Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar de la Hoya spilled the beans on the confidential negotiations for the super showdown between top pound-for-pound fighters Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. In an interview with Spanish broadcasting network Univision, de la Hoya said they are “very close in finalizing the contracts that were once very complicated.” De [...]
June 14, 2010 | Posted in
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MIguel Cotto thought he’d won the first main event at the Yankee Stadium more than 3 decades when the white towel fly in the ring, the universal sign of surrender. Dozens of people flooded through the ropes while Yuri Foreman limped around and implored referee Arthur Mercante Jr. to allow the match to continue. His [...]
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Yuri Foreman, 29, is living beyond his wildest dreams, despite the fact that theres no bling hanging from hi and his entourage usually just consist of his wife, Leyla. Foreman was often harangued by bullies and began taking boxing lessons when he was seven at his mother’s urging in order to defend himself after he [...]
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Manny Pacquiao seems to have the habit of winning something, whether it’s a fight or an award, just about every time he makes the long trip to the United States. The newly elected congressman from the Philippines accepted his third Fighter of the Year award Friday, while his trainer Freddie Roach was honored for the [...]