert Guerrero. “Of course I feel unbeatable. I’m in the sport where I’m the best,” Mayweather said in a Wednesday teleconference call. “I’m not going into... 

Mutual respect

By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – The way Nonito Donaire and Guillermo Rigondeaux sounded during a teleconference call held Tuesday in New York one would think they were long-lost college buddies who suddenly bumped into each other amid the madness at Times Square.  Read More »

Mayweather foe faces gun raps

NEW YORK (AFP) ­- Robert Guerrero, set to fight Floyd Mayweather in five weeks, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to take a handgun onto an airplane, prosecutors in New York said. The 30-year-old Guerrero was arrested at John F. Kennedy Airport on gun possession charges while trying to catch a flight to Las Vegas. Incoming search terms:mayweather news (32) Read More »

MAYWEATHER RETURNS!

Deal has him fighting 6 times in 30-month period LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – Unbeaten welterweight fighter Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday that he will face fellow American Robert Guerrero on May 4 as part of a new deal with telecasters CBS and Showtime. Mayweather, who previously had worked with rival telecaster HBO, called the new deal for up to six fights over 30 months the biggest... 

Waiting game

Manila, Philippines – As Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire keenly await the date of their respective return to the ring, two other leading Filipino punchers have already secured major fights here and overseas. World light-flyweight champions Donnie Nietes and John Riel Casimero are set to see action on March 2 and March 16.  Read More »

Suarez pulls off 2nd win

Filipino sensation Charly Suarez, fighting for the Milan-based Italia Thunder, scored his second victory in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) at the Mediolanum Stadium in Milan Saturday.  Read More »

Gonzalez next?

BY NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Bob Arum the world’s most powerful promoter, is reportedly keen on staging the mouth-watering matchup featuring Brian Viloria and Nicaraguan knockout king Roman Gonzalez possibly in Manila this year.  Read More »

Must win

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Britain’s Amir Khan, trying to fight his way back into the world title picture after back-to-back losses, faces a must-win matchup on Saturday against unbeaten American Carlos Molina. Khan was stopped in the fourth round last July by America’s Danny Garcia in a showdown for two world titles after a controversial loss to US fighter Lamont Peterson...