BOXEOMUNDIAL.COM, Oct. 15, 2009
LAS VEGAS -- The nominees in the Light Heavyweight division of the “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer” promotion ranges from 1880, starting with Bob Fitzsimmons, right up to contemporary times with eight-time world champion Roy Jones, Jr. The winners in the eight divisions, plus “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer,” will be announced Sunday, December 13, the final day of a three-day celebration of these outstanding boxers in The Paris Las Vegas. The weekend event is being presented by Greatest Ever Enterprises, which already has done “world’s greatest” tributes on two continents in the sports of soccer and rugby. On-line voting at www.GreatestEver.com allows boxing fans from around the world to select the greatest boxer in each of the original eight weight classes, highlighted by the all-time pound-for-pound “The World’s Greatest Ever Boxer”. The 10 Light Heavyweight nominees, listed in no particular order, with a brief profile: READ MORE
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Friday, 16 October 2009
Cotto enjoys best training camp ever
By NICK GIONGCO, Tempo
Saying it is the best training camp ever, Miguel Cotto told the Puerto Rican press after an open workout in Tampa, Florida, that his preparation is right on track and that victory on Nov. 14 is within reach.
"We are all good, satisfied and pleased (with training camp)," Cotto told the newspaper El Nuevo Dia in relation to his fast-approaching showdown with Filipino star Manny Pacquiao. "This is the best preparation." READ MORE
Saying it is the best training camp ever, Miguel Cotto told the Puerto Rican press after an open workout in Tampa, Florida, that his preparation is right on track and that victory on Nov. 14 is within reach.
"We are all good, satisfied and pleased (with training camp)," Cotto told the newspaper El Nuevo Dia in relation to his fast-approaching showdown with Filipino star Manny Pacquiao. "This is the best preparation." READ MORE
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Cotto Looks 'Strong' in Sparring Sessions
Oct 14, 2009, By Lem Satterfield, FanHouse
TAMPA, Fla. -- A banner high on a distant wall of The Fight Factory Gym depicts Miguel Cotto throwing a jab just above the head of Manny Pacquiao, a bull's-eye over his face.
"On Nov. 14, the world will witness who will be the new king of the ring," read the words on the large poster, beneath which the live version of Cotto is involved in a spirited sparring session with talented southpaw Fred Tukes of Atlanta, with trainer Joe Santiago also in the ring. READ MORE
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TAMPA, Fla. -- A banner high on a distant wall of The Fight Factory Gym depicts Miguel Cotto throwing a jab just above the head of Manny Pacquiao, a bull's-eye over his face.
"On Nov. 14, the world will witness who will be the new king of the ring," read the words on the large poster, beneath which the live version of Cotto is involved in a spirited sparring session with talented southpaw Fred Tukes of Atlanta, with trainer Joe Santiago also in the ring. READ MORE
Manny Pacquiao - Miguel Cotto
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Roach: Speed, not power will win the fight
abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/15/2009
MANILA -- Famed boxing coach Freddie Roach stressed that speed and not power will determine the outcome of the “Firepower” match up between Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto.
Roach, who has been preparing Pacquiao in Baguio City for his toughest fight yet, said he expects Cotto to come out with his guns blazing at the sound of the opening bell on November 14. READ MORE
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MANILA -- Famed boxing coach Freddie Roach stressed that speed and not power will determine the outcome of the “Firepower” match up between Filipino champ Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto.
Roach, who has been preparing Pacquiao in Baguio City for his toughest fight yet, said he expects Cotto to come out with his guns blazing at the sound of the opening bell on November 14. READ MORE
Manny Pacquiao and Freddie Roach
Arum ruling out Pacquiao's tiff vs Mayweather
(The Philippine Star) October 15, 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Top Rank’s chief Bob Arum, American promoter of Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao, expressed doubt on the possibility of his prized ward facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a bout pitting two of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters. READ MORE
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MANILA, Philippines - Top Rank’s chief Bob Arum, American promoter of Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao, expressed doubt on the possibility of his prized ward facing Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a bout pitting two of the world’s top pound-for-pound fighters. READ MORE
Bob Arum
Pacquiao leaves sparring mate Castillo bloodied
By Dennis Principe,10/14/2009, GMA News
BAGUIO CITY – In trying to prove that last week’s bad weather was never an issue in training camp, Manny Pacquiao dominated his sparring partners Tuesday at the Shape-Up Gym in Cooyesan Hotel in this city.
