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Team Andrade to Lara, "Let's Fight"
PhilBoxing.com, Tue, 03 Mar 2015
Providence, RI (March 2, 2015)--After WBO number-one ranked Jr. Middleweight, Jermell Charlo decided to not fight fight WBO Jr. Middleweight champion Demetrius "Boo Boo" Andrade, Andrade's father/trainer Paul has turned his attention to a fight with WBA belt holder Erislandy Lara. "We signed a co  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao begin training camp for May 2 fight
By Josh Slagter, mlive.com, Tue, 03 Mar 2015
The fight is just two months away, so it's time for Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to get back to work. Mayweather-Pacquiao is set for May 2 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas after being announced Feb. 20, and it's expected to be the richest fight in boxing history. Many details -- such as pay-pe  Read Full Story >>>

Roach May Hire Security For Secret Pacquiao-Mayweather Strategy Training
By Dennis Cruz, Boxing Buzz, Tue, 03 Mar 2015
With the May 2 mega-fight approaching, you can be sure that both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather will take training very seriously. As a matter of fact, eight-division world champion, Pacquiao, has already begun his initial stages of training camp. You can also be sure that, while both fight  Read Full Story >>>

DiBella on Mayweather-Pacquiao, Golovkin-Canelo
By Andy Paterson, BoxingScene.com, Tue, 03 Mar 2015
The boxing world has been full of characters since immemorial, none more so than Harvard Law graduate Lou DiBella, founder of DiBella Entertainment, who is well known for his industrial language during interviews and being outspoken about the sport of boxing took time out to chat with the Nuthouse P  Read Full Story >>>

Father Time to help Pretty Boy beat Pac Man
By John Gregg, The Roar, Tue, 03 Mar 2015
Finally. Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather have finally signed on to face each other in Las Vegas. It is a fight that should have taken place five years ago – we should be on Part 3 of a historic boxing trilogy. But promoters couldn’t make the fight work, and boxing shot itself in the foot yet  Read Full Story >>>

PHOTOS: PACQUIAO MONDAY MORNING RUN
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

LOS ANGELES -- Eight division world champion Filipino superstar Manny 'Pacman" Pacquiao runs at the Pan Pacific Park in La Brea Monday morning during his first day of training camp in Los Angeles as he prepares in e  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO RECALLS EARLY DAYS IN L.A.
By Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

LOS ANGELES – With chief trainer Freddie Roach still in Macau to oversee preparations of two-time Olympic medalist Zhou Shiming and won’t be returning here until next week, World Boxing Organization welterweight belt-owner Manny   Read Full Story >>>

DONAIRE DETERMINED TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN PRADO FIGHT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Five division world champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire wants to “make a statement” in his clash with Brazil’s William Prado for the World Boxing Council North American Boxing Federation super bantamweight title a  Read Full Story >>>

Roach: Mayweather training with his dad is advantage for us
By Ryan Songalia, Rappler, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
MANILA, Philippines – Freddie Roach, the trainer of Manny Pacquiao, says he feels that Floyd Mayweather Jr’s choice to revert to his father as trainer in 2013 will be a big advantage for his fighter when they square off on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Mayweather (47-0, 26 knockouts) swit  Read Full Story >>>

Coach Roach, With Manny's Blessing, Will Be in Zou Corner Saturday
By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
The biggest fight of his life looms, duh, and one might think that Manny Pacquiao might not be OK with his trainer jetting off to China, and working with another one of his clients, Zou Shiming, for an IBF flyweight title fight to take place this Saturday. But no… Pacman told Dedham Freddie th  Read Full Story >>>

Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Perfect Match of the Century
Food World News, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
For many years, the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather matchup has long been awaited by vigorous fans of the boxing industry. It has been called the perfect match of the century, but it is also considered as the richest boxing matchup with the expected pot amounting to US$400 million dollars according to an a  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Tale of the (mix)tape
By Luis A. Quibranza III, Sun.Star Cebu, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Queen and Katy Perry will have to be put on hold. Manny Pacquiao is walking into the ring on the night of the mega-fight against undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to a song that Pacquiao has previously recorded for an unreleased album. For the Mayweather-Pacquiao bout announced for M  Read Full Story >>>

Jorge Linares: Pacquiao’s Small Punches Are Hard
By James Allen, Tha Boxing Voice, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
WBC World lightweight champion Jorge Linares(38-3, 25KO’s) was getting his sweat on in the gym when he spoke with ‘Dontae’s Boxing Nation’ to chime in with his perspective on the power of Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao who’s date with Floyd Mayweather, and therefore destiny, is fast approaching. With h  Read Full Story >>>

Pacman has a plan for Floyd Mayweather, says trainer Freddie Roach
By Unus Alladin, South China Morning Post, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, believes he has a plan to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jnr in their “Fight of the Century” in May, but he’s keeping his cards close to his chest. Roach, in Macau to oversee China’s two-time Olympic champion Zou Shiming’s final preparations in his bid to win the  Read Full Story >>>

NIETES NOT BOTHERED BY CHANGE IN OPPONENTS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Donnie "Ahas" Nietes, the longest reigning Filipino world champion who will be inducted into the prestigious "Flash" Elorde Hall of Fame on March 25, is not bother  Read Full Story >>>

