Former World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik, his trainer Jack Loew and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in an international media conference call on Friday to discuss Pavlik’s upcoming return to boxing on Saturday, May 7 at the sold out MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Why Pacquiao vs. Mosley Gets A Fail
The announcement of this fight has baffled boxing fans worldwide. According to Bob Arum, president of Top Rank, “Sugar” Shane Mosley was the best option out of the three possible fighters available to Manny Pacquiao: Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto. But does this selection make sense? It does …
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Manny Pacquiao At Wild Card Gym
Eight-division world champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao hosted what many in attendance described as boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound media day workout. A standing room only crowd of national and international media packed the Wild Card Boxing Club on Wednesday to interview Pacquiao, Trainer Freddie Roach and Hall of Fame …
Read More »Top Rank Boxing: Alvarado vs. Nahr Added To May 2 PPV
Knockout artists Mike Alvarado and “Sugar” Ray Narh will battle for the vacant WBC Continental Americas super lightweight title on the pay-per-view undercard headlined by the Manny Pacquiao vs. Sugar Shane Mosley WBO welterweight championship rumble, Saturday, May 7, at the soldout MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. Alvarado and …
Read More »Ringside Report: Collazo Stops Gonzalez in Three
In the co-main event at The Oceana Club in Brighton Beach Brooklyn, New York, on Wednesday, April 13, former World Boxing Association Welterweight champion Luis Collazo of Brooklyn, New York, scored an easy third round stoppage of outmatched Franklin Gonzalez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Collazo’s appearance was his first …
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Shane Mosley At Big Bear California
© Chris Farina / Top Rank More than 50 members of the media spent several hours Tuesday at the high-altitude training camp of three-division world champion “Sugar’’ Shane Mosley. Bus transportation to-and-from Las Vegas and Los Angeles was provided by Top Rank, Inc.
Read More »Boxing Audio: Pascal vs. Hopkins Montreal Press Conference
The buildup to one of the greatest matchups of 2011 started with a press conference that did not disappoint. Both Pascal and Hopkins made their cases and both spoke about being more aggressive this time around; the press conference ended with both fighters pushing and screaming at each other. It’s …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Fight Camp 360° Crews Filming Pacquiao, Mosley
Click for larger image © Pacquiao: Jason Bowers – Mosley: Esther Lin The Fight Camp 360°: Pacquiao vs. Mosley camera crews are embedded and filming in the Philippines with Manny Pacquiao and Big Bear, Calif. with “Sugar” Shane Mosley, capturing the most intimate training camp moments as both fighters prepare …
Read More »Top Rank Boxing: Pavlik Returns To Ring May 7
Former World Middleweight Champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik will make his long-awaited return to the ring when he takes on undefeated WBC Continental Americas super middleweight champion Alfonso “El Tigre” Lopez, Saturday, May 7, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev.
Read More »Brian Peters Boxing: Macklin Relishing Winky Wright Clash
Two-time European Middleweight Champ, Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin has landed a high profile Las Vegas showdown with the legendary Ronald “Winky” Wright on April 9th. The fight will be the first of a lucrative promotional deal that Macklin has inked with Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. The …
Read More »Pacquiao vs. Mosley Go Head To Head With Boxing Fans In Vegas
© Chris Farina – Top Rank All the questions posed by the members of the Las Vegas media had been answered by global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley. Now it was time for fans to have their say.
Read More »Boxing Quotes: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley In Beverly Hills
© Chris Farina – Top Rank More than 300 members of the mainstream sports and boxing media converged into a jam-packed standing-room only ballroom at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday for the kickoff press conference featuring global superstar and Philippine Congressman Manny Pacquiao and three-division world champion “Sugar” Shane …
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