The February 8 edition of ESPN’s Friday Night Fights presented by Corona Extra will feature undefeated Welterweight Kevin Bizier (19-0, 13 KOs) and former undisputed Lightweight world champion Nate Campbell (36-9-1, 1 NC, 26 KOs) in the 12-round main event. Friday’s show from Montreal will air live at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN2 HD, and… [Continue Reading]
Undefeated Welterweight Bizier Meets Former Lightweight Champion Campbell on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights
February 6, 2013 by
TOP RANK’S NONITO DONAIRE, ROBERT GARCIA, PACQUIAO-MÁRQUEZ 4 and BRUCE TRAMPLER WIN 2012 BWAA AWARDS
January 28, 2013 by
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (January 28, 2013) — Top Rank’s ultra-talented stable ran the table winning all the major 2012 awards from the Boxing Writers Association of America. The BWAA announced on Sunday that World Boxing Organization junior featherweight champion NONITO DONAIRE was the recipient of its Sugar Ray Robinson “Fighter of the Year” award. Donaire… [Continue Reading]
ESPN Deportes and ESPN2 to Reair Pacquiao-Marquez 4
January 16, 2013 by
ESPN Deportes and ESPN2 will present an encore telecast of Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez 4, the HBO Pay-Per-View fight which took place December 8 and ended in a Marquez sixth-round KO of Pacquiao. ESPN Deportes will televise the fight on January 18, at 9 p.m. ET and January 26, at 10 p.m. ESPN2 will reair… [Continue Reading]
WealthTV Makes Major Strides in Boxing
January 2, 2013 by
SAN DIEGO, CA –January 3, 2013 – WealthTV’s live boxing programming efforts for 2012 have been recognized by the Boxing Writers Association of America, BWAA, and by ESPN’s Dan Rafael, arguably the leading authority on boxing. The BWAA recently nominated six fights for Fight of the Year candidates. Two of the six fights were featured… [Continue Reading]
Portrait of 2012’s most excellent week, part 2
January 1, 2013 by
Editor’s note: For part 1, please click here. *** The moment Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez took Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s consciousness with a right cross on Dec. 8, chemistry was everywhere, and that won’t be forgotten. Arguments that it wasn’t, explanations that rely on genetics or diets or work ethics, begin their analyses, necessarily, in recent… [Continue Reading]
Portrait of 2012’s most excellent week, part 1
December 31, 2012 by
The moment Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez took Filipino Manny Pacquiao’s consciousness with a right cross on Dec. 8 brought a series of instants affecting as can be experienced in professional sport. One of those instants brought a deep, royal blue sense of Marquez’s vindication, reminiscent in its way of Antonio Margarito’s victory over Miguel Cotto… [Continue Reading]
2012: Ten reasons to remember it
December 21, 2012 by
How will 2012 be remembered? For a single punch from Juan Manuel Marquez that ended the Manny Pacquiao era? For questions about performance-enhancing drugs? For controversial scorecards? For Emanuel Steward’s death? Yes, yes, yes and yes. In the end, however, the year is most noteworthy for a changing of the guard. Pacquiao, Marquez and Miguel… [Continue Reading]
RIGONDEAUX- KRATINGDAENGGYM WBA SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT CANCELED FROM TOP RANK’S HOUSTON EVENT
December 13, 2012 by
HOUSTON (December 13, 2012) The World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight championship fight between undefeated defending champion GUILLERMO “El Chacal” RIGONDEAUX and former world champion POONSAWAT KRATINGDAENGGYM has been canceled from this Saturday’s card at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Rigondeaux vs. Kratingdaenggym was scheduled to be televised live on HBO® as the co-main… [Continue Reading]
GRANADOS HAPPY FOR MARQUEZ, MORE THAN READY FOR SHOWDOWN WITH CANAS
December 12, 2012 by
CHICAGO, IL (December 12, 2012) Adrian “EL Tigre’ Granados is finalizing his preparations for his showdown this Friday night, DECEMBER 14 with Antonio “Aztec God Of War” Canas at Cicero Stadium but was thrilled to see his mentor Juan Manuel Marquez knockout Manny Pacquiao this past Saturday night in their fourth fight. Presented by 8… [Continue Reading]
PACQUIAO: “I AM FINE”
December 9, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (December 9, 2012) – Following his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Márquez, Fighter of the Decade MANNY ”Pacman” PACQUIAO made a precautionary visit to University Medical Center. “Manny was given a CT scan and the results were negative,” said Michael Koncz, Pacquiao’s advisor. “We were in an out in just over an… [Continue Reading]
Pacquiao talks about a fifth fight with Marquez after a sure sign that he should move into the political ring fulltime
December 9, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – An era came crashing down, face first. Jinkee Pacquiao cried. Her husband couldn’t. Manny Pacquiao was unconscious. After the smelling salts were applied and he awakened, he smiled. He might have been the only Filipino in the world to smile then, now and perhaps for a very long time. The Philippines could… [Continue Reading]
Thunderstruck: Marquez knocks Pacquiao cold in round 6
December 9, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – The definitive end of the Manny Pacquiao Era came Saturday. It came in an act of sudden, precise violence. And it came from the right fist of Pacquiao’s nemesis, Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez. In the sixth round of their fourth fight, in the closing second of it in fact, Marquez used Pacquiao’s… [Continue Reading]
No Worries: Pacquiao says he already has felt the kind of power Marquez might have
