Rankings: Parsing the top spot (Yahoo! Sports)
In their own ways, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. can both claim No. 1. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .
Chambers promises to ‘shock’ the world (AP)
Eddie Chambers is promising to stun heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko in their title fight in March. The American challenger, who has won 35 of his 36 fights, says he will "shock the world" when they fight at Dusseldorf's Espirit Arena. Chambers has won five straight since his only loss to promising heavyweight Alexander Povetkin. News [...]
Despite flaws, Margarito deserves reinstatement (Yahoo! Sports)
Antonio Margarito should be granted his boxing license, but that doesn’t mean we have to like him. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .
De La Hoya sees Mayweather’s route to 2 fights (AP)
Oscar De La Hoya thinks his promotions company will soon wrap up a deal for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in May. And after that, De La Hoya still believes Mayweather will meet Manny Pacquiao in the not-too-distant future. "That fight has to happen," De La Hoya said on Tuesday of Mayweather-Pacquiao, [...]
UFC to make history in Abu Dhabi at UFC 112
Abu Dhabi, UAE – The world’s greatest indoor sporting event goes outdoors on April 10 as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® organisation lands in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for the first time. Some of the world’s greatest mixed martial artists will appear on the historic open-air UFC 112 event at the Concert Arena, [...]
UFC now available on Sohu.com
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Hundreds of millions of sports fans in China will now have the opportunity to see UFC superstars like Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre and “Minotauro” Nogueira fight in the UFC® Octagon™. The Ultimate Fighting Championship organization today announced it has inked a deal with one of the country’s largest web portals, [...]
Hague Leaving No Stone Unturned
Mike Russell, UFC – In Greek mythology, Theseus is best remembered as the man who was able to overcome an obstacle that seemed impossible. When he was a teenager, Theseus’ mother revealed that his destiny lay underneath a large boulder in a field near their house, and to claim it he would need to lift [...]
An American Psycho in Australia -Stephan Bonnar is back
Chuck Mindenhall, UFC – Not to cue the violins or anything, but Stephan Bonnar hasn’t won a fight in the Octagon since UFC 77 in October of 2007—or 33 cards, a change in Presidential administrations and 439 days ago (numbers based as of February 20, 2010, when he fights Krzysztof Soszynski at UFC 110 in [...]
Second UFC Gym to open in California this summer
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – When the doors opened at the first UFC® Gym™ in Concord, Calif. late last year, the response from fitness enthusiasts was overwhelming. From the time membership enrollment began in June 2009, nearly 3,500 people signed up to take part in UFC Gym’s incredible experience. From training inside the hallowed Octagon™ [...]
Arraignment delayed for boxing trainer Mayweather (AP)
Boxing trainer Roger Mayweather was granted a delay on his arraignment on felony charges that he beat and choked a female boxer at a Las Vegas apartment last August. Clark County District Court Hearing Master Kevin Williams made it clear on Tuesday that he was unhappy the 48-year-old Mayweather didn't show for his scheduled arraignment [...]
Haye to meet Ruiz in Manchester in April (AP)
David Haye will make the first defense of the WBA world heavyweight against John Ruiz in Manchester on April 3. The 29-year-old British fighter, also a former world cruiserweight champion, won the heavyweight crown from Russia's Nikolai Valuev in November in Germany. Haye will now face Ruiz, the WBA's No. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read [...]
Mailbag: Fans still fume (Yahoo! Sports)
Boxing fans are still irate over the loss of a Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Manny Pacquiao fight. News Source: Yahoo Sports. Read full story HERE .
Argentine boxer Barrios charged with murder (AP)
Argentine boxing champion Rodrigo Barrios testified on Monday before a prosecutor in a murder case in which he is accused of killing a pregnant woman in a car accident in which six others were injured. Police said Barrios, 33, ran a red light on Sunday, and struck another car in the coastal city of Mar [...]
Romanian boxing president suspended for 13 years (AP)
The International Boxing Association has suspended Rudel Obreja for 13 years after determining the Romanian Boxing Federation president had breached an original two-year ban imposed for breaking safety rules. The AIBA disciplinary committee said on Friday that Obreja failed to respect the terms of his two-year suspension, which had been upheld by the Court of [...]
Is 2010 The Year Cigano Takes Over?
Thomas Gerbasi, UFC – 11 professional fights. That’s all it’s taken for Brazil’s Junior Dos Santos to soar into the UFC heavyweight title picture. But if you think the 25 (soon to be 26) year old from Santa Catarina is about to start believing the glowing reviews for his four UFC finishes of Fabricio Werdum, [...]