Pacquiao sparred with highly-touted former two-time World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico for three rounds then wrapped up his day’s session with a four-rounder opposite American Shawn Porter. READ MORE
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BAGUIO CITY – In trying to prove that last week’s bad weather was never an issue in training camp, Manny Pacquiao dominated his sparring partners Tuesday at the Shape-Up Gym in Cooyesan Hotel in this city.
Pacquiao sparred with highly-touted former two-time World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo of Mexico for three rounds then wrapped up his day’s session with a four-rounder opposite American Shawn Porter. READ MORE
Jose Luis Castillo
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Pacquiao outclasses new sparmate, says insider
GMA News
Manny Pacquiao outclassed new sparmate Jose Luis Castillo during his first sparring session with the former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Tuesday at the Shape-Up gym inside the Cooyesan Hotel in Baguio Tuesday. READ MORE
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Manny Pacquiao outclassed new sparmate Jose Luis Castillo during his first sparring session with the former World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Tuesday at the Shape-Up gym inside the Cooyesan Hotel in Baguio Tuesday. READ MORE
Pacquiao's new sparmate: Jose Luis Castillo
Floyd Mayweather Is On the 'Money'
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, Fox News
MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: And it's time for you to go one-on-one with Floyd "Money" Mayweather. He is a six-time world champion boxer is five different weight classes and an undefeated 40-0 record. READ MORE
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MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: And it's time for you to go one-on-one with Floyd "Money" Mayweather. He is a six-time world champion boxer is five different weight classes and an undefeated 40-0 record. READ MORE
Floyd "Money" Mayweather
Tearful Mike Tyson to Oprah: 'I'm Tired of Failing'
By Matt Ufford | Monday, October 12, 2009, 5:04 PM, Yahoo! TV Blog
In an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey, Mike Tyson claimed to be a new man - one focused on his family. The former heavyweight boxing champion feared that the erratic behavior that has dominated his life for two decades would kill him within two years if he returned to it. READ MORE
In an emotional interview with Oprah Winfrey, Mike Tyson claimed to be a new man - one focused on his family. The former heavyweight boxing champion feared that the erratic behavior that has dominated his life for two decades would kill him within two years if he returned to it. READ MORE
Cotto vs Pacquiao: “Trial By Fire”
By Gary Todd, PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 13 Oct 2009
With the end of 2009, closing in on us all, and thoughts of vacations, and time with our friends and families, its also been a time to reflect on the past year, and also, the year ahead. Not so, for Miguel Cotto, and Manny Pacquiao. These two ring warriors are in fierce battles with themselves, preparing to face each other on November 14th. There has been some tremendous match ups this year but this is going to be special. READ MORE
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With the end of 2009, closing in on us all, and thoughts of vacations, and time with our friends and families, its also been a time to reflect on the past year, and also, the year ahead. Not so, for Miguel Cotto, and Manny Pacquiao. These two ring warriors are in fierce battles with themselves, preparing to face each other on November 14th. There has been some tremendous match ups this year but this is going to be special. READ MORE
Pacquiao vs Cotto
Arum's Obvious Agenda: Use Mosley To Bait Mayweather
By Frank Lotierzo, The Sweet Science
The hypocrisy in boxing is a joke sometimes and on occasion it's hard to take such a great sport seriously. Only it's like a drug and once it gets into your system you're hooked and there's nothing you can do about it. Which applies to most fans, fighters/ex-fighters along with trainers/ex-trainers. READ MORE
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The hypocrisy in boxing is a joke sometimes and on occasion it's hard to take such a great sport seriously. Only it's like a drug and once it gets into your system you're hooked and there's nothing you can do about it. Which applies to most fans, fighters/ex-fighters along with trainers/ex-trainers. READ MORE
Bob Arum
Monday, 12 October 2009
Manny Pacquiao trainer warns that Miguel Cotto will fight dirty
Telegraph.co.uk
Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach will demand referees impose automatic disqualification for any deliberate low blow landed during the Filipino's challenge for Miguel Cotto's WBO welterweight title. READ MORE
