Canelo Alvarez donates $1m and helps relief efforts in the wake of Mexico earthquake that killed 273 people
By Daniel Matthews, Mail Online (UK), Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez has lent a helping hand to relief efforts in Mexico after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake devastated the country on Tuesday, killing at least 273 people and injuring 2,000 more. The Guadalajara native, fresh from his controversial draw against Gennady Golovkin on September 16, do  Read Full Story >>>

Gennady Golovkin's legacy is at stake in Canelo Alvarez rematch as negotiations are set to begin
By Abhinav Kini, International Business Times, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin's promoter Tom Loeffler says negotiations for a rematch with Canelo Alvarez will be underway soon. Golovkin defended his IBF, WBA, WBC, IBO middleweight titles by way of a split-decision draw against Canelo on Saturday (16 September) with the main talking po  Read Full Story >>>

Game-changer: Andre Ward graced boxing with dignity, leaves on top as Hall of Fame beckons
By Phil D. Jay, World Boxing News, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Boxing lost another of its light brigade this week as present pound for pound king Andre Ward followed the former in Floyd Mayweather Jr. by departing the sport on a high. Ward, at just 33 hangs up his gloves with all his faculties intact and heads off into the sunset as an untouchable with plent  Read Full Story >>>

Andre Ward: S.O.G. & A.T.G.
By Caryn A. Tate, Boxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
“At the end of the day, these careers are gonna stop, and the cheers are gonna stop at some point, and what are you left with?” On September 21, unified light heavyweight champion and pound-for-pound #1 fighter Andre Ward announced his retirement from the sport of boxing. As he’s known in boxing,  Read Full Story >>>

Friday night fight 'a chance for the people to see who Oscar Valdez is'
By Bruce Pascoe, Tucson.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
For Oscar Valdez, Friday’s fight card at Tucson Arena is about returning home with a belt in hand, and having no plans to give it up. For the sport of boxing, it’s potentially much more than that. Valdez is one of four undefeated fighters on the two main events Friday, defending his WBO feathe  Read Full Story >>>

Andre Ward: My Way
By John Gatling, NYFights.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
It is written that the “Son of Man” will return as ‘a thief in the night’, and so it is that Andre “SOG” Ward disappears in broad daylight. He will not return– for that is not the man that he is. A Man, better at being that than the fighter he was. A pugilistic Picasso of neutral colors, Ward wil  Read Full Story >>>

A look inside boxing judging with an eye toward fixing it
By Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Oscar De La Hoya had one question after hearing judge Adalaide Byrd’s 118-110 scorecard favoring his fighter Canelo Alvarez over unbeaten, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in Saturday’s fight in Las Vegas: “What was that?” Later, Byrd tried explaining how she inexplicably saw Alvarez win  Read Full Story >>>

Roach Still Hopes Pacquiao-Horn Rematch Will Happen in 2018
BoxingScene.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Freddie Roach, trainer for eight division champion Manny Pacquiao, is still hoping that his boxer is able to secure a rematch with WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (17-0-1, 11 KOs). Horn shocked the boxing world when he clinched a twelve round unanimous decision over Pacquiao back in July to c  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao parts ways with Kia, stays mum on next PBA step amid offer to join Blackwater
By Gerry Ramos, Spin.ph, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
MANNY Pacquiao's stint as player of Kia Picanto ended last month when his contract with the team finally expired. A few weeks after, Pacquiao, the coach followed suit. The 38-year-old Senator and boxing legend formally ended his tie-up with the franchise that made him its first ever first rou  Read Full Story >>>

VALDEZ, SERVANIA MAKE WEIGHT
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017

Oscar Valdez (L) weighed in at 125.8 lbs while Genesis Servania (R) came in at 125.4 lbs during Thursday official weighin for their WBO world featherweight championship Friday (Saturday in Manila) at the Tucson Arena  Read Full Story >>>

JORGE "EL NIÑO DE ORO" LINARES VS. LUKE CAMPBELL FINAL PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017

LINARES VS. CAMPBELL TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 23 AT LOS ANGELES' 'FABULOUS' FORUM AND TELEVISED LIVE ON HBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tickets still on sale! LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017): Jorge "El Ni  Read Full Story >>>

