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in case you haven't heard yet, manny pacquiao will be going up against ricky hatton. the match is slated to be held on may 2 this year. while hatton has started training for the fight, pacquiao decided to take his game to the nba. yup, the nba. hahaha... manny's got a nasty crossover to pair up with his thunderous left straight!

i'm sure you've heard about the california state athletic commission revoking antonio margarito's license for a year. the said sanction came after it was proven that margarito's trainer, javier capetillo tried to pad margarito's fist with an illegal stuff. as a fan of the tijuana tornado, i didn't want to accept it at first. but then facts are facts. it is safe to say that the margarito camp tried to cheat according to the ruling. while capetillo claims that it was just a mistake, i'm not buying that. even a kid would know that such an alibi is weak. so there, capetillo is guilty. but is margarito guilty too? according to mosley, the guy who was supposed to take the punishment of that plaster-like substance, maybe margarito does not deserve the punishment as it was the trainer who has taken the misstep. but are we to believe that margarito is not aware that capetillo is putting something else on his padding? miguel cotto, margarito's last opponen...

i know this is late news but i have to say that i was stunned the way antonio margarito was beaten senseless by shane mosley. before the fight, i would have bet all my savings on margarito to dismantle mosley. lucky for me, i did not bet anything, but the tijuana tornado is not as lucky as he was stopped by mosley in the ninth round of their bout recently. everybody knows that mosley is fast, margarito has a granite chin and can overcome any fighter with volumes of punches. but i guess not many thought mosley had the power to destroy that granite chin of margarito. i for one believed that mosley's age would put him at a disadvantage although margarito is not that young. mosley beating margarito is not the only stunning news to come out of that bout. i'm sure you have already heard about that "suspicious substance" found on margarito's hand wraps. mosley's trainer, nazzim richardson reportedly noticed that the hand wraps were a bit thick and requested it to be ...

the babyface assassin, marco antonio barrera who played a major role in the rise of the newest pound-for-pound king manny pacquiao is looking to cut his ties with golden boy promotions. well, that might not be too much of a loss for golden boy, but considering barrera's popularity in mexico, they (golden boy promotions)would be hard-pressed to find someone who can fill the legend's shoe. according to philboxing.com , barrera is not too keen on continuing his career with golden boy after it failed to give him a fight after he lost to pacquiao for the second time. so what does the babyface assassin has in mind now? well, it looks like he will be contacting pacquiao to work on promoting boxing events between filipinos and mexican. as a filipino who has a lot of respect for mexican fighters, i would love to see this happen. barrera has a stable of young fighters and so does pacquiao. they are both legends in their respective countries, and what more, their fighters fight in t...

hopkins talked the talk and he walked the walked, but at the end of the day, it was not enough to upset the visiting welsh warrior joe calzaghe . hopkins knocked down calzaghe in the first round but it was not enough to keep calzaghe down. the welsh fighter found his rhythm after the first round knockdown and became the aggressor with hopkins employing the punch and clinch strategy. calzaghe would go on to drop a tired hopkins by the tenth round. although calzaghe could have had finished hopkins with rock-hard lefts but the wily hopkins held on to calzaghe. according to the sweet science , the three judges scored it 114-113 for hopkins, 115-112 for calzaghe, and 116-111 for calzaghe. the welsh fighter remains undefeated and showed the world why he is one of today's best fighters.

april 19, undefeated and undisputed super middleweight champion joe calzaghe wil face former undisputed middleweight champ, and the ring light heavyweight champion bernard hopkins in las vegas. if you haven't heard of calzaghe, i blame you not as this guy made a name for himself in the uk. while hopkins ridicules calzaghe's opponents, no one can deny that calzaghe's going undefeated in 18 years is impressive. in fact, it's even more impressive than the rockets' longest winning streak . hopkins is 43 years old and looks like 43. he may have had beaten winky wright but this does not make him any younger. while calzaghe is not young at 36, the pride of welsh will have the upper hand in terms of youth. experience-wise, calzaghe is not far behind hopkins. predictions predictions... calzaghe is faster, hopkins talks more trash (by a mile), calzaghe's jump into light heavyweight could mean a meaner punch, hopkins is sometimes crafty and sometimes downright crude. ...

as many of us expected, klitschko's length proved to be enough to keep ibragimov at bay. the ukranian now holds three belts, the ibf, ibo, and wbo heavyweight championships and will be looking to be the first undisputed heavyweight champion since lennox lewis retired. two russians hold the two belts that klitschko eyes. oleg maskaev holds the wbc belt which the russian will defend against samuel peter next month while ruslan chagaev holds the wba belt.

the sultan (ibragimov) has been known to specialize in winning over much bigger opponents. but he will be facing a tough task in wladimir klitschko. wlad packs a more powerful punch, and he is also taller. to beat wlad, the sultan has to do a sanders. klitschko's first loss was to corrie sanders,a southpaw like ibragimov who used his speed to get inside wlad's defense. although none of the two are really that fast, ibragimov can be considered as the faster of the two and he has to use this. for wlad to win on the other hand, he has to keep jabbing, keep the pressure on the sultan. as ibragimov has a tendency to drop his guard when backing up, it will be a great chance for klitschko to spoonfeed the russian a dose of his thundering right.

it's really late but i just want to share my thoughts on this: kelly pavlik once again got the better of jermain taylor. the second time that these two fighters faced each other did not end up with anyone kissing the mat but the fight was still great (but not as good as the first encounter). anyway, the second fight is not just about who is the better of the two. it is also the signal that the future is here. oscar de la hoya, tito trinidad, and roy jones gave us really great fights. but now, they are getting older and may soon go the way of barrera and morales, but hopefully not the way of the late great chico corrales. the fight between pavlik and taylor showed the world that it is no longer in the hands of jones or de la hoya or trinidad to give viewers dazzling fights. these two young warriors will no doubt go after the legends soon. in fact, pavlik is being rumored to be set up with trinidad. that move will only solidify the youngster's reputation and hopefully, it...

vic darchinyan: 29 wins, 1 loss, 23 wins coming by way of knockout, ranked number 5 by the ibf and number 10 by ring magazine. z gorres: 27 wins, 2 losses, 1 draw, 15 wins coming by way of knockout, ranked number 6 by the ibf and number 9 by ring magazine. vic and z are on a collision course. the two are set to battle at the cebu waterfront hotel and casino on february 2. the 12-round world championship elimination fight will be about redemption for darchinyan. you see, someone named nonito donaire (probably heard about him visiting the president at the palace), knocked this guy out cold last year. that was a really mean punch donaire threw as it sent the previously undefeated darchinyan kissing the mat. that's not cool right (for darchinyan at least), so he went and asked for gorres. and he is now saying that he will knock out "the dream" come fight night. " the filipino people are very warm, very friendly but i’m very sorry. i’m going to knock out your boy,...

it is said that mma is slowly replacing boxing as the most popular combat sport. i don't think mma has reached that point yet that it can say that it is more popular than boxing. the last quarter of 2007 proved that with a lot of really good fights for boxing including the bout between pretty boy floyd mayweather and ricky hatton . the fight was entertaining and it ended with hatton kissing the mat. too bad. anyway, mma as i've said is slowly ascending and it is guys like tank abbott who gave mma the boost that it needed. i can say that tank is the tyson of mma. btw, tank has an upcoming fight with kimbo slice. never heard of the guy? search youtube . lol that's where kimbo's popularity started really. so, before i loose track of what i am supposed to be telling you, former wwe champion brock lesnar will headline the ucf's latest ppv . so watch out for it and see just how far mma has gone. oh, by the way, i got these couple of pics i want to share with you, now, th...