Z GORRES RECOVERY UPDATES
Z Gorres is slowly but surely recovering eleven days after undergoing emergency neurosurgery in Las Vegas. Michael Aldeguer, President of ALA Promotions, has updated via e-mail that Gorres can now be placed in a sitting position. He can give you numbers one to four if instructed to. These are all good signs from a neurological [...]
Mayweather v Pacquiao will be one hell of a fight if it goes ahead
If the fight to stage Mayweather-Pacquiao is anything to go by, then it is going to be one hell of a clash.
Negotiations between the two camps began on Monday and Manny Pacquiao’s promoter, Bob Arum, has revealed that Texas and New Orleans are battling it out with Las Vegas to put on the superfight.
Dallas Cowboys [...]
Vegas fighting to keep Mayweather-Pacquiao
As boxing promoters Bob Arum and Richard Schaefer have begun the process of hammering out a deal for a 2010 showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, officials in Las Vegas are scrambling to keep the fight on the Strip.
Las Vegas has been hit harder than most cities by the recession and, with 13 [...]
Pinoy chesser So shocks Ivanchuk in World Cup
KHANTY-Mansiysk, Russia – GM Wesley So of the Philippines authored one of the biggest upset wins in the 2009 World Chess Cup when he pulled the rug from under former world championship contender GM Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the second round at the Khanty-Mansiysk Festival of Arts here.
Buoyed by his convincing 4-1 win over [...]
Nepomuceno wins World Cup Sportsman Award
Filipino bowling legend Paeng Nepomuceno is not done winning accolades.
Already an owner of 118 bowling titles and awards collected since 1972, the 52-year-old Nepomuceno received another one – the Sportsman Award of the recent 45th Qubica AMF Bowling World Cup in Melaka, Malaysia where he also came up with a strong showing.
Team Mayweather Response: Pacquiao is Not a Bigger Star
Leonard Ellerbe on Saturday had a strong response to a story that appeared on BoxingScene.com regarding negotiations for a fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. For one thing, Ellerbe said the suggestion that Pacquiao has become a bigger international star than Mayweather is off-base.
Rodel Mayol TKO Edgar Sosa in round 2
At Palenque de la Feria, in Chiapas, Mexico, Filipino Rodel Mayol (26-4, 20KOs) has won the WBC light flyweight title with a stunning second round TKO over Edgar Sosa (37-6-21KOs) of Mexico.
Sonsona-Hernandez fight ends in a split draw
It turned out to be quite the day for nineteen year-old Marvin Sonsona. In the morning we lost his WBO junior-bantamweight belt on the scales, coming in over two-and-a-half pounds over the 115 pound limit. Things didn’t go much better in the evening as the Philippine fighter escaped with a draw over a determined Alejandro [...]
Politics may spoil Pacman bout vs. Mayweather
Here’s one bad news for die hard fans of Manny Pacquiao, the fighter. Promoter Bob Arum, in an overseas call on Wednesday, said politics may get in the way when it comes to seeing Pacquiao back in the ring at least within the first half of next year.
Arum said he plans to talk with Pacquiao [...]
Shane Mosley: “Pacquiao could very well knock out Mayweather
“Pacquiao made a believer out of me with Cotto, so I wouldn’t count Pacquiao out. I think Pacquiao could do a number on Mayweather because Mayweather’s chin is not that good.
I think that Pacquiao could very well knock out Mayweather too,” stated welterweight champion Shane Mosley as shared his thoughts on Manny Pacquiao’s dominant win [...]
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