Feb. 22, 2012,New York,N.Y. --- Max Kellerman (ctr), host of HBO "Faceoff" talks with superstar Manny Pacquiao (2nd R), undefeated Jr. Welterweight champion Timothy "The Desert Storm" Bradley Jr. (2nd L), Bradley trainer, Joel Diaz (L) and Pacquiao trainer, Freddie Roach (R) during a filming in New York for their upcoming World Welterweight title mega-fight. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Tecate, AT&T and MGM Grand, Pacquiao vs Bradley will take place, Saturday, June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, live on HBO Pay Per View. --- Photo Credit : Chris Farina - Top Rank... Read more...
"Paul Williams Impresses In Shutout Victory Over Ishida." That was a headline of one of the leading papers in the U.S. the morning after Paul Williams' 41-2 (27) 12-round unanimous decision victory over Nobuhiro Ishiba 24-7-2 (9) this past Saturday night. However, Williams didn't dominate the way the scoring would lead one to believe if they hadn't seen the fight. Williams won at least 11 of the 12 rounds, on that there can be no doubt. But Ishida was not only in every round, he scored plenty himself and Williams didn't leave the ring unmarked. The scores of 120-108 on all three judges cards clearly indicate points domination, but Ishida wasn't outclassed or outworked. It was more a question of Williams being more aggressive, initiating the exchanges, and landing the harder punches. So he'd win every round, but never dominate. What... Read more...
HOT QUOTES FROM THE PACQUIAO-BRADLEY BEVERLY HILLS PRESS CONFERENCE “Timothy Bradley is undefeated and hungry. He does not know how to lose. This will be a great fight – champion vs. champion.” - Manny Pacquiao “I’m just glad Manny is fighting an undefeated fighter who is more concerned about winning, than he is about protecting his record.” - World-Famous Freddie Roach "I have always been an underdog all of my life. But I know how to win. I talk winning. I go into the ring and win. Manny Pacquiao is the world's greatest fighter. After I win, the rematch will be in November." - Timothy Bradley, Jr. “Timothy Bradley is ready for war. No one can prepare for his type of combat.” - Joel Diaz BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. (February 21, 2012) – Fighter of the Decade... Read more...
MAYWEATHER VS. COTTO TICKETS GO ON SALE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 1:00 P.M. ET/10:00 A.M. PT Be There for All of the Action at MGM Grand in Las Vegas May 5! Los Angeles (February 21, 2012)... Tickets for Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Miguel "Junito"Cotto, 2012's biggest night of boxing, go on sale next Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The WBA Super Welterweight World Championship between the undefeated Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Mayweather and Three-Division World Champion Cotto will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The 12-round contest for Cotto's WBA Super Welterweight World title is presented by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. Tickets will be priced at $1,500,... Read more...
MANNY PACQUIAO and TIMOTHY BRADLEY, JR. WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! Saturday, June 9 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Presented Live By HBO Pay-Per-View® Tickets Go On Sale This Friday! February 24 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT LAS VEGAS, NEV. (February 21, 2012) – Eight-division world champion MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and undefeated two-time unified junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY, JR. will go mano a mano in a battle of Top-10 pound-for-pound world champions. The Pacquiao vs. Bradley World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship collision will take place Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View... Read more...
A reverse sandwich of stars hit the promotional road with Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley kicking it off this Tuesday in Beverly Hills. That’s followed a week later with Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto. Picture the meat of a sandwich on the outside and the bread inside as Amir Khan will surely be promoting his rematch with Lamont Peterson in the near future. Pacquiao and Bradley promises to be a congenial affair with both prizefighters known for their graciousness before the press and penchant for sportsmanship. One thing both do possess is confidence. Bradley and Pacquiao stop in L.A. on Tuesday then fly to New York City on Thursday where they’ll be at the Lighthouse on Chelsea Piers at noon. The following week Mayweather and Cotto hit the ballyhoo road beginning in Puerto Rico on Monday Feb. 27 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico at 2... Read more...
I’m not being a punk. It may be time to make “Slim” Chris Arreola’s nickname. The ex title challenger has dumped the brews and late night chowfests, and he looked pretty sleek at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday night against Eric Molina. Arreola (33-2 entering; from Riverside, California; age 30) was 245 pounds, while Molina (18-1 entering; from Texas; age 29) was 228 on Friday. Arreola looked to land heavy thunder right hands in the first, and he thumped Molina to the body as well. Molina cranked a sharp right with a minute left, and buzzed him badly. Arreola came back to drop and stop Molina right after that. A left hook high on the head, and then a hammer of a right cross did the severe damage on the debut of Showtime's new “Extreme” program, with Molina unable to rise. The end came at 2:30 of the opening round. Arreola likely gets a crack... Read more...