No, Pacquiao has no T-shirt with a message to Floyd
By Rich Mazon , PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

(Above image shows the photoshopped T-shirt and photo on the left and the original T-shirt and photograph on the right. ) No, Manny Pacquiao does not have a t-shirt with a cryptic message to Floyd Mayweather Jr. two m  Read Full Story >>>

TRANS TASMAN SHOWDOWN - CHAMP VS CHAMP
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Qld and Victorian State Champion Darren Askew to take on New Zealand Super Welterweight title holder Daniel Roy Maxwell. Victorian and Queensland State Champion Darren Askew has been added to the star studded Smithy Brings  Read Full Story >>>

Mexican stops Oliva in 5th round
By Lito delos Reyes, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

FILIPINO boxer Jether Oliva failed in his first attempt to fight in a heavier division as he bowed to a much bigger Mexican Luis Nery last Feb. 28 in Tijuan, Baja California in Mexico. Oliva’s young manager Jim Claude Manangqu  Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- Fourth quarter surge lifts Clippers past Bulls
By Homer D. Sayson, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

CHICAGO -- The Los Angeles Clippers held the Chicago Bulls to 10 points in the final 8:48 of play to score a hard-fought 96-86 victory on Sunday afternoon at the United Center. It was the Clips' fifth straight win a  Read Full Story >>>

NBA -- Sans Durant, Westbrook, OKC tops Lakers
By Mohan Labra Ramchandani, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

LOS ANGELES -- Even without Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, the Oklahoma City Thunder were good enough to beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-101, on Sunday at the Staples Center. Durant the reigning MVP sat due to an   Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather, Pacquiao and the Happy Media
By Marc Livitz, The Sweet Science, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
All was quiet for so very on long on the western as well as eastern fronts. External pressures at last forced the sport of boxing's two biggest commodities to paint themselves into such a corner that verbal jabs were no longer sufficient. The only corners that would matter this time would be the fou  Read Full Story >>>

Mayweather v Pacquiao nothing but an overhyped farewell tour
By Brian O'Connor, IrishTimes.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Hype can be as expensive as it is cheap and for the next two months it will envelop the prospect of boxing’s richest ever bout to the extent people might actually believe some of this “Fight of the Century” nonsense. Considering such PR tags are routinely pinned to the most dubious of match-ups   Read Full Story >>>

How Marv Albert, 73, could help boxing regain traction with younger crowd
By Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Boxing desperately needs a younger audience, and fast. Scan a television ratings spreadsheet and it's impossible to miss that the largest numbers of viewers for any boxing telecast almost always fall into the category of what is referred to in the ratings business as "P55+." It shouldn't be confu  Read Full Story >>>

Boxing’s End Is Really The Beginning; Magno’s Monday Rant
By Paul Magno, The Boxing Tribune, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Is Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao the last dying gasp of an increasingly irrelevant sport or is it the billboard advertising greater things to come? Well, that all depends on who you ask. Much of the frat boy, man-boy culture that drives modern mainstream sports reporting views boxing as a t  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao trolls Floyd Mayweather with T-shirt
By Des Bieler, Washington Post, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

For the longest time, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather traded shots via social media. Finally, on May 2, the pair of superstar boxers will let their fists do the talking. Of course, May 2 is still a ways   Read Full Story >>>

GAB CHAIRMAN GUANZON SPEAKS ON BARRIGA AND SUAREZ ISSUE
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Guanzon. There has been questions going on whether outstanding Filipino amateurs Mark Anthony Barriga and Charly Suarez, who now fights in the AIBA sponsored boxing tournaments, are to be considered professionals. Be  Read Full Story >>>

BOXING “PEOPLE POWER” VICTORIOUS
By Reni M. Valenzuela, PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Open your eyes. How relieving that the elusive fight will at last come true, but how disturbing that the pound-for-pound “lord” is being canonized by toxic opinions as a consequence. Contrary to what idolaters insist, F  Read Full Story >>>

PACQUIAO GOES TO CHURCH SUNDAY
PhilBoxing.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015

LOS ANGELES -- Filipino superstar and 8-division world champion Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao (L) is being interviewed after he came out of the Westside Sheperd of the Hills Church here Sunday (Monday morning Manila time). Pacq  Read Full Story >>>

Pacman, Mayweather hit US gyms Monday
By Roy Luarca, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
MANILA, Philippines—Both Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. will officially start training on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) for their welterweight Super Fight on May 2 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Pacquiao arrived in Los Angeles Saturday night and will rest the whole day Sunday for the tough eigh  Read Full Story >>>

Bob Arum lays down the making of Mayweather-Pacquiao
By Michael Woods, RingTV.com, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
All-time promotional legend Bob Arum has been at it since 1966, so when he is asked for the big-picture assessment of our Super Bowl fight, Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, ears should perk up. Arum, age 83, has put together or been part of the craftmaking crew for some legendary affairs  Read Full Story >>>

Floyd vs Manny fever hits an all time high
By Joseph Herron , Fight Saga, Mon, 02 Mar 2015
Although many will argue that the highly anticipated match-up between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is five years too late, projected numbers for this historic endeavor suggests otherwise. Both fighters are expected to make a career high payday on May 2nd, with projected earnings exceeding   Read Full Story >>>