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Ruiz crawls toward another reign
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - Quick, hit the lights...everyone's
favorite cockroach is re-emerging from boxing's baseboards.
John Ruiz, already one of few to claim the tag "two-time heavyweight
champion," takes a sh...
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De La Hoya to face Pacquiao in December
Los Angeles, CA (My Sportsbook) - Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao will
meet in the ring on Saturday, December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The 12-round, non-title fight will be contested at the 147-pound welterweight
limit.
D...
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Muhammad Ali's former manager dies
Chicago, IL (My Sportsbook) - Jabir Herbert Muhammad, the former manager of
boxing legend Muhammad Ali, died Monday at the age of 79.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday that Muhammad, the son of Nation of
Islam founder Elijah Mu...
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Molitor shakes off adversity, looks toward future
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - A tumultuous late spring begat a cheery
mid-summer in the Great White North.
IBF junior featherweight champion Steve Molitor, who found himself embroiled
in a heated triangle of promoter/trainer/fight...
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Montreal memories still vivid for Davis
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - Howard Davis Jr. can pretty much set his
watch by it.
Every four years, when people once again start discussing the latest
incarnation of the Summer Olympics, hes touched by the same combina...
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Williams a forgotten man at welterweight
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - He's feeling a little unwanted these days,
that's for sure.
But don't think for a second that Paul Williams has lost his sense of humor.
In fact, the WBO welterweight champion has come up with what he...
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Mosley to tangle with Mayorga
Los Angeles, CA (My Sportsbook) - Four-time world champion Shane Mosley will
face a three-time former world champion in Ricardo Mayorga at The Home Depot
Center in suburban Los Angeles this September.
The last time Mosley (44-5, 37 KOs)...
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Pavlik-Hopkins set for October in Atlantic City
New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - Kelly Pavlik will face veteran Bernard
Hopkins in a light heavyweight bout set for Atlantic City's famous Boardwalk
Hall in October.
Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs), the current undefeated middleweight champio...
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De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Who's the REAL lightweight?
Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - OK, let's start with the allowances.
I've never been a Mexican. I've never been a Mexican-American. I've only been
to Mexico four times, in fact, and the last trip ended with me throwing up in
the Cancu...
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Larios keeps interim WBC featherweight crown
Zapopan, Mexico (My Sportsbook) - Veteran Oscar Larios knocked out Marlon
Aguilar to retain his interim WBC featherweight championship on Saturday.
Larios of Mexico (62-6-1 39 Knockouts) stopped his Nicaraguan challenger
(17-5-1) in the s...
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Clottey wins in decision over Judah, takes IBF welterweight title
Las Vegas, NV (My Sportsbook) - Joshua Clottey earned a unanimous decision
victory over former welterweight champion Zab Judah, taking with him the
vacant IBF welterweight title in a referee-stopped nine-round bout at the
Palms C...
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