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Manny Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach will demand referees impose automatic disqualification for any deliberate low blow landed during the Filipino's challenge for Miguel Cotto's WBO welterweight title. READ MORE
Manny Pacquiao against David Diaz
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Pacquiao’s Toughest Fight Has Been Out of the Ring
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Published: October 10, 2009, New York Times
The boxing star Manny Pacquiao took a break from training camp in the Philippines last weekend to distribute food and supplies to hundreds of people who have been affected by the country’s worst flooding in 40 years. READ MORE
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The boxing star Manny Pacquiao took a break from training camp in the Philippines last weekend to distribute food and supplies to hundreds of people who have been affected by the country’s worst flooding in 40 years. READ MORE
Manny Pacquiao
Sugar Ray Robinson, a Force of Personality
Book Excerpt | "Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson"
By Wil Haygood Special to The Washington Post, Sunday, October 11, 2009
There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route. Prince Monolulu of Ethiopia by way of St. Croix, as it were, who had been living in London doing business for more than twenty years and had become a fight fan, stepped off one of those planes when it landed in New York and drew a crowd of gawkers. Plumes of feathers adorned the prince's headdress. "His red vest was adorned with a green shamrock, the six-pointed Jewish Star of David and other ornaments on the front, while the back had the British and American flags," a reporter noted. Those who arrived on the Queen Elizabeth disembarked from the ship, pleading with stewards to rustle up as many tickets to the fight as possible.
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Russ J. Cowans, the sports editor of the Chicago Defender, could not contain his enthusiasm over the pending battle: "Not since the Marquis of Queensberry laid down the rules of boxing has a fight below the heavyweight division created as much interest of national and international flavor as that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Randy Turpin."
More than 150 workmen assembled at the Polo Grounds, setting up the ring and making preparations for the fight. The ringside seats for Robinson vs. Turpin would stretch back fifteen rows. In the days leading up to the match, tickets were being scalped for $100. Even in the unforgiving and greedy world of scalpers, that was considered astonishing. Radio announcers were billing the fight as the "battle of nations." Sugar Ray felt the enormous buildup. He began to sense it was his "patriotic duty" now to reclaim the title for the United States. At the International Boxing Club headquarters in Manhattan -- sponsors of the bout -- secretaries couldn't keep up with the volume of calls inquiring about tickets.
One of the side features of a Sugar Ray Robinson championship bout was the magnetic force with which it pulled in the cream of Negro America -- writers, political ward leaders, musicians, Elks members, physicians, dentists, gorgeous fashion models familiar from the pages of Negro publications, big-time Negro funeral home directors and insurance salesmen. America knew little about them, but among Negro America, they were royalty, kings and queens.
The former champion had spent the night before the fight at his mother's. He had bought her some jewelry for the occasion. She cooked for him on the day of the fight -- he ate lightly. It was late in the day when he climbed into his pink Caddy and rode off toward the Polo Grounds. The air was clear and crisp. Autumn in New York: It was his favorite time of the year -- the light, the golden sunshine that turned to velvety darkness.
Boxing officials were giddy with delight at news of the attendance: The 61,370 attendance figure bested even the heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn back in 1941.
Before the bell rang in the ring that evening, a trio of heavyweights was introduced, their names skittering out into the open air from the throat of the announcer. They each bent through the ropes to stand at center ring in the twilight, giving nods to Sugar Ray before they turned and squinted against the klieg lights, blurry faces in the distance, and applause from each side of the ring. Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles were former heavyweight titleholders; Jersey Joe Walcott the reigning champion. It was a unique moment in fight annals: The three men and Robinson had all, at differing times, battled the powerful boxing commissions that might have stopped them from integrating the top ranks of their sport. And now they stood together: the four horsemen of the fight world who had crashed through barriers.