December 7, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – Evidence of Juan Manuel Marquez’ new found power is circulating like an ominous preview in video of his brutal stoppage of a sparring partner. But Manny Pacquiao hasn’t seen it. Won’t lose any sleep thinking about it. “I’m not worried about it,’’ Pacquiao said Friday after the formal weigh-in for his fourth… [Continue Reading]
Pacquiao weighs more, Friday, but Marquez looks bigger
December 7, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – It was not particularly eventful, far as these things go – two muscular men stripped to their underwear, stepped on a scale, had their weights read, dismounted, and posed shirtless for photographers beneath the stage – but it was not entirely without event. Mike Tyson saw to that. Friday afternoon at MGM… [Continue Reading]
Weights from Las Vegas
December 7, 2012 by
Manny Pacquiao 147 – Juan Manuel Marquez 143 Yuriorkis Gamboa 130 – Michael Ferenas 130 Patrick Hyland 126 – Javier Fortuna 126 Photps by Chris Farina / Top Rank
PACQUIAO – MÁRQUEZ 4 SELLS OUT 16,000-PLUS SEATS AT MGM GRAND FOR $10.5 MILLION-PLUS GATE
December 7, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (December 7, 2012) – The people have spoken and they voted unanimously for Saturday’s welterweight battle between MANNY PACQUIAO and JUAN MANUEL MÁRQUEZ 4 — Act Four of their exciting and fistoric rivalry. Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum announced today that the MGM Grand Garden Arena and its 16,000-plus seats have… [Continue Reading]
PACQUIAO & MARQUEZ BOTH GUNNING FOR KNOCKOUT AS THEY CLASH FOR THE FOURTH TIME LIVE ON PRIMETIME (CHANNEL 498 ON SKY & VIRGIN ON DEMAND)
December 7, 2012 by
Boxing’s most contentious rivalry is set to end with a knockout this Saturday night, live on Primetime (Channel 498 on Sky & Virgin On Demand). Both Manny Pacquiao and Mexican warrior Juan Manuel Marquez insist that they will flatten the other to conclusively prove who the superior fighter is as they clash for the fourth… [Continue Reading]
Hear The Buzz: Lawsuit threat gets things rolling in build-up for Pacquiao-Marquez
December 7, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – Threat of a lawsuit is little bit like opening bell. Hear one and you can be sure the fight is about to begin. Opening bell for the fourth chapter Saturday in the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez rivalry was still a couple of days away, but the lawsuit threat echoed Thursday through the… [Continue Reading]
Roach smiling at Pacquiao’s chances for a decisive win over Marquez
December 5, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS – Distractions and Manny Pacquiao have been inseparable for at least a year. But it’s beginning to look as if he has discarded that piece of troublesome baggage. The distracted Pacquiao was gone Thursday. In his place, there was the engaging personality remembered for entering the ring with the smile of a kid… [Continue Reading]
ESPN’s Comprehensive Multi-Platform Coverage of Pacquiao-Marquez 4
December 5, 2012 by
ESPN is presenting comprehensive multi-platform pre- and post-fight coverage of the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez 4 bout scheduled for December 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. ESPN Deportes and SportsCenter are on site to provide daily news and information. As part of ESPN and HBO Sports’ multi-year boxing programming and marketing… [Continue Reading]
From theater, the unexpected
December 2, 2012 by
I did not expect to look forward to this week’s fourth match between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez. I submitted my credential request, booked my flight to Las Vegas and reserved my hotel room for Dec. 8 under a spell of grim determination, not euphoria; this would make a tetralogy of the… [Continue Reading]
PACQUIAO – MÁRQUEZ 4 CLOSED CIRCUIT SCREENINGS AVAILABLE IN LAS VEGAS at ARIA, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York and Circus Circus
November 29, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (November 29, 2012) – With the Manny Pacquiao – Juan Manuel Márquez 4 welterweight rumble projected to be a sellout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Top Rank announced today that the pay-per-view portion of the card would be available in Las Vegas via closed-circuit at the following MGM Resorts International properties:… [Continue Reading]
ABC’s JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! TO RERUN MANNY PACQUAO’S APPEARANCE!
November 28, 2012 by
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (November 28, 2012) – He came, he starred, he conquered. And This Friday! November 30, at Midnight ET/PT, on ABC, he will be RERUN! Fighter of the Decade and boxing’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter and box office attraction Congressman MANNY “PacMan” PACQUIAO took time from training for his upcoming rumble with three-division world… [Continue Reading]
PACQUIAO-MÁRQUEZ 4 PAY-PER-VIEW UNDERCARD TO FEATURE THREE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHTS and PRO DEBUT OF U.S. OLYMPIAN JOSE RAMÍREZ
November 27, 2012 by
LAS VEGAS, NEV. (November 26, 2012) — The Manny Pacquiao-Juan Mánuel Márquez 4 pay-per-view undercard will feature three world championship battles, the professional debut of the gem of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, and a little Snooki on the side. Promoted by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who will be making his promotional debut, undefeated former… [Continue Reading]
Money May not be there, but Pacquiao plans for Marquez and maybe two more before he retires
November 22, 2012 by
One loss, perhaps a single punch, might be all that separates Manny Pacquiao from a full-time political career. If – and it’s a very big if – he prevails for a fourth time against Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8, however, the Filipino Congressman figures to fight two more times. “Yes, I will continue to… [Continue Reading]
