Archive for October, 2009

Del Valle And Spina Fight To Draw In CT.

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Spina and Del Valle fight to majority draw
Lundy KO’s Valtierra in first round

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Oct. 31, 2009) – World rated light heavyweight Joey “KO Kid” Spina (25-1-2, 17 KOs) and former world champion Lou “Honey Boy” Del Valle (36-6-2 (22 KOs) fought to a 10 round majority draw tonight in the main event on [...]

Check Out Cotto In Vegas On Sunday

Friday, October 30th, 2009

COTTO NATION UNITE!
WORLD CHAMPION MIGUEL COTTO
ARRIVES IN LAS VEGAS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1 at 3:55 P.M. PT

Fans Invited To Greet The Champ!
LAS VEGAS, NV. (October 30, 2009) – Three-time world champion MIGUEL COTTO breaks his Tampa training camp and heads to Las Vegas Sunday, [...]

Winky Wright To Meet Grady Brewer Dec. 11 In PR

Friday, October 30th, 2009

October 30, 2009 (San Juan, Puerto Rico). . . It’s “BACK TO BUSINESS” for future Hall of Fame fighter Winky Wright (51-5-1/25 KOs) as he takes on Grady “Bad Boy” Brewer (26-11-15KOs) in a middleweight main event of an exciting fight card which will take place on Friday December 11 at the Coliseo de [...]

HBO To Show Pacman-Oscar And Cotto-Clottey

Friday, October 30th, 2009

HBO SPORTS® TO REPLAY
PACQUIAO VS. DE LA HOYA 2008
& COTTO VS. CLOTTEY 2009
ON HBO2 AS A SPECIAL PREVIEW TO THE UPCOMING
PACQUIAO VS. COTTO PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT
OCT. 30, 2009 – Leading up to the mega-fight featuring superstars Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto – set for Saturday, November [...]

Will Pacquiao Give Up IBO Crown?

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Beginning Nov. 15, International Boxing Organization junior welterweight title-holder Manny Pacquiao will have 60 days to decide whether he’ll defend or relinquish his championship, according to a Wednesday statement from IBO President Ed Levine.
The IBO is the only sanctioning body to recognize Pacquiao as a world champion.
“Manny Pacquiao was [...]

John Ruiz To Fight Adna Serin On Valuev-Haye Undercard

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

John “The Quietman” Ruiz
returns Nov. 7 on Valuev-Haye PPV card

LAS VEGAS (October 29, 2009) – Two-time World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz, the current WBA No. 1 rated and “official challenger,” has been matched against former IBU champion Adna “Aachen Assassin” Serin on the Nov. 7th Nicolai Valuev-David Haye pay-per-view [...]

Abraham Picks Valuev Over Haye

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

***King Arthur backs Valuev***
King Arthur Abraham believes that Nikolai Valuev will successfully defend his WBA Heavyweight Title against David Haye. The Russian Giant takes on the British challenger in Nuremberg on November 7. Fresh off a mini vacation in Rome following his spectacular Super Six World Boxing Classic KO victory over Jermain Taylor, King Arthur [...]

Pacquiao-Cotto 24-7 Info

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

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24/7 PACQUIAO/COTTO OCT. 31 EPISODE
Episode #2:
Debut: SATURDAY, OCT. 31 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Oct. 31 (2:55 a.m.), and Nov. 1 (9:30 a.m., 8:15 p.m.), 2 (7:30 p.m.), 3 (1:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.), 5 (9:00 a.m., 10:30 p.m.), 6 (12:30 a.m.), [...]

34-12 Charles Whittaker Signs With Goossen

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

A ‘KILLA’ OF A SIGNING
WORLD-RANKED JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHARLES WHITTAKER JOINS GOOSSEN TUTOR
Los Angeles, CA (October 27, 2009) – To borrow a phrase from promoter Dan Goossen, “Punches will fly in Paradise.”
Basically, that was the message that the Goossen Tutor Promotions President conveyed to promoter-seeking Charles Whittaker during their visit to the Cayman Islands for a June [...]

Twenty Reasons why Pacquiao v. Cotto is Must See (Pay-per-View) TV

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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Manny Pacquiao is the new WBO Welterweight Champion having defeated Miguel Cotto by TKO in the 12th. The stoppage came at :55 of the final round.
Scores through 11 rounds:
Judge Adaladie Byrd 109-99
Judge Duane Ford 108-99
Judge Dave Moretti 108-100
CompuBox Punchstats:
Pacquiao -780 thrown, 336 landed = 43% connect rate
Cotto - 597 thrown, 172 landed = [...]