The fighters exchanged rudimentary body blows in the first round before Robinson caught Turpin with an uppercut to the face. Turpin countered with a left that connected. It was early, but voices hummed in the overflow crowd anyway. Celebrities and public figures were everywhere in attendance, among them bug-eyed comedian Eddie Cantor, roly-poly magazine writer A.J. Liebling (who was also a gourmand and favored the pork chops at Sugar Ray's nightclub), Yankee Joe DiMaggio, broadcaster Lowell Thomas, the revered Douglas MacArthur, and nightclub owner Toots Shor, hanging with a grinning Walter Winchell, who was doing what he did best, hoarding tidbits and sightings for future columns. Boxing officials had been stunned at the swelling crowd; kids in the farthest reaches of the Polo Grounds tried hopping atop baseball dugouts until they were shooed away.
Turpin, who had so successfully used a clinching tactic in London to either slow Robinson or belt him, found the move harder to pull off this time. Robinson simply shoved him away, a keep-away tactic manager George Gainford had pushed during training. A right from Robinson -- quick as a shark's turn -- missed Turpin's jaw. But not so the right to Turpin's face just before the bell, which stung him visibly.
In the third, Robinson powered shots into Turpin's ribs, the follow-up blow interrupted only by a Turpin clinch, which referee Ruby Goldstein stepped in to break up. Then, deep into the round, there was a solid right-left combination from Turpin that had the visiting British crowd on the edge of their seats, suddenly believing their Turpin was about to make his move. Robinson wobbled a bit before gaining his balance as both fighters heard the bell ring.
During training, Robinson and Gainford had decided that Robinson should try for an early knockout, feeling that the younger Turpin would only gain momentum the longer the fight went on.
But the fourth ended with Turpin still on his feet, hardly looking like a candidate for a flattening. By the end of the sixth, Robinson was firing blows to Turpin's well-chiseled body, blows that appeared to stymie him not at all. The fight had seemed remarkably even thus far -- if it went on that way it would play to Turpin's favor as the titleholder. Throughout the eighth and ninth rounds, the visiting British crowd had a right to optimism yet again as Turpin unloaded devilish right and left hooks to Robinson's face. Robinson's strategy had betrayed him; it was evident that by the start of the 10th he was "smarting under the terrific blows the Englishman had landed in two previous rounds." Robinson himself realized he was "not really in charge" of the fight. READ MORE
By Wil Haygood Special to The Washington Post, Sunday, October 11, 2009
There were chartered flights in the air, heading for the United States, two days before the bout. British dignitaries and sportsmen -- among them the mayor of Turpin's home town -- were en route. Prince Monolulu of Ethiopia by way of St. Croix, as it were, who had been living in London doing business for more than twenty years and had become a fight fan, stepped off one of those planes when it landed in New York and drew a crowd of gawkers. Plumes of feathers adorned the prince's headdress. "His red vest was adorned with a green shamrock, the six-pointed Jewish Star of David and other ornaments on the front, while the back had the British and American flags," a reporter noted. Those who arrived on the Queen Elizabeth disembarked from the ship, pleading with stewards to rustle up as many tickets to the fight as possible.
Sugar Ray Robinson
Russ J. Cowans, the sports editor of the Chicago Defender, could not contain his enthusiasm over the pending battle: "Not since the Marquis of Queensberry laid down the rules of boxing has a fight below the heavyweight division created as much interest of national and international flavor as that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Randy Turpin."
More than 150 workmen assembled at the Polo Grounds, setting up the ring and making preparations for the fight. The ringside seats for Robinson vs. Turpin would stretch back fifteen rows. In the days leading up to the match, tickets were being scalped for $100. Even in the unforgiving and greedy world of scalpers, that was considered astonishing. Radio announcers were billing the fight as the "battle of nations." Sugar Ray felt the enormous buildup. He began to sense it was his "patriotic duty" now to reclaim the title for the United States. At the International Boxing Club headquarters in Manhattan -- sponsors of the bout -- secretaries couldn't keep up with the volume of calls inquiring about tickets.
One of the side features of a Sugar Ray Robinson championship bout was the magnetic force with which it pulled in the cream of Negro America -- writers, political ward leaders, musicians, Elks members, physicians, dentists, gorgeous fashion models familiar from the pages of Negro publications, big-time Negro funeral home directors and insurance salesmen. America knew little about them, but among Negro America, they were royalty, kings and queens.