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Live on SHOWTIME®, Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif.; Catch Replay Of Promising Puerto Rican Prospects Next Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2012) – Welterweight Thomas Dulorme and junior middleweight Jonathan Gonzalez remained undefeated with impressive victories Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME®. In the main event, Dulorme (14-0, 11 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, captured the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) welterweight title with a devastating 2:12, first-round knockout over late substitute Aris Ambriz (16-3-1, 8 KOs) of Azusa, Calif. Gonzalez (15-0, 13 KOs), of San Juan, P.R., opened the telecast with a solid, hard-fought unanimous 10-round decision over Billy Lyell (24-11-2, 5 KOs), of Youngstown, Ohio, at Chumash Casino... Read more...
Miguel Gonzalez talked a heck of a game coming into the main event against Mike Dallas Jr. on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights," which unfolded at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. But his fighting didn't match his pre-fight bluster. Dallas was the busier man throuby scores of ghout, and boxed smartly to a unimous decision after ten rounds which looked remarkably similar. The judges scored the slightly listless event for Dallas, 100-90, 100-90, 100-89, who broke a two-fight losing streak. Dallas went 184-600 to 92-398 for the loser. "The Silent Assassin" Dallas (17-2-1 entering, with seven KOs; 140 pounds) lives in Bakersfield, CA while Gonzalez (20-2 with 15 KOs; 139 pounds) lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Teddy Atlas said before the bout that Gonzalez had had his left hand in a cast two weeks before the bout, while his dad Sonny, who trains him, told the analyst it was in a cast four weeks ago. In the... Read more...
Paul Williams, Tavor Cloud and the other participants in the Corpus Christi,Texas show which will run on Showtime Saturday made weight of Friday. TRIPLE THREAT OFFICIAL WEIGHTS PAUL WILLIAMS (153 1/2 lbs.) vs. NOBUHIRO ISHIDA (155 lbs.) TAVORIS CLOUD (175 lbs.) vs. GABRIEL CAMPILLO (173 1/2 lbs.) CRISTOBAL ARREOLA (245 lbs.) vs. ERIC MOLINA (228 lbs.) MALIK SCOTT (225 3/4 lbs.) vs. KENDRICK RELEFORD (TBA) ALFONSO LOPEZ (165 1/4 lbs.) vs. JUSTIN WILLIAMS (161 lbs.) GREGORIO GUTIERREZ (136 lbs.) vs. HECTOR GARZA (135 lbs.) JULIAN BARBOZA (146 lbs.) vs. ARTURO LOPEZ (145 lbs.) THOMAS WILLIAMS JR. (174 lbs.) vs. KENTRELL CLAIBORNE (177 lbs.) Tags:IshidaPaul Williams... Read more...
Feb. 22, 2012,New York,N.Y. --- Max Kellerman (ctr), host of HBO "Faceoff" talks with superstar Manny Pacquiao (2nd R), undefeated Jr. Welterweight champion Timothy "The Desert Storm" Bradley Jr. (2nd L), Bradley trainer, Joel Diaz (L) and Pacquiao trainer, Freddie Roach (R) during a filming in New York for their upcoming World Welterweight title mega-fight. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Tecate, AT&T and MGM Grand, Pacquiao vs Bradley will take place, Saturday, June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, live on HBO Pay Per View. --- Photo Credit : Chris Farina - Top Rank... 
"Paul Williams Impresses In Shutout Victory Over Ishida." That was a headline of one of the leading papers in the U.S. the morning after Paul Williams' 41-2 (27) 12-round unanimous decision victory over Nobuhiro Ishiba 24-7-2 (9) this past Saturday night. However, Williams didn't dominate the way the scoring would lead one to believe if they hadn't seen the fight. Williams won at least 11 of the 12 rounds, on that there can be no doubt. But Ishida was not only in every round, he scored plenty himself and Williams didn't leave the ring unmarked. The scores of 120-108 on all three judges cards clearly indicate points domination, but Ishida wasn't outclassed or outworked. It was more a question of Williams being more aggressive, initiating the exchanges, and landing the harder punches. So he'd win every round, but never dominate. What... 
HOT QUOTES FROM THE PACQUIAO-BRADLEY BEVERLY HILLS PRESS CONFERENCE “Timothy Bradley is undefeated and hungry. He does not know how to lose. This will be a great fight – champion vs. champion.” - Manny Pacquiao “I’m just glad Manny is fighting an undefeated fighter who is more concerned about winning, than he is about protecting his record.” - World-Famous Freddie Roach "I have always been an underdog all of my life. But I know how to win. I talk winning. I go into the ring and win. Manny Pacquiao is the world's greatest fighter. After I win, the rematch will be in November." - Timothy Bradley, Jr. “Timothy Bradley is ready for war. No one can prepare for his type of combat.” - Joel Diaz BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. (February 21, 2012) – Fighter of the Decade... 