BOXING’S HEAVYWEIGHT RESURGENCE CONTINUES ON SHOWTIME®: JOSHUA VS PULEV OCT 28
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017

ANTHONY JOSHUA VS. KUBRAT PULEV HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT TO AIR LIVE ON SHOWTIME SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 FROM CARDIFF, WALES Joshua vs. Pulev Kicks Off First Of Consecutive Saturdays Featuring Heavyweight Worl  Read Full Story >>>

ROSADO VS TAPIA OCTOBER 19 ON ESPN
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
GABRIEL "KING" ROSADO AND GLEN "JERSEY BOY" TAPIA TO COLLIDE IN EXCITING BATTLE OF MIDDLEWEIGHTS IN MAIN EVENT OF OCTOBER 19 EDITION OF GOLDEN BOY BOXING ON ESPN ALEJANDRO "EL ELEGIDO" BARRERA TO FACE KEANDRE "THE TRUTH" GIBSON IN WELTERWEIGHT CO-MAIN EVENT LIVE FROM PARK THEATER AT MONTE C  Read Full Story >>>

Sergey Kovalev: Andre Ward Retired 'Cause He's Scared of Me
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017

TMZ SPORTS -- Sergey Kovalev says he's "disappointed" Andre Ward is retiring from boxing because "I don't have opportunity to kick his ass again." The Krusher joked to TMZ Sports that he predicted he would end Ward's care  Read Full Story >>>

Yunier Dorticos vs. Dmitry Kudryashov WBSS cruiserweight quarterfinals continue
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
AIRING LIVE IN CANADA THIS SATURDAY EXCLUSIVELY ON SUPER CHANNEL EDMONTON, Canada (September 21, 2017) - Quarterfinals action in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) tournament continues this Saturday when World Boxing Association (WBA) Cruiserweight World Champion Yunier "The KO Doctor" Doritico  Read Full Story >>>

Michael Dutchover Dishes on Sparring Sessions with Oscar Valdez & Jessie Magdaleno
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017

ORANGE, Calif. (Sept. 21, 2017) - Top junior lightweight prospect Michael Dutchover (5-0, 4 KOs) marks his return to the ring this Friday night against Carlos Flores (4-5-1, 3 KOs) in a featured 6-round bout on the "New Blood"  Read Full Story >>>

GH3 Promotions News and Notes
PhilBoxing.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Nutley, NJ (September 21, 2017)--Vito Mielnicki's GH3 Promotions is gearing up for a busy fall schedule. Middleweight Antoine Douglas (22-1-1, 16 KO's) has won three in a row since his lone defeat, and that has catapulted him to world rankings of number-8 by the WBC, Number-9 by the WBA and Numbe  Read Full Story >>>

Genesis Servania: ‘I want to bring the championship back to the Philippines’
By Ryan Songalia, RingTV.com, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
MANILA, Philippines – It’s been two years since Genesis Servania made up his mind to pack up his gloves and leave the Philippines for Japan. It was not an easy decision to leave the only homeland he had ever known to start over. To hear him tell it, it was the only choice he had if he was going to k  Read Full Story >>>

The curious case of Andre Ward's complicated boxing legacy
By Andreas Hale, Yahoo! Sports, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Andre Ward’s sudden and shocking announcement that he is retiring from the sport of boxing at the age of 33 has left behind a complicated legacy that will surely be up for debate when it comes to his place among the all-time greats of the sweet science. While no “retirement” is definitive, this i  Read Full Story >>>

Andre Ward: American two-weight world champion retires from boxing
BBC Sport, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Unified light-heavyweight world champion Andre Ward has retired, ending a career which delivered world titles across two weight divisions. Ward, 33, held titles at super-middleweight but moved up a weight division and unified the WBA, IBF and WBO light-heavyweight belts in 2016. In a statement  Read Full Story >>>

Andre Ward, Olympic Medalist and Boxing Champion, Announces Retirement
By Mike Bohn, Rolling Stone, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
An athlete walking away from competition while at the top of their game is a rare occurrence. Undefeated boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Andre Ward, however, has made the decision to do just that. After a long and illustrious boxing career, Ward (33-0), the WBA, IBF, WBO and Ring Light   Read Full Story >>>