The former champion had spent the night before the fight at his mother's. He had bought her some jewelry for the occasion. She cooked for him on the day of the fight -- he ate lightly. It was late in the day when he climbed into his pink Caddy and rode off toward the Polo Grounds. The air was clear and crisp. Autumn in New York: It was his favorite time of the year -- the light, the golden sunshine that turned to velvety darkness.
Boxing officials were giddy with delight at news of the attendance: The 61,370 attendance figure bested even the heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn back in 1941.
Before the bell rang in the ring that evening, a trio of heavyweights was introduced, their names skittering out into the open air from the throat of the announcer. They each bent through the ropes to stand at center ring in the twilight, giving nods to Sugar Ray before they turned and squinted against the klieg lights, blurry faces in the distance, and applause from each side of the ring. Joe Louis and Ezzard Charles were former heavyweight titleholders; Jersey Joe Walcott the reigning champion. It was a unique moment in fight annals: The three men and Robinson had all, at differing times, battled the powerful boxing commissions that might have stopped them from integrating the top ranks of their sport. And now they stood together: the four horsemen of the fight world who had crashed through barriers.
The fighters exchanged rudimentary body blows in the first round before Robinson caught Turpin with an uppercut to the face. Turpin countered with a left that connected. It was early, but voices hummed in the overflow crowd anyway. Celebrities and public figures were everywhere in attendance, among them bug-eyed comedian Eddie Cantor, roly-poly magazine writer A.J. Liebling (who was also a gourmand and favored the pork chops at Sugar Ray's nightclub), Yankee Joe DiMaggio, broadcaster Lowell Thomas, the revered Douglas MacArthur, and nightclub owner Toots Shor, hanging with a grinning Walter Winchell, who was doing what he did best, hoarding tidbits and sightings for future columns. Boxing officials had been stunned at the swelling crowd; kids in the farthest reaches of the Polo Grounds tried hopping atop baseball dugouts until they were shooed away.
Turpin, who had so successfully used a clinching tactic in London to either slow Robinson or belt him, found the move harder to pull off this time. Robinson simply shoved him away, a keep-away tactic manager George Gainford had pushed during training. A right from Robinson -- quick as a shark's turn -- missed Turpin's jaw. But not so the right to Turpin's face just before the bell, which stung him visibly.
In the third, Robinson powered shots into Turpin's ribs, the follow-up blow interrupted only by a Turpin clinch, which referee Ruby Goldstein stepped in to break up. Then, deep into the round, there was a solid right-left combination from Turpin that had the visiting British crowd on the edge of their seats, suddenly believing their Turpin was about to make his move. Robinson wobbled a bit before gaining his balance as both fighters heard the bell ring.
During training, Robinson and Gainford had decided that Robinson should try for an early knockout, feeling that the younger Turpin would only gain momentum the longer the fight went on.
But the fourth ended with Turpin still on his feet, hardly looking like a candidate for a flattening. By the end of the sixth, Robinson was firing blows to Turpin's well-chiseled body, blows that appeared to stymie him not at all. The fight had seemed remarkably even thus far -- if it went on that way it would play to Turpin's favor as the titleholder. Throughout the eighth and ninth rounds, the visiting British crowd had a right to optimism yet again as Turpin unloaded devilish right and left hooks to Robinson's face. Robinson's strategy had betrayed him; it was evident that by the start of the 10th he was "smarting under the terrific blows the Englishman had landed in two previous rounds." Robinson himself realized he was "not really in charge" of the fight. READ MORE
Kendall Holt Says Cotto will Knock Out Pacquiao in Ninth Round
By Leo Reyes, Digital Journal
Two former world boxing champions predict that Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will beat Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao when they collide on November 14 at the MGM Grand garden arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. READ MORE
Two former world boxing champions predict that Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico will beat Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao when they collide on November 14 at the MGM Grand garden arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. READ MORE
Cotto trainer says sparring key to beat The Pacman
By Salven Lagumbay, Inquirer.net
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is pushing himself to the limit as he trains at the Fight Factory in Tampa, Florida to prepare for his monumental showdown against boxing icon Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 14. READ MORE
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WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto is pushing himself to the limit as he trains at the Fight Factory in Tampa, Florida to prepare for his monumental showdown against boxing icon Manny Pacquiao on Nov. 14. READ MORE
Miguel Cotto
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