MAYWEATHER VS. COTTO TICKETS GO ON SALE ONE WEEK FROM TODAY! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012 1:00 P.M. ET/10:00 A.M. PT Be There for All of the Action at MGM Grand in Las Vegas May 5! Los Angeles (February 21, 2012)... Tickets for Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. Miguel "Junito"Cotto, 2012's biggest night of boxing, go on sale next Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. The WBA Super Welterweight World Championship between the undefeated Seven-Time, Five-Division World Champion Mayweather and Three-Division World Champion Cotto will take place Saturday, May 5 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The 12-round contest for Cotto's WBA Super Welterweight World title is presented by Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Miguel Cotto Promotions and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View®. Tickets will be priced at $1,500,... 
MANNY PACQUIAO and TIMOTHY BRADLEY, JR. WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! Saturday, June 9 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas Presented Live By HBO Pay-Per-View® Tickets Go On Sale This Friday! February 24 at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT LAS VEGAS, NEV. (February 21, 2012) – Eight-division world champion MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO and undefeated two-time unified junior welterweight champion TIMOTHY “Desert Storm” BRADLEY, JR. will go mano a mano in a battle of Top-10 pound-for-pound world champions. The Pacquiao vs. Bradley World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight championship collision will take place Saturday, June 9, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The event will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View... 
A reverse sandwich of stars hit the promotional road with Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Tim “Desert Storm” Bradley kicking it off this Tuesday in Beverly Hills. That’s followed a week later with Floyd Mayweather and Miguel Cotto. Picture the meat of a sandwich on the outside and the bread inside as Amir Khan will surely be promoting his rematch with Lamont Peterson in the near future. Pacquiao and Bradley promises to be a congenial affair with both prizefighters known for their graciousness before the press and penchant for sportsmanship. One thing both do possess is confidence. Bradley and Pacquiao stop in L.A. on Tuesday then fly to New York City on Thursday where they’ll be at the Lighthouse on Chelsea Piers at noon. The following week Mayweather and Cotto hit the ballyhoo road beginning in Puerto Rico on Monday Feb. 27 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico at 2... 
I’m not being a punk. It may be time to make “Slim” Chris Arreola’s nickname. The ex title challenger has dumped the brews and late night chowfests, and he looked pretty sleek at the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday night against Eric Molina. Arreola (33-2 entering; from Riverside, California; age 30) was 245 pounds, while Molina (18-1 entering; from Texas; age 29) was 228 on Friday. Arreola looked to land heavy thunder right hands in the first, and he thumped Molina to the body as well. Molina cranked a sharp right with a minute left, and buzzed him badly. Arreola came back to drop and stop Molina right after that. A left hook high on the head, and then a hammer of a right cross did the severe damage on the debut of Showtime's new “Extreme” program, with Molina unable to rise. The end came at 2:30 of the opening round. Arreola likely gets a crack... 
Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, Live on SHOWTIME®, Chumash Casino Resort, Santa Ynez, Calif.; Catch Replay Of Promising Puerto Rican Prospects Next Thursday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME EXTREME SANTA YNEZ, Calif. (Feb. 18, 2012) – Welterweight Thomas Dulorme and junior middleweight Jonathan Gonzalez remained undefeated with impressive victories Friday on ShoBox: The New Generation live on SHOWTIME®. In the main event, Dulorme (14-0, 11 KOs), of Carolina, Puerto Rico, captured the vacant North American Boxing Federation (NABF) welterweight title with a devastating 2:12, first-round knockout over late substitute Aris Ambriz (16-3-1, 8 KOs) of Azusa, Calif. Gonzalez (15-0, 13 KOs), of San Juan, P.R., opened the telecast with a solid, hard-fought unanimous 10-round decision over Billy Lyell (24-11-2, 5 KOs), of Youngstown, Ohio, at Chumash Casino... 
Miguel Gonzalez talked a heck of a game coming into the main event against Mike Dallas Jr. on ESPN's "Friday Night Fights," which unfolded at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. But his fighting didn't match his pre-fight bluster. Dallas was the busier man throuby scores of ghout, and boxed smartly to a unimous decision after ten rounds which looked remarkably similar. The judges scored the slightly listless event for Dallas, 100-90, 100-90, 100-89, who broke a two-fight losing streak. Dallas went 184-600 to 92-398 for the loser. "The Silent Assassin" Dallas (17-2-1 entering, with seven KOs; 140 pounds) lives in Bakersfield, CA while Gonzalez (20-2 with 15 KOs; 139 pounds) lives in Cleveland, Ohio. Teddy Atlas said before the bout that Gonzalez had had his left hand in a cast two weeks before the bout, while his dad Sonny, who trains him, told the analyst it was in a cast four weeks ago. In the...