More than two years covering Valdez & the road that has led us to #Valdez/Servania #Ramirez/Hart, theres nothing more we can say. It’s time.
By Jose Roman Jr., AllSports Tucson, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
You would be hard pressed to find anyone in the country that has covered the saga and all that has surrounded the event happening tomorrow night at the Tucson Convention Center more than AllSportsTucson.com. For nine months leading up to his title shot against Matias Rueda and more than a year after  Read Full Story >>>

Time to shine has arrived for Japan-based Pinoy boxer eyeing world title
ABS-CBN News, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Filipino featherweight boxer Genesis Servania will get the biggest break of his career when he challenges fellow undefeated fighter Oscar Valdez for the world championship in Tucson, Arizona on Friday (Saturday, Manila time). It will be Servania’s first time to fight in the US in a bout to be fea  Read Full Story >>>

Romero Duno Talks To TBC
The Boxing Channel, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Romero Duno Talks To TBC- This Saturday night at the Forum in Inglewood, California Romero Duno (14-1) of the Philippines faces veteran Juan Pablo Sanchez (38-13) in his second fight in the United States. The fight is on the undercard of HBO Boxing’s presentation of Jorge Linares vs Luke Campbell fo  Read Full Story >>>

Arum: Pacquiao fight in Manila slim
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is not closing the door on staging a Manny Pacquiao fight in the Philippines but makes it clear that Top Rank won’t have any participation in funding it. Speaking to boxingscene on Wednesday, Arum says plans to pit Pacquiao against Australian conqueror Jeff Horn has  Read Full Story >>>

Lomachenko vs Rigondeaux: Preview, prediction
By DeMarkus Jones, Fight Saga, Fri, 22 Sep 2017
Get excited. Boxing in 2017 just got even better. We have already seen the war between Canelo and Golovkin, Joshua KO Klitschko, Terence Crawford unify the 140 lb. division and the fall of Chocolatito. And now we can look forward to Wilder vs Ortiz and Vasyl Lomachenko vs Guillermo Rigondeaux   Read Full Story >>>

NIETES STARTS PREPARATIONS FOR TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST REVECO
By Maloney L. Samaco, PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Sep 2017

Donnie Nietes (40-1-4, 22 KOs) will face Juan Carlos Reveco (39-3, 19 KOs) as his next opponent by virtue of the Argentine's victory over Komgrich Nantapech by unanimous decision last week in Argentina. The scores of 12  Read Full Story >>>

Deontay Wilder to Eddie Lacy: Haters Calling You Fat? BEAT THEY ASSES!
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Sep 2017

TMZ SPORTS -- Boxing champ Deontay Wilder has some advice for Eddie Lacy on how to deal with the online fat shamers who troll him on social media ... FIGHT 'EM JUST LIKE I DID!!! Deontay's not joking ... he famously calle  Read Full Story >>>

Manny Pacquiao offered Jeff Horn rematch and Terence Crawford fight, says trainer Freddie Roach
SkySports.com, Thu, 21 Sep 2017
Manny Pacquiao is 'not finished yet' and could return with a rematch against Jeff Horn or American star Terence Crawford, says his long-term trainer Freddie Roach The 38-year-old multi-weight world champion was urged to retire after he suffered a shock points defeat against Australian Horn in Bri  Read Full Story >>>

Gilberto Ramirez vs Jesse Hart: Preview, prediction, undercard and more
By Lewis Watson, RealSport, Thu, 21 Sep 2017
WBO super middleweight champion Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez is looking for a second successful title defence on Friday night, which comes against undefeated American Jesse “Hard Work” Hart. Gilberto Ramirez vs Jesse Hart for the WBO super middleweight world title. Where: Convention Center, Tucson  Read Full Story >>>

Valdez / Ramirez / Hart / Arum Fight Week Transcript
PhilBoxing.com, Thu, 21 Sep 2017

FIGHT WEEK CONVERSATION WITH WBO FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION OSCAR VALDEZ, WBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION GILBERTO “ZURDO” RAMIREZ, WBO NO. 1 SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER JESSE HART AND HALL OF FAME PROMOTER BOB ARUM   Read Full Story >>>